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“War is a monster, war is madness, war is a self-feeding cancer, swallowing everything! War is a sacrilege, which destroys what is most precious in our planet, human life, the innocence of the little ones, the beauty of creation”.
Angela Merkel's decision in autumn 2015 to open the borders for refugees split the country - some praised the moral stance, others criticized the surrender of sovereignty. Yet what would appear to be well-planned activity is in reality a policy of muddling along, chance, trial and error. The Driven Ones is a chronicle of the refugee crisis which shows that the political actors are being driven along, crushed between self-imposed constraints and events that have spun out of control.
As the shooting began in 2005, it was originally named "Lilamanthan". However, unfortunately, the actor passed away mid-way through shooting, and everything stood still. By 2011, the shooting was wrapped, and the movie was submitted to the Bangladesh Film Censor Board under the initial name, "Lilamanthan", not the name it has now. The movie has passed the board through years of stagnancy, only after having its name altered.
Budapest, Hungary, Christmas 1957. The state, insecure after the defeated revolution of 1956 and increasingly put under the influence of a renewed Stalinist atmosphere, has decreed that all security officials must pass an exam to verify their loyalty. But to be actually effective in a shadowy world where suspicion and secrets reign, the subjects must be unaware that they are being tested.
A journey in the footsteps of the most famous initiate of Italian Trecento, the author of the celebrated "Divine Comedy". A poet who has inspired some of the most outstanding minds in History.
France, 1897: Colonel Georges Picquart challenges the government when he discovers the obscure political maneuvers that leads to the imprisonment of the Jewish Captain Alfred Dreyfus after being convicted of espionage three years earlier.
2,000 years ago, two families escaped from the conflict between Mongolia and Turkic provinces and were forced into the Ergune-Kun gorge, where there was no other way to enter except for a narrow path. As a result, when their descendants multiplied and their land was no longer contained by the water, they all gathered together and discussed, and by breaking the dam, they made a hole by melting the mountainside.
The film 'Tungiparar Miya Bhai' about Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the father of the Bengali nation of all time.
Based on the traditional American folksong, this compelling tale recounts the daring adventures of one family's escape from slavery via the Underground Railroad. This touching story captures all the drama of a perilous flight to freedom. Narrated by Morgan Freeman.
On June 26, 1813, Austrian Foreign Minister Klemens von Metternich went to meet Napoleon Bonaparte at his headquarters in Dresden, in the Kingdom of Saxony. Although the French emperor still dominated Europe, the disastrous Russian campaign had sapped his military power. Could France continue to count on Austria's support? A nine-hour private meeting would decide the fate of Europe.
Did you know that the first cowboys were black? Using magnificent archives and testimonies from historians, Cécile Denjean restores justice to African-Americans in the story of the conquest of the West.
Filmed in IMAX, a young Mayan boy who lives close to the ruins becomes acquainted with an archaeologist (Guerra) and asks her to tell him about his ancestors. The crew travelled to over 15 locations in Mexico and Guatemala, including Tulum and Chichén Itzá.
From the Teatro Regio in Turin: “The Rickshaw Boy” by Guo Wenjing, directed by Yi Liming. Conducted by Maestro Zhang Guoyong.
Dear Enemy tells the true story of the director’s grandfather who became friends with a German officer during the WWII German occupation of Albania while hiding a partisan, an Italian soldier and a Jewish watchmaker in his cellar.
Explore the life and legacy of notable Black scholar and civil rights pioneer W.E.B. Du Bois. From his birth, just five years after the Emancipation Proclamation; to his death, on the eve of the March on Washington in 1963, his legacy as an activist continues to resonate today.
The Sailor washes up on the shore and is hit with violent and libellous accusations of gang affiliations. The Sailors drink hearty ales and enter a pop music competition. The Kid pines for suburb exploration.
An animated adaptation of the classic story. A young scout is befriended by a tribe of Mohawks.
The story of Yalangtush Bakhodir, a Samarkand commander, politician and ruler of the 17th century. Under his leadership, majestic structures were erected that changed the appearance of Samarkand, and it was he who initiated the construction of the famous Registan Square.
A young girl who treated her pets as comrades and liked to play with construction blocks, experiences her life changing after the dissolution of the Soviet Union.
This short explores the possibility that Louis XVII, son of King Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette, escaped death during the French Revolution and was raised by Indians in America.