Paul Pawlikowski's award-winning documentary on life behind Serbian lines in Bosnia. The film observes the roots of the extreme nationalism which has more
Paul Pawlikowski's award-winning documentary on life behind Serbian lines in Bosnia. The film observes the roots of the extreme nationalism which has torn apart a country and provides a chilling examination of the dangerous power of ancient nationalist myths. close
The film takes place during the Great Patriotic War in a small Estonian town and tells how, helping adults, two children fought against the fascist occupiers. more
The film takes place during the Great Patriotic War in a small Estonian town and tells how, helping adults, two children fought against the fascist occupiers. The boys distributed leaflets among the population, urging everyone not to trust Velirand, a local resident who betrayed the Red Army family to the Nazis. And on the day of the six hundredth anniversary of the uprising of the Estonians against the German feudal lords - April 23, 1943 - the boys lit a fire as a sign that Estonia did not submit to fascism. Although their fire was not the only one, he, like everyone else, called for resistance. The fire in the night indicated that the struggle was continuing and the hour of liberation was near. close
In the summer of 1944, the partisan Ales Bely, whom everyone at the farm Kovaltsy considered missing, came home for a visit. His house was burned by the more
In the summer of 1944, the partisan Ales Bely, whom everyone at the farm Kovaltsy considered missing, came home for a visit. His house was burned by the Germans, his father died, around devastation and starvation. To survive, the villagers decide to unite in a single economy. Ales also joins the kolkhoz, but the visit quickly ends - and the soldier, calm for his countrymen, again goes to fight. . . close
In the 1930s a young fellow, Simon Chalumet, is sent to a military school by his overbearing father, an ex-soldier who has little sympathy for his son's more
In the 1930s a young fellow, Simon Chalumet, is sent to a military school by his overbearing father, an ex-soldier who has little sympathy for his son's more gentle temperament, or for his interest in films. close
East Germany, 1988: working as a state security service agent, Jürgen Kaiser is loyal to the party line, but worried about his son Marco, a punk. As he more
East Germany, 1988: working as a state security service agent, Jürgen Kaiser is loyal to the party line, but worried about his son Marco, a punk. As he is arrested after a concert, Marco is forced to join the army, where he surprisingly identifies with socialism and believes he has to defend his country against the capitalist enemy. While Jürgen is astonished, his wife Hanna and Marco's girlfriend Anja, supporting the civil rights movement, don't like his new attitude... close
A "Reformed Colonel" is found dead in Paris, a couple of decades after Algeria's struggle for independence was won from France. Lieutenant Galois is assigned more
A "Reformed Colonel" is found dead in Paris, a couple of decades after Algeria's struggle for independence was won from France. Lieutenant Galois is assigned the investigation of this murder. She receives the diary of Lieutenent Guy Rossi who served under The Colonel in Algeria in 1956, and has been reported as missing in action since 1957. The revelations found in Rossi's diary go far beyond The Colonel's actions in Algeria, and give an insight on how dirty Algeria's War for Independence really was. close
In preparation for Operation Overlord, the Allied invasion of Nazi occupied territory, the 'overlords' were the few Allied agents who knew the details more
In preparation for Operation Overlord, the Allied invasion of Nazi occupied territory, the 'overlords' were the few Allied agents who knew the details of the operation. When one them is captured by the Germans, a double agent must infiltrate occupied Paris, with the help of a high level German officer and the French resistance. close
When mankind beams a radio signal into space, a reply comes from ‘Planet G’, in the form of several alien crafts that splash down in the waters off Hawaii. more
When mankind beams a radio signal into space, a reply comes from ‘Planet G’, in the form of several alien crafts that splash down in the waters off Hawaii. Lieutenant Alex Hopper is a weapons officer assigned to the USS John Paul Jones, part of an international naval coalition which becomes the world's last hope for survival as they engage the hostile alien force of unimaginable strength. While taking on the invaders, Hopper must also try to live up to the potential that his brother, and his fiancée's father—an Admiral—expect of him. close
January 1945. Through a small village, to which the front line is approaching, convoys of fascists retreating under the onslaught of Soviet troops pass. more
January 1945. Through a small village, to which the front line is approaching, convoys of fascists retreating under the onslaught of Soviet troops pass. Suddenly, a Soviet tank enters the village, which accidentally broke ahead and broke away from its column. The commander of the tank Mikhail Lavrov and his comrades is sheltered in his house by the Valendovsky family. . . close
A young Jewish woman named Helena Citron is taken to Auschwitz, where she develops an unlikely romantic relationship with Franz Wunsch, a high-ranking more
A young Jewish woman named Helena Citron is taken to Auschwitz, where she develops an unlikely romantic relationship with Franz Wunsch, a high-ranking SS officer. Thirty years later, a letter arrives from Wunsch's wife asking Helena to testify on Wunsch's behalf. Faced with an impossible decision, Helena must choose. Will she help the man who brutalized so many lives but saved hers? close
This is a story about a people who are fighting for their lives, trying to claim land, forced to emigrate from their homeland. 1912. In a monastery dominated more
This is a story about a people who are fighting for their lives, trying to claim land, forced to emigrate from their homeland. 1912. In a monastery dominated by the Ottoman Empire, the balance began to shift. For Emine, who is not yet aware of this change, life is on its way. She is preparing an invitation at the insistence of her family. However, their arrival is not destined to happen. Zeynep, who watched the military route in the village, had not heard anything about Arif's husband for months. Recep Agha, whose father owes money, wants Zeynep for his son. Ferit, stationed in the Balkans, where gangs roam, suddenly raid villages and people are forced to emigrate, tries to reach the monastery. close
The 1910 Mexican Revolution is on its way when six brave peasants, known as "Los Leones de San Pablo", decide to join Pancho Villa's army and help end more
The 1910 Mexican Revolution is on its way when six brave peasants, known as "Los Leones de San Pablo", decide to join Pancho Villa's army and help end the suffering in their community by assisting in the struggle. Together, they will endure the tragedies and hardships of a civil war. close
Shortly before the end of the war, the Soviet detachment detains in Pomerania a strange man who was going to cross the Oder, taking with him only ... two suitcases of potatoes.
Shortly before the end of the war, the Soviet detachment detains in Pomerania a strange man who was going to cross the Oder, taking with him only ... two suitcases of potatoes. close
A moving love story in a time of hatred: During the civil war in Kosovo, the young Serbian widow Danica falls in love with Ramiz, a Albanian soldier who, more
A moving love story in a time of hatred: During the civil war in Kosovo, the young Serbian widow Danica falls in love with Ramiz, a Albanian soldier who, wounded in battle, seeks refuge in her home on the Serbian side of the River Ibar. close
This film continues the story of World War II, but in a different vein - the personal view of the British on life during the war. Huge political tragedies more
This film continues the story of World War II, but in a different vein - the personal view of the British on life during the war. Huge political tragedies become personal triumphs or grief experienced with strength and hope, despair and sadness. The film is entirely dedicated to the British people, but there are individual footage of the battles of brave soldiers.
The journey to North America across the North Atlantic, on the coasts of Sicily and Normandy, captives of military camps in the Far East are the horrors of World War II in all its shocking reality. close
Near the end of World War II, two German deserters are put in an Allied prison camp. When Colonel von Bleicher — the rigid and militaristic commander more
Near the end of World War II, two German deserters are put in an Allied prison camp. When Colonel von Bleicher — the rigid and militaristic commander of German POWs — learns about their desertion, he wants them court-martialed, even if the war has since ended. The uninterested Allied officers oblige him, and the two find themselves facing the firing squad on "the fifth day of peace". close
Videograms of a Revolution is a 1992 documentary film compiled by Harun Farocki and Andrei Ujică from over 125 hours of amateur footage, news footage, more
Videograms of a Revolution is a 1992 documentary film compiled by Harun Farocki and Andrei Ujică from over 125 hours of amateur footage, news footage, and excerpts from the Bucharest TV studio overtaken by demonstrators as part of the December 1989 Romanian Revolution. close
The Mediterranean, 1941/42 - Axis forces are using frogmen and manned torpedoes to attack previously impregnable harbours. The Allied forces need to come more
The Mediterranean, 1941/42 - Axis forces are using frogmen and manned torpedoes to attack previously impregnable harbours. The Allied forces need to come up with something to answer this threat, which they find in the form of Lt. Lionel "Buster" Crabb. close
Dziga Vertov-directed Soviet newsreel covering: Up the Eiffel Tower in Paris / Moscow / Auto race Petrograd – Moscow / Aspects of everyday Soviet life more
Dziga Vertov-directed Soviet newsreel covering: Up the Eiffel Tower in Paris / Moscow / Auto race Petrograd – Moscow / Aspects of everyday Soviet life / Peasant from Jaroslavl' visiting Moscow / Ceremonial introduction of a newborn into a workers' collective close
In 1943, Max Fronenberg spent one year digging a secret underground tunnel to escape out of a prison camp in Warsaw, Poland during the Holocaust while more
In 1943, Max Fronenberg spent one year digging a secret underground tunnel to escape out of a prison camp in Warsaw, Poland during the Holocaust while saving fifteen other prisoners in the process and forced to leave behind the love of his life, Rena, in the prison. close
Haji is severely traumatized by the war with Iraq. Back from the front, he's unable to adapt to civilian life. Despite family opposition, his fiancée more
Haji is severely traumatized by the war with Iraq. Back from the front, he's unable to adapt to civilian life. Despite family opposition, his fiancée stands by him as together they challenge both the authority of family and state to lead their own lives. close
Lame telegraphist Tonya dreams, as well as friends, to go to the front, but forced to stay on the job post. The town is occupied by Germans. The girl more
Lame telegraphist Tonya dreams, as well as friends, to go to the front, but forced to stay on the job post. The town is occupied by Germans. The girl sees from the window the location of enemy guns and transmits a message to her beloved, protecting the approaches to the town. Coordinating the direction of missile strikes on the enemy, located near the telegraph, Tonya causes fire on himself. close
Our days. Shintaro and Yuske are carefree guys, no different from the rest. But Shintaro's grandmother is sure that this is not how he should behave, more
Our days. Shintaro and Yuske are carefree guys, no different from the rest. But Shintaro's grandmother is sure that this is not how he should behave, because he is a descendant of Sakai Mineji - a member of Byakkotai (White Tiger Squad). In order not to listen to granny lectures about some kind of Izu spirit, the guys run away from her. His grandfather agrees to take them in while his grandmother lectures to his parents at Shintaro’s house. He sends them to the Byakkotai Museum, where they learn the story of a legendary squad that fought during the Japanese Civil War. close
In 2015, the Taliban put a price on the head of Hassan, a filmmaker, who was forced to flee Afghanistan with his wife and two young daughters. Using their more
In 2015, the Taliban put a price on the head of Hassan, a filmmaker, who was forced to flee Afghanistan with his wife and two young daughters. Using their camera phones, the fugitives show first-hand the many dangers refugees face when seeking asylum in a safe place. close
Shot by a reported “1,001 Syrians” according to the filmmakers, SILVERED WATER, SYRIA SELF-PORTRAIT impressionistically documents the destruction and more
Shot by a reported “1,001 Syrians” according to the filmmakers, SILVERED WATER, SYRIA SELF-PORTRAIT impressionistically documents the destruction and atrocities of the civil war through a combination of eye-witness accounts shot on mobile phones and posted to the internet, and footage shot by Bedirxan during the siege of Homs. Bedirxan, an elementary school teacher in Homs, had contacted Mohammed online to ask him what he would film, if he was there. Mohammed, working in forced exile in Paris, is tormented by feelings of cowardice as he witnesses the horrors from afar, and the self-reflexive film also chronicles how he is haunted in his dreams by a Syrian boy once shot to death for snatching his camera on the street. close
The story is set during an upsurge in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict and revolves around an old, sick ex-forestry worker and his wife Nabat, whose son has died in battle.
The story is set during an upsurge in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict and revolves around an old, sick ex-forestry worker and his wife Nabat, whose son has died in battle. close
The story concerns a condemned murderer named Clement (Jean Gabin), who is "liberated" when the Nazis bomb the French jail that holds him. During his more
The story concerns a condemned murderer named Clement (Jean Gabin), who is "liberated" when the Nazis bomb the French jail that holds him. During his escape, Clement comes across the body of a French soldier; he steals the dead man's uniform and identification papers, then hides from the law by joining the Resistance movement. Clement's new identity and purpose in life reforms him, and in due time he has sacrificed himself in service of his country. close
The Korean war does not start well for the US. They are being routed by the North Koreans and In July 1950, the early stage of the Korean War, at the more
The Korean war does not start well for the US. They are being routed by the North Koreans and In July 1950, the early stage of the Korean War, at the Jugok Village in the middle of the Korean Peninsula, Chang-yee and his friends grow excited over the amateur singing contest knowing nothing about what is going on around them. At the time, the US Army keeps losing and are pushed back to the village, evacuating all villagers to head south. The villagers took refuge like going on a picnic believing that the US Army is protecting them, they just follow their orders moving south bound. close
