Luca Guadagnino: Projecting Desire

Video essay exploring Luca Guadagnino's filmmaking methods, focusing on the passionate dynamics of desire and ardent longing for connection that sizzles across his cinema.

Terence Hill: Pazifist und Cowboy

He was known as Trinita, but his name was Mario Girotti. The spaghetti western genre was born with the duo formed by the Italian-German actor and Carlo Pedersoli, alias Bud Spencer. Haunted by the bombing of Dresden, which he experienced at the age of 4, he refused to glorify violence or take himself seriously. An encounter with Terence Hill, who overcame his shyness and torment through cinema.

Amal

A sublime documentary on childhood and bereavement that’s one of several shorts the filmmaker completed while working in Algeria for Georges Derocles’s company Les Studios Africa, for whom he would shortly make his breakthrough feature The Olive Trees of Justice.

Fluch des Mittelmeers - Piraterie, Menschenraub und Sklaverei

Drama documentary based on the latest discovery of a 16th Century sailing shipwreck found close to Malta by an underwater research team led by maritime archaeologist Timmy Gambin.

Wirklich alles?!

Beyond Doubt: The Making of Hitchcock's Favorite Film

A short documentary about the Making Of Hitchcock's "Shadow of a Doubt" (1943).

Ancient Armageddon

This explores the mysterious and catastrophic collapse of ancient civilizations during the late Bronze Age, from the Hittites to the Mycenaeans and the Egyptians, revealing the tumultuous events that brought an end to a thriving era of human history, and warns we may be facing similar threats today.

Grizzly Man

Follows the story of "Grizzly Man" Timothy Treadwell and what the thirteen summers in a National Park in Alaska were like in his attempt to protect the grizzly bears. The film is full of unique images and a look into the spirit of a man who sacrificed himself for nature.

TINA

Tina Turner overcame impossible odds to become one of the first female Black artists to reach a mainstream international audience. Her road to superstardom is an undeniable story of triumph over adversity. It’s the ultimate story of survival – and an inspirational story of our times.

Ritratti: Andrea Zanzotto

Marco Paolini discusses with poet Andrea Zanzotto about nature, history and language.

Toulon, tourné vers l'avenir

Let Me Have It All

In the summer of 1992 two filmmakers, Jeroen Berkvens and Walter Stokman, travelled through the United States of America. They were searching for tracks of the famous soulsinger Sly Stone.

14-18, les tunnels de guerre

Forever Hollywood

Noted Hollywood stars and directors talk about the history and evolution of the film industry in Los Angeles.

I Am

This beautiful and poignant film was commissioned by TENI (Transgender Equality Network Ireland) and is a conversational piece which explores gender identity and transgender experiences in Ireland.

Ludwig: A Journey to the End of the Night

L'Âge d'or de la pub

55 years ago, on October 1 1968, the first brand advertising spot appeared on the French television screen. Over the next three decades, thousands of creative little films would seduce and build our collective memory. Kitschy or cult spots, humor, slogans, music, stars, gimmicks, grand spectacle or sex appeal: during its golden age, how did advertising convince? Thierry Ardisson has brought together almost 400 advertising clips to relive the era of the conquest of minds and wallets.

Risky Drinking

Are you a risky drinker? Nearly 70% of American adults drink alcohol and nearly 1/3 of them engage in problem drinking at some point in their lives. Produced with The National Institute of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA), Risky Drinking is a no-holds-barred look at a national epidemic through the intimate stories of four people whose drinking dramatically affects their relationships.

Markéta chce taštičku

Kurosawa's Way

Eleven major film makers from Europe, America and Asia talk about Akira Kurosawa and discover surprising influences on their own work.