Citizen Lula
The filmmaker has shot for 16 years Lula da Silva's trajectory on politics which took him to the Presidency of Brazil. Through unique indie filmmaking, we observe the path that takes him to get elected, reelected, impeac
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The filmmaker has shot for 16 years Lula da Silva's trajectory on politics which took him to the Presidency of Brazil. Through unique indie filmmaking, we observe the path that takes him to get elected, reelected, impeac
The documentary explores the presidency of Václav Havel, a poet who unexpectedly became president. The film, starting in 1992, captures Havel’s experiences after the breakup of Czechoslovakia, a significant defeat for hi
A young American broker at large in London.
Beyond Citizen Kane (1993) is a British documentary film directed by Simon Hartog, produced by John Ellis, and broadcast on Channel 4. It details the dominant position of the Rede Globo media group in the Brazilian soci
Canadian Forces Base, 1987 Private Jane Cross is quickly noticed during her training by Master Corporal Maryann Kirk, and for more than her skills on the battlefield. Meanwhile the military police wage a secret war on ho
Canadian Marc Emery's pot activism leads him to an American prison.
What began as a video master class evolved into a film about the political documentaries of Oscar-winning cinematographer Haskell Wexler. Comprised of footage from his films as well as interviews, the film is an intimate
A story of Cule Pokorni, an intimidated and obedient economist devoted to idea of making society a better place to live.
Citizen King is a down-and-out Chinese actor with the dream of make it in Hollywood. King meets a sleazy American producer who promises that if King can make an audition tape he will get him set up in Hollywood.
When he received the 2017 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, Jacques Dubochet saw his life turned upside down. Moving from shadow to light, he is in demand from all sides. What to do with this voice now heard by all? How to find
Wasteful, filthy toilet at the back of an illicit horse racing gambling place. A neatly dressed Ho-Jun comes in. He looks around the bathroom and what he sees leaves him speechless. He decides to clean the toilet.
On the main square of a mining town stands a cross depicting a saint, regarded by the local miners as their protector. One day, the cross is taken down for repair and the statue of the saint suddenly vanishes. When a mys
Universal Citizen is a multifaceted personal travelogue that brings us to a real Universal Hotel, in Guatemala, and to the same public square in Siena that appears at the beginning of Universal Hotel; at the center of th
Staff Sergeant Blaine, a decorated sniper recently discharged from the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment (Army Night Stalkers), goes back to his hotel to get some sleep. Due to PTSD and noisy surroundings, Blain
A young man from the country comes to Taipei to search for his sister from whom he has heard nothing during the past year. Beginning in a tenement slum, the young man travels through the city's lowlife, where street hust
A film about the life and work of Stanley Scheinbaum, an important behind-the-scenes player in the realm of American Politics.
Story of a war hero who preferred fishing to politics.
A “Cinéma, de notre temps” series episode directed by french filmmaker Karim Dridi, originally aired 2 July 1997.
Based on Lisa Robertson’s The Nilling, the movie offers poetry as antidote to the exclusions of state and identity.
An american journalist becomes involved with guerrillas in El Salvador in the early eighties.