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Young Maria lives her upper class life in the shadow of her husband Carl, and gets pregnant. She doubts her value as a wife, and is drawn to a couple of other less respectable men., which leads to a crisis.

Little Angel, Make Me Happy

A social drama. The period of the Second World War in Turkmenia. In Central Asia the deportation program of the Soviet citizens of German origin begins. All adults are taken to camps in Siberia and children are put in orphanages. The six-year old Georg hides from the Red soldiers and finds himself left almost alone in his, now abandoned, German village. The horrifying reality sets in. The daily routine of his life is shocking: What to eat? How to take care of his sick friend Yashka? How to bury Aunt Lisa? Under these inhuman circumstances, the soul of Georg remains miraculously uncorrupt – he still believes in Little Angel from a children’s song, and he makes a nest for it in a tree. A miracle takes place: sometimes a glass of milk is left for Georg in the nest; sometimes an ear of corn...

The JK Years: A Political Trajectory

Documentary about Brazilian history, from 1945 until the 70s, focusing on president Juscelino Kubitschek, his political rise, his philosophy of economical development, his gigantic project ...

Routines

An self-destructive comedian falls in love with the singer of a punk band.

Captain Nulle

Valdis Nulle is a young and ambitious captain of fishing ship 'Dzintars'. He has his views on fishing methods but the sea makes its own rules. Kolkhoz authorities are forced to include dubious characters in his crew, for example, former captain Bauze and silent alcoholic Juhans. The young captain lacks experience in working with so many fishermen on board. Unexpectedly, pretty engineer Sabīne is ordered to test a new construction fishing net on Nulle's ship and 'production conflict' between her and the captain arises...

The Most Ordinary Occupation

A short documentary film about the role of mathematics in society and industry, including the emerging field of computer technology.

Life After Hoop Dreams

This forty-minute program was produced by the Criterion Collection in 2014

Movie Clip

In the open-air cinema-like scenery domestic rock bands get time for a short movie clip each, linked by an also short musical frame-play. Each of the altogether eighteen clips is a whole film etude playing with visual-lingual associations, film ideas, revealing the back-thought of the songs, and on the whole sometimes melancholicly, sometimes ironically the hopeless, sad picture of the era can be distinguished.

Valencia, The Protector of Children

Documentary that shows the work of the Valencian institutions of the 1920s that defended children, asylums of orphans, children's hospitals, medical treatments, education. But, in addition, the film allows to see a good number of urban sights and singular buildings of the city of Valencia at the time, some of which no longer exist.

The Making of 'Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome'

Follows the cast and crew of Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome filming in the heat and dust of central Australia.

El Ganzo

Identity and self-discovery evolve in an epic journey through the majesty of a Mexico rarely seen. EL GANZO chronicles a brief and intense connection between two lonely travelers: a struggling artist on the verge of a creative breakthrough and a mysterious woman with a hidden and unknown past.

Droit au But - La Reconquête

Nullarbor

An animated road-movie set across the vast and barren landscape of Australia's Nullarbor Plain.

Family Secrets

Paulinita is a little rich girl who seemingly has everything, but lacks the love of her parents: Julio is too busy with his million-dollar deals to look after her, while Regina spends her time at social events and fashion shows. One fine day, Julio´s brother Manuel comes to visit them from Spain. He has just obtained a Master´s degree in child pedagogy. Paulinita quickly warms to him, as he has time to play with her, but Manuel has a dark past.

East of Sweden

Three men meet on a night train on the border of Finland and Sweden. All three are concealing something, and a sudden confrontation amongst them leads to disastrous consequences, with two of them being forced to make a joint decision.

Fireball of Christ

Scientists investigate what their led to believe to be the source of an unknown light that persuaded the Roman Emperor Constantine to convert to Christianity.