Famous Movie Dogs

Well-known canine performers of the 1930s vie for a part in an upcoming movie.

1940-08-17 | en

Dog Man

A story about the life and legacy of a Louisiana dog trainer, and the global footprint he left after training an estimated 30,000 dogs.

2015-10-17 | en

Fathers and Sons

"Fathers and Sons" is a short documentary project of Kaan Müjdeci that was shot in 2012 during the research for director's first feature film entitled SIVAS. Fathers and Sons tells the story of kangal dogs and their owners. Kangal is a breed of shepherd’s dog, unique to the land of Anatolia. The owners fight their kangals and make money off them from bettings. However, they treat and take care of their dogs like their sons, sometimes even better. Even though their sons may get hurt, a father still takes pride in having sent his son to the military, doesn’t he? Fathers and Sons is about the duality of this father-son relationship. But after all, every father would like to be proud of his son.

2012-01-01 | en

Old Dog

Retired New Zealand farmer and dog trainer Paul Sorenson passes his knowledge to the next generation of shepherds, and reflects on the sacrifices he's made to pursue his intense passion for dogs.

2017-10-31 | en

Training Your Best Friend

Michael Kamer, dog trainer to the stars, will show you that you can teach old dog new tricks.

1989-07-12 | en

Fricker's Trained Alsatians

1945 film that reveals the training that Alsatian dogs would have received for war as well as for non-combative work. (source: BFI, https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/565ce2f7cd29a)

1945-01-01 | en

It's Tight, but hardly chokes

Siegfried is a fierce dog and, if the right instructions are not followed, he can become fearsome.

2017-11-11 | es

Rescued by Ruby

Chasing his dream to join an elite K-9 unit, a state trooper partners with a fellow underdog: clever but naughty shelter pup Ruby. Based on a true story.

2022-03-17 | en

The Instinct

A home invasion thriller starring a dog trainer trying to modify a human's brain.

2025-05-16 | es

The incredible rise of Haris Rauf

A story of a boy who snuck into an open cricket trial and clocked 92.3 mph. He hasn't looked back since

2023-10-01 | ur

Die Nacht erwacht! Über Leben im Wald

A forest is not only the realm of trees, but also a world of animals. When it gets dark in the forest, we humans leave this place, we are not made for darkness. This is different with nocturnal forest inhabitants: they communicate with sounds, orient themselves with ultrasound and their often looking eyes are perfect to find their way in the jungle of trees.

2024-10-21 | de

Circo

In Rio de Janeiro, Richard dreams of dazzling audiences in the world’s biggest circus tents. But when the 20-year-old artist is kicked out of his home by his adoptive mother, his life is turned upside down. Through an intimate, direct cinema approach, Circo immerses us in the lives of residents of Brazil’s favelas as they seek to shape their own futures.

2025-07-11 | pt

A Case of the Cold War: Bridge of Spies

The piece opens with Steven Spielberg's family history with the real life events and follows with cast and crew examining the politics and history of the time, the screenplay's inspirations, espionage and intelligence gathering of the era, the story's relevance today, character attributes, and the Francis Gary Powers and Frederic Pryor stories and their depictions in the film.

2016-02-02 | en

Coal

CHARBON depicts how Europe was built on fossil fuels over the past 100 years. And how it was torn apart by wars that were the result of these same fossil fuels. During 3 trips to Ukraine, Italy and Iraq, filmmaker Manu Riche explains how he and his French-German family are inseparably connected to the fate of the Iraqi filmmaker and refugee Hayder Helo.

2025-03-06 | nl

This Is Where We Take Our Stand

In March of 2008, 250 veterans and active duty soldiers marked the fifth anniversary of the invasion of Iraq by gathering in Washington, DC to testify from their own experience about the nature of the occupations of Afghanistan and Iraq. Inspired by the 1971 Winter Soldier Investigation held by the Vietnam Veterans Against the War, they too sought to express their opposition to those wars with their first-hand accounts, bearing witness with voices not generally heard. Our documentary is a portrait of three participants. If follows their lives for 6 weeks leading to the even and afterward; an active duty female soldier, a 9 year National Guard Veteran, and a 3 tour former Marine. This is their story.

2012-01-01 | en

Wunderland

The train carriages in "Miniatur Wunderland" wind their way for kilometers through blooming landscapes and rocky mountain gorges. With the creation of this magical model universe, twin brothers Frederik and Gerrit Braun have fulfilled their childhood dream of building the largest model railroad in the world. Opened in 2001 in Hamburg's Speicherstadt warehouse district, the exhibition now stretches from the Elbphilharmonie concert hall to Antarctica and is one of the biggest crowd pullers in Europe, attracting more than 1.5 million visitors a year. This film now brings this fabulous dream world to the big screen for the first time with elaborate Cinemascope footage as a documentary event.

2024-03-07 | de

Das Bewegungssystem des Menschen

Short film about the human body

1979-01-01 | de

Chronicle Of The Pied Piper

A behind-the-scenes documentary on the making of Barta’s masterpiece.

1985-01-01 | cs

Madame Soleil, la femme qui était supposée savoir

2023-09-04 | fr

Auf den Spuren der wilden Otter

Short film about otters

1986-01-01 | de