Traces: The Kabul Museum 1988

The Kabul National Museum, once known as the "face of Afghanistan," was destroyed in 1993. We filmed the most important cultural treasures of the still-intact museum in 1988: ancient Greco-Roman art and antiquitied of Hellenistic civilization, as well as Buddhist sculpture that was said to have mythology--the art of Gandhara, Bamiyan, and Shotorak among them. After the fall of the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan in 1992, some seventy percent of the contents of the museum was destroyed, stolen, or smuggled overseas to Japan and other countries. The movement to return these items is also touched upon. The footage in this video represents that only film documentation of the Kabul Museum ever made.

2003-01-01 | ja

Einordnen und Abbiegen

Short film about traffic rules

1966-01-01 | de

Maos China, Protokolle einer Revolution

Short film directed by Walter Knoop

1974-01-01 | de

This was the MARY

Short 18 minute film about QM and her last Transatlantic voyage from New York to Southampton. Joan Crawford makes an appearance and also narrates the first part of the film.

1968-03-01 | en

Call me Parker

We can not be all lawyers, plumbers, waiters... There may be other professions.

2010-12-27 | es

FLOAT!

With depth, intimacy, and humor, FLOAT! captures filmmaker Azza Cohen's magnetic grandma’s life-affirming journey learning to swim at 82, inspiring audiences to defy societal expectations of aging and to boldly look forward at every stage.

2023-01-11 | en

Le patro Le Prévost - 80 Years Later

Alanis Obomsawin turns her lens to Le Patro Le Prévost, a recreational centre in the Villeray quarter of Montreal. On the eve of its 80th anniversary in 1989, Le Patro is a vital focal point in the predominantly working-class neighbourhood. Beloved by the many generations who use the facilities and partake in activities daily, Le Patro encourages a strong sense of togetherness through principles of cooperation, respect and sharing. Obomsawin presents a tender portrait of a neighbourhood of diverse residents and the community centre many of them consider a second home.

1991-01-01 | en

Auschwitz

Auschwitz is synonymous with the Holocaust, but it’s also a place on the map with a surprising history preceding World War II. Narrated by Meryl Streep, this short documentary tells the story of Auschwitz, from its construction to its infamy.

2015-01-27 | en

How We Get Free

In Denver, an intrepid activist runs for office with the aim of eliminating cash bail.

2023-04-15 | en

Victoria

In a small and conservative city in Jalisco, Alex builds his identity and defends his dreams: fatherhood, music, being a man.

2021-10-27 | es

Life in a Day 2020

On July 25th, 2020, Ridley Scott and Academy Award winner Kevin Macdonald invite you to be part of Life in a Day—a historic, global documentary capturing a single day on Earth. Videos from around the world are woven into a feature film.

2021-02-02 | en

Act of God

Documentary film by Peter Greenaway made for Thames Television, in which people who have survived being struck by lightning relate their experiences against a typically Greenaway backdrop of lists, black humour and 'collated statistics'.

1980-04-16 | en

American Pathogen

Documentary film detailing how America became the epicenter of the COVID-19 outbreak, from the dismantling of our preparedness system starting in 2016 to the “missing months” of inaction in early 2020.

2020-09-09 | en

The Study Of Groundhogs: A Real Life Look At Marmots

The short documentary visits the groundhog research center in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado. It was made for Sony Home Entertainment's 15th anniversary edition DVD release of the 1993 film, "Groundhog Day." It was filmed on location at the silver mining ghost town of Gothic, Colorado, near Crested Butte. The Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory has been located there since its founding in 1928.

2008-01-29 | en

Over Beautiful British Columbia: An Aerial Adventure

Over Beautiful British Columbia is a spectacular scenic tour of Canada's Pacific province. Savor the grandeur of British Columbia as you join a helicopter adventure from elegant Victoria to rugged Fort Nelson, from the ski slopes of Whistler to the sun-drenched Okanagan shores, from the razor spine of Mount Robson to the primeval coast of the Queen Charlotte Islands.

2002-01-01 | en

The Loop

Experimental movie dedicated to the work of Ljubomir Šimunić, author of avant-garde seventies and eighties movies, and photographer. The Loop is about exploration of the eroticism phenomenon in the movie. This crossroad of Hollywood and European underground approach is shown trough the work of Belgrade garage movie author. Using the language of moving pictures author is searching for the missing shaman, a great master of magic - Šime.

2015-01-01 | sr

James Baldwin Abroad

Showcasing three short films by American writer James Baldwin, wherein he muses about race, sexuality and civil rights, among other topics, in Istanbul, Paris and Great Britain.

2023-02-03 | en

Hamlet: The Actor's View

One of the greatest Hamlets of the 20th century Sir John Gielgud reflects on the play and its title character with which he used to be intimately associated for ever since 1929.

1954-05-16 | en

Why Man Creates

A 1968 animation/documentary that criticises the industrial system. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive.

1968-09-24 | en

Our Cinema

1940-07-01 | ru