Britain is undergoing a domestic heating revolution - heat pumps are replacing gas boilers and apparently everyone should prepare to put one in their homes. Alexis Conran investigates whether these devices live up to the hype, examining the pros and cons to help consumers choose the best option. Plus, tips on maximising savings.
Rio de Janeiro, 1929. Isaltino, an 8-year-old boy, receives the news of the death of his mother, Sebastiana, and his younger siblings. The case made headlines at the time, reporting that Sebastiana had set herself and the children on fire. Decades later, Isaltino’s son uncovers more details about the story and begins to question what really happened to his grandmother and uncles.
The film tells the story of several volunteers, soldiers of the International Legion of the General Staff of the Unified Armed Forces, a unit called Ronin Team. During their service, the soldiers become true friends: they work, study and rest together. However, a time of trials for the courage and skills of the legionnaires comes. The hot summer months are not easy for them. And not all recruits can withstand the high pace of training and service. Meanwhile, troubling news of the Russian offensive comes from the front.
In Lacuna, we follow Sonja, who has always known that the people she grew up with are not her biological parents. However, she is haunted by the absence of a pivotal memory from her childhood. This immersive journey invites you to explore a multiverse of fragmented memories alongside Sonja as she seeks to uncover what was lost.
Taking the legacy of 17th century Dutch explorer Abel Tasman as its point of departure, Revival Roadshow takes its audience on a surreal journey through a variety of narratives that explore the complexities of colonial history, its present, and potential future legacies. Blending cinema, theatre and visual art, this absurd, humorous and speculative roadshow allows each viewer to experience their own unique journey.
A young filmmaker named Julian stumbles on a hidden book tied to a vanished art forger and the perfect mystery for his next film pitch. But as coincidences mount and paranoia sets in, he begins to question what’s real, who’s watching him, and whether he’s directing the story or being directed by it.
The scent trail as an evidentiary method in criminal proceedings was invented in the USSR and subsequently developed by the East German secret police and widely used against opponents of the regime. Since the 1980s, it has become a common part of police and judicial practice, even in the post-communist Czech Republic. Zuzana Piussi's latest film continues the director's investigative work dealing with the problematic construction of reality and dead ends in Central European justice. It follows the fate of people who seek retrials of unfair court proceedings and, in the wake of this, asks whether the method of proving the presence of a person at a crime scene based on the scent detected by a dog is really impartial or how it is possible that a scent trail is often sufficient as the only evidence to convict suspects, even though it is questioned by scientists.
A documentary on the road that tracks the journey by Georgina, an elderly transgender woman forced to cross the sandy peninsula Guajira, on foot, to obtain the thing she has desired for almost half a century: a document that will hand her the right to be what she has always felt she was, and will allow her, at long last, to vote.
On the Magdalen Islands, during the short lobster season, fishermen and plant workers ensure the economic prosperity of an entire people. In the reality of a global market driven by the United States, the fragility of the fishing industry is palpable, as is the future of seafaring and island culture.
Delve into the inner workings of the Third Reich, where power, paranoia, and ambition ruled. This series uncovers the complex relationships and deadly rivalries between Adolf Hitler and his top-ranking Nazi leaders. From their united rise to power to the fractures that emerged as egos clashed and loyalty was tested, discover the secrets behind the men who shaped and executed the Nazi regime's dark agenda. Through betrayal, manipulation, and unchecked ambition, witness the internal power struggles that ultimately influenced the fate of the Third Reich and the course of history.
Some 26 million people around the world have already answered the siren calls of the clever marketing campaigns for companies offering at-home personal DNA testing. But are the results reliable? What happens to our data? Who uses it and what do they do with it? An investigation into the transformation of DNA testing into an at-home service, which is using a new scientific frontier as a springboard to propel us into the era of commodification of genetic data.
Jonas Lundqvist is something of an icon in the Swedish indie rock scene, with many critically acclaimed albums under his belt. However, the life behind the stage isn't always as shimmering; Lundqvist has separated from his daughter's mother, struggled with addiction, lost his father and watched his mother lost to Alzheimer's. But he also has a daughter who he wants to hold close and follow throughout the life and the documentary follows Lundqvist as he takes on the loneliness of losing parents and the dissolution of the nuclear family.
Henry runs the Britpop Conservation Society and no one else cares. This mockumentary shows how everyone is a bit obsessed with something, but some more than others.