The life of Jeanne Bécu, who was born as the illegitimate daughter of an impoverished seamstress in 1743 and went on to rise through the Court of Louis XV to become his last official mistress.
Alderney, Channel Islands. 1964. A telephone operator ends up being the pivotal piece of a drama unfurling which puts professional integrity, and relationships, to the test.
After Professor Jay, a quantum physicist teaching at a university, accidentally meets the scientist Doctor Zweistein, they decide to build a time machine. This quickly leads them to the ancient Rome, where they must face the terrible Caesar and find their way back to their time machine.
Memory, history, movements, capitalism, entertainment industry, work, self-organization. Reading this text, one could assume that what we wanted to create was a militant movie. And yet, we were quite far from this term, at least as it is usually understood today (wooden language, propaganda, didacticism). Undoubtedly, we knew that we were making a political film. Because anyone who says that their movie has no politics in it, is just lying to themselves. But mostly what we wanted was to find a language for all the things that don’t fit. Because for better or worse, we cannot fit all of our anxieties into one brochure. Because there are feelings that cannot be captured in a poster. Because there are fears that cannot unfold in an assembly. Some things simply have to become films, songs, plays etc.
Recent research has revealed the extraordinary modernity of the Mongols, a people who once built an empire four times larger than that of the Romans. Little known outside his homeland, Emperor Genghis Khan is revered within Mongolia. This documentary challenges the image of a bloodthirsty warrior, portraying instead a brilliant strategist who brought innovation to many fields: politics, religion, science, culture, and the arts. It depicts a forward-thinking society where women held prominent roles.
Bealdric has lost his house. Rather than live in an undignified situation, he has made the decision to live on the holt. From the beginning, he knows that he is out-of-place.
On November 14, 1944, the 2nd Ranger Battalion is tasked with sieging the German town of Bergstein, and Hill 400, a highly strategic position that provides the Reich with high ground for artillery.
Raised as Catholics by the Queen of Portugal, the orphans Leonor, Brites, and Mécia are sent to the Brazilian colony with the order to get married. The harsh adaptation to the precariousness of the New World is felt differently by each of them.
In this film inspired by real events, journalist and lawyer João Dantas prepares for the arrival of the President of the State of Paraíba, João Pessoa, to the city of Teixeira. It turns out that this arrival will influence the fate of the Dantas family, the city of Teixeira, and Brazil.
Inspired by true events. Buenos Aires, 1979. Bill Evans, the great jazz pianist, arrives in Argentina for a series of concerts. One of them is in San Nicolás, a town in the province of Buenos Aires. Evans (a heroin addict for twenty years), along with his two musicians and his manager, get into the Argentine businessman's car. On the day of the concert, they learn they will be playing during the "Miss Winter 1979" pageant. Out-of-tune piano, boxing, drugs, death, memories, whiskey, and empanadas. In a town similar to his childhood, the impossible and the true collide for Evans.
Michael Portillo returns with an authored documentary, that uses British state papers to shed fresh light on key events and personalities during the Civil War period in Ireland.
Elena. An indigenous woman, pregnant and alone, must leave her home to look for
better opportunities in the city, always keeping in mind where she comes from.
"Pidgin Kauai Style" is a short documentary that explores the distinct dialect and accent differences of Hawaii Creole, also known as "Pidgin," as spoken on the Island of Kaua'i. The film features four women who candidly discuss regional aspects of the language and share their personal experiences and stories about how speaking Pidgin is a source of pride for them and their community.