Umberto Eco: A Library of the World

Le nom de la rose : Le documentaire

June 2004 •French

A documentary on the genesis, writing, shooting and analysis of the film "The Name of the Rose".

La rosa dei nomi

January 1987 •Italian

Behind the Doors of Umberto Eco

October 2012 •French

Umberto Eco, the author of best-selling novels who passed away in February 2016, unveils the secrets behind his undertakings and novels.

The Abbey of Crime: Umberto Eco's 'The Name of the Rose'

October 1986 •German

A German TV documentary that chronicles the daily rehearsals, the filming and all the behind the scenes of Jean-Jacques Annaud's classic "The Name of the Rose". From actors perspectives to the ideas used by the director to produce an impeccable international epic adaptation of Umberto Eco's best selling novel, the film presents the obstacles behind the creation of a production of such large scale and also the making of the many difficult scenes, most of the ones presented here are the characters' murders inside the mysterious abbey.

Falschmünzer der Weltgeschichte - Umberto Eco und das Foucaultsche Pendel

November 1989 •German

Umberto Eco's novel Il pendolo di Foucault (1988) is an immensely ambitious, multi-layered and allusive book. The film contains an initial account and examination of this new book, which is as contentious as it is controversial. Eco's publisher and prominent Italian critics have their say and, of course, the author. He talks about the eight years of work on the book, about the two central images that stand at the beginning of his novel, and about what this story of magic, occultism, and delusion has to do with us and our present.

The Name of the Rose

September 1986 •English

14th-century Franciscan monk William of Baskerville and his young novice arrive at a conference to find that several monks have been murdered under mysterious circumstances. To solve the crimes, William must rise up against the Church's authority and fight the shadowy conspiracy of monastery monks using only his intelligence – which is considerable.

Warm Comedy about Depression, Madness and Unfulfilled Dreams

June 2018 •Slovak

Two adolescent sons and their parents. A family whose members have known each other for so long that their mutual affection can feel like cabin fever. They all have dreams they want the others to validate, perhaps even more than their need to fulfill those dreams.

Dounreay: The Atomic Dream

May 2006 •English

Documentary telling the story of the rise and fall of a daring experiment into atomic energy as the history of the Dounreay fast reactor is charted by the pioneers involved.

Nosferatu and the Birth of Vampires in Cinema

March 2022 •French

A documentary look at F.W. Murnau's iconic — and unauthorized – 1922 vampire film, and its influence on bloodsuckers in film.

Steve Roach: Life in the Soundcurrent

November 2023 •English

Struggling as a "high-sensitive" from childhood, musician Steve Roach found peace in the desert and takes the qualities of the desert and turns it into a creative compass for his life and music.

The Grotto of Death

May 2023 •English

At its peak in the 1970s, Mexico was the world's largest per capita producer of comics. Since then, the comics industry in Mexico has severely declined. This is an overview of the life and work of Julio Camarena Perez, who, at his career peak, was the highest paid "micro comics" artist published by Editorial Continente in Mexico.

Nude

November 2008 •Latvian

Some people collect family albums. Sarmīte Sīle, an accomplished arts scholar, takes a nude photo of herself every ten years. Behind this unique series of nude photos that span a lifetime, is her story.

Ruch and Norie

May 2015 •Latvian

A human interest story about two people from very different backgrounds striking up a suprising, emotional and spiritual relationship. Japanese student Norie Tsuruta travels to Latvia to study Suiti community. There she meets one of the oldest Suiti women nicknamed Ruch, and develops a very personal bond with her. It doesn't break even when she's back in Japan. Norie wishes she had two bodies to be in both places at the same time. An invisible and inexplicable link connects her with Ruch. Norie thinks she has found her deceased grandma in Ruch while Ruch worries about Norie being "far out there" and trembles at every earthquake in Japan. Ruch and Norie prove us all there are no borders to a genuine relationship filled with humour and love.

Rain, Drizzle, and Fog

January 1998 •English

St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, is North America's most easterly landfall. For half a millennium, its perfect harbour has provided a safe refuge in the middle of the treacherous North Atlantic. For 300 years of its history it was an actual crime to try and settle--Newfoundland was the private preserve of British fishing merchants. But people stayed, despite the colonial masters, despite the lack of law and order, despite hellish weather and raging seas. And the city grew--lurching through centuries of crisis, disaster, privation. For filmmaker Rosemary House, "This is still a hard rock land, a dirty old town at the back of beyond. And yet the St. John's townie is so proud, you'd swear we lived in Paris." In this documentary, she explores her city with the help of six locals, Mary Walsh, Andy Jones, Anita Best, Brian Hennessey, Ed Riche, Des Walsh, writers and performers all. (Source: National Film Board)

At Their Fingertips

November 2015 •Russian

Nadia Kuznetsova is 28 years old, she lives in Veliky Novgorod, graduated from school and University here, and dreams of going to the sea - and getting her fingers back. Nadia has a rare genetic disease-epidermolysis bullosa, which is called "butterfly syndrome". The patient's skin is injured by any touch. The disease is incurable: as Nadia herself says, "I don't fight it – I live with it." She is fighting for something else - to lead the life of an ordinary person.

A Luz de Mario Carneiro

December 2020 •Portuguese

One of the most respected names in national cinema, always remembered for his work as cinematographer in the classics of Cinema Novo, Mario Carneiro is honored in this film.

The Traditional Brazilian Family KATU

December 2020 •English

A portrayal of Brazilian Guardians of the Forest and their resistance to current problems and contemporary challenges such as climate and environment as well as agribusiness, village evangelization, drug use, and higher education.

A Última Cartada de Manga

September 2020 •Portuguese

Haílton Corrêa de Arruda, better known as Manga, maintained his residence in Ecuador. His and his wife's dream was Maria Cecília Cisneros to return to live in Brazil. At the beginning of the announcement of the pandemic, Manga arrived in Brazil to be honored by the players of Botafogo, to meet his only son who has not been there for years and to come across the transforming invitation of actor Stepan Nercessian.

Fighter

November 2020 •English

Fighter asks the tough, awkward, and infrequent questions about mental health to three generations of firefighters. Home movies and impromptu conversations are woven into interviews in this deeply personal reflection on intergenerational connection, trauma and coping, and how expectations of masculinity in firefighting have an impact on mental health.

O Poeta Americano

June 2014 •Portuguese

The boy runs after the ball. The worker builds concrete dreams between buildings and soccer balls in a lowland field in Recife. The poet receives a word ball, gives a literal stroke and makes an imaginary goal in this film about football, passion and poetry. João Cabral's America goes beyond the four lines of the field or paper, it transcends time and the field; update the memory to the fact that the love of football will not be volatile or ephemeral, neither in defeat nor in victory.