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Pierre Fatumbi Verger: Messenger Between Two Worlds

December 1998 •Portuguese

Inspired by the life of the french-born photographer and ethnographer, Pierre Verger, the movie follows his journey between Bahia, Brazil and Benin, Oriental Africa, showing places and people he met and his life study project: the Candomblé culture.

Arreda Homem Que Chegou Mulher

October 2021 •Portuguese

Documentary about terreiro women in Fortaleza who occupy the highest positions in the hierarchy, subverting the patriarchal tradition of religious communities.

Exu - Além do Bem e do Mal

October 2012 •Portuguese

Orun: O Mundo dos Orixás

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No Fim do Déjà Vu

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Ylê Xoroquê

October 1981 •English

The process of formation of the person and its identity from an African conception of the world. The orixás (gods), linked to the forces of nature, are equal to people, and are not transcendent. of the person with their orixá, within the family and the culture. Filmed in a Candomblé terreiro of Bantu origin.

Amor de Ori

February 2017 •Portuguese

Oxum goes to the river every day to fill his jug with water. One day, a woman in red clothes crosses his path and changes her life forever.

Casulo

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Carapicuíba City O Filme

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The Naked King - 18 Fragments on Revolution

September 2019 •German

In 1979, a revolution in Iran. In 1980, a revolution in Poland. The fall of the Shah, the “King of Kings,” in Iran. Mass strikes and the foundation of Solidarność (Solidarity) in Poland. What was in the minds of the young women and men who fomented revolution in their own country? What did they think when their revolution was quelled, or – as in Iran – an authoritarian regime was instituted under the name of an “Islamic Republic”?

Who Is Misa Vacic?

March 2019 •Serbian

Documentary about life and work of Serbian right-wing activist Miša Vacić.

Modus Operandi

March 2008 •Dutch

Between 1942 and 1944 some 24,916 Jews were deported from Belgium to Auschwitz. The roundups and deportations were organized and carried out by the Nazis with the - not always conscious - cooperation of Belgian authorities. The attitude of the authorities here varied from outright resistance to voluntary or unwitting collaboration.

In Memory of Rock

January 1963 •French

The rock-wild youth of the 1960s during the apparitions of their idols.

Python at 50: Silly Talks and Holy Grails

September 2019 •English

From ‘something completely different’ to icons of comedy and national treasures, this is a collection of rarely-seen Monty Python moments from the BBC archives, following the group’s encounters with ‘Auntie’ over the past 50 years.

Japan Year Zero

January 1968 •Japanese

Documentary filmed by young directors in Japan that was shaken by the US-Japan security pact struggles and student disputes. An illusionary image comes back to life for the first time in 34 years. (Produced in 1968 but unreleased until 2002).

Woodstock

March 1970 •English

An intimate look at the Woodstock Music & Art Festival held in Bethel, NY in 1969, from preparation through cleanup, with historic access to insiders, blistering concert footage, and portraits of the concertgoers; negative and positive aspects are shown, from drug use by performers to naked fans sliding in the mud, from the collapse of the fences by the unexpected hordes to the surreal arrival of National Guard helicopters with food and medical assistance for the impromptu city of 500,000.

Bienvenue à Toy Story Playland

August 2010 •French

Celebrate the opening of Toy Story Playland at the Walt Disney Studios Park.

Don't Shoot the Messenger

September 2013 •Dutch

Four people,in their struggle to improve the world during Occupy Amsterdam. The downfall of the encampment is part of their search for ways to bring about change. But why don't we want to hear their message?

Turn Your Body to the Sun

November 2021 •Russian

The incredible life story of a Soviet soldier of Tatar descent who was captured by the Nazis during WWII. Today, his daughter Sana is tracing the path of her silent father, trying to understand what made him the man she knew as a child, through his diaries, as well as various personal and public archives and registries. As she accompanies Sana in her journey, filmmaker Aliona van der Horst excavates film archives, to find traces of those millions of Soviet soldiers who were caught in the crossfire of fighting between dictators, who were there but were easily left out of the narrative of the global war.

The Fencing Champion

April 2014 •Danish

Ruben (10) is one of the best fencers in the club. He has won nearly every title in Denmark, so this season he has to face some of the toughest and most talented fencers in Europe. A lot is a stake for Ruben and he has to find the strength within himself to overcome his anxiety and control his temper if he is to win the big european championship. Ruben's best friend Marie is fencing too, and alongside the drama that is played out on the fencing piste, an even greater story is unfolding about a friendship between a boy and a girl in their early teens - a time when many things change.