Discovering Christmas Films

Dancing the Nutcracker: Inside the Royal Ballet

January 2016 •English

This Christmas, step into the magical world of The Nutcracker. For the first time in many years, the Royal Ballet has given full access behind the scenes for a landmark 90-minute documentary as they prepare for this season's yuletide production.

Takashi Miike : The V-Emperor

January 2024 •French

Takashi Miike is a cinema monster. Let's return to his filmography, his main themes, the framework of his monumental universe.

Dolly Parton's Mountain Magic Christmas

December 2022 •English

Follow Dolly's desire to uplift an exhausted world's spirits by sharing the unique "mountain magic". Throughout the chaos, Dolly finds herself taking a journey guided by the mysterious appearances of her Three Wise Mountain Men.

Perry Como's Irish Christmas

December 1994 •English

Perry Como's last great concert special, filmed in Ireland and screened in 1994. Como appears before an audience of 4,500 in Ireland's celebrated Point Theater, with Irish President Mary Robinson and actress Maureen O'Hara in attendance.

Cinema in the Land of Comrade Kim

October 2024 •Persian

The love of Kim Jong Il, the former dictator of North Korea, for cinema and his adventures, including the kidnapping of a director.

Upside Down, Inside Out: An Appreciation of the Films of Quentin Dupieux by Elena Lazic

November 2022 •English

An analysis of Quentin Dupieux's film "Incredible But True" by film critic Elena Lazic.

Seventh Art is Unique

February 2025 •Portuguese

Seventh art is unique addresses people's relationship with a movie theater or film. What feelings do they feel? What changes in you when you go to the movies? It also addresses Jair Bolsonaro's harsh criticism of culture and cinema in Brazil.

Blown Away

December 2014 •English

Cyclone Tracy 40 years on, exploring the myths and revealing new perspectives on one of the worst natural disasters in Australia's history.

A Merry Tudor Christmas with Lucy Worsley

December 2019 •English

Recreating festivities from Henry VIII's era, Lucy Worsley dresses, eats, drinks, sings and parties like it is 500 years ago - discovering long-lost traditions as well as familiar customs.

Lucy Worsley's Christmas Carol Odyssey

December 2019 •English

Lucy Worsley reveals the surprising stories behind our favourite Christmas carols. From pagan rituals to religious conflicts, French dances and the First World War, carols reflect our history.

The Days Before Christmas

December 1958 •English

This short documentary depicts Christmastime in Montreal. The milling crowds, department store Santas, Brink's messengers, kindergarten angels and boisterous nightclubs all combine to make a vivid portrait of the holidays.

Heckler

November 2007 •English

HECKLER is a comedic feature documentary exploring the increasingly critical world we live in. After starring in a film that was critically bashed, Jamie Kennedy takes on hecklers and critics and ask some interesting questions of people such as George Lucas, Bill Maher, Mike Ditka, Rob Zombie, Howie Mandel and many more. This fast moving, hilarious documentary pulls no punches as you see an uncensored look at just how nasty and mean the fight is between those in the spotlight and those in the dark.

Vinšujem Vám tieto sviatky

January 1982 •Slovak

50 minutos e 23 segundos com Júlio Bressane

January 2000 •Portuguese

Lo que vale un peine

May 2015 •Spanish

Ergui as Mãos aos Céus e Não Havia Mais Luz

July 2024 •Portuguese

...a na Zemi pokoj ľudu

January 1992 •Slovak

Dobrá novina, šťastná hodina...

January 1990 •Slovak

Dreaming of a Jewish Christmas

November 2017 •English

An offbeat, irreverent musical documentary that tells the story of a group of Jewish songwriters, including Irving Berlin, Mel Tormé, Jay Livingston, Ray Evans, Gloria Shayne Baker and Johnny Marks, who wrote the soundtrack to Christianity’s most musical holiday. It’s an amazing tale of immigrant outsiders who became irreplaceable players in pop culture’s mainstream – a generation of songwriters who found in Christmas the perfect holiday in which to imagine a better world, and for at least one day a year, make us believe.

Christmas on the Danube

December 2013 •English

This documentary visits cities and towns and captures stunning landscapes along Europe's majestic Danube at Christmastime. Locations covered include Passau, Germany; Salzburg, Oberndorf, the Wachau Valley, and Vienna in Austria; Bratislava, Slovakia; and Budapest, Hungary. Along the way the viewer learns relevant history.