Through a series of vignettes from the ancient and war-torn Levant, WILD IS THE SPRING captures moments in the lives of diverse ethnic communities who struggle to survive when life descends into chaos.
An actress used to playing only bit parts becomes the center of attention when a movie director buys her life story as a film project, she is now faced with a psychological crisis.
On July 1st, 1916, the Newfoundland Regiment took part in a massive First World War offensive on the Somme, led by the British. At Beaumont Hamel the regiment was nearly wiped out, as only 110 of 780 soldiers survived the day. To commemorate its 100th anniversary, Brian McKenna’s documentary film tells the story of this epic tragedy. Using a technique that brings new meaning to reenactment, McKenna recruits descendants of soldiers who fought this battle, offering them a unique opportunity to relive the experience of their ancestors in trenches built specifically for the film.
Girt By Sea is a cinematic love letter to the coastline of Australia - a poetic celebration of our connection to the sea as documented through archival footage over the past 100 years.
Nazi propaganda film about the Condor Legion, a unit of German "volunteers" who fought in the Spanish Civil War on the side of eventual dictator Francisco Franco against the elected government of Spain.
In 1944, Master Sergeant Robert Steven Savage was betrayed by one of his fellow soldiers, Krieger, a double-agent for the Axis Powers. He had Savage's entire squad killed and used him for various genetic experiments. Savage was then cryogenically frozen and sealed inside a secret bunker. 50 years later, G.I. Joe discovered the hidden bunker, Savage now has super-human strength, speed and agility and is in charge of the Screaming Eagles. Krieger is alive and known as General Blitz, leader of the terrorist organization the IRON Army. Sgt. Savage and his Screaming Eagles must stop him!
In a village on the Hungarian border, two young brothers grow up during war time with their cruel grandmother and must learn every trick of evil to survive in the absurd world of adults.
On a Mediterranean shore, a Syrian father's decision to give his daughter a better life puts her in danger of losing it.
As his son is drafted into the army, a father volunteers months later to serve in the same regiment, determined to protect him from the horrors of war — even if it means never coming home again ...
After receiving a housewarming rug from his sister, a Cambodian adoptee discovers a dark history hidden underneath its surface.
An unusual friendship in an agitated political context.
Abel Gance’s Napoleonic epic in its previously unreleased and definitive “Grande Version.” After 16 years of an unprecedented collective endeavor in the history of the Cinémathèque française, the public is finally invited to witness firsthand a film unseen since 1927. A remarkable reconstruction led by Georges Mourier, accompanied by an original score composed by the talented Simon Cloquet-Lafollye and recorded by musicians from the RadioFrance orchestras.
An historic presentation by CNN documenting the lead up to and the beginning of the war in Iraq.
Trapped behind enemy lines and presumed dead, the Sarge and Tex desperately fight for survival. Meanwhile Pvt. Washington and Pvt. Harris are being redeployed into the Nam Nung territory, in search of their lost squad mates. The squad must reunite and capture a key vantage point if they hope to escape the Nam Nung.
In 1973 Alister Barry joined the crew of a protest boat (The Fri) to Mururoa Atoll, where the French Government were testing nuclear weapons. Barry records the assembly of the crew, the long journey from Northland, and their reception in the test zone; when The Fri was boarded and impounded by French military he had to hide his camera in a barrel of oranges.
The life of Lafayette and his involvement in the revolutionary war.
The movie follows Kurdistan during the Covid-19 crisis in 2019, and how it ruined relationships between loved ones.
Rafi, Salman, Said and Ali are all under 18 years old. They come from Afghanistan, Syria and Pakistan. After months of wandering, fleeing wars in their country, they found themselves stuck in Calais, where they are trying to survive, waiting for something better. Their dream: to get to England. How? By climbing into containers or slipping onto the axles of trucks, risking their lives. Who cares about these isolated minors in the Calais Jungle, the largest slum in Europe?