History came to bathe in a public swimming pool in Kosice, Slovakia. The director creates an ingenious audiovisual collage of life in twentieth century Central Europe through several stories, which unfold from the time the pool was built in 1936 until 2002. Kerekes’ grandmother’s life story and...

The story of the national disabled Israeli basketball team. The film accompanies the team to the European championship. Most of the players were injured during the military service. During the film, they speak openly about life with disability. (Hebrew, English) Director: Yossi Rabach |...

The Screaming Men\’s Choir from Oulu, North Finland is a unique phenomenon. The choir, a fruition of a crazy idea brought up during casual conversation in a pub 15 years ago, has become a popular show throughout Europe. The men in the choir do not sing, they scream. The contrast of the...

When in the depression years, the wife of Dutch Prime Minister Colijn recommended eating fish head soup, the question was raised who the hell ate the fish. Darwin\'s Nightmare, zooming in on the current consequences of biological and social Darwinism, eliminates any misunderstanding. A couple of...

Struggling filmmaker Lee Kazimir reads the words of Werner Herzog, who said that filmmakers should skip film school and instead make a journey alone, on foot, for a distance of 5,000 kilometers, let\'s say from Madrid to Kiev. Herzog states that this journey would teach one more about what...

In Between is about noon, the mid-day, in between dawn and dusk, about a city in between layers of cultures. The film depicts the sun dials as well as people of Istanbul. Istanbul at noon in a summer day; a cross continental metropolis literally on two continents - Asia and Europe; a...

Youssou N'Dour: I Bring What I Love, is a music-infused cinematic journey about the power of one man’s voice to inspire change. Ndour is the highest selling African artist of all time and has collaborated with musical superstars like Bono, Neneh Cherry and Peter Gabriel . At home in Senegal,...

Narrated by acclaimed actor John Rhys-Davies, Reclaiming the Blade features Viggo Mortensen, Karl Urban, and Star Wars/Pirates of the Caribbean sword-master Bob Anderson. The film explores both European and Asian historic swordplay in modern culture, and offers an in-depth look at the fascinating...

Algerian women remember their youth when they joined the rebels during the Algerian war. Seeking the traces of the past and telling the personal stories of the moudjahidates, the director learns about her own roots but mostly she brings her questions back to the condition of being a...

While a band of gypsy musicians will welcome the guests of the “Istanbul, 2010 Cultural Capital of Europe” event, their 500 years old lively neighborhood, Sulukule, will be erased by bulldozers. Forced to leave their quarters as they are watching the new rising luxury residences being bullied...