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...

In March 2001, the ruling Taliban deliberately destroyed one of the worlds foremost cultural and historical sites, the immense Buddhas of Bamiyan. It caused an international furor. However, the hundreds of refugee families who now live among the ruins in Bamiyans caves received significantly less...

Following the recovery of his young daughter from ukemia, Arunas Matelis returns to the Childrens Cancer Ward at the Vilnius hospital to make a documentary of the daily lives of the hospitalized children. Matelis follows the sick children and their parents without resorting to sentimental or...

A unique, historical and humane documentary about the Guoshan Yao tribesmen, nomads living in South China, who own no land and live in makeshift homes. In the spring of 2000, the Chinese government decided that the tribe should be settled into a permanent village that would be built for them...

The Garden is a desolate section of Tel Aviv where young gay prostitutes and drug addicts gather. It is a territory for the dispossessed, for pickups, drug deals, and clashes with the law. Over the course of one year, filmmakers Shatz and Barash follow two boys who have made the Garden their...

A film that follows the complexity of creating the television show ”Sesame Street” world wide. The show, created in 1968, is presently broadcasted in 120 countries. It has special, cultural adaptations to suit children of various countries. The film focuses on three countries: South Africa, where...

The actor Severdan Bajram, takes the role of moderator in our encounter with the residents of the Macedonian town of Shuto Orizary, or Shutka for short. The inhabitants of Shutka, the capital of the Gypsies, hold world records in the most bizarre and surreal areas possible. From a collection of...

Marie spent most of her life behind bars after being convicted for drug offenses. Maggie, an Irish nomad is serving time for use of Crack and robbery. Seline & Natasha are French sisters sentenced for 18 years on smuggling drugs. Sam attempted to burn her husband and stabbed her brother. Theresa...

A fifty-two minute video clip-like montage with a heady pace that speaks out against capitalistic consumerism and its methods of advertising, while using the same brain washing techniques as a television advert. Erik Gandini has created a militant film. Its inspiration is the message touted by...

On weekdays, 14-year-old Matan lives at a boarding school, but on weekends he stays with his mother. Matan does not have many friends, but he does have lots of pigeons. At school, he keeps fancy pigeons that he is extremely proud of. He shows us how beautiful their feathers and crests are and...