An obsessive, genius programmer sacrifices everything in his personal and professional life to build a computer of unprecedented power.
Pavel learns English on audiocassettes every day when he gets up. Today it is his 78th session. But has he really made progress? ...
The figurative artist Ugo Dossi presented his works in the field of metaphysics, astronomy and the cosmos, hypnosis, telepathy, tarot, alchemy, collective subconscious, Franz Anton Mesmer and Wilhelm Reich two times at the Documenta in Kassel and twice at the Biennale in Venice as well as in many other international exhibitions and museums. The documentary offers exclusive impressions and views into the atelier of the Bavarian artist and explains the deeper meaning of his artworks. Moreover, we are going to talk about the system and history of the tarot and the method of automatic drawing designed by the artist himself. Furthermore, we will have a look at the questions of relative liberty and the own me in correlation to the whole view of the universe.
Dokumentarfilm über den in Florenz betriebenen "Calcio Storico", eine mittelalterliche, recht brutale und mit hartem Körpereinsatz arbeitende Variante des Fußballs. Bei einem großen Turnier kämpfen vier Mannschaften der historischen Stadtviertel gegeneinander. In diesen Teams vermischen sich die sozialen Schichten wie zu keinem anderen Anlass. Der Film bietet Einblick in dieses archaische "Männlichkeitsritual" und stellt einige Protagonisten vor.
Charlie Chaplin is a saint to earthquake survivors in a small desert town in India and they are throwing him a birthday party. Australian filmmaker Kathryn Millard is taking the cake - a chocolate truffle sponge shaped like the Tramp's boot.
Hannibal, one of the greatest military leaders in history, accompanied his father Amílcar Barca at the age of nine on the Carthaginian expedition to conquer Spain. Before embarking, the boy swore eternal hatred for Rome, the bitter rival of his people. Twenty years later, in 218 a. C., he left Nueva Cartago (now Cartagena, Spain) to wage war in "The Eternal City" with an army of about 40,000, including cavalry and elephants.
A girl and a boy meet by a chance in unaware of consequences on one day. A modern parable inspired by true events.
A former World War 2 resistance fighter returns to Poland to reconnect with his old comrades, but finds out they have moved on with their lives and have no time for him.
A woman goes undercover at a dance studio to save her best friend from a kidnapper.
This documentary film deals with constructions of fe/maleness in western society and explores the lives of 6 people who cross the boundaries between these 2 genders. This film wants to create awareness for diverse transgender identities beyond a binary contruct.
The theft of a sacred diamond band from a Hindoo shrine starts the action.
In the early 1900s, as the Panama Canal is being built, a group of doctors try to discover a cure for yellow fever, a disease that is decimating the workers constructing the canal.
Mit seiner Harley springt er über Autos, Monstertrucks, fauchende Löwen und gähnende Abgründe, und einmal ist er kopfüber in einen Canyon gestürzt. Doch falls die Mafia sich durchsetzt, wird er mit seinem nächsten unglaublichen Sprung in seinem Grab landen. Der legendäre Evel Knievel schaut dem Tod furchtlos ins Auge – doch jetzt steckt er bis zum Hals im Schlamassel, denn eine Verbrecherbande benutzt Evels Schaustellerunternehmen als Tarnung, um Drogen zu schmuggeln. Auch die anderen Darsteller treten kräftig aufs Gas: Gene Kelly als Mechaniker, Red Buttons als Promoter, Leslie Nielsen als Gangster und Lauren Hutton als Fotografin, die auf Krawall gebürstet ist, dann aber ihr Herz an Evel verliert. In diesem oktanstarken Abenteuer vollführt Evel im Sattel seines Motorrads Kunststücke, die ihm so schnell niemand nachmacht – seinen Verfolgern bleibt nichts weiter übrig, als seinen Staub zu schlucken.
Dieser Kurzfilm entstand in den letzten Wochen des Jahres 2022 zusammen mit Stephan Stroblmayr. Gedreht in tiefster Nacht, denn am dunkelsten ist diese bekanntlich vor der Dämmerung.
A matter of subtraction.
In 1960s Romania, the perfect summery friendship of two young girls is put to the test by a friend engaging in communism.
An old lady, Shobharani Basu, is found dead in her apartment. A self-appointed private investigator calls it a murder. What could be the cause of her death?