Light is a fascinating phenomenon. Without light, there would be no cinema, no film – and no life. So light is at the origin of everything, and yet it remains invisible to the eye until it hits matter. This moment is – quite literally – the starting point of Thomas Riedelsheimer’s latest work, for the springtime spectacle of rainbow shreds in the cinematographer and documentary filmmaker’s flat became the starting point of a search for the origin of the images we form of this world. For this quest he dived deep into two spheres that seem to follow different laws but always strive to fathom the magical: physics and art.

M.C. Escher is among the most intriguing of artists. In 1956 he challenged the laws of perspective w...

Lyonel Feininger's work is as individual and unmistakable as he is himself. As a classical modernist...

A glimpse into the raw and simple power of nature through encounters with farm animals: the eponymou...
"Africa Light" - as white local citizens call Namibia. The name suggests romance, the beauty of natu...

An interconnected look at tradition, colonialism, property, faith, and science, as seen through labo...

Documentary originally produced for BBC's television series "Natural World".

Although first glance reveals little more than stones and sand, the desert is alive. Witness moving ...

Described as being a film about determination, danger and the ocean’s greatest depths, James Cameron...

A journey into four classical elements through the four main characters of the film. The main charac...

The highest mountain range in the world, the Himalayan range is far reaching, spanning thousands of ...

Every year, thousands of Antarctica's emperor penguins make an astonishing journey to breed their yo...

A young man, in his epiphany, shares a brief journey from his youth, revealing what drives him to gr...
Documentary about belgian illustrator Félicien Rops (1833-1898) whose works combined eroticism and d...
Poème Électronique is an 8-minute piece of electronic music by composer Edgard Varèse, written for t...

The Tasmanian Tiger twists and turns depending on how it's seen. Sheep-killing beast or tragic victi...

Scientists have discovered and investigate the reason behind the behavior of sharks swimming around ...
A picture about the fine art of prehistoric times, the remains of which have been found in various p...