Upon the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War in July 1936, the anarchist union CNT socialized the film industry in Spain, so in Madrid and Barcelona film workers took over the production assets and, between 1936 and 1938, numerous films on a wide variety of topics were released, composing a varied mosaic that gives rise to one of the most unusual and original moments of Spanish cinematography.

In 1924, Oskar Matzerath is born in the Free City of Danzig. At age three, he falls down a flight of...

This expansive Greek drama follows a troupe of theater actors as they perform around their country d...

This film made by a Palestinian-Israeli collective shows the destruction of the occupied West Bank's...

An overview of the iconic actresses' legendary careers, as well as the rivalry that colored "What Ev...

In 1931, three Aboriginal girls escape after being plucked from their homes to be trained as domesti...

Javier López Cronwell, journalist, son of an American and a Spaniard, comes to Spain to write a seri...

According to the official history of Afghanistan, ruthless destruction has always prevailed over art...

This richly illustrated historical documentary investigates the mechanism of nationalist feelings th...

Documentary filmed on-set during the making of Aki Kaurismaki's "La vie de Boheme"

On-set documentary about the making of the film "Y tu mamá también."

A making-of documentary featuring interviews with director Michael Haneke, actor Juliette Binoche, a...

Manuela is left behind when her husband Justo fights for his ideals against Franco's Nationalists du...

The House That Shadows Built (1931) is a short feature, roughly 48 minutes long, from Paramount Pict...

Documentary short film depicting the filmmaking activity at the Paramount Studios in Hollywood, feat...

Three-part interview with French film director Jean Renoir, conducted by French New Wave director Ja...

Accio and Manrico are siblings from a working-class family in 1960s Italy: older Manrico is handsome...
It’s a model story, an extraordinary adventure, a tale of revolutionary practice and tension, among ...
This is not merely another film about cinema history; it is a film about the love of cinema, a journ...

A Danish writer travels to Mexico with the purpose of locating a mysterious Apache tribe that ferven...

The birth of the radical environmental movement is captured in this short, poetic film on the legend...