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.

The true story behind the Prince of the City.

1936. Giovanni Comini, the youngest Federal in Fascist Italy, is summoned to Rome for a delicate mis...
Documentary about the making of Marcel Carné's 1942 film.
Documentary about the making of the 1967 Czech film "Marketa Lazarova".

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...

Spain, 1968. An analysis of the political and social situation of the country, suffocated by the boo...

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...

A dramatic history of Pu Yi, the last of the Emperors of China, from his lofty birth and brief reign...

An exploration —manipulated and staged— of life in Las Hurdes, in the province of Cáceres, in Extrem...

Elliot Ness, an ambitious prohibition agent, is determined to take down Al Capone. In order to achie...

The mostly true story of the legendary "worst director of all time", who, with the help of his stran...

From 1940, around 25,000 Dutch people served in the Waffen-SS. In spite of their large number, they ...

The early days of the future genius of Spanish cinema Luis García Berlanga, from his birth in Valenc...

True story of the undersized Depression-era racehorse whose victories lifted not only the spirits of...

A chronicle of the production problems — including bad weather, actors' health, war near the filming...
Documentary - After starting his career producing religious film shorts, J. Arthur Rank went on to b...

In 1937, during the height of the Second Sino-Japanese War, the Imperial Japanese Army has just capt...