Documentary which tells the story of a group of men and women who risked their lives to rescue a library - and preserve a nation's history - in the midst of the Bosnian war. Amid bullets and bombs and under fire from shells and snipers, this handful of passionate book-lovers safeguarded more than 10,000 unique, hand-written Islamic books and manuscripts - the most important texts held by Sarajevo's last surviving library.

A documentary about the Bibliothèque Nationale in Paris. It presents the building, with its processe...

Paul Pawlikowski's award-winning documentary on life behind Serbian lines in Bosnia. The film observ...

Jabir, Usama and Uzeir are three young brothers in a Sunni family of shepherds. Since childhood, the...
The docu-drama takes place during the war in the former Yugoslavia. A young journalist arrives in de...
A short made for TV with director Peter Greenaway discussing the dazzling 3.5 minute opening sequenc...
The carnage in Sarajevo provides the focus of this French documentary which seeks to call attention ...

A documentary about the famous athlete and movie enthusiast who made Serbia's first sound film, Inno...

Filmmaker Sabina Vajraca documents her Bosnian Muslim family's return to their home of Banja Luka, B...
A hotel in the centre of town is a war-time home and refuge for many of Sarajevo's homeless people. ...

UNESCO Memory of the World: Explore the Bibliotheca Philosophica Hermetica’s new home with 25,000+ r...

An exploration of the perils of nationalism and art’s role as a weapon of resistance and activism th...

Lexington, Kentucky, 2004. Four young men attempt to execute one of the most audacious art heists in...

This film about Library services in Australia shows some of the work of the Commonwealth Parliamenta...

The National Library of France is the guardian of priceless treasures that tell our history, our ill...

Summer 1994, Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Two civil wars in only three years has torn the city ap...

Shot in six European countries, it tells the story of the concerts given by cult underground band La...

A tale of victory of humanism over revenge motif. Amir Reko (nicknamed "Macedonian", but actually Bo...

See how Sally Jenkins and her driver, Thomas, run Hertfordshire's mobile library service with milita...

Umberto Eco, the author of best-selling novels who passed away in February 2016, unveils the secrets...

The war crimes trial of Ratko Mladic, accused of masterminding the murder of over 7000 Muslim men an...