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.
The carnage in Sarajevo provides the focus of this French documentary which seeks to call attention ...

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

Jabir, Usama and Uzeir are three young brothers in a Sunni family of shepherds. Since childhood, the...

Paul Pawlikowski's award-winning documentary on life behind Serbian lines in Bosnia. The film observ...
The docu-drama takes place during the war in the former Yugoslavia. A young journalist arrives in de...

UNESCO Memory of the World: Explore the Bibliotheca Philosophica Hermetica’s new home with 25,000+ r...
A hotel in the centre of town is a war-time home and refuge for many of Sarajevo's homeless people. ...

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...
A short made for TV with director Peter Greenaway discussing the dazzling 3.5 minute opening sequenc...

Filmmaker Sabina Vajraca documents her Bosnian Muslim family's return to their home of Banja Luka, B...

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

In the Kosovo War, human dignity was shattered by the terrors of the Serbian government and the Alba...

Summer 1994, Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Two civil wars in only three years has torn the city ap...
The compelling stories of four young people as they struggle to survive a war that ended nearly 20 y...

How might your life be better with less? The popular simple-living duo The Minimalists examines the ...

A film about a generation of four friends who grew up together in Sarajevo. They are the friends of ...

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

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