Madiha Aijaz’s observational documentary on public libraries in Karachi, Pakistan, provides an entry point into present-day Karachi, where irredeemable changes feel imminent. While the libraries become a bastion for the literary tradition of Urdu, their frequent visitors lament the increasing dominance of English – a residual reminder of colonialism, partition and the ‘globalising’ present. Wrapped in quiet solitude, seated readers are shown hiding away from the hustle and bustle of urban life that can be seen outside.

Amateur footage of the devastation caused by one of South Asia's worst earthquakes.

Librarians unite to combat book banning, defending intellectual freedom on democracy's frontlines am...

In 1954, a German-Austrian expedition led by Mathias Rebitsch set off for the difficult-to-access Ka...

Millions of Muslims flee to Lahore in the newly created state of Pakistan, prompted by the partition...

Follow French kayak superstar Nouria Newman and two childhood friends, as they navigate one of the w...

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

Per Persson left Sweden 40 years ago. In Pakistan he fell in love and became the father of two daugh...

DRONE is a documentary about the covert CIA drone war. Through voices on both sides of this new tech...

Ishq e Qalandar - The Beautiful Sindh is a travel film that takes viewers through one of the most an...
A short made for TV with director Peter Greenaway discussing the dazzling 3.5 minute opening sequenc...

Outlawed in Pakistan tells the story of Kainat Soomro as she takes her rape case to Pakistan's deepl...

Every year hundreds of people - mostly women - are attacked with acid in Pakistan. Follow several of...

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

Documentary about K2 tragedy of 1986. On August 4, 1986, Diemberger and Julie Tullis reached the sum...

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

A Hazara film director follows a gravestone maker, a water girl and a man who buried his limb, as th...

Touted as a symbol of modernity and democracy, Benazir Bhutto became synonymous with corruption and ...

The parallel stories of four Pakistani immigrants in Greece become the trigger for the director to e...

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

In the remote valleys of the Hindu Kush live the Kalash people, the smallest ethnic minority in Paki...