Narrated by Sir Derek Jacobi - star of the landmark television series "I, Claudius" - this documentary explores art and culture around the Bay of Naples before Mount Vesuvius erupted in AD 79. The bay was then the most fashionable destination for vacationing Romans. Julius Caesar, emperors, and senators were among those who owned sumptuous villas along its shores. Artists flocked to the region to create frescoes, sculpture, and luxurious objects in gold, silver, and glass for villa owners as well as residents of Pompeii and other towns in the shadow of Vesuvius. The film concludes with the story of the discovery of Pompeii and Herculaneum from the 18th century onward.

Disciplined Italian composer Antonio Salieri becomes consumed by jealousy and resentment towards the...

A docu-film that traces the victorious ride of Mancini's Azzurri, from the debut match to the final ...

A documentary about surrealist artist Salvador Dali, narrated by Orson Welles.

After the death of the paranoid emperor Tiberius, Caligula, his heir, seizes power and plunges the e...

In the mid-1960s, wealthy debutant Edie Sedgwick meets artist Andy Warhol. She joins Warhol's famous...

Tilburg artist Tommy van der Loo searches for the influence of superiority thinking, racism and colo...

By drawing a parallel between the Indian Durga Puja festival and other forms of celebrating the divi...

Titus Andronicus returns from the wars and sees his sons and daughters taken from him, one by one. S...

From the legendary times of Romulus and Remus to the present day, the compelling story of the eterna...

What does modern art mean for ordinary visitors to an exhibition?

A documentary made for Konrad Mägi exhibition "The Light of the North" in Torino, Musei Reali (2019-...

Forensic experts scan Pompeii’s victims to investigate why they didn’t escape the eruption.
After World War II a group of young writers, outsiders and friends who were disillusioned by the pur...

Cartoneras is a documentary that grapples with Latin America’s urban realities, and the cardboard pu...

How do artists view their own work? How does actor Esko Salminen immerse himself in his roles, how d...

Ningwasum follows two time travellers Miksam and Mingsoma, played by Subin Limbu and Shanta Nepali r...

Widely considered Britain’s most popular artist, David Hockney is a global sensation with exhibition...