In fremder Erde (In Foreign Soil) documents the Muslim traditions of burial in Turkey and Germany, but above all, the paths the dead take to return to Anatolian soil.

"Nasr Hamed Abou Zayd is not Godot, and the expectation promised by the title is misleading: this gr...

Alzheimer's: Every Minute Counts is an urgent wake-up call about the national threat posed by Alzhei...

An intimate portrait of Matthew Shepard, the gay young man murdered in one of the most notorious hat...

This is Jon Alpert's portrait of his father's struggles with growing old and nearing the end of life...

The Koran is one of the most important works ever written. For almost one billion people worldwide, ...

In Uganda, AIDS-infected mothers have begun writing what they call Memory Books for their children. ...

The Cove tells the amazing true story of how an elite team of individuals, films makers and free div...

Carlin returns to the stage in his 13th live comedy stand-up special, performed at the Beacon Theatr...

The film does not have a plot per se; it mixes documentary footage, along with standard movie scenes...

With this inventive portrait, director Kirsten Johnson seeks a way to keep her 86-year-old father al...

YAYA is a story about a filmmaker who explores the complex relationship between his family and the d...

A short film in which Quran verses are shown alongside images from terrorist attacks.

A collection of death scenes, ranging from TV-material to home-made super-8 movies. The common facto...

Filmed in Cordoba, Granada, Seville, and Toledo, this documentary retraces the 800-year period in me...

THE PERFUMED GARDEN is an exploration of the myths and realities of sensuality and sexuality in Arab...

Seekers of Oblivion explores the exciting life and adventures of Isabelle Eberhardt. Born in Geneva,...

The Bridge is a controversial documentary that shows people jumping to their death from the Golden G...
Challenging the Western view that Islam inherently represses women’s rights, journalist Samira Ahmed...

The story of Robert Flanagan, a man who was born with cystic fibrosis and told he wouldn't live past...