An exploration —manipulated and staged— of life in Las Hurdes, in the province of Cáceres, in Extremadura, Spain, as it was in 1932. Insalubrity, misery and lack of opportunities provoke the emigration of young people and the solitude of those who remain in the desolation of one of the poorest and least developed Spanish regions at that time.

A group of people are standing along the platform of a railway station in La Ciotat, waiting for a t...

Megacities is a documentary about the slums of five different metropolitan cities.

Warsaw's Central Railway Station. 'Someone has fallen asleep, someone's waiting for somebody else. M...
This documentary is featured on the DVD for Captain Blood (1935), released in 2005.

In 1928, as the talkies threw the film industry and film language into turmoil, Chaplin decided that...

This film aims to capture the stories of the aging Isabella, but also captures her condition and los...

Working men and women leave through the main gate of the Lumière factory in Lyon, France. Filmed on ...

Presents life in 18th century Spain as the painter Francisco de Goya showed it to us.
Young men are faced with a medical commission for army recruits and asked to choose where they want ...

The 1966 visit of Hollywood movie star Kirk Douglas at the legendary Polish State Film School in Lód...

Piwowski's documentary debut is a satirical reportage, referring to the poetics of the Czech school ...
A satirical look at the Soviet-block hairdressing contest which was held in Warsaw in 1971.

By combining actual footage with reenactments, this film offers both a documentary and fictional acc...

Wes Hurley's autobiographical tale of growing up gay in Soviet Union Russia, only to escape with his...

This Pixar documentary short follows Sarah Vowell, who plays herself as the title character, on why ...
Rolf and Susanne visit an indoor swimming pool. They learn how to buy tickets at the ticket office, ...

This historical drama tells the story of Qin Shihuang, who unified China's vast territory and declar...

Guy Debord's analysis of a consumer society.

Twenty-five films from twenty-five European countries by twenty-five European directors.