Director Boris Gerrets demonstrates that dignity and humanity can exist even in the most seemingly undignified and inhumane living conditions.
After a while, we begin to feel that the stream of love embraces many people in this community - there is so much greeting and laughing, confiding and story-telling, and dancing, including a wonderful account of waltzing into fifty years of marriage. Film review.
The images in Manakamana combine to create a fascinating story about tradition in transit, and the necessity of adapting. Film review.
He makes films about his people, his history, his politics and so ultimately he is making a film about himself. Film review.
Film can illuminate what it is to be a misfit in society, with all the anxieties that this position entails. Is it a perspective or a reality? Iranian film answers that it must be both. Film essay.
A new documentary from Russia will have its UK premiere at the closing gala of Open City Docs in London (17-22 June 2014).
This is no longer a stream of precious collectibles: it’s mainly junk. But the brothers are still determined to trade like gold merchants, like they are living in the city they knew as children. Film review.
Most of us share hard work, family and the hope of an easier future. Most of us want love, companionship and to be comfortable in our own skin. Film review.
The international media can cast an unflinching spotlight on wars but when the war is over the spotlight is suddenly switched off—would that it were that simple for those, including children, left traumatised in its wake. Film review.
This is not a film about the Egyptian revolution. This is a film about Cairo - and traffic. Film review.
Marc Bauder's Master of the Universe runs like a sociological narrative of high finance as experienced by one man, former investment banker Rainer Voss. Film review.
I am still filled with wonder and admiration by how many good documentary films are being made around the world today, often very hard to find.
