Set in the mountains of northeast Italy, this film may be considered an observational documentary about rural life. Although this is undeniably the case, at the same time Under the cold stars can hardly be considered a documentary: the microcosm on which it focuses appears to be a reflection of a broader reality and perhaps a way to deal with the themes of man’s existence and his relationship with animals, nature and, most importantly, with time. As written by Franco Piavoli "it is a film which essentially relies on images and sound, where words themselves are sound and the music of life, of the relentless flow of time."
A documentary about the corrupt health care system in The United States whose main goal is to make profit even if it means losing people’s lives. "The more people you deny health insurance, the more money we make" is the business model for health care providers in America.
What is the purpose of our existence ? What is the soul ? Which are the power of mind, of conscience ? What is our link to nature ? Pondering these existential questions, this movie invites us to find out an universal wisdom, meeting shamans, healers, yogis, but also philosophers and doctors. From Mongolia plains to the Amazonian forest, it leads us far than we expected at first.
In a studio setting, Stephen Hawking, Arthur C. Clarke and Carl Sagan (who joins them via satellite) discuss the Big Bang theory, God, our existence as well as the possibility of extraterrestrial life.
Documentary examining the politics, music, and life of Tupac Shakur.
Teorías de una Máquina
This short documentary about the history and tourism in Brunei was produced by Bruneian Promotion and Development Division & Tourism Unit, Ministry Industry and Primary Resources in collaboration with Asean Promotion Centre Japan.
A reflective and metaphysical journey about life, which keeps reminding us of our place within the vast weight of existence.
Filmmaker Diego Gutiérrez knows that he is soon to lose two loved ones: his mother Gina Coppe and his best friend Danniel Danniel. Both ask him to film them during this final phase of their lives—Gina in her apartment in Mexico City, Danniel in a Dutch restaurant where he feels at home. What stories do they want to leave behind?
This documentary is the story of three people brought together by ayahuasca, an ancestral medicine from the Amazon rainforest. The film examines the life-changing effects that ayahuasca can have.
In an increasingly oppressive modern age, the characters of this film are subject to the alienation and meanness that characterizes today’s days.
In the heart of the Gaza Strip, four men navigate through divergent paths in pursuit of their definitions of existence, intertwining their fates amidst the complexities of life, love, and survival.
Avant que le jour ne passe is a visual poem about what it means to exist. A collection of fleeting moments. Lives crossing. The world breathing. Nothing more than life itself. This is it. This is what it means to be alive.
L'Arche de Noé a-t-elle vraiment existé ?
The vases are located on a shelf of the lifeless waiting area. None of them resembles the others. All of them are unique, but only cases that are waiting for a recurring process of transience. There are tulips on the table in an empty room of the palliative station. Soon they will be withered. What remains is just the vase.
Experiencing extreme sleep deprivation for months, a young man tape-records his memories for preservation against sinister, clandestine watchers.
A young East German woman leaves her controlling husband/business partner and relocates to a West German city to start anew as an accountant, but he soon catches up with her.
An original satire about women of the 90s in search of the men of their dreams. Franzy believes she's through with men, but desperately needs new amorous story lines for the comic strip she writes for a newspaper. So she observes her friend Maischa struggling to satisfy her need for love -- and someone who knows how to install her new shelf. Since joiner Klaus demands too much attention, she sets her eyes on the good-looking footballer Rene.
An ambitious Engineer recollects the memories of his life which led to humanity's most crucial space mission ever.
Guido Anselmi, a film director, finds himself creatively barren at the peak of his career. Urged by his doctors to rest, Anselmi heads for a luxurious resort, but a sorry group gathers—his producer, staff, actors, wife, mistress, and relatives—each one begging him to get on with the show. In retreat from their dependency, he fantasizes about past women and dreams of his childhood.