A Word for the Greeks

Sun is Sad

The Maharajah of Kapurthala and guests travel on elephants and men catch fish on the River Bias.

Poet of freedom, faith and patriotism, Dionysios Solomos left behind a work that responded to the demands of his time - noble and always relevant. A dive into the life and work of Greece’s national poet.

200 years after the Revolution of 1821, descendants of freedom fighters from Spetses meet with historians and recount the events, as they have survived in oral tradition and archives.

In order to thank God for favoring their Struggle, the fighters of 1821 dedicated multiple icons and loots to churches and monasteries across Greece. But the great Pledge of the Nation remains unfulfilled to this day...

A nature lover's paradise lays in wait for a mother and daughter enjoying a day's excursion on the North York Moors.

As travelogues go this one doesn't quite cut it – good job Lanry household bleach can!

Hitchcock went the wrong way! Head south by southwest with this travelogue from Bath to Cornwall.

A fun tour of 1950s West End with international film star Yoko Tani.

An epic ramble from Winchester to Canterbury, through Hampshire, Surrey and Kent with picnics, pints and much prettiness on the way.

In this comedic travelogue movie, filmmaker Alex Suszko ventures to the country of Mauritius where he attempts to understand the cultural differences as a lower-middle class American abroad.

Contemporary life in Plymouth in the 1960s – plus some history.

The Norfolk Broads tourist film promotes the pleasures of boating.

Rare stencil-coloured images of early 20th century Delhi during a Muslim festival.

A motorist's excursion captures a world made by hand in the environs of Rawalpindi, Lahore and Karachi.

Travelogue showing the wonders of Copenhagen, Denmark.

In 2011, as tens of thousands of migrants, Loss, and Madess Moussa arrived in Europe via Turkey. Required by EU law to remain in Greece, they only want one thing : to leave. Therefore earn the money needed to start is an obsession and all means are good. The film "The Adventure" follows the lives of these three Ivorians to Athens - their sense of enclosure, strategies to find money, failover illegally, attempts to start - and explores what is at stake, individually and collectively during migration: relations to other migrant communities, friendship, betrayal, solidarity, mafias and violence.

A 1962 West German documentary film directed by Hermann Leitner and Rudolf Nussgruber.

A jetliner spans the miles, sheering through clouds to open sky and scenic vistas of the provinces below. Glimpses of town and country, of people of many ethnic origins, of a resourceful and industrious nation - impressions it would take days and weeks to gather at first hand - are brought to you in this vivid 1800-kilometer panorama.

Dogs of Democracy is an essay-style documentary about the stray dogs of Athens and the people who take care of them. Author and first-time filmmaker Mary Zournazi explores life on the streets through the eyes of the dogs and peoples' experience. Shot in location in Athens, the birthplace of democracy, the documentary is about how Greece has become the 'stray dogs of Europe', and how the dogs have become a symbol of hope for the people and for the anti- austerity movement. A universal story about love and loyalty and what we might learn from animals and peoples' timeless quest for democracy.