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Anne Perry - Interiors

Anne Perry - Interiors
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Anne Perry has written 55 books to date - with sales exceeding 25 million copies in the past 20 years. In 1994, the film HEAVENLY CREATURES revealed a secret about Anne Perry: The famous crime fiction author committed a murder at the age 15.The documentary ANNE PERRY - INTERIORS accompanies the writer and tells a story about the burden of guilt - not only as a part of the past, but also as a part of here and now.

Blind Family

Blind Family
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The young blind couple is expecting their first child.The authors of the film follow them till last moment.We wait intently for the birth of the child and hope that he will see...

Afghan Women Behind the Wheel

Afghan Women Behind the Wheel
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The desire for freedom is natural for people all over the world.Obtaining a driving license is becoming a key factor towards personal freedom for Afghan women. However, is the Afghan society prepared for women behind the wheel? This topic and many others are beeing discussed by young talented director Sahraa Karimi in her film Afghan Women Behind the Wheel.By interviewing women of different age and from different social conditions, Shaara, born and raised in Kabul, gets the idea of their lifes and dreams. She tries to understand the issue of personal freedom in connection with getting a driving licence. The film is a fascinating portrait of women´s life in Kabul, where dreams are different to reality, Kabul, where the present time still has to face the culture of the past.

Agnieszka Holland

Agnieszka Holland
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Documentary film Agnieszka Holland is a cinematographic portrait and an attempt at monographic depiction of the person and work of Agnieszka Holland, one of the most outstanding Polish film directors. In the film the charismatic filmmaker's portrait is drawn by her closest friends, associates, and family members: Kasia Adamik, Laco Adamik, Ryszard Bugajski, Leonardo di Caprio, Ben Chaplin, Agnieszka Grochowska, Ed Harris, Vaclav Havel, Irena Holland, Krystyna Janda, Jan A.P. Kaczmarek, Maciej Karpiński, Diane Kruger, Christopher Lambert, Bogusław Linda and others. The story is based on Agnieszka Holland's own statements and adorned with cuts from her films and "making of" coverage. „Agnieszka Holland is a unique artist. All her films, even those made in Hollywood, reflect her personality and address issues of her concern, and it shows right away. Here is somebody, who has achieved one of the greatest successes available in the world." Krzysztof Zanussi

Agor Dromesko (At the End of Way)

Agor Dromesko (At the End of Way)
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Altzaney

Altzaney
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People of Pankisi Gorge believe that all important issues of their life and death should be solved through mediation of a favored authority. Altzaney is the woman, who interferes into other people's lives and takes responsibility for that. She mediates between conflicting sides and the two worlds as well. Altzaney is the only woman trusted to take care of the dead. What makes her so distinguished and authoritative in a totally patriarchal environment and what is the price one has to pay for it? "Altzaney" gives an insight into a unique community of Pankisi Gorge.

Andrzej Wajda: Let's Shoot!

Andrzej Wajda: Let's Shoot!
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A record of a few months of struggle on the set, showing an atmosphere of work and a picture of immense film machinery, and at same time presenting the truest and intimate portrait of the Master of Polish Cinema, the Oscar winner. In 1957 Andrzej Wajda won the Silver Palm in Cannes for his film 'Canal', along with 'Seventh seal' by Ingmar Bergman. We meet him 50 years later, as the author of many important films, such as 'Ashes and Diamonds', 'Man of Marble' or 'Danton', now directing one the most important films in his career, 'Katyn', about the massacre in which thousands of Polish officers, including Wajda's father, were murdered by the Soviets, during World War II - a tragedy left unspoken for decades. During the shooting of the film, 4 young documentary filmmakers - his former students had a chance to get closer and see how their Master works on his most intimate story. Extraordinary for his sensitivity, immeasurable passion, the feeling of mission and great diligence. But also in moments of tiredness, joy, failures, in conversations with people. Perhaps it is only on the set where one can see what Andrzej Wajda really is like.

Anna, Seven Years on the Frontline

Anna, Seven Years on the Frontline
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This film is about Anna Politkovskaya, who had spent seven years on frontline and put herself in danger so often. Who felt very lonely, but could never stop doing what she did. We follow her, together with her thoughts and dreams. We see the same images she saw and we meet the same people she met, people who she always kept thinking about. In those last seven years of frontlines, she was always going somewhere, to Chechnya, Beslan or wherever.In order to understand Anna's work and duties, together with her character, her fears and feelings of loneliness, we meet three other women, each of them stood by her during hard times and moments of weakness.

Ants Eskola: To Be or Not To Be

Ants Eskola: To Be or Not To Be
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The story of prince Hamlet touched the deepest and most painful spots in the soul of the actor Ants Eskola. Why? Why was that story so important to him? To him Hamlet's monologue "To be or not to be" did not simply express the will to die or the concept of suicide, rather than the fact that other people are those who force you to ask yourself - are you capable to fulfill your dreams in life. His best years passed in the concentration camps in Gulag. When he returned to Estonia, freedom had been replaced with foreign dictatorship. A country of ones own with an "oblast". Life as a public enemy began, a fight for survival in a totalitarian system. Materials from archives of Estonia as well as from Finland have been used in the making of this film.

Argippo Resurrected

Argippo Resurrected
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Shot in Prague, Český Krumlov, Kuks and Venice, Argippo Resurrected expresses the suggestive beauty and original atmosphere of Baroque theatre. Antonio Vivaldi's lost opera Argippo was originally composed for a Prague debut in 1730. Lost for centuries, the opera's score was discovered by a young Czech conductor Ondřej Macek. Almost as remarkable as the discovery of this lost masterpiece was the process of remounting the work. Dan Krameš's film observes, gloriously, the gradual birth of the modern world premiere of Argippo and the search for its authentic Baroque interpretation. It confirms the genius of Argippo, the most significant opera written for Prague before Mozart's Don Giovanni.

 

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