Portraits

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  Frozen Heart

  Norway | 1999 | 58/87min

  The film by Stig Andersen and Kenny Sanders is an attempt to investigate Amundsen‘s life and mind, looking boths at his deeds as a polar explorer and at the psyche of a troubled man. Read More

   
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  Gorbachev. Heaven

  Latvia, Czech Republic | 2020 | 57/100min

  The 90-year old Gorbachev currently lives in a modest house outside Moscow, awaiting the moment when he will be called to join the list of the 20th century’s most consequential figures. History will judge Gorbachev, but Gorbachev presents his own, final testimony - captured by Vitaly Mansky. Read More

   
   
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  How Mankind Lives – Men and Women

  Germany | 2007 | 52min

  The film documents and uncovers the state of marriage, sexuality and love around the world. Read More

   

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  I am Writing You down Here on Earth

  Finland | 2002 | 54min

  I AM WRITING YOU DOWN HERE ON EARTH is the director's closing of accounts with his parents. Under the assistance of hypnosis Jaakko Ilkka Virtanen regresses back through his identity, family photographs, emotions and his mother's letters. Read More

   
   
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  Ima

  Germany | 2001 | 58min

  An intense personal documentary that explores how a grandmother's secrets of identity have had repercussions on two subsequent generations of women. Read More

   
   
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  Jiří Menzel - To Make A Comedy Is No Fun

  Switzerland | 2016 | 53/80min

  A film about Czechoslovakian director Jiří Menzel who won the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film with CLOSELY WATCHED TRAINS - his first feature film ever. Read More

   

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  John Berger or The Art of Looking

  Germany | 2016 | 55min

  An intimate portrait of the writer and art-critic who’s groundbreaking insights on seeing have shaped us for already five decades. Read More

   
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  Julia's Madness

  Germany | 1999 | 58/95min

  The story of a love affair during the Cold War. Read More

   
   
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  Justice – In Time of War

  Italy | 2003 | 58/74/77min

  The film follows Sisto Turra, the father of a young Italian murdered by police in Colombia, and his groundbreaking struggle to bring the Colombian government to justice. Read More