Kiruna - A Brand New World

What if you got the chance to build a new society from scratch, what would it look like? Located more than 200 km above the polar circle, the Swedish mining town Kiruna is built on the world's largest and most modern iron ore mining tunnel, which created a significant income for the Swedish government. However, due to the mining the city has started to collapse and in order to save the industry, the city council together with the mining company LKAB have decided to move the town and its citizens 3 kilometres to the east. In doing so, the town has turned a potential disaster into a great opportunity. The new Kiruna will be an even more progressive, even better society for the future. But is it even possible to plan an ideal world?

Genre: Dokumentalny

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Mario Botta. Architecture and Memory

The film arose from an encounter with Mario Botta during the 2013 Architecture and Memory exhibit held at the Charlotte, North Carolina Bechtler Museum of Modern Art which was designed by the architect. The exhibit gathered and then proposed to the public the Swiss architect’s most significant projects spanning the gamut from his first single-family homes, original expressions of the School of Ticino, to his large public buildings, libraries, theatres, museums, churches and synagogues which have been built across the globe and features more than 90 works. The film is a dialogue on the themes which characterize Mario Botta’s vision and practice: his relationship with history and the territory, the designing of collective spaces, encounters with the leading protagonists of the 20th century. The interview, conducted in Mario Botta’s studio in Mendrisio, is replete with photographic materials, designs and sketches which document his “spaces of memory”.

Genre: Dokumentalny

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The List

Afghanistan fell into the hands of the Taliban due to the withdrawal of US troops in August 2021. Upon hearing this news in a foreign country, the Makhmalbaf family rolled up their sleeves and set out to rescue Afghan artists in crisis.

Genre: Dokumentalny

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Świt

Genre: Dokumentalny

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Nie zmieniaj tematu

Genre: Dokumentalny, Dramat

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Pył

Genre: Dokumentalny

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Mieczysław Jahoda. Wizard from Krakow

Mieczysław Jahoda, a cameraman and pioneer of photographic techniques, was a champion of mood creation. The film is a reminiscence about the author of such Polish classics as "Knights of the Teutonic Order", "The Manuscript Found in Saragossa" or "How Far, How Near".

Genre: Dokumentalny

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The Last Expedition

The true story of Wanda Rutkiewicz, the first woman in the world and the first person from Poland to climb the highest peaks on earth, told by herself. Wanda entered the men's world of mountaineers uninvited and paid the highest price for it. The film's director, herself a climber, sets off to the Himalayas in Wanda's footsteps. The clue to the search is the protagonist's audio-diary found among a pile of archival materials. Wanda disappeared 30 years ago. Her body was never found. Reportedly she stayed in a Buddhist monastery. The film explores her life and mystery with the participation of famous climbers: Reinhold Messner, Krzysztof Wielicki and Carlos Carsolio, as well as the women closest to her: sister Janina Fies and manager Marion Feik.

Genre: Dokumentalny

Actors: Wanda Rutkiewicz, Reinhold Messner, Carlos Carsolio

Symphony on Skis

An adventurous ski tour of two sisters, who follow the tracks of their father, across the pristine landscape of New Zealand. 30 years ago, Gottlieb Braun-Elwert set out on an un-chartered expedition. He conquered the major glaciers of the Southern Alps and crossed 40km and 4000 vertical meters, from the heart of the South Island to the Pacific in just 18 hours. A route of astonishing beauty, immense freedom, breathtaking vistas and the danger of the uncontainable nature. He called this route “Symphony on Skis”. Now, his daughters Carla, Elke and a small team of adventurers embark on the same adventure. This film is a homage to their late father who found a love and home in New Zealand's Southern Alps.

Genre: Dokumentalny

Actors: Carla Braun-Elwert, Elke Braun-Elwert

Kapitäne

This documentary film portrays five captains. It shows their everyday life on board, and how they fulfill their duties and make decisions. But it goes far beyond: Viewers get to know the captains as people with values, as human beings that also deal with topics such as family and home. The captains' stories tell a lot more than about life at sea. The narrative style is documentary in the classical sense: It is only the captains who speak, there is no voiceover. Their own words and the pictures let viewers gain a very close insight into the captains' lives. Hamburg, the German port known as "gate to the world", creates the cinematic parenthesis of this documentary. All captains portrayed have a close relation to Hamburg - they live or work there or come to Hamburg with their ships every now and then.

Genre: Dokumentalny

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Gilles Carle ou l'indomptable imaginaire

Gilles Carle, the prolific director of such movies as La vraie nature de Bernadette and Maria Chapdelaine, has been struggling against Parkinsons disease with dignity for about fifteen years. Based on Carles last script completed in 2000, entitled 'Mona MC Gill et son vieux père malade', Charles Binamés documentary, which took slightly over two years to film, gives us a friendly, penetrating look of a brave, lucid creator confronted with suffering and the perspective of death. Although the subject is grave, we see a stong will to live and to create. A movie shrouded in all the light and love of Chloé Ste-Marie, the famous directors companion of 25 years.

Genre: Dokumentalny

Actors: Gilles Carle, Chloé Sainte-Marie, Donald Pilon

Where Russia Ends

In the late 1980s, a team of Ukrainian filmmakers made several expeditions to the remote corners of Siberia. In 2022, during Russia's ongoing invasion of Ukraine, previously unknown footage from these trips was discovered in Kiev. This valuable find becomes the starting point for the film essay about Russian imperialism, environmental destruction and oppression of the indigenous population in Russian colonies.

Genre: Dokumentalny, Historyczny

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Who Killed Jessica Carpenter?

A 17-year-old girl is murdered. The police have no clues, but a theory arises: she is one of the victims of a serial rapist and murderer. Unpublished interviews and footage bring a shocking revelation about his death.

Genre: Dokumentalny

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The Anarchist Who Came From America

The documentary film tells about life and death of Gaetano Bresci, the Italian anarchist who came back from USA to Italy to kill king Umberto I, on July 29 1900, shooting him three revolver shots in Monza.

Genre: Dokumentalny

Actors: Andrea Anastasio, Giorgia Calandrini, Ginerva Caselli, Francesco Tasselli, Stefano Luci, Roberto Carlesi, Francesco Carlesi, Francesco Del Puglia, Sebastiano Baroni, Claudio Casale, Luigi Bacci, Antonio Avitabile, Emanuele Biagi

I cavalieri della laguna

Genre: Dokumentalny

Actors: Alfredo Solimeno, Enzo Lupo, Franco Lupo, Francesco Mengoni, Gabriele Lubrano, Giuliano Barozzi, Marco Giudici, Maurizio Schiano, Sergio Amenta

The Education of Dee Dee Ricks

The story of one woman's mission to defeat cancer and help others do the same.

Genre: Dokumentalny

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No Time

Michał wants to create an ethical clothing brand. While visting Tanzania, surrounded by colorful fabrics and newly met friends, he comes up with the idea for his company. A friendship with Innocent, the owner of the sewing room, triggers this project. However, the more business they have in their relationship, the harder it is for them to stay friends.

Genre: Dokumentalny

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The Railways: Engine of Progress

When the first railroads were built some two hundred years ago, they brought about a revolutionary change for mankind, linking cities and countryside, driving the industrial revolution and irrevocably changing the landscape: a history of the railroad from its beginnings to the present day.

Genre: Dokumentalny, Historyczny

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One Billion Happy People

A compelling story about a clash between two powerful personalities - the backstory of cooperation of Bayer Full frontman with a Polish-born Chinese businessman. Will the most popular disco polo band make it big in China?

Genre: Dokumentalny

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The Heart Dances – the journey of The Piano: the ballet

This elegant new film from the director of Crossing Rachmaninoff takes us backstage at the Royal New Zealand Ballet as a brilliantly theatrical European interpretation of a New Zealand classic re-enters the culture that inspired it.

Genre: Dokumentalny

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The Dam

A father and a son on a trip. They meet to spend some time together after the period when they broke off contacts. But it is not a carefree weekend at a hut in the Bieszczady mountains. The drunk father asks a rhetorical question: “And what, did you think it would be easy?”

Genre: Dokumentalny

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Grandpa's Orchard

The Volhynian massacre remains a taboo subject for the next generations of Poles and Ukrainians. Karolina’s family spoke about the events in which their relatives were murdered behind a closed door only. To discover the truth about her ancestors, Karolina sets off on a journey to Volhynia.

Genre: Dokumentalny

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Siempre, Luis

A story that embodies the tenacity and passion of the American Dream, this documentary is a portrait of the pioneering activist Luis A. Miranda Jr. Luis is a decades-long fighter for Latino communities, a key player in the New York and national political arena, and a loving father of three – including the award-winning composer, lyricist and actor, Lin-Manuel Miranda.

Genre: Dokumentalny

Actors: Luis Miranda, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Hillary Clinton, Nancy Pelosi, Ed Koch, Chuck Schumer, Jeffrey Seller

Fakir

The psychological journey of Dalibor, a young Romani man from a dysfunctional family, is set against the backdrop of a Slovak slum. This gripping, immersive, and cinematic experience delves into the captivating life at the edge of society, unfolding a modern-day Oedipus story. With a stolen childhood, Dalibor yearns for a father figure in a world that brings a constant struggle for one‘s place. Fakir vividly explores the raw pain that arises from abuse and trauma. This pain resides both internally within the family‘s walls and externally, where the circus‘s agonizing nailbed becomes his haven.

Genre: Dokumentalny

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