Films A-Z

A Diary of Healing

Mes deux seins, journal d’une guérison
Marie Mandy / France, Belgium / 2010 / 91 min.

One day, director Marie Mandy discovered she had breast cancer. In one fell swoop, her life was changed by the awareness of being in mortal danger and her own feeling of powerlessness. That's why she decided to shoot a film about her difficult road to recovery. The resulting quest by this director-cum-patient ...

A Film Unfinished

Stikat Haarchiyon
Yael Hersonski / Israel / 2010 / 89 min.

Long after the Second World War ended, four reels of film were found in a Nazi safe in a German mountain retreat. Simply labelled "Ghetto", this film contained footage of everyday life in the Warsaw Ghetto, which was often ingeniously staged so that it could be used as anti-Jewish Nazi propaganda. Israeli ...

Agnus Dei: Lamb of God

Agnus Dei: Cordero de Dios
Alejandra Sánchez / Mexico, France / 2010 / 84 min.

Like many other boys from religious families, from the very outset, Jesús Colin was captivated as a small child by the atmosphere of Catholic ceremonies in Mexican churches. He wanted to become an altar boy and later a priest. At just eleven years of age however, this dream began to turn into a nightmare. ...

All for the Good of the World and Nosovice

Vše pro dobro světa a Nošovic
Vít Klusák / Czech Republic / 2010 / 82 min.

The construction of a Hyundai car plant in Nošovice, north Moravia, was accompanied by conflict, heated emotions and media interest. The purchase of agricultural land by the company resulted in threats being made to villagers unwilling to sell their properties. In the end, they gave in and an industrial ...

Auf Wiedersehen Finnland

Auf Wiedersehen Finnland
Virpi Suutari / Finland / 2010 / 78 min.

Even if somebody denounces you because we left with them, don't hold it against us. I had no choice. This is what Finnish woman Kaisu wrote in a farewell letter in 1944. At the time, Finland had ended its alliance with fascist Germany, which began withdrawing its 200,000 troops from the country. Several ...

Autumn Gold

Herbstgold
Jan Tenhaven / Germany, Austria / 2010 / 94 min.

This film offers a sensitive, formally elegant, and occasionally cheerful portrait of five athletes competing at the 18th international senior citizen World Masters Championships in the Finnish city of Lahti. The makers of this documentary elegantly show us how well one can preserve a healthy spirit, ...