The best from our cousins on the Continent.
F*ck For Forest and Aguirre: The Wrath Of God
17,000 Islands
(Country: Norway, Denmark, Indonesia; Year: 2013; Director: Thomas Østbye, Edwin)
In Jakarta, there is a mini-Indonesia park complete with an idealised image of the country’s 17.000 islands. Directors Thomas Østbye and Edwin invite you to rip apart the movie and remake it yourself.
The Act Of Killing
(Country: Denmark, Norway, UK; Year: 2012; Director: Joshua Oppenheimer, Christine Cynn)
People responsible for the mass murder of suspeced Communists at the onset of the military regime in 1965 are challenged to restage their actions and question the pride they still take in them.
Aguirre: The Wrath Of God (Aguirre, der Zorn Gottes)
(Country: Germany; Year: 1972; Director: Werner Herzog; Writer: Werner Herzog; Stars: Klaus Kinski, Daniel Ades, Peter Berling, Ruy Guerra, Del Negro, Armando Polanah, Alejandro Repulles, Cecilia Rivera, Helena Rojo)
Klaus Kinski plays a mad conquistador searching for El Dorado.
Alma, a Tale of Violence (Alma, une enfant de la violence)
(Country: France; Year: 2012; Director: Miquel Dewever-Plana, Isabelle Fougère)
Desperate to belong, Alma did what she had to do to join a Guatemalan gang: she killed someone. She was 15. This is her devastating confession, navigated via iPad.
Bravehearts (Til Ungdommen)
(Country: Norway; Year: 2012; Director: Kari Anne Moe)
A documentary following the lives and thinking of four politically active young Norwegians before and after the massacre on Utøya Island.
Bravehearts and The Act Of Killing
Chimeras
(Country: Finland; Year: 2013; Director: Mika Mattila)
Study of an artist and a photographer in modern China.
Coffee Time (Elvakaffe)
(Country: Sweden; Year: 2013; Director: Maria Fredriksson),
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Elderly ladies discuss everything from female empowerment to evolving attitudes to sexuality and desire.
F*ck For Forest (Fuck For Forest)
(Country: Poland, Germany; Year: 2012; Director: Michał Marczak)
A look at an organisation whose members have sex in a bid to save the planet.
Google And The World Brain
(Country: Spain, UK; Year: 2013; Director: Ben Lewis)
In the most ambitious project ever conceived on the internet, Google has been scanning the world's books for 10 years. They said the intention was to build a giant digital library, but that involved scanning millions of copyrighted works.
Irish Folk Furniture
(Country: Ireland; Year: 2012; Director: Tony Donoghue; Writer: Tony Donoghue)
Stop motion animation exploring a local craftsman’s restoration of rural furniture in a small Irish community.
The Lovely Month Of May (Le Joli Mai)
(Country: France; Year: 1963; Director: Chris Marker, Pierre Lhomme; Writer: Chris Marker, Catherine Varlin; Stars: Chris Marker, Yves Montand, Simone Signoret)
Snapshot of Paris in May 1962.
My Best Fiend (Mein Liebster Fiend)
(Country: Germany; Year: 1999; Director: Werner Herzog)
Herzog revisits his turbulent collaboration with Aguirre star Klaus Kinski.
A Twist in the Fabric of Space
(Country: Netherlands; Year: 2012; Director: Morgan Knibbe),
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A radical journey through the sensory overload of modern life.
