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Two mismatched entrepreneurs – egghead innovator Mike Lazaridis and cut-throat businessman Jim Balsillie – joined forces in an endeavour...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Jay Baruchel

The life of Henri Grouès, known as Abbé Pierre, from his time in the Resistance in WWII to his fights against poverty and for the...

Genre: History

Cast: Benjamin Lavernhe

Using testimonies by pioneers and witnesses of the times, delve into the feverish visual culture the media generated – with far-fetched...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Sarah-Jane Sauvegrain

Postwar France was slow to recover from the after-effects of the World War Two. The economy was doing poorly, and many people were poor and homeless,...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Lambert Wilson

Crownsville Hospital: From Lunacy to Legacy is a feature-length documentary film highlighting the history of the Crownsville State Mental Hospital in...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Emil Gallina

An 8-year journey into divided America, The American Question examines the insidious roots of polarization and distrust through past the past and...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Amy Chua

In 2001, Jimmy Wales published the first article on Wikipedia, a collaborative effort that began with a promise: to democratize the spreading of...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Larry Sanger

A sophisticated and beautifully constructed account of landscape change in and around Paris in the early 1960s. The film raises complex issues about...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Antoine Vitez

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Chloé Réjon

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Genre: Documentary

Cast: Céline Sallette

This film illustrates the struggles of Canadian prairies women to achieve a more just and humane society within the farm movement and at large....

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Virginia Beckner

A fictional letter from a daughter, Olivia, to her mother in Dominica is the narrative thread connecting interviews from (predominantly) black and...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Amanda Symonds

Man-pulled rickshaw, which have served Kolkata for over eight decades face virtual extinction as a result of legislation introduced by the State...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Naseeruddin Shah

In 1978 the police attacked demonstrators at the Sydney (Australia) Mardi Gras celebrations. This film details the communities' responses.

Genre: Documentary

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Filled with rare archive footage and frequently hilarious interviews with the trailblazers themselves, Men of Wood & Foam is a compelling look at...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Barry Bennett

In a story of two men switched at birth, noble-born Chun Doong lives as a slave and becomes a heroic outlaw, while beggar-born Gwi Dong lives as a...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Chun Jung-myung

In this modern world, air travel represents the height of luxury and Pan Am is the biggest name in the business. The planes are glamorous, the pilots...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Christina Ricci

Mildred Pierce depicts an overprotective, self-sacrificing mother during the Great Depression who finds herself separated from her husband, opening a...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Kate Winslet

1945 Zero hour. Europe is reduced to rubble. Thirty million displaced and uprooted people. At the heart of this ravaged continent lies Switzerland....

Genre: Drama

Cast: Miron Sharshunov

The lives and loves of a 1930s Yorkshire town explored in a passionate tale of politics in small places. South Riding charts the story of Sarah...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Anna Maxwell Martin

Great Southern Landscapes follows art lover and actor Rachel Griffiths as she explores Australia's most iconic landscapes and the untold personal,...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Rachel Griffiths

In this unique take on British history, Professor Alice Roberts explores Britain's rich and varied past through the stories of individual towns and...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Alice Roberts

The comedian explores the British isles in her vintage camper van, Helen, taking in some dramatic scenery, unspoilt countryside and incredible...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Susan Calman

How, from the 1920s to the present day, financial power has gradually strengthened a hidden alliance with criminal organizations around the world.

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Christophe Bouquet

Parts of Norway's queer history are seen through the eyes and hearts of more than 50 famous Norwegians.

Genre: Documentary

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Dominic Sandbrook takes a fresh look at a dynamic decade. 1980s Britain changed in everything from politics and sport to fashion and popular culture.

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Dominic Sandbrook

Genre: Documentary

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Thirties in Colour: Countdown to War takes black-and-white films from the era and colourises the footage, bringing the past vividly back to life.

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Veronika Hyks