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- DirectorHarvey LilleyStarsColin McGregorEwan McGregorDesmond PellyThis documentary covers six years of wartime operations, and reviews the obstacles and challenges that the RAF (Royal Air Force) faced as they developed Bomber Command.
- DirectorJude HoStarsJulie WaltersSue TownsendIsy SuttieProfile of the creator of Adrian Mole, with contributions from comedians and writers she influenced. Townsend overcame poverty and a traumatic first marriage to become one of the defining authors of her age - but for years wrote in secret.
- DirectorGianfranco RosiStarsSamuele PucilloMattias CucinaSamuele CaruanaCapturing life on the Italian island of Lampedusa, a frontline in the European migrant crisis.
- DirectorCraig CollinsonStarsMark StrongMichael A. MusmannoTraudl JungeFilmed interviews with the survivors of the Berlin Bunker in which Adolf Hitler, Eva Braun and the Goebbels family killed themselves in the final days of World War II. The interviews were made in 1948 by Captain Michael Musmanno, a US Navy Lawyer and Nuremberg Judge, and the film was offered to Hollywood, but the mood of the western world had changed and wanted to forget Hitler and the war and instead look to the future. The film remained in a US university archive until it was re-discovered in 2013.
- DirectorAnders GustafssonStarsAmil ElezovicA ten-year-old boy consumed with playing football struggles with friendship, improving his skills and disappointments.
- DirectorAshley GethingStarsMatthew BarzunPrincess BeatriceDavid BeckhamTo celebrate the upcoming 90th birthday of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II this documentary enjoys privileged access to the Queen and many members of the Royal Family following their work at home and abroad.
- DirectorSanne van den BerghGreg WardStarsKofi AnnanFrancis BeckettAbdul-Hakin BelhajThe story of Tony Blair's destruction of the Labour Party, his well-remunerated business interests, and the thousands of innocent people who have died following his decision to invade Iraq.
- DirectorBrad StabioStarsBrady TurgeonLogan GrimesAvery MullinsYoung Bucks is a short documentary focusing on three young Arizona steer riders (ages 9-12) hoping to someday make it big to the big leagues of bull riding. But, it's also much more than that. This film is a look into the lives of these kids, their personalities and their passion for riding a one ton animal as well as their family's decision to participate in this dangerous sport, whatever the cost.
- DirectorIssiaka Konaté
- DirectorPaul SmithStarsJasper CarrottJasper Carrott's 1981 performance at the London Palladium recorded live for London Weekend Television.
- DirectorJames LongleyStarsMarmar AlhilaliMohammed HaithemSuleiman MahmoudStories from modern day Iraq as told by Iraqis living in a time of war, occupation and ethnic tension.
- DirectorPaul BerczellerMark RadiceStarsMatt FreiLady Bird JohnsonJohn F. KennedyDocumentary telling the remarkable story of Donald Trump's family history, an extraordinary immigration success story. What can we learn about the next President of the United States from his background?
- DirectorRichard NashStarsSarah BeenySarah Beeny analyses key factors to determine the most desirable place to live in the UK. She travels around the country looking at indicators ranging from job prospects to affordable housing.
- DirectorPaul ScottStarsYassmin Abdel-MagiedLuke DawsonFiona Kate BarlowNew science reveals why we are racist and offers a solution.
- DirectorCatey SextonStarsPeter CapaldiNearly 10,000 children in Britain visit a parent in prison every week, BAFTA-nominated filmmaker Catey Sexton gives a humane and sensitive insight into their lives in this documentary made for [error].
- DirectorTim GrayStarsJohn D. AndersonRay ChavezJoseph ConnollyThe focus of this film is on the military and civilian survivors of Pearl Harbor, all of whom had totally different experiences onDecember 7, 1941.
- DirectorSteven GrandisonStarsDavid HarewoodFaiza ShaheenAsmita MbanzaDavid Harewood presents this documentary analysing the range of obstacles that make it more difficult for black people to rise to positions of power and influence in British society.
- DirectorJeremy Asher LynchStarsJake TommilaSheilynne TommilaD'Angelo MidiliJake, a gender non-conforming seven year-old, invites us into his world to explore the transforming power of love and support on our children.
- DirectorDaniel FahreStarsKjell-Erik GunnarsenGerd-Anne GunnarsenEmma GunnarsenTwo twins brothers are willing to sacrifice everything for each other and the music. It is a portrait of the pop-duo Marcus and Martinus and their rise to fame.
- DirectorSarah GoodmanStarsNoah StantonColin StittCharlie BengerAn observational portrait of two years in the lives of students at a private boys' school in Toronto.
- DirectorDanny BeckEleven-year-old Dylan's leg hurts so much with tumors that he wants the doctors to cut his leg off. Can he convince them that's the correct solution? And is it the right solution?
- DirectorCarroll BallardA view of the 1968 National Rodeo Finals in Oklahoma City.
- DirectorCarroll Ballard
- DirectorLukas DhontStarsErgün OzyürtI started from a place on Left Bank where the children of parents who are absent for an unknown period of time (sailors, immigrants) live together, surrounded by big buildings that isolate them from the rest of the world. Their home is situated near the Scheldt, a river that runs through Belgium. They dream about the water that could take them far far away from here (just like their parents) and try communicating with their father through letters.
- DirectorIoanis NuguetStarsCassandra DumitruSpartacus UrsuCamille BrissonSpartacus and Cassandra, the children of two homeless Roma, have been taken in by the young street worker Camille. In her little community she helps homeless and poor children and performs art music and circus acts with them. She takes special care of the Roma siblings and is struggling to become their legal custodian, as their parents try to take them back onto the street.
- DirectorBilly PolsStarsNassim GuammazShort documentary about the hopes and aspirations of 15-year-old Nassim Guammaz, a Dutch skateboard enthusiast.
- DirectorTom BarrowStarsLouis TherouxCamilleCaseyLouis Theroux travels to San Francisco where a group of doctors help kids who claim to be born in the wrong body.
- DirectorDanny LyonDanny Lyon is one of America's great photographers, best known for his series on Chicago bike gangs and his on-going series of death row inmates in the Texas prison system. Lyon was partners with Robert Frank in a company they formed to make documentaries and support their photographic work when he made this poetic cinema-verité portrait of homeless children on the streets of Santa Marta, Colombia. Lyon's remarkable trademark ability to be with the boys as if he were one of them allows him (and us) to experience their day-to-day lives. Punctuated by songs written and sung by one of the boys, the film has a transcendent objectivity tinged with heartbreaking beauty. Restored at 2K by Mark Rance from the original camera negative held at the George Eastman House, the audio has been restored from the original production tapes. This effort is part of an on-going collaboration between Watchmaker Films and Lyons' Bleak Beauty.
- DirectorAdrián OrrStarsMia RansanzOro RansanzLuna RansanzVery realistic, almost a morning ritual long, we observe a father getting his children up and ready for school.
- DirectorChris HillStarsRobbie ColtraneCraig StevensDaniel RadcliffeTo mark the release two weeks ago of the eighth and final movie in the series, Robbie Coltrane narrates a countdown of the movie franchise's best moments. From Harry's first meeting with Ron and Hermione aboard the Hogwarts Express through to magical mysteries.
- DirectorFenton BaileyRandy BarbatoStarsDavid AnthonyGary BarryScott Black101 Rent Boys is shot on location in various motel rooms situated on the length of the Santa Monica Boulevard, and features 101 different hustlers. Although the film features 101 different people, it focuses on the lives (and loves) of a few key men. They have been chosen to reflect the immense diversity of the boys of the Santa Monica Strip. An amazing thing happens when you cross a video camera with award-winning directors, $50 and a hustler. The pieces are slickly grouped to cover certain themes; such as their first john, gay for pay, homelessness, drugs or the reason that they began to work as a rent boy. It also explores the variety of insiders' opinion on subjects such as; how a rent boy should dress, speak, act, think, give head, receive head, increase cash flow, keep safe, walk, eat, smoke, and flirt.
- StarsAdam BuxtonJoe CornishThe Amazing JohnathanThis is an excellent compilation of 50 superlative magical tricks and many are on show for the first time.
- DirectorAmy SchatzStarsRosie O'DonnellZiggy MarleyElizabeth MitchellWhat is a family? Rosie O'Donnell looks at the many answers to this question in this documentary that features original songs and thoughtful kids musing on love and family. The show provides a moving portrait of the remarkable diversity of families today, including same-sex parents, mixed-heritage families, and stories of adoption. Animated songs and musical performances by kids and families spice up the festivities along with performances and recordings by artists including Ziggy Marley, Bonnie Raitt, Doris Day, Sweet Honey in the Rock, Frank Sinatra, Rosie O'Donnell and They Might Be Giants.
- DirectorMichael AptedStarsBruce BaldenJacqueline BassettSymon BasterfieldDirector Michael Apted interviews the same group of British-born adults after a seven-year wait as to the changes that have occurred in their lives during the last seven years.
- DirectorMichael AptedStarsBruce BaldenJacqueline BassettSymon BasterfieldThis eye-opening episode uncovers human nature and the desire to survive and succeed in all its heart-breaking glory.
- DirectorMichael AptedStarsBruce BaldenJacqueline BassettSymon BasterfieldDirector Michael Apted interviews the same group of British-born adults after a seven-year wait as to the changes that have occurred in their lives during the last seven years.
- DirectorMichael AptedStarsBruce BaldenJacqueline BassettSymon BasterfieldDirector Michael Apted revisits the same group of British-born adults after a seven-year wait. The subjects are interviewed as to the changes that have occurred in their lives during the last seven years.
- DirectorMichael AptedPaul AlmondStarsBruce BaldenJacqueline BassettSymon BasterfieldDirector Michael Apted revisits the same group of British-born adults after a seven-year wait. The subjects are interviewed as to the changes that have occurred in their lives during the last seven years.
- DirectorMichael AptedStarsBruce BaldenJacqueline BassettSymon BasterfieldDirector Michael Apted revisits the same group of British-born children after a seven-year wait. The subjects are interviewed as to the changes that have occurred in their lives during the last seven years.
- DirectorGrzegorz DebowskiStarsMariusz KochAdolescent Polish boy's routine while training as a competitive boxer.
- DirectorJack HazanStarsDavid HockneyPeter SchlesingerCelia BirtwellSemi-fictionalized documentary biopic of British artist David Hockney. After a difficult break-up, Hockney is left unable to paint, much to the concern of his friends. Titled after Hockney's pop-art painting 'A Bigger Splash'.
- DirectorOlga KalagateStarsJedrzej ZablockiJakub Kalagate
- DirectorMaya NewellStarsEbonyGrahamGusGAYBY BABY follows the lives of four kids - Gus, Ebony, Matt and Graham - whose parents all happen to be gay. As they each wrestle with personal change, the outside world wrestles with the issue of marriage equality, and whether or not kids of same-sex families are at risk.
- DirectorEster Martin BergsmarkStarsJuli ApponenSebastian BendeforsEster Martin BergsmarkWhen Ester meets Eli he recognized himself for the 1st time, and later they are lovers. In this very personal, sensual, colorful and genre- and gender-breaking documentary movie about love, you'll see how important it is to find real love.
- DirectorAngus MacQueenDocuments first contact with members of a previously isolated tribe called the Txapanawa on the bank of the Envira River in the village of Simpatia in Brazil. The Anthropologist is José Carlos Meirelles.
- DirectorMichael OgdenStarsNarvel AnnableJoe CorrJanet DibleyCandid documentary offering a glimpse at the secretive world of gay sauna. Gaining access to an establishment in Nottingham where men go to meet strangers for sex. The programme meets people from a wide variety of backgrounds who frequent the sauna, from teachers and plumbers to Tory councillors.
- DirectorAslaug HolmAslaug Holm follows closely her two young sons Markus and Lukas in their everyday life, while being sons, close brothers, as well as being kids having pleasures and disappointments.
- DirectorAmy BergStarsEvan HenziMichael Egan IIIMark RyanAn investigation into accusations of teenagers being sexually abused within the film industry.
- DirectorAlice SchmidStarsLaura RoosliCarolin VogelJulia VogelIn the tradition of ETRE ET AVOIR and some of THE STORY OF THE WEEPING CAMEL Fifty children of mountain farmers, six miles of walking to school, a childhood in the heart of Switzerland.
- DirectorDavid ParkerStarsRobson GreenColin GreenNicholas BartleRobson Green spends a year working with the team of engineers who have been commissioned to rebuild the most famous steam engine in the world. Starting in February, Robson is given the task of cutting off the front end of the Scotsman and welding on a whole piece, and sets out to Durham, where he discovers how the invention of the steam engine helped to change the world. After a year in the workshop, the iconic train is ready for its first test run, and Robson realises a lifelong dream and gets to ride on the footplate as it sets off.
- DirectorJohn BridcutStarsKing Charles IIIPrincess AlexandraSarah Armstrong-JonesA unique celebration of the Queen's ninety years as she reaches her landmark birthday in April. Film-maker John Bridcut has been granted special access to the complete collection of Her Majesty's personal ciné films, shot by the Duke of Edinburgh and the Queen herself, as well as by King George VI and Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother. Much of it has never been seen publicly before. Various members of the Royal Family are filmed watching this private footage and contributing their own personal insights and their memories of the woman they know both as a member of their own close family and as queen. Among those taking part are the Prince of Wales, the Duke of Cambridge, Prince Harry, the Princess Royal, the Duke of Kent and his sister Princess Alexandra, who has never before given an interview.
- DirectorSusanna HelkeVirpi Suutari
- DirectorWillem BaptistStarsMack BouwenseJacky BouwenseWendy BouwenseMack is a 8 year old streetwise boy wants to win all the time. With his mirrored heart he has to perform on the motorcrosstrack while death watches him from all corners. He finds inspiration with his grandfather who has passed away and support from his sister who lives in constant fear of going into anaphylactic shock and die.
- DirectorDavid Korn-BrzozaStarsWill JohnsonVincent LindonGeorgi ZhukovWhat happened in France just after WWII, between 1945 and 1949? An interesting historic documentary looks at the fate of male and female (presumed) collaborators with the Nazis, the use of the POW in the reconstruction of the plundered and devastated country.
- DirectorSam Benstead
- With Britain's referendum on E.U. membership next week, Mishal Husain presents an impartial insight into the effects of migration from other European countries on the UK.
- DirectorAlma Har'elBombay Beach is one of the poorest communities in southern California located on the shores of the Salton Sea, a man-made sea stranded in the middle of the Colorado desert that was once a beautiful vacation destination for the privileged and is now a pool of dead fish. Film director Alma Har'el tells the story of three protagonists. The trials of Benny Parrish, a young boy diagnosed with bipolar disorder whose troubled soul and vivid imagination create both suffering and joy for him and his complex and loving family. The story of CeeJay Thompson, a black teenager and aspiring football player who has taken refuge in Bombay Beach hoping to avoid the same fate of his cousin who was murdered by a gang of youths in Los Angeles; and that of Red, an ancient survivor, once an oil field worker, living on the fumes of whiskey, cigarettes and an irrepressible love of life. Together these portraits form a triptych of manhood in its various ages and guises, in a gently hypnotic style that questions whether they are a product of their world or if their world is a construct of their own imaginations.
- DirectorSarah JoblingStarsAlice RobertsMark KnightMike BamforthProfessor Alice Roberts joins the team excavating a 3,000-year-old Bronze Age village in the Cambridgeshire Fens that's been called the 'British Pompeii' due to the remarkable levels of preservation.
- DirectorAnthony WhitingtonIan WhitingtonTwo sons battle to overhaul their dad's destructive lifestyle, from poor diet to bad habits, ingrained negativity and stubbornness - and set him the challenge of cycling 100 miles.
- DirectorMarcel MettelsiefenStarsKate BufferyIn this follow-up to his award-winning documentary "Syria: Children on the Frontline", filmmaker Marcel Mettelsiefen follows Hala and her four children as they flee the war in Syria by seeking refuge in Germany.
- DirectorEmily Hogan Turner
- DirectorAdam NimoyStarsChris PineKarl UrbanJim ParsonsAn examination of the enduring appeal of Leonard Nimoy and his portrayal of Spock in Star Trek (1966).
- DirectorStefania BuonajutiStarsSophie MorganSophie Morgan travels to Ghana to see what the lives of people with disabilities there are like. She meets people who beg on the motorways in Accra, people who are held captive in prayer camps, as well as those lucky enough to attend rehabilitation facilities. While learning more about the spiritual beliefs some Ghanaians hold about disabled people, Morgan comes across a shocking practice performed on children.
- DirectorMarkus ImhoofStarsFred JaggiRandolf MenzelJohn MillerAn in-depth look at honeybee colonies in California, Switzerland, China and Australia.
- DirectorPedro González-RubioStarsJorge MachadoRoberta PalombiniNatan Machado PalombiniBefore their inevitable farewell, Jorge, a young man of Mayan roots, and Natan, his half-Italian son, spend time together living off the Banco Chinchorro coral reef.
- DirectorLasse HallströmStarsAnni-Frid LyngstadBenny AnderssonBjörn UlvaeusAn incompetent radio DJ tries to get an interview with the Swedish pop group during their famous week-long 1977 tour of Australia.
- DirectorDavid Notman-WattStarsAled JonesAdventist Vocal EnsembleJonathan BarringtonAled Jone's takes you on a remarkable journey across Europe and the Middle East to explore the origins of some of our most cherished songs. Aled joins the Libera Choir at Great St Barts Priory Church to sing these popular carols. Including; 'Once in Royal David's City', 'Away in a Manger', 'O Little Town of Bethlehem', 'O Come All Ye Faithful', 'Silent Night' and more.
- DirectorNorman LeeStarsAdolf HitlerRobert BeattyDerek BlomfieldMixture of re-enactments and documentary footage relates the story of the rise to power of Adolf Hitler and his Nazis in Germany and the danger they pose to Europe and the rest of the world.
- DirectorJames CameronSteven QualeStarsJames CameronAnatoly M. SagalevitchGenya ChernaievJames Cameron teams up with NASA scientists to explore the Mid-Ocean Ridge, a submerged chain of mountains that band the Earth and are home to some of the planet's most unique life forms.
- DirectorJohn ScagliottiStarsCraig RodwellMelissa EtheridgeMike CarneyDocumentary/Historical retrospective of the Gay Rights movement from the 1969 Stonewall riots to the present.
- DirectorAlexandra WestmeierIn post-Soviet Russia, troubled underage boys caught at various offenses (from stealing to multiple murder) are committed for a few years to closed state reform schools. There, they live in a military type of regime, starting the day with open air exercises, making beds to absurdly meticulous rules etcetera. Ironically, many come from such poor and/or abusive, often broken families that a structured life with three square meals, a warm dorm and regular classes feels like a better deal, some actually dread returning home.
- DirectorCharles Hervé-Gruyer
- DirectorNanette BursteinStarsHannah BaileyJake TusingMegan KrizmanichA documentary on seniors at a high school in a small Indiana town and their various cliques.
- DirectorLouise HogarthStarsCon CloeteMarion CloeteMarion Cloete, a university-trained therapist, along with her husband and two daughters, fearlessly walked away from a privileged life in a wealthy Johannesburg suburb to establish Boikarabelo (formerly Botshabelo), an extraordinary village and school that provide shelter, food, and education to more than 550 South African children.
- DirectorJack HivelyStarsDouglas MacArthurChester W. NimitzJames CraigMilitary documentary about the four years of Pacific war detailing the history of the defeat of Japan.
- DirectorGregory ColbertStarsPatrick DisantoLaurence FishburneJeanne MoreauExploring the shared language and poetic sensibilities of all animals.
- DirectorPeter Tyler BoullataJean-François MonetteStarsElissa BernsteinBrad FraserAn examination of how science and social politics have shaped our notions of homosexuality through history.
- DirectorGeorge WatsonStarsJoe MiksakBoys Clubs of San FranciscoThe coach of a freshman track team explains the intricacies of the male reproduction system, and how to use it, to his team.
- DirectorTricia ReganStarsHillary AaronJoe AaronLexi AaronFollows five autistic children as they work together to create and perform a live musical production.
- StarsHenry H. ArnoldAlan BrookeKai-Shek ChiangCrusade in the Pacific is a video series that documents the fighting between the United States and Imperial Japan during and immediately after World War II.
- StarsLeo GennBurgess MeredithAnthony VeillerDocumentary film depicting the attack by Allied forces on the Japanese strong-holds of Arawe Beach and Cape Gloucester, New Britain, in the South Pacific theatre of the Second World War in 1943.
- DirectorLiz BloorStarsJames HobleyCraig Kelly
- DirectorPatricia MordecaiStarsKen DoddKeith BarronFrank BrunoOnce again, Ken Dodd (with over 40 years in his trade) performs his unique set in front of a host of celebrities gathered to show their appreciation of his enduring talent.
- DirectorPatricia MordecaiStarsKen DoddPam AyresFrank CarsonKen Dodd OBE, presents this comedy extravaganza in which he entertains a celebrity audience. Ken tells jokes and answers questions from TV personalities including James Fox, Warren Mitchell, Hannah Gordon, Gordon Kaye and Molly Sugden.
- DirectorMarianna KaatStarsJura SikanovJulia SikanovaUljana SikanovaThe eastern Ukrainian town of Snezhnoje, which prospered during the Soviet era when miners there were spoiled with all kinds of privileges, now lives in poverty.
- DirectorWojciech StaronThe film told the story of a young teacher who emigrated to the vicinity of Lake Baikal in order to teach Polish deportees' descendants their native language. Many years later, as a married couple with two children, the director and his wife are leaving for Argentina. Influenced by their Argentinian friend, Janek enters the fascinating world of imagination, and is introduced to the bitterness of childhood prematurely contaminated by the problems of grown-ups.
- DirectorLouie SchwartzbergStarsGeorge WoodardCharles Jimmie Sr.The Vasquez BrothersFilmmaker Louis Schwartzberg hits the road to capture America's people and its natural beauty.
- DirectorPaul BlakeStarsStephen K. Amos
- DirectorRon FrickeStarsPatrick DisantoA collection of expertly photographed scenes of human life and religion.
- DirectorJohnny SymonsReflections on growing older. Gay men of different ages ponder what it means to get older in a culture that youth obsessed.
- DirectorGreta SchillerRobert RosenbergStarsRita Mae BrownBruce NugentHenry OtisThe history of the Gay and Lesbian community before the Stonewall riots began the major gay rights movement.
- DirectorJem CohenPeter SillenStarsBenjamin DickersonTim CampionBrian HalloranThis highly unorthodox documentary follows the crooked path of Benjamin (no last name). He lives in a hidden neighborhood of Atlanta, Georgia called "Cabbagetown." Drag-queen, speed-freak, all-around renegade, Benjamin left the straight (in every sense of the word) world behind a long time ago.
- DirectorFielder BakerStarsBenjeanChevy ChaseFrank InnBehind-the-scenes look at the beloved movie canine.