In May of 1982 Julio Cortázar, the Argentinean writer and his companion in life, Carol Dunlop set out in their VW bus on a journey along the...

An intimate portrayal of the everyday lives of Carthusian monks of the Grande Chartreuse, high in the French Alps (Chartreuse Mountains). The idea...

Max Frisch was the last big Swiss intellectual widely respected as a “voice” in its own right – a character hardly found today. The...

“Namibia Crossings” takes a trip through a country of archaic beauty and bizarre contradictions. The film creates polyphonies of soulful...

Switzerland is presently the only country in the world where suicide assistance is legal. Exit: The Right to Die profiles that nation's EXIT...

Modern Amazons are fierce heroines. They are ready to fight for what is important to them. Without explaining, without compromising, always...

Zurich-born Hugo Koblet was the first international cycling star of the post-war period. He was a stylist on the bicycle and in life, and a huge...

A documentary of an expedition to Churchill, Manitoba to film the Northern Lights.

Over 350,000 tons of highly radioactive waste and spent fuel rods are in temporary storage on site at nuclear power complexes and at intermediate...

Switzerland still carries out special flights, where passengers, dressed in diapers and helmets, are chained to their seats for 40 hours at worst....

Switzerland was one of the last countries in the world to grant women the right to vote. This film guides us through a century of Swiss history,...

An intimately raw and magical journey through the life, mind, and heart of iconic artist Frida Kahlo. Told through her own words for the very first...

Nine filmmakers each profile a young girl from a different part of the world to weave a global tapestry of youth in the 21st century.

The film follows adventurer Jeff Johnson as he retraces the epic 1968 journey of his heroes Yvon Chouinard and Doug Tompkins to Patagonia.

A visual montage portrait of our contemporary world dominated by globalized technology and violence.

Those who knew iconic funnyman John Candy best share his story, in their own words, through never-before-seen archival footage, imagery, and...

A compilation of over 30 years of private home movie footage shot by Lithuanian-American avant-garde director Jonas Mekas, assembled by Mekas "purely...

A documentary on the expletive's origin, why it offends some people so deeply, and what can be gained from its use.

SEDUCED AND ABANDONED combines acting legend Alec Baldwin with director James Toback as they lead us on a troublesome and often hilarious journey of...

A documentary about the life and films of director John Ford.

A detailing of the rise to prominence and global sporting superstardom of six supremely talented young Manchester United football players (David...

Ross McElwee sets out to make a documentary about the lingering effects of General Sherman's march of destruction through the South during the Civil...

When Allied forces liberated the Nazi concentration camps in 1944-45, their terrible discoveries were recorded by army and newsreel cameramen,...