Queen Marie of Romania
Devastated by the First World War and plunged into political controversy, Romania’s every hope accompanies its Queen on her mission to Paris, to lobby for its great unification’s international recognition…
We Shall Not Die Now
A chronicle of the Holocaust, told by the resilient survivors who lived through it.
On the Great War’s menu: Food in the heart of the conflict
In August 1914, war was declared. Millions of soldiers moved to the front and they had to be fed. There was need to produce, supply, manage and distribute food. A…
I Invite You to My Execution
As Russian writer Boris Pasternak (1890-1960) thinks it is impossible that his novel “Doctor Zhivago” is published in the Soviet Union, because it supposedly shows a critical view of the…
Leonardo: The Works – Exhibition on Screen
Leonardo da Vinci is acclaimed as the world’s favourite artist. Many TV shows and feature films have showcased this extraordinary genius but often not examined closely enough is the most…
Flannery
A feature documentary directed by Elizabeth Coffman and Mark Bosco about American writer Flannery O’Connor.
Robert the Bruce
Dearest Anita
In the wake of her passing, fans of the late Hong Kong icon Anita Mui strive to save and return a collection of fan-given gifts that are destined for the…
The Soviet Sleep Experiment
Russian researchers in the late 1940s keep five people awake for fifteen days using an experimental stimulant. Based on the popular internet horror story (Creepypasta) “The Russian Sleep Experiment”.
Whelm
Set during the Great Depression, two Midwest brothers get tangled in a rivalry between a legendary bank robber and an eccentric young criminal.
The Rising Hawk
The year is 1241. The Mongol horde lead by cruel khan Burunda moves west, destroying everything in its path. Reaching the Carpathian mountains, the troops camp right below. However, at…
Fanny Lye Deliver’d
FANNY LYE DELIVER’D is set on an isolated English farm in 1657, where Fanny (Maxine Peake) lives a quiet life with her oppressive husband John (Charles Dance) and their young…
Maria’s Paradise
A teenage orphan girl Salome lives within a sect lead by charismatic and ruthless Maria Åkerblom. During a pivotal summer, Salome is faced with standing up against Maria, the woman…
The Legend of Tomiris
This is the story of the life of the great queen of of the steppe – legendary Tomiris. She is destined to become a skillful warrior, survive the loss of…
An Officer and a Spy
In 1894, French Captain Alfred Dreyfus is wrongfully convicted of treason and sentenced to life imprisonment at Devil’s Island.
While at War
Salamanca, Spain, 1936. In the early days of the military rebellion that began the Spanish Civil War (1936-1939), writer Miguel de Unamuno supports the uprising in the hope that the…
This Is Not a Movie
For more than forty years, British journalist Robert Fisk has reported on some of the most violent conflicts in the world, from North Ireland to the Middle East, always with…
Liberté
1774, shortly before the French Revolution, somewhere between Potsdam and Berlin. Madame de Dumeval, the Duke de Tesis and the Duke de Wand, libertines expelled from the puritanical court of…
Victoria & Albert: The Royal Wedding
Historian Lucy Worsley and a team of experts re-stage Victoria and Albert’s wedding. It was regarded as the wedding of the century at the time.
Feng Shui
PARK Jae-sang was a royal geomancer, who helps people designate propitious site for houses, store and even graves under the belief that a grave in a good site will bring…