Sinners'Disease
Sasha Volgina, a 31-years old Russian, is HIV positive and pregnant. At the moment, Russia has the fastest growing AIDS-epidemic in the world. More than 1 million Russian people have HIV, most of them younger than 35.
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O'Hanlons Heroes - A series of discoveries through the 19th Century
Bestseller author and born storyteller Redmond O’Hanlon (who has been born in the wrong century) travels along the same path as his heroes: the explorers of the 19th century. How little they did know about the world around them? How many -still unknown- places waiting to be discovered?
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Paradiso, an Amsterdam Stage Affair (HD available)
Paradiso highlights, as in an exhilarating rollercoaster ride, all aspects of the Amsterdam pop temple in a film in which the musicians are central, so it’s first and foremost also about what it means to perform in front of an audience.
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SOLDIERS IN BLACK
A documentary about the Dutch SS, men that were considered as the prime example of collaborators during the Second World War.
In total, 25,000 Dutch men joined the Waffen SS, boosting Hitler’s army.
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COFFEE, CAKE & CREMATORIUM (Kaffeefahrt ins Krematorium) selected for competition Netherlands Film Festival
Coffee, Cake & Crematorium is an intriguing documentary about up-and-coming funeral tourism in the German-Dutch border region.
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Dutch Weed
Apart from tulips and windmills, Holland is internationally known for its soft drugs policy. Anybody can enter a Dutch ‘coffeeshop’ and enjoy a Dutch weed joint. Completely legal. At least, for the customer. Selling the stuff through the front door may be legal, but the supply at the back door was never properly regulated, and is subject to increasing pressure from the authorities.
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MEN OF PURPOSE
“They could have chosen a life that is easy and safe….instead they chose a life of hardship and sacrifice….they were men of purpose”
‘Men of Purpose’ is inspired by the speech made by Lt.Col. Cashman during a ‘boots and rifles’ ceremony in Bakwa, Afghanistan for five fallen U.S. Marines.
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STILL
How do you live after suicide?
Through a series of poetic still lives, documentary filmmaker Nathalie Basteyns paints a moving portrait of families struggling with this question.
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Off Spring
Adopting a child has become an increasingly commen practice. But do we wonder where these children come from?
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Silent Snow
Staggering documentary film in which a young Inuit travels across three continents, starting off from the North Pole, to see how chemical pollution affects humans and the environment. Using splendid nature footage, ‘Gouden Kalf’ winner Jan van den Berg reveals both the beauty and vulnerability of our planet.
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Janine
Janine Jansen is the most frequently downloaded classical artist, we learn from this biopic in which we follow the beloved and succesful Dutch violinist in recording studios and on concert stages. The hectic life of a musician of world-wide renown.
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Anna's Thinker- The restauration of Rodin's masterpiece
For years, the statue The Thinker by French sculptor Auguste Rodin was the showpiece in the collection of the Singer Museum in Laren (The Netherlands)- until thieves took it from the musuem garden in 2007 and damaged it severely.
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Backlight: Google China Standoff
The new geo-political arena is information. The Chinese government is well aware of this and has blocked Facebook, YouTube and Twitter.
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Backlight: Sisters in Islamic banking
Female CEO’s are scarce in the banking world. Surprisingly, in the Malaysian world of Haute Finance female executives are at the forefront. What connects these female professionals is a respect for the Sharia laws and ethics in banking, while at the same living their lives as modern day career women.
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Children's Rights
The series Children's Rights revolves around the fact that children and teenagers also have rights.
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MEET THE MUTHUKU FAMILY !
A series of short films following the ups and downs of a family living in the Mukuru Kayaba slum of Nairobi, Kenya.
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ABOUT CANTO SELECTED FOR IDFA COMPETITION
Canto Ostinato is an extraordinary composition that touched and fundamentally changed the lives of many.... read more >
