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Heneral Paua

Out of our glorious historical past comes this story of a Chinese General who unselfishly gave everything to help the Philippine Revolution.

Independence

HistoryWar

The Prime Minister of Mongolia, the hero and general of the construction industry, Khoroogiin Choibalsan, is shown in this film about his life, his mistakes, his fate, and the great deeds he did for the independence of Mongolia.

Hasan Arbakesh

DramaHistory

A story about the clash of two cultures, two worlds - traditional Tajik culture and the new, invading and imperialist in its nature, Soviet culture, about the formation of self-awareness of the Tajik dekhkanin in the 1920s-1930s.... Poor Hasan thinks and experiences a lot before he is able to comprehend the changes in his life, to realize that old traditions and customs are no longer valued. Bent by need and disenfranchisement, he finds the strength to stand up against the Basmachi.

Die Fugger

DocumentaryHistory

Fair Wind

HistoryDrama

Jan Vacek, a revolutionary of Czech origin, organizes the retreat of communist troops in Baku after the Bolshevik Revolution, following the fall of the local commune...

Maritime Kvinner

DocumentaryHistory

In this film, Hanne Krogh meets some of the women of the sea. From the Viking woman to the world's first and only submarine captain who is Norwegian.

Comrade Abram

HistoryDrama

One of a series of short Bolshevik films, Comrade Abram focuses on Abram Hersh, a young Jewish pogrom survivor who became a factory worker and organizer in Moscow and eventually rose to leadership in the Red Army. This short film emphasizes Hersh's suffering and heroism as both worker and Jew, and promotes solidarity over anti-semitism.

A Bastard Child

DocumentaryAnimation

In 1909, in an undemocratic Sweden, a bastard child is born and given the name of Hervor. Her mother is unmarried, due to which she is called a "whore' and is driven from her home. Hervor grows up at shelters and orphanages, unwanted, rejected by society. As an adult she spends her life struggling for social justice. In old age she tells us her story. Director Knutte Wester brings his grandmother's memories to life thought hand-painted animated images and has us witness someone being rejected in order to unite others. A story that all too often still repeating itself.

Felix Austria

RomanceHistory

The plot revolves around the controversial relationship between maid Stefania Chornenko and blueblood Adelia Anger against the backdrop of the provincial Austro-Hungary in 1900. Both Stefania’s parents and Adelia’s mother died during the fire. Adelia’s father adopted neighbors’ orphan. Girls grew up together to become as close as sisters, though Stefania served as the maid. This attachment develops into love-trap: on one hand full of mutual manipulation and jealousy, but equally based on сare and devotion. The illusion of balance is broken when Adelia marries sculptor Petro. Everything gets even more complicated when Joseph, the old love interest of Stefa, returns to town as the priest and married man. Illusions are destined to evaporate and reality comes into focus.

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History

The Rooster’s Crow at Noon

Heneral Paua

The Last Days

May 18

The Man Who Could Not Remain Silent

Jericho

Independence

KIYAW

Hasan Arbakesh

Red Army

Die Fugger

Fair Wind

Combat Obscura

Maritime Kvinner

The Comb

Takeover

A Birth

Comrade Abram

A Bastard Child

Felix Austria

Command Palette

Heneral Paua

Independence

Die Fugger

Fair Wind

Maritime Kvinner

Comrade Abram