The Alamo

Mexican writer Paco Ignacio Taibo II reconstructs one of the most remarkable founding myths of the United States of America: the epic battle of the Alamo, a fortified former Spanish mission near San Antonio de Béjar, in which a group of secessionist Texans withstood for thirteen days the merciless assaults of the Mexican army of President General Antonio López de Santa Anna.

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Nitsa 94/96: el giro electrónico

NITSA 94/96: ELECTRONIC PIONEERS IN BARCELONA How a scene is born? A portrait of the pioneers of electronic music in Barcelona. A club that opened the door to Darren Emerson, Laurent Garner, Jeff Mills, Derrick May, Slam, Carl Craig and has become the mainstay of the scene in Spain. And the seed of one of the most important festivals in the world, Primary Sound.

Taurophilia

Through rhythmic re-composition of fragmented images, semi-surreal situations are explored in a documentary style of observation of a man's obsession with a powerful animal, the black horned bull, and the Spanish process of taxidermy through which he attempts to embody its beauty and strength, turning into a Minotaur. The subdued basement space in which the man meticulously studies the motionless flesh of the animal is preceded by a sunlit, empty arena in Spain, the stage in which the bull is presented in its full glory before facing man.

A Cidade do Salvador (Petróleo Jorrou na Bahia)

Documentary about power and class relations in the sociocultural context of Bahia, considering the history of oil extraction in the state.

Winter's Yearning

In 2006, the American aluminium company ALCOA decides to build their plant in Greenland. The massive billion dollars’ project is the opportunity for Greenland to become financially independent from Denmark. The film zooms in on the isolated fishing town Maniitsoq as the years pass and the local inhabitants are put on hold – waiting for the American Dream.

Kid Chocolate

Opinions of Kid Chocolate, famous Cuban boxer, on sports, friendship, fame, and money. People who knew him talk about his professional career.

Call Confession

Near the village of Aspa in Catalonia, a hunter succumbs to his killer instinct and inexplicably shoots two wildlife rangers he happens upon in an olive grove. When he puts through a call to emergency services, he finds it nearly impossible to articulate why he pulled the trigger.

The Movies: 'Action Speaks Louder Than Words'

An interview with American director, Anthony Mann. This documentary was first seen as episode 8 of the BBC TV series "The Movies." (A 17-minute excerpt from this show appears on the Criterion Collection's release of "The Furies.")

So it Doesn’t Hurt

Polish filmmaker Marcel Łoziński revisits the farmer/intellectual Urszula Flis, subjects of his 1978 film 'A visit'. Łoziński observes the changes that have occurred over the intervening 23 years and again persuades this sensitive, secluded woman to talk through her thoughts, fears and feelings. Through this, the morality of the documentary portrait itself is called into question.

Toro

While imprisoned for drug trafficking in Barcelona, ​​​​Hernando Toro began his career as a photographer. For more than a decade, from a cell that was converted into a professional studio, he took thousands of portraits of those, like him, who lived behind bars. Despite the wealth of his work, much of Toro's file was forgotten once he was released.

Indexi

Documentary about Indexi, a Bosnian and former Yugoslav rock band popular in Yugoslavia. It formed in 1962 in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and disbanded in 2001 when singer Davorin Popović died.

Marija + Toma

Love, loss, migration and monuments: Serbian pensioners (and love birds) Marija and Toma look back at their journey to finding each other on their 15-month wedding anniversary.