
10 Oct 1998

The Footprints of a Spirit
The story of the creation of The Spirit of the Beehive, a film directed by Víctor Erice in 1973.

Nigeria's film industry, Nollywood, is the third-largest in the world--an unstoppable economic and cultural force that has taken the continent by storm and is now bursting beyond the borders of Africa. "Nollywood Babylon" is a feature documentary detailing the industry's phenomenal success. Propelled by a booming 1970s soundtrack of African underground music, the movie presents an electric vision of a modern African metropolis and a revealing look at the powerhouse that is Nigerian cinema.
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10 Oct 1998

The story of the creation of The Spirit of the Beehive, a film directed by Víctor Erice in 1973.

01 Jan 2000

Documentary about the making of the 1949 film "The Third Man".
04 Oct 2014
Three stand-up comedians seek fame and fortune in the hottest comedy scene in the world: San Francisco in the 1980s.
22 Apr 2003
Ann Miller hosts this documentary short on the making of the MGM-Cole Porter hot musical "Kiss Me Kate".

09 Mar 2003

The chronicle of the mind-blowing journey that was Hollywood during the seventies; the true and gripping story of the last golden age of American cinema, an exalted celebration of creativity and experimentation; but also of sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll: a turbulent and dark tale of ambition, envy, betrayal, hatred and self-destruction.

08 Oct 2021

Italian horror fan and academic Calum Waddell speaks with some of the original makers of the controversial horror classic "Cannibal Holocaust" before venturing into the Amazon jungle and surrounding city port, Leticia, to uncover some of the local stories behind the making of the motion picture. What is uncovered, however, leads to a wider and unexpected "true crime" story.

07 Jul 2018

A feature-length documentary focusing on the acclaimed work and eclectic career of maverick filmmaker Larry Cohen, writer-director of "Black Caesar," "It's Alive," "God Told Me To," "Q," "The Stuff," and many more.
21 Jan 1981
An in-depth look at the highly successful TV series, including a study of the philosophical approach of the program.

28 Nov 2020

La Garoupe, a beach in Antibes, in 1937. For one summer, the painter and photographer Man Ray films his friends Pablo Picasso, Dora Maar, Paul Eluard and his wife Nusch, as well as Lee Miller. During these few weeks, love, friendship, poetry, photography and painting are still mixed in the carefree and the creativity specific to the artistic movements of the interwar period.

14 Jun 2017

French documentarist Sonia Kronlund follows actor and director Salim Shaheen, an Afghan movie star who produced more than 110 low-budget movies in a country devastated by war.

09 Apr 2007

How are the sex scenes filmed? What tricks are used to fake the desire? How do the interpreters prepare and feel? Spanish actors and directors talk about the most intimate side of acting, about the tricks and work methods when narrating exposed sex. In Spain the general rule is that there are no rules. Each film, each interpreter, faces it in very different ways.
04 Nov 2014
In the summer of ’83 a camera crew visited Valkhn Films, an editing house where Style Wars was being painstakingly spliced together. This 25 min piece is a rare glimpse at the process of telling a real story as it’s happening.

27 Dec 2024

Overknee boots that triggered a fashion wave, a legendary shopping spree to the iconic theme song - the 1990 romantic comedy "Pretty Woman" by Garry Marshall starring Julia Roberts and Richard Gere is still the genre's biggest box office hit. The modern fairytale about a rich man who falls in love with a prostitute and rescues her made millions dream and made 22-year-old Julia Roberts famous overnight.

01 Jan 1978

Interview with film director Jacques Tourneur which first appeared on the French television series "Ciné regards".
24 Jul 2007
When Arthur Freed brought Alan Jay Lerner to Hollywood to compose a new Fred Astaire musical (based on Fred's life,) little did he know he would have to recast it's leading lady not once, but twice.

01 Jan 2007

A documentary about the legendary Japanese filmmaker.

02 Jul 1990

Documentary about the life and work of film director Preston Sturges.

01 Jan 1995

Actress Suzanne Cloutier is interviewed about "Othello", Orson Welles' masterpiece, in which she played Desdemona.

08 May 2001

A documentary film on the making of 'Close Encounters of the Third Kind'

11 May 2018

The story of Leon Vitali, who surrendered his promising acting career to become Stanley Kubrick's devoted right-hand man.