The Galaxy Britain Built: The British Force Behind Star Wars

Superfan David Whiteley celebrates the unsung British heroes behind the first film in the Star Wars’ franchise, 1977’s eponymously titled Star Wars. The Star Wars saga ends with the release of The Rise of Skywalker in December 2019. This documentary celebrates where it all began. It includes previously unheard stories from the people who made one of the most successful movies of all time, with additional interviews and previously unseen behind-the-scenes footage. The presenter, Star Wars superfan David Whiteley, who has his own connection to the original film (he was born on May the 4th), tracks down the often modest British talent who brought the galaxy to life. David explores the contribution of the London Symphony Orchestra and meets Ann Skinner, who was in charge of continuity. As well as seeing her original stills from the set, Ann reveals how she helped Sir Alec Guinness with one of the most famous speeches in Star Wars.

2017-12-21 | en

Interview with Júlio

An excerpt about the troubled, passionate and intriguing relationship of an actor with his own life.

2025-12-31 | pt

Petr Kostka – Štace mého života

2023-06-03 | cs

Léta s Jaromírem Hanzlíkem

2023-02-11 | cs

Jan Pivec vzpomíná

1967-01-01 | cs

Pan herec Miroslav Donutil

2021-02-06 | cs

Il principe dei attori aneb Herecký kníže z Kampy

1969-01-01 | cs

Marie Svobodová

1954-01-01 | cs

E o Resto é Silêncio

2020-07-01 | pt

From Sudan to Argentina

When the construction of the Aswan High Dam threatened to destroy the Ancient Egyptian monuments of Nubia in the 1960s, archaeologists from around the world came together to save these precious pieces of history. One of those heroic researchers was Dr. Abraham Rossenvasser, a self-taught Egyptologist from a small, poverty-stricken Jewish colony in Argentina. While Rossenvasser’s expedition rescued thousands of historical treasures from imminent destruction, his story is not often told. In From Sudan to Argentina, Charlottesville-based filmmaker Ricardo Preve rescues the legacy of this forgotten figure, and ensures his deeply impactful work can be celebrated. Told largely through the eyes of Rossenvasser’s daughter, Dr. Elsa Rosenvasser Feher, this documentary shines a well-deserved spotlight on the remarkable efforts of a man who committed himself to preserving crucial parts of history for generations to come.

2022-01-01 | ca

Supervolcan Yellowstone : Menace sur la planète ?

2022-10-10 | fr

Approaching Zero, 000 - De lyckliga ingenjörerna

Documentary film that follows a group of Swedish engineers who build Sweden's first spacecraft.

1987-04-24 | sv

Celebrate Cinema 101

This film project was made in 1996 to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the birth of the cinema.

1996-01-01 | ja

The Hit: An Investigative Documentary

Award-winning investigative journalists and forensic engineers analyze never-before-seen evidence that indicates NASCAR legend Tony Stewart killed a competitor after accelerating his car and fishtailing it toward the defenseless man.

2022-03-08 | en

Interview with Robert Kramer

This last testimony of Robert Kramer (1939-1999) is a moving documentary with the independent American film director, in which he speaks of his political activism, his way of filmmaking, his relationship with Portugal and the revolutionary movements.

2015-01-01 | en

La divina cometa

2023-05-11 | it

The Monsters of Florence

It is a cold case that after 50 years still haunts Italy today - an epic travesty of justice shrouded in mystery and deception involving he ritualistic serial murder of eight young couples in the country lanes around Florence in the 1980s.

2020-08-02 | en

Kennedys Liebe zu Europa

A docudrama on John F. Kennedy's early travels through Europe with his best friend Lem Billings. A road trip that would lay the foundation for JFK's later love for Europe and its countries, such as Germany.

2022-10-14 | de

Mudar de vida: José Mário Branco, vida e obra

A documentary about the life and work of musician, composer, poet, actor, activist, columnist, and music producer José Mário Branco, a multitalented man who has been using his songs to transform the country and whose lyrics make as much sense today as they did 40 years ago. The shooting began in 2005 and covered seven years of rehearsals, recordings, talks and concerts, both in Portugal and France. In this film, José Mário Branco talks about music, his convictions, his generation, the dictatorship, the colonial war and his imprisonment and exile. It is the portrait of a man for whom “the song [was always] a weapon.”

2014-04-25 | en

In Shanghai

A short essay on the hidden realities beneath the surface of Shanghai.

2001-03-02 | zh