Behind the Iron Gate
The film portrays everyday life in the communist era housing estate Za Zelazna Brama (‘Behind the Iron Gate’). The housing estate was built by a team of architects between 1965-1972 in the center of Warsaw on the ruins…
Behind the Screen
Seven computers per second are produced worldwide. "Behind the Screen" casts a formidable glance behind the facade of the electronics industry. The starting point is Ghana’s rainforest. There, young gold diggers stand…
Beijing Ants
In 2013, apartments in Beijing reached the equivalent of $10,000 per square metro, far too expensive for a young family who moves to the suburb of Tongzhou, in this cautionary tale about capitalism and customer service…
Beijing Bubbles - Punk and Rock in China's Capital
This highly acclaimed documentary about 5 bands in China's capital celebrates a hardly noticed counterculture, banking on little islands in the big city. As different as they may be in their manner, age and music, these…
Being and Doing
People pursue their visions. Whether or not they expect to be rewarded with immediate recognition or economical advantage, they strive for their ideas to be realized.The passion to make a contribution; the very urge to…
Being and Nothingness
Being and Nothingness transforms a piece of music into a visual and examines the role of humans in this performance of sound and light. After a prologue in which composer and conductor Beat Furrer is shown obtaining and…
Being Decorated
In 1978 the socialist women brigade of the Clothes Factory in Zalaegerszeg got the upper most state award in the Parliament. These women believed in the system. They toiled till late at night and lived in a worker`s…
Being Kosher
Being Kosher is a tragicomic exploration of Jewish purity laws. From kosher food to ritual hygiene, sex by the book to the "not quite kosher" Jewish identity and family history of the filmmaker Ruth Olshan herself - a…