Der abgebrannte britische Regisseur Emil Forester wittert die Chance seines Lebens, als er vom Präsidenten der neu gegründeten Kaukasusrepublik Karastan das Angebot erhält, ein Historienepos über ...
Johanna Perl ist das, was man eine "gestandene Frau" nennt. Doch nach dem Ende ihres Arbeitslebens stellt sich für die Mutter einer mittlerweile erwachsenen Tochter plötzlich die Frage nac...
Mia, Lukas und Jonas sind seit Kindertagen unzertrennlich – auch als Liebende. Aus Freundschaft ist zwischen den dreien eine Liebe entstanden, die alle Konventionen sprengt. Doch ihre Ménage-à-tro...
Dokumentarfilm über die Karriere des deutschen Profi-Basketballers Dirk Nowitzki, der in Amerika zum einem der erfolgreichsten Korbjäger der National Basketball Association (NBA) wurde. Der Film erz...
Seit dem Jahr 2014 hat der kriegerische Konflikt in der Ukraine das Lebensgefühl der jungen ukrainischen Generation nachhaltig geprägt. Der Film begleitet fünf Männer und Frauen, die einige Monate...
Tonbild zum Sextett "Wer vermag’s den Zorn zu hemmen" ("Chi mi frena in tal momento") aus dem zweiten Akt von Gaetano Donezettis Oper "Lucia di Lammermoor". Tonbild ist eine Bezeichnung für frühe ...
The film opens with Oxford Street in London and declares that "luxury shopping" is not helping the war effort. This is contrasted with the ways in which women do help: a mother looking after her two s...
Holidaymakers setting out from Glasgow, and travelling by train and steamer down the coast to Rothesay and Ettrick Bay. Includes tracking shots from tram in Sauchiehall Street.
A demonstration on how to use a Seine net for trawling. This film was planned by the Marine Laboratory Aberdeen, as part of their research programme on the efficiency of fishing gear. "Grateful ackn...
A look at the social and economic changes in Scotland during the 1950s, after the upheaval of the war. From the restoration of Iona Abbey to the development of new industries.
The Forth and Clyde Canal's operations on its last year of use.
Hostels at Loch Ard, Inverbeg and Rowardennan, with footage of hostellers climbing Ben Lomond and the Cobbler, canoeing on Loch Lomond and enjoying a dance.
Views of Benmore House and Estate, gifted by H.G. Younger as a forestry and botany demonstration area with some of the activities given to forestry trainees.
The intimate story of a family from Iraq who left their home and came to live in Scotland five years ago.
A promotional film for George Waterston and Sons of Edinburgh, Wax Chandlers. This film shows interiors and machinery of the firm's old wax making factory at St. John's Hill, just prior to demolition....
In 1968 Irmin Schmidt and Holger Czukay founded the band Can in Cologne, which cultivated an avant-garde style somewhere between free jazz and funk, krautrock and psychedelic rock, and also experiment...
A film tracing the introduction of movement as a factor in 20th century art. It records various ways in which artists have tackled this development such as Gabo, Calder and Soto.
Aberdeen High School for Girls - from the first day of infant class to prize-giving for senior pupils leaving school. All aspects of learning are recorded, with emphasis on drama, music and dance.
Volker Michalowski, Veronica Ferres, Gael García Bernal (in the front from left to right) in "Salt and Fire" (2015/16)
Comprehensive history of the burgh of Ayr, including footage of buildings of historical interest.