2009 Movies

Filmmaker Michael Rogosin's fascinating exploration of the production history behind his father Lionel's groundbreaking documentary, On the Bowery.

Lockerboys is all about what boys do when left alone inside the locker/dressing room. Inspired by personal requests from followers of the Queeriosity...

The film is an observation of activities in Maine. One Town, Portland is celebrating "First Friday Art Walk" where people go to the museum and art gal...

"Solid States: Concrete in Architecture and Structural Engineering" offers examples and insights into the ever-adapting possibilities of concrete. Wit...

A portrait of female prisoners and their guards in Afghanistan, showing parallel lives - the lives of the female prisoners, the life of the warden of...

Ritu tells the tale of three young friends who move through a fascinating season in their lives, different from the earlier one they really cherished.

The powerful organization Fifth-Generation Tōdō-gumi, based in Osaka’s Minami district, is led by Wakagashira Ōtani (Ryu Daisuke),under whom Yuji Mik...

A very well known Portuguese bullfighter arrives in Spain. El Matador will execute a long awaited "faena". His son, Pedrito, accompanied him in this t...

This striking short film defines—simply and concisely—one of the world’s most misunderstood subjects: human rights. The informative and dramatic prese...

With veterans of the 'Panzertruppe' this film documents with accuracy, the development and effects the various marks of Panzer through vivid recollect...

Virgine has just got her dream job at a beauty shop. In order not to become a nightmare job, creative solutions are required.

The courageous fight of one woman to save the whales of the Strait of Gibraltar.

For many French, who fought bravely, the First World War was to be the "all wars." Yet within two decades, Europe, and France in particular, was slipp...

Directed by João Maria Gusmão e Pedro Paiva

Carl-Ivar Nilsson was an actor in the series "Hem till byn", but he carried a big secret that was revealed to a shocked family 1985.

A journey through valleys, living rocks and the culture of the Valtellina hillsides.

This documentary from filmmaker Guto Barra takes you beyond the 1960s bossa nova hit "The Girl from Ipanema" to explore how samba, Brazilectro and oth...

In this visual essay John Bengtson, author of Silent Echoes: Discovering Early Hollywood Through the Films of Buster Keaton, pinpoints the locations u...