Bakur (North) is a documentary that invites its audience to reflect on a war that has been continuing for decades and gives an insightful look on its main subject, the PKK. The film follows the lives of the guerilla in three different camps on the Kurdish region (north) that lies within Turkish borders.
Focuses on a young man Gaurav Rawat aka Bala plagued with premature baldness and the way he copes with the situation. Revolving around his everyday struggle due to hair loss, the film also explores Bala's relationship with the two women in his life.
Sixteen-year-old Pema lives in the remote mountains of Tibet. For generations her family has farmed their barley fields in peace. But when Pema's father is taken away by the Chinese authorities, her world is shattered. A Buddhist nun from the local nunnery walks into Pema's life and invites her to join a group of locals escaping persecution by walking over the Himalayas, into India. Pema is torn: can she leave her mother, grandmother and younger siblings at this time of crisis? Has she the right, or the courage, to join her friend and seek a new life for herself? As Pema struggles with her dilemma, there is no news about her imprisoned father. The clock is ticking, for everyone. Told through the eyes of a teenage girl, Barley Fields On The Other Side Of The Mountain is a film about the price of freedom, and who pays it. Shot entirely on location in the Himalayas with a non-professional cast, it is directed by a Chinese filmmaker determined to give a voice to the oppressed of Tibet.
The Bauhaus art and architecture school was founded 100 years ago. Through its history, we tackle the question of how architecture can ensure that people live better together and participate in everyday life.
To mark 20 years since the release of The Holy Bible, Manic Street Preachers hit the road in 2014 and 2015 to perform their seminal album in full for the first time. Over the course of 10 dates across the UK, the band wrung every inch of emotion and anger possible from their most painful, open and blistered record to enthral their fans - for whom the album is everything.
Armed with his camera, film-maker and band collaborator Kieran Evans joined them on the road. Propelled along by an astonishing live mix by longtime Manics collaborator Dave Eringa, Be Pure - Be Vigilant - Behave is a brutal, exhaustive and transcendent testament to, and of, the band, their history, the bond they share with their fans, and where they are now.
From intense reactions to explosive close ups, immersive lighting effects and achingly fragile moments, it's unlike any concert film you have seen or experienced before and will probably ever see again.