The Swallows of Kabul

The Swallows of Kabul is a powerful animated drama adapted from Yasmina Khadra’s acclaimed novel, set in Kabul during the summer of 1998 under Taliban rule.

Young lovers Zunaira and Mohsen dream of a future free from violence, oppression, and religious extremism, while prison guard Atiq struggles to care for his terminally ill wife Mussarat. Following one tragic, impulsive act, the lives of both couples become inextricably linked as they confront injustice, sacrifice, and the struggle to preserve hope in a society stripped of compassion and freedom.

Rendered in stunning watercolor-inspired animation, the film explores the emotional and moral consequences of life under authoritarian rule while emphasizing the resilience of the human spirit.

Directors Zabou Breitman and Éléa Gobbé-Mévellec faithfully adapt Khadra’s celebrated novel into an emotionally resonant feature examining love, dignity, resistance, and survival against overwhelming oppression.

Premiering in the Un Certain Regard section of the 2019 Cannes Film Festival, the film also received recognition at the Annecy International Animated Film Festival and earned nominations for Best Animated Film at both the César Awards and the European Film Awards. Its mature storytelling and painterly visual style have established it as one of the most acclaimed animated literary adaptations of recent years.

“The Swallows of Kabul vividly captures the horror of life under Sharia Law, packing such a visceral punch in its drama that it’s often easy to forget you’re watching a beautiful work of hand drawn animation.” – Alistair Ryder, Film Inquiry.

2019 / 81 minutes / color / French w/English subtitles / A film by Zabou Breitman and Eléa Gobbé-Mévellec.

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Twiggy

At 16, model TWIGGY shook up the world, giving women a new look & feel to aspire to. With an elfin androgyny, she revolutionized the fashion industry.

Introducing Twiggy, directed by Sadie Frost, a revealing documentary that focuses on the life of the greatest “It Girl” of all time: Dame Twiggy Lawson. The documentary is the first time Twiggy has ever told her story first-hand.

Discovered at 16 and proclaimed as “the face of ’66” by Daily Express journalist Deirdre McSharry, the model became an overnight sensation. The world saw her grace the covers of Vogue and Tatler by 17, and the New Yorker magazine devoted nearly 100 pages to the Twiggy “phenomenon” after her arrival in New York. Twiggy shook the world by giving women a whole new look and feel to aspire to. She brought an elfin androgyny to the forefront and helped revolutionize the accepted image of the female form, giving a voice to a whole new generation of women.

“A portrait of female resilience” – Kevin Mahrer, The Times.

“A beguiling portrait of the waif with a trucker’s laugh who defined the late sixties”. – Brian Viner, Daily Mail.

Features appearances by such rock royalty as Paul McCartney (The Beatles), movie star Dustin Hoffman, Director Woody Allen.

90 Minutes / 2024 / English / Color / A film by Sadie Frost.

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The Goat

This gut-wrenching thriller with breathtaking cinematography holds the viewer captivated with both fear and anticipation, where mirage and reality blur and magic awaits when least expected.

The story follows Hadiya, a 12-year-old Egyptian girl who, after being forced into marriage, becomes the target of a Western corporation that seeks to control the only water source in her village. She decides she must help her village and sets out on a harrowing journey to find her father and bring justice to her community. Throughout her terrifying desert crossing, Hadiya’s only companion is Sparrow, the family goat, who keeps her alive for seven long days.

“A potent and blistering indictment of a society [Director Ilaria] Borrelli clearly sees as misogynistic and cruel to any young woman who does not fit in within its narrow parameters.” – Matt Davison, The Sound View.

“Gorgeous, powerful, and thought-provoking.”Through Women’s Eyes International Film Festival

“The Goat also shines a spotlight ‘On barbaric traditions still practiced in so many areas of the world that devastate the young women and girls in these communities, such as marriage by abduction, gang rape, deadly childbirth conditions.” – Variety.

Action-Adventure-Drama / 2024 / 91 minutes / Arabic w/English Subtitles / A Film by Ilaria Borrelli.

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Silent Fallout

Narrated by Alec Baldwin.

SILENT FALLOUT tells the true story of a dedicated group of female physicians in the 1950s who uncovered the deadly impact of atomic bomb testing through baby teeth studies. Their research helped lead to the historic ban on atmospheric nuclear tests.

Divided into different chapters with titles like “Omens” and “Baby Teeth”, SILENT FALLOUT is comprised of interviews with several adults who grew up near the testing site in Nevada and have experienced inexplicable health problems starting from when they were small children. 

In addition to all of the compelling eyewitness testimony, ample scientific evidence was also furnished by Louise Reiss, a physicist who spearheaded the famous Baby Tooth Survey, a nationwide study in which thousands of baby teeth were collected from all across the nation. Tests conducted on all of these teeth over the course of a decade demonstrated that levels of Strontium-90 were 50 times higher in children born after the advent of atomic testing compared with those born before it in 1950.

Multiple Award Wins including:

  • Best Story Award Winner Toronto Documentary Feature & Short Film Festival (Canada)
  • Diamond Award Mindfield Film Festival – Albuquerque (USA)
  • Best Future Film WILDsound Daily Festival (USA)
  • Best Editing Award Winner Maverick Film Award (UK)
  • Best Documentary Audience Award International Uranium Film Festival (Brazil & USA)
  • Outstanding Achievement Swedish International Film Festival Nov Monthly Award (Sweden)

2023 / 74 minutes / English / A film by Hideaki Ito

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Frank Whittle: A Genius in the Family

The David-versus-Goliath story of the man who built the war winning jet engine in the face of huge opposition from the scientific community, the government and big business.

In 1937 Whittle ran the world’s first turbojet engine leading to a revolution in the way we travel – all of today’s jet engines can trace their origin to Whittle’s work.

Whittle’s invention of the turboJet marked the dawn of the dawn of the jet age.

With all the science behind Whittle’s turbojet, an engineering marvel, the fundamentals can be summed up quite simply however as “SUCK, SQUASH, BANG, BLOW”– Kerissa Khan – Former President of The Royal Aeronautical Society

“The production of FRANK WHITTLE: A GENIUS IN THE FAMILY originally set out to explore a simple question:

What is it like to have a genius in your family?

Ian Whittle’s deeply personal testimony about his memoires of his father formed the foundations of the story which we then broadened with the support of a variety of aviation experts and contributors that permitted not only a biographical presentation but also a deep look at the trajectory of Whittle’s invention.

The film took more than four years to produce, taking in locations from the across the UK. The result is that it reveals Frank Whittle as a fascinating and complex man who not only changed the world but allowed us to see what it looks like.” – Nick Horrell, Producer, Director and Writer.

The participants represent the who’s who of British Aviation History including:

  • •Air Commodore Sir Frank Whittle – digitally remastered from original 16mm, filmed in 1986
  • •Ian Whittle – Younger son of Sir Frank Whittle
  • •Max Asseily – Great grandson of Sir Frank Whittle
  • •Kerissa Khan – President of The Royal Aeronautical Society (2023-2024)
  • •Professor Robert Miller – Director of Cambridge University’s Whittle Laboratory
  • •Dr Victoria Taylor – Military Historian, Writer and Broadcaster
  • •Richard Noble – Former Land Speed World Record Holder (1983-1997)
  • •Captain Eric Brown – WWII fighter ace and test pilot filmed 2007
  • •Dr Hans Von Ohain – German jet pioneer filmed in 1987

A 2025 68-minute film in 4K by Producer, Co-Director and Co-Writer Nick Horrell.

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THE FALLING SKY

Gabriela Carneiro da Cunha & Eryk Rocha’s 2024 documentary about Indigenous peoples’ profound connection to nature and the struggle against deforestation, a grave threat to their way of life and the ecosystem they call home.

In collaboration with Brazil’s Indigenous Yanomami people, THE FALLING SKY follows the Yanomami leader and shaman Davi Kopenawa as he fights to return the world to balance in closely observed rituals and trenchant comments on the ruthless logic of a materialistic outside culture. Illegal logging, gold mining, and the deadly mix of epidemics these intrusions spread threaten the existence of the Yanomami.

Based on an acute understanding of geopolitical forces, Davi Kopenawa holds up a mirror to capitalist societies of “the merchandise people” and the unsustainable lifestyle of the so-called “developed countries” that threaten the survival of humanity.

Fresh from theatrical release sponsored by the Museum of Modern Art.

Received a standing ovation at its World Premiere at the Cannes Film Festival.

Winner: DOC NYC 2024 Grand Jury Prize.

“One of the most necessary and scorching pieces of nonfiction storytelling in recent memory.”  — Carlos Aguilar , Variety

10 out of 10. The Falling Sky fits perfectly in the high ranks of cult documentaries like Koyaanisqatsi and Baraka.” — Michael Talbot-Haynes, Film Threat

Documentary / 2024 / 110 Minutes / Portuguese with English Subtitles / A film by Eryk Rocha & Gabriela Carneiro da Cunha

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Genesis 2.0.

“[A] fascinating and somewhat frightening documentary set in the fast-forward arena of synthetic biology.” – Michael Rechtshaffen, Los Angeles Times

Genesis 2.0 is a documentary film made by Oscar-Nominated Swiss director and producer Christian Frei and Russian filmmaker Maxim Abugaev

On the remote New Siberian Islands in the Arctic Ocean, hunters search for tusks of extinct mammoths. One day, they discover a surprisingly well-preserved mammoth carcass. Resurrecting the woolly mammoth is a first manifestation of the next great technological revolution – genetics. It may well turn our world upside down.

Werner Herzog meets Jurassic Park in this real-life thriller that explores humanity’s reckless courage and the dawning of a new and unprecedented age of scientific change. Chronicles the discovery and cloning of Woolly Mammoths, extinct for 11,000 years.

“The woolly mammoth tusk is just the tip of the iceberg in this haunting excavation.” – Sheri Linden, The Hollywood Reporter.

Winner: Special Jury at the Sundance Film Festival and nominated for four international awards including Best Documentary (Swiss Film Prize), and Best Documentary Feature (Sarasota Film Festival).

Documentary / 2018 / English Plus Others w/English subtitles / 112 minutes / Color / A film by Christian Frei and Maxim Arbugaev.

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Nadia

How can you rebuild your life when you lose both a parent and your homeland forever at the age of 8? Nadia Nadim, whose father was killed by the Taliban in 2000, embarked on such a quest. Her incredible journey – from her family’s escape from war-torn Kabul to reaching the pinnacle of international soccer fame – is the stirring and inspirational story that unfolds in this feature-length documentary.

Escaping Afghanistan with her mother and four sisters, the Nadim family traded danger for a life of relative peace in Denmark. It was here that a passion for soccer helped Nadia assimilate and thrive, eventually leading to her becoming a striker for Denmark’s national team and Paris Saint-Germain, one of the most popular women’s teams in the world. Now, having reached the top of her game, Nadia yearns to return to Afghanistan to uncover details about her father’s fate. However, with the country still gripped by terrorism, she’s forced to give up the trip. But with unshakable confidence, Nadia forges ahead with plans for the future: to become a reconstructive surgeon and transform people’s lives.

  • WINNER: Palermo International Sport Film Festival
  • Nominated, Magnolia Award, Best Documentary, Shanghai International TV Festival
  • Nominated, Emmy Award, Best Sports Documentary, International Emmy Awards

Some Background:

  • Nadia Nadim was ranked 20th on Forbes’ 2018 list of ‘Most Powerful Women in International Sports.
  • Nadia was named an UNESCO Champion for Girls’ and Women’s Education in 2019 and is a brand ambassador for H&M Move.
  • Nadia is one of the most popular female soccer stars in the world, having played for top teams like Manchester City, Paris Saint-Germain and AC Milan.

2021 / Documentary / English, French, Dari, and Danish with English subtitles / 86 Minutes / A film by Anissa Bonnefont.

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GREEDY LYING BASTARDS

“This propulsively single-minded attack on climatechange deniers by Craig Scott Rosebraugh may just be the feel-good documentary of the year.” – New York Times

Greedy front flat“Dispenses with conveniences and niceties and goes straight for the jugular” – San Jose Mercury News


“An entertaining expose of the industry-paid deniers and how they continue to muddle 
the climate-change ‘debate.’” – Salt Lake Tribune

“The film’s titular villains do a pretty good job of hanging themselves” – Washington Post

“According to this documentary by filmmaker and activist Craig Rosebraugh, climate change has been anticipated for at least a couple of generations. In fact, segments from a 1950s educational video here predict much of what has come to pass, including melting ice caps, extreme weather phenomena, and out-of-control wildfires. That vintage excerpt also suggests the underlying reasons: namely, the unrelenting exploitation of fossil fuels. Greedy Lying Bastards asks a pivotal question: if we knew this was coming, why didn’t we try to prevent it? Rosebraugh looks at decades of successful efforts by the oil and gas industries to shape public opinion and lead government policy away from the acceptance of climate change as a growing reality, denying everything while hiring legions of skeptics to testify that nothing is wrong. Entire careers in denial have been crafted, some of them bordering on the cartoonish, such as that of conservative British pundit Christopher Monckton, who denies global warming at every opportunity. Besides explaining how a concerted push by big business (including massive donations to the campaigns of key elected U.S. representatives) has won the day so far, the documentary also provides ample evidence of the ongoing destructive processes at work in the Arctic, in the drought- and fire-plagued U.S. West, and in the shifting everyday weather patterns across the globe. Climate change isn’t just “coming,” we’re reminded, it’s already here. RECOMMENDED.”T. Keogh, Video Librarian

Hurricanes, wild fires, droughts, windstorms, floods…Climate change is no longer a prediction for the future, but a startling reality of today. The Pentagon believes it to be a matter of national and international security. Yet, as the evidence of our changing climate mounts and the scientific consensus proves a human causation, there continues to be no political action to thwart the warming of our planet.

GREEDY LYING BASTARDS investigates the reason behind stalled efforts to tackle climate change despite consensus in the scientific community that it is not only a reality but also a growing problem that is placing us on the brink of disaster. The film details the people and organizations casting doubt on climate science and claims that greenhouse gases are not affected by human behavior.

In GREEDY LYING BASTARDS, filmmaker and political activist Craig Rosebraugh, in association with Executive Producer Daryl Hannah, exposes the impact of an industry that has continually put profits before people, waged a campaign of lies designed to thwart measures to combat climate change, used its clout to minimize infringing regulations and undermined the political process in the U.S. and abroad.

94 minutes plus bonus on 1 disc

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