Hans Rosling is a professor in international health, who has made an unlikely global success. His Gapminder presentations on global development evoke laughter, rejoice and reflections.

A short film about letterpress and one of the few remaining movable-type printing workshops in the UK, situated at Plymouth University, featuring Paul Collier.

Where does this mysterious crop circle phenomena come from? Is it done by man as a joke? So why do people have extraordinary experiences then?

Sofia immigrated illegally from Colombia to the Netherlands when she was 2 years old. Today – 21 years later – she is still living in the Netherlands without a permit, […]

We visit the Republic of Kazantip, an annual month-long rave/orgy on the southern coast of the Ukraine. The whole scene is trapped somewhere in the 90s with its platform shoes, […]

A nice documentary short about Marc Manceaux, the owner of the oldest piano shop in Paris. We get to know about his passion for music and his profession. He buys […]

Terry Pratchett explores the realities of medically assisted death. Having been diagnosed with a rare form of early onset Alzheimer’s disease in 2008, Terry considers how he might choose to […]

Idiosyncratic, intelligent and involving, Iceland: Beyond Sigur Rós (2011), a not-for-profit film production, is a memorable celebration of Iceland’s dynamic and diverse contemporary independent music scene.

The film is an affectionate portrait of one man’s deep sea diving career, told through his extraordinary collection of marine artefacts.

Russian women have conquered the front pages of fashion magazines and look at us from the billboards in every major city of the planet. Ksenia Sukhinova, from the city of […]

In April 2011, the sovereign papal state at the heart of Rome, introduced new rules to clean up its financial system. At the heart of that system is the Vatican’s […]

Fifty years after the Berlin Wall was erected, the spectre of the Stasi continues to loom over Germany. On August 13, 1961, 50 years ago this month, the Berlin Wall […]

Imagine you’ve been told your baby has died in childbirth and years later you find out that your child has not died at all and it had been sold secretly […]