The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith (1978)
Biography | Crime | Drama | History
The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith is a shocking indictment of the racism inflicted on the Indigenous people of Australia.
Starring: Tommy Lewis, Ray Barrett, Jack Thompson, Steve Dodd, Peter Carroll, Ruth Cracknell
Director: Fred Schepisi
Naked Among Wolves / Nackt unter Wölfen (2015)
Drama | History | War
Taking place at the Concentration camp Buchenwald at the end of March 1945, prisoner Hans Pippig discovers in a carrying case of an incoming prisoner a Jewish child. If reported the three-year-old is sure to die. On the other hand, a violation of the rules of the camp would threaten the long prepared uprising of the concentration camp prisoners against the SS.
Starring: Florian Stetter, Peter Schneider, Sylvester Groth, Sabin Tambrea, Robert Gallinowski, Rainer Bock, Thorsten Merten
Director: Philipp Kadelbach
Paul, Apostle of Christ (2018)
Drama | History
The story covers Paul going from the most infamous persecutor of Christians to Jesus Christ's most influential apostle.
Starring: Jim Caviezel, Olivier Martinez, James Faulkner, Joanne Whalley, John Lynch, Antonia Campbell-Hughes
Director: Andrew Hyatt
Mad to Be Normal (2017)
Biography | Drama | History
During the 1960s, a renegade Scottish psychiatrist courts controversy within his profession for his approach to the field, and for the unique community he creates for his patients to inhabit.
Starring: David Tennant, Elisabeth Moss, Michael Gambon, Gabriel Byrne, David Bamber
Director: Robert Mullan
The Substance: Albert Hofmann's LSD (2011)
Biography | Documentary | History
In 1943, the year in which the first A-bomb was built, Albert Hofmann discovered LSD, a substance that was to become an A-bomb of the mind. Fractions of a milligram are enough to turn our framework of time and space upside down. The story of a drug – its discovery in the Basel chemistry lab, the first experiments by Albert Hofmann on himself, the 1950s experiments of the psychiatrists, the consciousness researchers, the artists. Could it actually be possible to find a path to the core of our human existence by means of a chemical? Spirituality at the flick of a switch? Do the enigmatic effects of this drug really help us to better understand the human soul? Could LSD be an instrument of contemporary psychiatry? Of modern brain research?
Starring: Trevor J. Roling, Albert Hofmann
Director: Martin Witz
The Last Race / On Wings of Eagles (2016)
Drama | History | Sport
Eric Liddell – China's first gold medalist and one of Scotland's greatest athletes – returns to war-torn China.
Starring: Joseph Fiennes, Augusta Xu-Holland, Bruce Locke, Shawn Dou, Elizabeth Arends, Richard Sanderson, Jesse Kove, Simon Twu
Director: Stephen Shin, Michael Parker
L'échange des princesses / The Royal Exchange (2017)
Drama | History
In 1721, the Regent of France, wanting to seal the peace with Spain, offers to the Spanish King, a marriage between their respective heirs: Louis XV, age 11, and Maria Anna Victoria, the 4-year-old Spanish Infanta (princess). The Regent of France also offers to marry his daughter, Mademoiselle deè Montpensier, 12, to the Prince of Asturias, the 14-year-old heir apparent to the Spanish throne. Madrid responds enthusiastically to both proposals, and the ceremonies are promptly organized. The exchange of the princesses is to take place with great pomp on a small island, in the river bordering the two countries. Everything has been done to expect the best of the children, but nothing will proceed as planned.
Starring: Lambert Wilson, Anamaria Vartolomei, Olivier Gourmet, Catherine Mouchet, Kacey Mottet Klein
Director: Marc Dugain
The Lost Viking (2018)
Action | Adventure | History
A young Viking called Vitharr arrives in Britain with dreams of conquest and adventure, but when his family and clan are ambushed and killed, he must survive alone in this strange,dangerous new land as he searches for his Uncle's settlement.
Starring: Dean Ridge, Ross O'Hennessy, Kezia Burrows, James Groom, Ian Virgo, Michelle McTernan, Ioan Hefin, Chris Hampson, Elin Hayes, Katra Knight
Director: Emmet Cummins
Teenage (2013)
Documentary | History
Teenagers did not always exist. In this living collage of rare archival material, filmed portraits, and voices lifted from early 20th Century diary entries, a struggle erupts between adults and adolescents to define a new idea of youth.
Starring: Jena Malone, Ben Whishaw, Julia Hummer, Jessie T. Usher
Director: Matt Wolf
An Honest Liar (2014)
Biography | Comedy | Documentary | History
The life and career of the renowned stage magician turned scientific skeptic of the paranormal, James Randi.
Starring: James Randi
Director: Tyler Measom, Justin Weinstein
The Jade Pendant / Tang ren jie 1871 (2017)
Drama | History | Western
A tragic love story set against the lynching of 18 Chinese immigrants in Los Angeles, in 1871. Filmed in Utah.
Starring: Godfrey Gao, Clara Lee, Russell Wong, Tsai Chin, Tzi Ma, Mark Boone Junior
Director: Po-Chih Leong
The Last Hangman / Pierrepoint: The Last Hangman (2005)
Biography | Crime | Drama | History
The life and times of Albert Pierrepoint – Britain's most prolific hangman.
Starring: Timothy Spall, Juliet Stevenson, Eddie Marsan, Cavan Clerkin, James Corden, Christopher Fulford
Director: Adrian Shergold
Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story (2017)
Biography | Documentary | History | War
The life and career of the hailed Hollywood movie star and underappreciated genius inventor, Hedy Lamarr.
Starring: Hedy Lamarr, Peter Bogdanovich, Mel Brooks, Diane Kruger, Robert Osborne
Director: Alexandra Dean
Matilda / Mathilde (2017)
Biography | Drama | History
In the twilight of Imperial Russia, prima ballerina Matilda Kshesinskaya becomes the mistress of three Grand Dukes.
Starring: Michalina Olszanska, Lars Eidinger, Danila Kozlovsky, Grigoriy Dobrygin, Luise Wolfram, Ingeborga Dapkunaite, Grigoriy Dobrygin
Director: Aleksey Uchitel
Furious / Legenda o Kolovrate (2017)
Action | History
In the 13th century, an amnesiac soldier vows to get his revenge on the Mongol army that ransacked his village.
Starring: Ilya Malakov, Polina Chernyshova, Aleksey Serebryakov, Aleksandr Ilin, Timofey Tribuntsev, Alexander Tsoy, Yuliya Khlynina
Director: Dzhanik Fayziev, Ivan Shurkhovetskiy
12 Strong / Horse Soldiers (2018)
Action | Drama | History | War
12 Strong tells the story of the first Special Forces team deployed to Afghanistan after 9/11; under the leadership of a new captain, the team must work with an Afghan warlord to take down for the Taliban.
Starring: Chris Hemsworth, Michael Shannon, Michael Peña, Elsa Pataky, Trevante Rhodes, Geoff Stults
Director: Nicolai Fuglsig
Backstabbing for Beginners (2018)
Drama | History | Thriller
A young program coordinator at the United Nations stumbles upon a conspiracy involving Iraq's oil reserves.
Starring: Theo James, Jacqueline Bisset, Ben Kingsley, Rossif Sutherland, Rachel Wilson, Belçim Bilgin
Director: Per Fly
The Post (2017)
Biography | Drama | History | Thriller
A cover-up that spanned four U.S. Presidents pushed the country's first female newspaper publisher and a hard-driving editor to join an unprecedented battle between the press and the government.
Starring: Meryl Streep, Tom Hanks, Sarah Paulson, Bob Odenkirk, Alison Brie, Carrie Coon
Director: Steven Spielberg
Kelebegin Rüyasi / The Butterfly's Dream (2013)
Biography | Drama | History | Romance
In a small Turkish town, two young tuberculous poets try to survive while publishing their poems. As they both fall in love, their life would never be the same.
Starring: Kivanç Tatlitug, Mert Firat, Belçim Bilgin, Farah Zeynep Abdullah, Yilmaz Erdogan, Ahmet Mümtaz Taylan
Director: Yilmaz Erdogan
The Black Prince (2017)
Drama | History
'The Black Prince' is a story of Queen Victoria and the Last King of Punjab, Maharajah Duleep Singh. His character as it evolves, torn between two cultures and facing constant dilemmas as a result. His relationship with Queen Victoria will be the most impactful relationship in the film, the Queen representing the English culture he was drawn into. The Black Prince begins a lifelong struggle to regain his Kingdom. It takes him on an extraordinary journey across the world.
Starring: Satinder Sartaaj, Jason Flemyng, Shabana Azmi, Amanda Root, David Essex, Sophie Stevens, Keith Duffy, Rup Magon, Ameet Chana
Director: Kavi Raz
