Las Hurdes, tierra con alma

A modern answer to Luis Buñuel's mythical documentary “Land Without Bread” (1933) about Las Hurdes, a historically impoverished region of the province of Cáceres, in Extremadura, Spain, and also a journey of discovery of the soul of this beautiful land and its inhabitants.

Sinfonía de Aragón

Carlos Saura shows us in this piece his personal vision of the land where he was born. Throughout the seasons we enter a route that ranges from the green Pyrenean landscapes to the Monegros desert. The images offer us the beauty of this Aragonese land but also reflect the harshness of its contrasts.

Regreso a «Viridiana»

Spain, 1960. French student Monique Roumette lives in Madrid on a scholarship. Thanks to a friend who works in the production company Uninci, she has the privilege of attending the shooting of Viridiana, a film directed by Luis Buñuel.

Buñuel y la mesa del rey Salomón

The old Spanish filmmaker Luis Buñuel (1900-83) imagines a movie plot, set in Toledo in the future 2002, about the fantastic adventure of three actors, who play him and his friends, the painter Salvador Dalí (1904-89) and the poet Federico García Lorca (1898-1936), and their search for King Solomon's table, a mythical artifact capable of revealing the past, present and future.

Buñuel en el laberinto de las tortugas

Spain, 1932. Spanish filmmaker Luis Buñuel travels to the region of Las Hurdes, in Extremadura, where he shoots his third film, a very critical and later controversial documentary about the living conditions of the poor peasants, abandoned and forgotten by the national authorities.

Y un jamón

Buñuel en el laberinto de las tortugas

Paris, 1930. Luis Buñuel is penniless after the scandal surrounding the release of his last movie. Sculptor Ramón Acín, a good friend, buys a lottery ticket and promises Buñuel that he will pay for his next movie if he wins the prize.

Beatrix Potter with Patricia Routledge

Patricia Routledge, as patron of the Beatrix Potter Society, presents a documentary on the author's life and work.

Essere Leonardo da Vinci

It has been 500 years since the death of Leonardo da Vinci. In "Being Leonardo da Vinci," Finazzer Flory gives viewers a captivating, unforgettable look into what makes and shapes the mind of a legend.

Lilja 4 real

Lukas Moodysson's acclaimed film Lilja 4-ever, seen by 100,000's of moviegoers is based on a real life story. The film's Lily was in fact called Danguole Rasalaites and came from Lithuania to Sweden when she was 16 years old. She was stripped of her passport and held captive in an apartment in Malmö where she was forced into prostitution.

Min svenska dröm

The Argentines Omar, Mesmar and Diego love Sweden - but none of them have been there. Diego works with Swedish speaking customers at a call center in Buenos Aires, and actually sounds like he's from Sweden. No wonder people are surprised when they learn that he is Argentinian and working from a different part of the world.

물의 기억

The secretive rules of nature spread out to be extraordinary beauty. Water is a lifeform that remembers and reflects everything. Following the nature of this water and the mysterious record of the ecosystem leads to the wonderful four seaons of the Bongha Village and the late Roh Moo-hyun's ambitious visions. What is the future he dreamt of back in his home, carrying out biological agricultural technology?

Santos de Todos os Gols

The goal is the culmination of any football match that prevails: the moment of maximum euphoria expected by any team. And the team of Santos is known for being the Brazilian record holder who has rocked the networks to this day. In this essay, idols like Pelé, Robinho and Serginho Chulapa tell how their sensations blended into the Club's own history in its most important moments on and off the field.

De Gave Van De Verontwaardiging

On January 2, 2019, Louis Tobback said goodbye to his mayorship of Leuven after 24 years. Time to look back on a long career that is anything but limited to Leuven. A career that sometimes feels like a thriller, sometimes as a drama, but is especially permeated by a big outrage for everything that goes wrong in our society. Journalists, political friends, opponents and other acquaintances look back on a political career that has been decisive for Belgiums post-war history.

Schottland - Auf den Spuren von Harry Potter

Môa, Raiz Afro Mãe

The documentary that began together with Mestre Môa do Katendê before his political murder, tells the life story of this capoeirista and founder of Afoxé Badauê, intertwined with the rise of black cultural manifestations in Bahia, based on a last interview left by him.

Attenborough’s Journey

In honor of his 95th birthday, a look at Sir David Attenborough’s life and contributions to broadcasting and the natural world. Presented by BBC.

MAM SOS

AC/DC : Forever Young

AC/DC, or three brothers in the service of music. The story of a unique sound that spanned fifty years of rock'n'roll: sharp, electric, boosted.

The Secrets of Neuschwanstein

Neuschwanstein Castle – a place full of dreams, miracles and myths, but also full of secrets. Year after year, the medieval castle in the Allgäu, one of the most famous sights in Germany, attracts over 1.5 million visitors from all over the world. The castle above the Pöllat Gorge near Füssen was built by the Bavarian King Ludwig II (1845 – 1886). However, the “fairy tale king” did not live to see the completion, he died in June 1886 under circumstances that are still unclear today. The German National Geographic in-house production “The Secrets of Neuschwanstein” looks behind the scenes of the most extensive restoration in the history of Neuschwanstein and provides exclusive insights into and behind the limestone facades and the mysterious personality of Bavaria’s fairytale king Ludwig II. The documentation accompanies restorers and experts and craftsmen in the complex restoration work and shows amazing discoveries by scientists in areas that are otherwise hidden from visitors