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Last Days Of The Arctic
1 x 90’ or 1 x 60’, 2011, HD
Join Ragnar Axelsson on his journey as he visits friends made through his long career. His passion is for documenting the fast deteriorating lifestyles of the North. We visit his farmers in Iceland and the free spirited hunters of Greenland. Here, we meet people who are so intertwined with nature that they are more afraid of government officials than of a starving polar bear looking for prey!
Saga Film
Director: Magnús V. Sigurðsson Starring: Ragnar Axelsson
Lions On The Move
1 x 90’ or 2 x 60’, 2013, HD
Moving animals is a challenge on its own. And in this particular case we’re not talking about the small kind of cat. It is Kevin Richardson’s dream and plan to move 27 lions and 14 hyenas to a larger game reserve in Southern Africa. Denied permits and enclosures still under construction make it a precarious affair. Will everything work out in the end?
Terra Mater Factual Studios/ Kingdom Films/ARTE
Directors: Kevin Richardson & Virgina Quinn
Magic Camp
1 x 78’, 2013, HD
To escape the pressures of growing up, magic-obsessed kids congregate at the one place they can be themselves. Tannen’s Magic Camp is the oldest and most prestigious training ground for young magicians - a Hogwarts for the real world. They want to prove their worth on the stage where heroes like Blaine and Copperfield once performed. But to get there, they need to learn more than sleight of hand. They have to find the magic inside.
Flatbush Pictures Director: Judd Ehrlich
Laughology
1 x 75’, 2009, SD
An exploration of the contagiousness of laughter, with Canadian filmmaker Albert Nerenberg. This film makes the case that laughter may have been the original peace signal and that the human ability to share and transmit laughter may have been key to the rise of human civilisation. The film also chronicles unusual laughter phenomenon such as laughter parties and the 1962 Tanzanian laughter epidemic. (Also available: Boredom and Stupidity.)
Elevator Films
Director: Albert Nerenberg
Luther vs Rome
1 x 78’ or 1 x 60’, 2017, HD
When Martin Luther nailed his 95 ‘points for discussion’ to Wittenberg’s Castle church, his quiet life exploded into international confrontation, an argument with the Pope, and ultimately, the Protestant Reformation. A simple monk pitted against the might, power, and money of Rome. But while the religious, social and political consequences have been much discussed, we reveal a fundamentally human story of honesty, faith, and fortitude.
Off the Rails Australasia Ltd Director: Peter Beveridge
Make Hummus Not War
1 x 77’ or 1 x 60’, 2012, HD
Make Hummus Not War is a humorous journey though the hummus bars and kitchens of Beirut, Tel Aviv, Jerusalem, and New York. Along the way, we encounter the doyenne of Middle East cuisine, Claudia Roden; zealots; Jewish settlers; biblical characters; political activists; chickpea farmers; novelists; and Sheiks, for whom hummus is a near-religious obsession.
Yarra Bank Films Director: Trevor Graham
Feature Docs