Elcano & Magellan: The First Voyage Around the World
The first journey around the world began under the command of Ferdinand Magellan and was concluded by Juan Sebastián Elcano. Five boats left Seville on September 20, 1519. Storms, famine,…
Genghis Khan
The story of Genghis Khan. Watch Anime Review: One of the best in it’s genre, ever released. I don’t watch many movie online in history category, but this one was…
Buñuel in the Labyrinth of the Turtles
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…
Funan
Cambodia, once the ancient kingdom of Funan, April 17th, 1975. The entire country falls under the tyranny of Angkar, the communist party of the Khmer Rouge. The cities are abandoned,…
This Magnificent Cake!
In 1885, Africa is a succulent cake destined to be wildly divided and everyone wants a piece. A disturbed European king, a Pygmy working in a luxury hotel, a successful…
Peace Maker Kurogane Movie 2: Yuumei
The War continious! The ending for the samurai is near. Watch Anime Review: Peace Maker Kurogane Movie 2: Yuumei – excellent movie, one of the best released in 2018 It…
Another Day of Life
In 1975, Ryszard Kapuściński, a veteran Polish journalist, embarked on a seemingly suicidal road trip into the heart of the Angola’s civil war. There, he witnessed once again the dirty…
The State Against Mandela and the Others
South Africa, July 11th, 1963. Several members of the African National Congress, an organization declared illegal, are arrested in Rivonia, a country house near Johannesburg. The detainees, along with Nelson…
A Man is Dead
Brest, 1950. The war ended five years ago and nothing remains of the city. Massive bombings and intense fighting lasting more than a month turned the city, its docks, its…
Peace Maker Kurogane Movie 1: Omou Michi
Although traumatized by witnessing the murder of his parents by one of the Choushuu, Ichimura Tetsunosuke’s thirst for revenge leads him to desire strength. At the age of 15, Tetsunosuke…
Sgt. Stubby: An American Hero
The true story of the most decorated dog in American military history — Sgt. Stubby — and the enduring bonds he forged with his brothers-in-arms in the trenches of World…
Glossary of Broken Dreams
Puppets! Pixels! Anime! Live action! Stock footage! Lumpennerd Johannes Grenzfurthner gives an ideotaining cinematic revue about important political concepts. Everyone is talking about freedom! Privacy! Identity! Resistance! The Market! The…
In This Corner of the World
Japan, 1943, during World War II. Young Suzu leaves her village near Hiroshima to marry and live with her in-laws in Kure, a military harbor. Her creativity to overcome deprivation…
Chaar Sahibzaade : Rise of Banda Singh Bahadur
Chaar Sahibzaade: Rise of Banda Singh Bahadur Animation movie A profound and courageous story on how Guru Grace changed Banda Singh Bahadur in and out and enabled him to lead…
Behind the Magic: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
The story of the rocky road that Walt Disney took to get his interpretation of “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs” (1937) to the silver screen. Watch Anime Review: Really…
Princess of Rome
Princess of Rome, Mellika, granddaughter of Great Caesar. The story talks about her move from Byzantium in the 9th century, to avoid her marriage with Krytos, and brings her to…
Miss Hokusai
The time: 1814. The place: Edo, now known as Tokyo. A much accomplished artist of his time and now in his mid-fifties, Tetsuzo can boast clients from all over Japan,…
Bring Us Your Women
Bring Us Your Women is an international anthology dedicated to women and the pursuit of divinity and freedom. The project seeks to tell existing and re-imagined stories of historic and…
Little Houdini
Appleton, Wisconsin, 1886. Harry, 12 years old, has lived and breathed magic since his early childhood. But the small village Appleton is not the best spot for his natural talent…
Chaar Sahibzaade
Chaar Sahibzaade is the first photo realistic’ 3D animation film in S-3D on Sikh history. It is the real story of the sacrifices of the four sons of Guru Gobind…
Video Games: The Movie
From executive producer Zach Braff and director Jeremy Snead, “Video Games: The Movie” is an epic feature length documentary chronicling the meteoric rise of video games from nerd niche to…
Hakuoki – Demon of the Fleeting Blossom – Warrior Spirit of the Blue Sky
The second part of the retelling of the first and second seasons of the anime. Watch Anime Review: Hakuoki – Demon of the Fleeting Blossom – Warrior Spirit of the…
Giovanni’s Island
In the aftermath of the most devastating conflict mankind had ever experienced, the tiny island of Shikotan became part of the Sakhalin Oblast… and on the unhealed border in this…
Buddha 2: The Endless Journey
2500 years ago, in India, Siddhartha was born as a prince of the Shakya clan, but he gives up his position as a prince to see the world. He meets…
The Hussites
What if the events in a key era in our history were actually completely different than what our history textbooks try to tell us? What if Master Jan Hus didn’t…
MacPherson
This animated film by Martine Chartrand (Black Soul) recounts the friendship between a young Félix Leclerc and Frank Randolph Macpherson, a Jamaican chemical engineer and university graduate who worked for…
The Wind Rises
A lifelong love of flight inspires Japanese aviation engineer Jiro Horikoshi, whose storied career includes the creation of the A-6M World War II fighter plane. Watch Anime Review: The Wind…
Warszawa 1935
“Warszawa 1935” (“Warsaw 1935”) is a short movie which was produced by the Newborn special effects studio for nearly 4 years, showing the audience for the very first time the…
Rio 2096: A Story of Love and Fury
The film narrates the love between Janaína and a native warrior who, when dying, takes the form of a bird. For six centuries, the story of the couple survives through…
Fuse: Memoirs of the Hunter Girl
In Kyokutei Bakin’s classic Japanese epic novel Nansou Satomi Hakkenden, eight samurai serve the Satomi clan during Japan’s tumultuous Sengoku (Warring States) era. The Edo-era samurai are the reincarnations of…
Asura
Abandoned in the barren wasteland of Kyoto, a savage, enraged orphan does whatever it takes to survive in the wild. When he crosses paths with civilization, he must learn to…
This Ain’t California
A retrospective look at the youth cultures born in the German Democratic Republic. A celebration of the lust for life, a contemporary trip into the world of skate, a tale…
This Land Is Mine
An animated history of the conflict between Palestinians and Israelis Watch Anime Review: This Land Is Mine – fantastic movie. Most movies, even the greatest ones, evaporate like mist once…
Himeyuri
The 30-minute film centers around a group of high school nurses called Himeyuri who served during the Battle of Okinawa during World War II. The Himeyuri Alumnae Incorporated Foundation, which…
The Crisis of Civilization
The Crisis Civilization is a documentary feature film investigating how global crises like ecological disaster, financial meltdown, dwindling oil reserves, terrorism and food shortages are converging symptoms of a single,…
Buddha: The Great Departure
Prince Siddhartha is heir to the Shakya kingdom, which is constantly at war with the more powerful Kosala kingdom. His father tries to raise as him as a warrior leader…
Junod
Dr. Junod’s work takes him from Ethiopia to Spain and across the European battlefields of World War II. He works to improve the treatment of prisoners of war and arranges…
Hetalia: Axis Powers: Paint It, White!
The Pictorians have arrived from deep in space. They also have dangly glow-balls on their heads, which is kinda cool, but still. The freaky aliens are using use their crazy…
Shoka
Edo, Japan. Calligraphists are not mere writers, they can bring drawings to life and utilize kanji. Three calligraphists from the art wielding clan join up and fight against an exiled…
Barking Island
Constantinople, Ottoman Empire, 1910. There are too many stray dogs on the streets, so the government decides to deport thousands of them on a desert island, off the coast of…