Grandfather Never Saw the Sea – 2011

“Why do I remember one thing and not the other?” In her film essay “Grandfather Never Saw the Sea”, Christine Huerzeler explores her own family history in an unusual and unusually poetic way. The film-maker interlaces family recordings, found footage and recent images into a visual and acoustic examination of her origins. Upon closer inspection, it reveals the frictions, cracks and unconfessed longings which ultimately betray domestic happiness as merely staged. “Be nice to each other, says the father. We have a good time together”. Beyond the personal, Huerzeler’s film is accurate in documenting the atmosphere of an entire era. The unease of the individual is also the unease of a generation which grew up in a supposedly free society, yet lived under the constantly looming shadow of the Cold War.

Director : Christine Huerzeler
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Genre : Documentary
Release Date : 7/7/2011
Country : Switzerland

The Desert of Forbidden Art – 2011

How does art survive in a time of oppression? During the Soviet rule artists who stay true to their vision are executed, sent to mental hospitals or Gulags. Their plight inspires young Igor Savitsky. He pretends to buy state-approved art but instead daringly rescues 40,000 forbidden fellow artist’s works and creates a museum in the desert of Uzbekistan, far from the watchful eyes of the KGB. Though a penniless artist himself, he cajoles the cash to pay for the art from the same authorities who are banning it. Savitsky amasses an eclectic mix of Russian Avant-Garde art. But his greatest discovery is an unknown school of artists who settle in Uzbekistan after the Russian revolution of 1917, encountering a unique Islamic culture, as exotic to them as Tahiti was for Gauguin. They develop a startlingly original style, fusing European modernism with centuries-old Eastern traditions.

Director : Amanda Pope|Tchavdar Georgiev
Cast : Ben Kingsley|Ed Asner|Sally Field
Genre : Documentary|History
Release Date : 3/18/2011
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Justin Bieber: Rise to Fame – 2011

The transformation from small-town Canadian boy to international superstar happened almost overnight for recording artist, Justin Bieber. With the help of his mother, Bieber started a You Tube craze fueled by his baby-faced good looks and impressive musical talent. After being discovered by manager Scooter Braun, and then being signed to Usher s record label, it was evident that “Bieber Fever” was just getting started. Now a media fixture and a household name, Bieber lights up the stage with his Top 40 hits and winning smile. Justin Bieber: Rise to Fame delves into not only the musical life of the heartthrob, but also how the young star copes with fame and spends his limited free time. Packed with previously unseen footage and exclusive interviews with the teen idol himself, Rise to Fame chronicles the life of the worldwide pop phenomenon who is tearing up the charts and melting young hearts.

Director : Maureen Goldthorpe
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Genre : Documentary
Release Date : 1/11/2011
Country :

ALMA – 2011

Beautifully shot, alternately joyful and horrifying, Alma captures the ecological, and even spiritual, cost of meat, dairy, and leather production in the Amazon.

Director : Patrick Rouxel
Cast : Eugénie Zebrowska Selin|Lucile Ferreira|Patricia Cazier|Vanessa Cadasse
Genre : Documentary
Release Date : 5/1/2011
Country :

Polnische Ostern – 2011

Grumpy baker Grabosch can’t bear the thought that his granddaughter, now that her mother has died, will live with her Polish father. He must get Mathilda back, by all means.

Director : Jakob Ziemnicki
Cast : Adrian Topol|Doris Kunstmann|Grażyna Szapołowska|Henry Hübchen|Paraschiva Dragus
Genre : Comedy
Release Date : 5/11/2011
Country : Germany

Inni – 2011

Inni is a live motion picture and album by Icelandic band Sigur Rós released in 2011.The concert footage was directed by Vincent Morisset and filmed at the Alexandra Palace in 2008. It was released on 7 November 2011 on various formats, including vinyl, DVD, Blu-ray and CD. Theatrical versions are also being shown around the world from late 2011. The songs played within are Ný batterí, Svefn-g-englar, Fljótavík, Inní mér syngur vitleysingur, Sæglópur, Festival, E-Bow, Popplagið and Lúppulagið. The bonus material contains All Allright, Glósóli, Hafsól and Við spilum endalaust.

Director : Vincent Morisset
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Genre : Music
Release Date : 11/7/2011
Country : Iceland
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