CINEFETE (Firm)
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
TCM status is rising internationally. People are paying attention to TCM because there is a paradigm shift in medicine today. Traditional Chinese medicine is a science based mainly on natural science and integrated with the social sciences or humanities. Its way of observing diseases and the human body, its idea of treating a disease before it arises, its methods of health preservation, its focus on adjusting the state of the body is catching the...
Series
Language
English
Description
The Making of 6 Billion Others takes us behind the scenes of a most intriguing series. The idea of for this series came from Yann Arthus-Bertrand, an award-winning filmmaker who was filming Earth from Above in Mali. One day when the helicopter that he was filming from was out of commission, he tried to draw a portrait of contemporary humankind by asking questions about universal values. What is happiness, love, fear, success, family? What lessons...
Series
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Advertisements haven’t disappeared from TV just yet, but brand wars are now taking place on a different screen. The war being waged is a digital one. No brand can ignore the power of social networks—2 billion users in the world, an unbelievable sounding board. Social media has changed the rules of communication between brands and consumers. The digital era knows no respite, everything happens in real time, there is unrelenting exposure and interaction...
Series
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
Meet a curious young lady living in India’s largest slum area, Dharavi. Follow her around as she introduces you to the people in her neighborhood—like the potters’ colony making huge water jars, the embroidery masters working on beautiful saris, and the leather makers producing quality handbags. Find out too how they manage to survive with only one toilet for every 1,500 people.
Series
Language
English
Description
Double Cooked: Jompy Stove (Kenya) The Jompy Stove is a lightweight and inexpensive stove-top device that rapidly heats water. It sits between a cooking pot and an open flame. Invented by David Osborne, a plumber from Scotland, this incredibly simple technology could save millions who die from drinking contaminated water. Burn after Eating: Rice Husk Bio-power (India) In the state of Bihar in India, an estimated 50,000 villagers are lighting up with...
Series
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
In this episode, Melissa Hyak meets Vanessa Shih, hailed as the most beautiful career diplomat from Taiwan. Melissa bravely takes Ms Shih on in a Chinese riddle competition during the Mid-Autumn Festival, with questions ranging from Song dynasty poems to local TV programs. How will Melissa fare against the former Taiwan government spokesperson in this challenge? The Representative of Taipei also invites Melissa to her home and prepares four seasonal...
Series
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
For American Arthur Kok, the Chinese language—along with its history and culture—was a million worlds away. It might as well have been Martian-speak. Yet it also represented an ancient civilization that won his respect and interest. Thus began a journey that spanned 6,000 miles and sparked a love interest. Join him and host Melissa Hyak as they learn the art of modern Chinese drumming, juggle trays and trolleys as “dim-sum waiters” for a day,...
Series
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
Deserted by her husband and with four children to support, 24-year-old Sushma, from a remote village in Nepal, was sold into sexual slavery. Her trafficker took her to Kolkata, but she managed to escape. In this film we document how difficult it is for Nepal to stanch the flow of young women being trafficked each year across an open 1,500-mile-long border with India. Meet some of the women on the frontline who are trying to put a stop to the trade....
Series
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
Dubai is today the shining torch-bearer of the Middle East. Unprecedented high oil prices have provided the region with the impetus to invest, diversify, and build. And Dubai has emerged as the model for much of the Arab world, growing at an exponential rate of 16 percent. But is it sustainable? And how have companies as diverse as a Singapore electronic solutions company, a Thai-based international group of hotels and resorts, and a Singapore architectural...
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
We first travel with Dr. Farish along the Chao Praya, to see the giant Buddha statue Luang Pho To Buddha, protected by a gold parasol. In this episode, Dr. Farish continues his exploration of the significance of the parasol in Southeast Asian culture. Later we visit the royal house in West Sumatra and learn how the king continues to preserve his culture. In Singapore, at the Asian Civilizations Museum, Dr. Farish introduces us to his friend David...
11) Solo
Series
Language
English
Description
Never before in the history of human civilization are so many people living alone—either by choice or not—and nowhere is this more evident than with our senior citizens. Time stretches in front of them, and they are well aware of this. They are more physically fit, better off financially, and better educated than past generations. Their bodies are more flexible, their minds are sharper, and technology in all its forms is out there to help them...
12) Rimbaud
Series
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
Pierre Brunel, a professor at the Sorbonne, discusses several aspects of Rimbaud: the poet of childhood (his verse-poems are studied in the classroom), the adventure and mysteries of his text, Rimbaud the letter writer, and Rimbaud the journalist (particularly during his stay in Africa). Various documents and scenes shot in Charleville and Africa contribute to our understanding of this astonishingly modern poet, the idol of writers, painters...and...
14) Armageddon
Series
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
Facing a potential nuclear renaissance, this moving account explores the legacy of nuclear arms through the lives of four young women. First we meet Maki, granddaughter of a Hiroshima bombing survivor who strives to keep the memory of the horror alive. Evelyn is a young student; she is exiled from her home, the contaminated island of Rongelap. Maurea and Annie are young and impassioned activists; one lives in a country torn apart by nuclear colonization...
15) Golden Gold
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
Economic turmoil has given new life to gold as the thirst for this metal seems inextinguishable. Indeed, this infatuation is a cause of unintended consequences worldwide. For instance, gold fever among the London bankers endangers an Indonesian tropical paradise and its development model based on the preservation of nature and traditional activities. This edifying investigation draws a parallel between the setup of the gold market controlled by a...
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
Not many theater directors can boast having been at the helm of their troupe for over 50 years and still be constantly creating and renewing their art without losing track of contemporaneity! Ariane Mnouchkine is that athlete and artist who, since the creation of the avant-garde stage ensemble Théâtre du Soleil in May 1964, has always placed a high value on artistic excellence and sharing with actors and audience alike. From the Cartoucherie, a...
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
Building higher, ever higher, is the culmination of an ancient dream, from the mythical Tower of Babel to the Eiffel Tower. A landmark feature for more than two centuries in the cityscapes of New York, Chicago, Rio, or Sao Paulo, towers have now reached Asia, where they are beating all records for height. A building more than 3,200 feet high is being planned in Malaysia. Far from going out of fashion, this architectural challenge has become the essential...
18) The Common Lot
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
Light at the end of a tunnel, dear ones greeting us, a feeling of eternal well-being… More and more people who have returned from death’s door claim they have experienced a near-death experience. Given their similarities with certain ideas of the Christian faith, the Catholic Church is in the witness box. What do these NDEs mean? Do they confirm or contradict the Christian faith? Should we take a fresh look at our notions of judgment, hell, purgatory,...
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
When Silence Is Golden follows the film’s director in her quest to lift the silence on the gold mining activities of a Canadian mining company near Dumasi in western Ghana. Through her journey, we meet the inhabitants of this town who, despite efforts by the government to silence them, cannot hide their anger and are eager to express their grievances. In seeking to explain this complex situation, the film comes face to face with the human rights...
20) Walls
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
It has been more than 50 years since the first stone of the Berlin Wall was laid in 1961—later to be torn down—but today the world is still inexorably crossed by walls, both visible and invisible. Walls that divide and exacerbate differences, walls that feed ethnic and religious hatred, walls that raise barriers between races and skin colors...walls that create conflicts all over the world. But in this painful yet hopeful story of dialogue amidst...