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Letter from a Yellow Cherry Blossom(2002)

Naomi Kawase's documentary about Nishii Kazuo, a photo critic. He is the last chief editor for the Camera Mainichi magazine, rushing through his time with Araki Nobuyoshi and Moriyama Daido as provocative artists in the photograph world.

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Khyber Pass; Kashmir; Agra(1928)

Romantic, atmospheric travelogue capturing some of northern India’s most iconic places – not least the Taj Mahal.

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Dancers at Trivandrum Gopinath(1946)

Kathakali performance featuring the great Indian dancer Guru Gopinath.

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Mysore Dasara(1933)

The Mysore Palace shines with 100,000 lights in a dazzling 400-year-old celebration.

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Delhi to the North West Frontier(1935)

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Lahore(1936)

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Gangtok and Sikkim Trip(1935)

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Stars of Cabaret(1956)

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À votre santé(1974)

Focuses on the state of the Quebec health system in the early 1970s. This film reveals the harsh reality of emergency rooms. There, medical teams, facing a serious shortage of staff, are facing a real invasion of patients. The technical means, often insufficient, make the task even more difficult.

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Contract(2008)

Documentary about the nurses' strike in Finland on autumn 2007.

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Our Body(2023)

In a Parisian public hospital, Claire Simon questions what it means to live in women’s bodies, filming their diversity, singularity and their beauty in all stages throughout life. Unique stories of desires, fears and struggles unfold, including the one of the filmmaker herself.

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Der lange Weg ans Licht(2008)

Edeltraut Hertel - a midwife caught between two worlds. She has been working as a midwife in a small village near Chemnitz for almost 20 years, supporting expectant mothers before, during and after the birth of their offspring. However, working as a midwife brings with it social problems such as a decline in birth rates and migration from the provinces. Competition for babies between birthing centers has become fierce, particularly in financial terms. Obstetrics in Tanzania, Africa, Edeltraud's second place of work, is completely different. Here, the midwife not only delivers babies, she also trains successors, carries out educational and development work and struggles with the country's cultural and social problems.

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Ladakh(1943)

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Sicko(2007)

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