1. The Female Doctor and The Rabbit Spirit (医女和兔子精的故事)
A gentle physician saved an injured rabbit in the forest, not knowing that it was actually a Rabbit Spirit. The Rabbit Spirit decided to visit the physician in a human form, and they started to become closer. But when the Rabbit Spirit hears the story of the White Snake, and how human and demons are not destined to be together, she begins to doubt if she should stay at the physician's side.
It has an average vote of 7 on TMDB.
2. Dreams of the Past (Мечты о прошломъ)
(Мечты о прошломъ)
It has an average vote of 10 on TMDB.
3. More About Nostradamus
This short film portrays Nostradamus as having predicted the horrors of WWI and Hitler's rise to power, as well as the eventual triumph of "the daughter of the English Isles" against these forces. The film was nominated for an Oscar for Best Short Subject, One-Reel.
It has an average vote of 5.2 on TMDB.
4. Das Wachsen des Römischen Reiches (Das Wachsen des Römischen Reiches)
The rise of the Roman Empire towards world power is reconstructed with the help of cartographies and re-enactments. It also shows where traces of ancient Rome can still be found today.
5. Phantasmagoria (Phantasmagoria)
Two women living alone are visited by a young strange man whose identity and intentions they begin to question as the evening progresses.
6. Give Me Liberty
Patrick Henry's rousing speech before the Virginia legislature argues for colonial independence.
It has an average vote of 5.9 on TMDB.
7. Tapavica (Tapavica)
A story about the first Serbian Olympian who won bronze medal at the first Olympic games in 1896, also a world class architect.
It has an average vote of 10 on TMDB.
8. La défense du drapeau (La défense du drapeau)
As the only survivor of a battle, a cavalryman heroically defends his flag.
It has an average vote of 4.5 on TMDB.
9. Pontevedra, cuna de Colón (Pontevedra, cuna de Colón)
Speculative historical essay defending the theory, sustained by Spanish historian Celso García de la Riega and his followers, that the famous explorer Christopher Columbus was born in a small village near the city of Pontevedra, in the region of Galicia, Spain.
10. The Little Church That Could
Amidst a mostly Catholic community, a small tiny Anglican church offers more to the community of Placentia than people may think, and holds many connections and history to the rest of the world.
It has an average vote of 10 on TMDB.
11. Someone (Irgendwer)
At the end of World War II, Red Army soldiers bent on brutal revenge for past atrocities attack a German city. Compassion comes from an unlikely source. Based on a true story.
It has an average vote of 7 on TMDB.
12. The Flawed Genius of Jan Smuts
Jan Smuts is a foremost political figure in South African 20th Century History, and is recognised today by two of the world's leading historians as being at the very centre of the vision for a new world order that emerges from the League of Nations and the United Nations.. Yet, he is virtually persona non grata in his own country.... and largely ignored in school history books.</p><p> This one hour drama-documentary, with its dramatised cameo scenes in which his look-alike grandson takes on the role of Jan Smuts, battle re-enactments, historical archival footage, comments from historians, political analysts, and South African political struggle heroes, looks back on his life and the circumstances that shaped it in search of some answers.
It has an average vote of 9 on TMDB.
13. The Beaning
An experimental documentary exploring a sinister theory surrounding the death of Cleveland baseball player Ray Chapman in 1920 and the subsequent rise of the Yankee dynasty.
It has an average vote of 7.2 on TMDB.
14. The Assassination of the Duke de Guise (L'assassinat du duc de Guise)
This one is modelled on the painting by Paul Delaroche and is an extension of the stage act known as “tableau vivant”.
It has an average vote of 4.3 on TMDB.
15. Once Upon A Time In The Front Lines
In the height of the second world war, a small group of soldiers are selected for a highly classified mission across the front lines.
16. Benedict Arnold: Hero Betrayed
Benedict Arnold is not the villain of American history most people were taught to believe. New facts and never before presented material illuminate his heroic contributions to the American Revolution and explains his later change of allegiance.
17. White Death (Muerte Blanca)
Impressionist portrait of a landscape forged by tragedy. A ghostly wanderer among the vestiges of a story where 44 young soldiers and a sergeant were pushed to their deaths
18. 1917: One Year, Two Revolutions (1917 : Il était une fois, la Révolution)
In February 1917, Imperial Russia plunges into revolution. Nine months of unrest before a coup brought about an upheaval that changed the course of history and profoundly altered the future of civilisation.
It has an average vote of 6.5 on TMDB.
19. Nothing Escapes My Eyes
"Nothing Escapes My Eyes" is about a silent transformation of a place and a human being. Inspired by the texts of Edward W. Said, the poems of Mahmoud Darwish and Verdi’s opera Aida, the film depicts in a metaphoric form current issues of cultural identity, loss and the pressures to conform. With no dialogue, the film is backed by a musical excerpt from Aida whose lyrics express the difficulties of being loyal to one’s country and cultural identity. The personal and urban transformation tackles on issues of identity, loss and disorientation as a result of historical colonialism and contemporary globalization.
20. Princess Clementina
King James' agent saves a Dutch princess and marries her as the King's proxy.