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- DirectorAsif KapadiaStarsAmy WinehouseMitch WinehouseMark RonsonArchival footage and personal testimonials present an intimate portrait of the life and career of British singer/songwriter Amy Winehouse.
- DirectorEvgeniy GrigorevStarsNikita BobrovSergei BobunetsIlya KuzminykhRocky road to the success of three rock bands from Yekaterinburg, Russia. Young musicians are looking for their path in music and in life.
- StarsJames MasonHans-Joachim KulenkampffJackie CooganUsing in part rare out-take footage, the film-making methods and techniques of Charles Chaplin are explored.
- DirectorKevin BrownlowDavid GillStarsJames MasonFrank CapraJackie CooganThe art of silent comedy is highlighted with a focus on the work of the four great clowns of the era: Charles Chaplin, Buster Keaton, Harold Lloyd, and Harry Langdon.
- StarsLindsay AndersonCharles LamontWilliam R. CoxA series about the life, career and works of the movie comedy genius.
- StarsPaul MertonNeil BrandTerry JonesA profile of some of the greatest stars of silent comedy.
- StarsJames MasonColleen MooreByron HaskinThe history of the American film industry in Hollywood during the Silent era.
- DirectorKen BurnsLynn NovickStarsEdward HerrmannPhilip BoscoJulie HarrisA biography of the life and work of the American architect.
- DirectorMarco OrsiniStarsMary McGuckianChampioned by a new generation of scholars, artists, and collectors, this iconic artist is at last emerging from the dark side as new light is shed on all aspects of the Eileen Gray phenomenon.
- DirectorBanksyStarsBanksyMr. BrainwashSpace InvaderFollowing the style of some of the world's most prolific street artists, an amateur filmmaker makes a foray into the art world.
- DirectorTheodore ThomasStarsFrank ThomasOllie JohnstonSylvia RoemerA study of the personal and professional relationship of Disney animators Frank Thomas and Ollie Johnston, who started at the studio in the 1930s and worked on 23 films together.
- DirectorLeslie IwerksStarsKelsey GrammerMark KauslerJohn LasseterA documentary on the life of the under-appreciated animator Ub Iwerks, who played a major role in the creation of Mickey Mouse.
- DirectorClare BeavanStarsMartha KearneyRichard E. GrantPhilip PullmanDocumentary to mark the 150th anniversary of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.
- 2004–20157.2 (18)TV Episode
- StarsLeonid ParfyonovLev DurovVladimir DovzhikParfenov's documentary, shot for Alexander Pushkin's 200th anniversary, shows a full-scale picture of the places related to the poet's life, historical materials, and excerpts from other films. Some of the material looks like a silent feature film. Parfenov presents the poet's biography as a contemporary chronicler.
- DirectorSergey NurmamedIvan SkvortsovStarsLiya AkhedzhakovaAleksandr KalyaginEvgeniy MironovThis biographical picture that was made for the 200th anniversary of Nikolai Gogol,is filmed in the unique style of the author Leonid Parfyonov. Documentary shows that the author of "Dead Souls", "The Inspector General" and "Taras Bulba" is not the founder of realism in Russian literature, but a modern and actual avant-garde writer who created works hitherto unprecedented, full of magic and phantasmagoria.
- StarsLeonid Parfyonov"Russian Empire" - making of this film took many weeks of filming in the capital and dozens of trips to the former and the present territory of the country. It shows very unique places the camera has never seen before: starting from the Polish countryside all the way to the roof of Peter the Great's Hermitage. All little German towns where all Russian empresses were born. Places of military glory of the Russian army - from Rome to Beirut - and places of national catastrophes - from Sevastopol to East Prussia. Historical anecdotes and authentic diaries, unknown documents and letters of the Elite of the Empire.
- StarsLeonid ParfyonovSeptember 9th - the day of memory of the Russian soldiers who died in the defense of Sevastopol in the Crimean War of 1853-1856. After the Crimean War remained a saying "The war in the Crimea - all in smoke." To dispel the smoke Leonid Parfyonov decided to make a film-reconstruction.
- DirectorSergey NurmamedIvan SkvortsovStarsMikhail EfremovVladimir EtushValeriy GromovikovThe «Eye of God» is dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the Pushkin Museum. It shows how progressive and pro-West Russians can be, when it comes to comprehending the essence of beauty. Ivan Tsvetayev, a village priest's son, the founder of the museum, wanted the new generation of "Ivans" to understand that we are Europe, while Antiquity is our mutual cradle.
- DirectorSergey NurmamedStarsLeonid ParfyonovThe story of Sergey Prokudin-Gorsky, a pioneer of color photography, and his works, which are now the most striking document of Pre-Soviet Russia.
- DirectorAndrey LazarevSergey NurmamedLeonid ParfyonovStarsAleksei IvanovLeonid ParfyonovA documentary series on the history and life in Ural.
- DirectorLeonid ParfyonovStarsLeonid ParfyonovA documentary of Leonid Parfenov about the history of celebrating the New Year's holiday in Russia, filmed in 1999.
- DirectorSergey NurmamedLeonid ParfyonovStarsLeonid ParfyonovThe history of Jewish people in Russia up until the 1917 revolution.
- DirectorSergey NurmamedStarsLeonid ParfyonovThe second film of the trilogy covers the thirtieth anniversary from 1918 to 1948. Unprecedented until that time in any country of the world, a bright and massive Jewish participation in all spheres of state policy and culture.
- DirectorSergey NurmamedStarsLeonid ParfyonovWith the assassination in 1948 of the head of the Jewish Anti-Fascist Committee, Solomon Mikhoels, by the state security, new times begin in the relationship between the Soviet government and the Jews.
- DirectorHeather LenzStarsYayoi KusamaArtist Yayoi Kusama and experts discuss her life and work, from her modest beginnings in Japan to becoming an internationally renowned artist.
- DirectorOlivier MeyrouStarsYves Saint-LaurentPierre BergéLaetitia CastaA documentary on Yves Saint-Laurent and the legendary fashion designer's final show.
- StarsWill BuxtonJack NichollsDaniel RicciardoDocuseries following the FIA Formula One World Championship across multiple seasons.