Suspense Story: Nat'l Press Club Hears Hitchcock

Welcome to the behind-the-scenes journey of "Comanche," the true story of the only U.S. survivor of The Battle of Little Big Horn. This captivating documentary delves deep into the making of the film directed by Burt Kennedy.

A look at the unrecognized work of the talented artists and craftsmen who've maintained the tradition of Japanese special-effects. Highlighted is Yasuyuki Inoue along with various crew members who crafted meticulously detailed miniatures and risked life and limb as suit actors. All done to bring to life some of film's most iconic monsters through a distinct Japanese artform.

Journey to far-flung islands off Africa, South America, Australia and Oceania for a look at the bird species that lived alongside our ancestors.

"Without leaving his own garden, a man may know the world" - an abstract study of the wildlife found in every garden.

A montage of newscasts tracing the events of the "damned war" and the German invasion of 1940.

Portrait of Hermann Heinzel.

Arne Sucksdorff’s short documentary observes gulls raiding nests and stealing eggs with ruthless persistence. Though presented as pure nature study, the film was widely read as an allegory of Nazism—a symbolic parable of predation and violence during wartime. Sucksdorff himself denied such intent, but remarked that “a film that is not open to interpretation is a dead film.”

A disturbing collection of 1940s and 1950s United States government-issued propaganda films designed to reassure Americans that the atomic bomb was not a threat to their safety.

The Joan Crawford crime thriller, The Damned Don't Cry (1950), is the topic of discussion for various interviewees.

Right on the middle of the Indian Ocean, in the Seychelles archipelago, there still exists an island where the beaches are not inhabited by men but by birds : Cousin island. More than 250 000 birds live there, among giant tortoises and strange lizards.

In the remote Manambolomaty lakes region, a globally unique ecosystem is home to both the Sakalava indigenous people and the endangered Madagascar Fish eagle. Through close collaboration with the local community, the region has become a stunning success for conservation - even as the rest of Madagascar's nature suffers heavy losses.

Fest organized by Irmandade do Outeiro Nossa Senhora da Glória with the attendance of president Eurico Gaspar Dutra.