Terje Vigen, a sailor, suffers the loss of his family through the inflexibility of another man. Years later, when his enemy's family finds itself dependent on his benevolence, Terje must decide whether to avenge himself.

When the son of the owner of a woollen mill learns of the plight of the starving Jews in Russia he sets about raising money to ease their suffering. After raising $100,000, he plans to travel to Russia but is dismayed to find that his father wants him to return with the Russian girl found for him by a professional matchmaker.

Quando a grande fome da batata atinge a Irlanda, a diáspora começa quando milhares emigram. Entre os que saem da Emerald Isle estão Katie O'Neill e seu marido, que decidem que a terra prometida é a África do Sul e vão até lá. Uma vez lá, descobrem a dificuldade que é a realidade da experiência do migrante se assentar na nova terra. (e 14 - Estimado 14 Anos)

Um filme sobre os diversos episódios da vida do pintor de ícones Andrei Rublev (1360-1430), um dos maiores artistas russos da Idade Média, mas também um retrato da difícil vida do povo russo neste século. Entre os conflitos apresentados estão a rigidez da Igreja Ortodoxa Russa e o seu lugar na cultura russa, bem como a pobreza e as invasões tártaras. Após quatro anos de produção a exibição do filme seria proibida logo após seu lançamento, levando-o a ser exibido apenas em festivais de cinema estrangeiros.

O clima no Vaticano anda apreensivo. Católicos no mundo todo aguardam os cardeiais decidirem quem será o novo papa. Quando a fumaça branca finalmente surge a espera acaba: O bispo Kiril Lakota (Anthony Quinn), um político russo recém-liberto do cativeiro, é escolhido para liderar a Igreja Católica. Logo, sua atuação como pontífice ganhará ares políticos, pois ele é chamado para intervir na crise entre Rússia e China.

In a village in the Ardennes, during the German occupation, finding rations is becoming almost impossible. Clovis, an ordinary labourer, decides to cross the occupied zone to bring back enough potatoes to feed his family. His plan is a success but Clovis rapidly becomes obsessed with storing the precious tubers.

Farmer struggles to keep food on the table, and regain his son who has joined a gang of marauding city-folk during the world's worst famine.

Swedish documentary from 1977. The film is about the last starvation year in Sweden, the emergency year 1867 in Ångermanland. It is a story about people who are hurting, but also about efforts from the outside world to help the developing country Sweden out of the crisis. SVT's documentary filmmaker Olle Häger passed away in November 2014. We remember him by showing some of his appreciated films during the summer.

A tory based on classical theatre play "Mother Courage and Her Children" by Bertolt Brecht.

Anton é um garoto de 12 anos, que vive com a sua família na Holanda durante o fim da Segunda Guerra Mundial. Um dia, ele testemunha um crime: as forças armadas holandesas assassinam por acidente um alemão. Para esconder o caso, movem o cadáver para o quintal da família de Anton. Logo, toda a família é acusada de traição, e todos são assassinados pelos alemães – com exceção do garoto, que consegue sobreviver. Décadas mais tarde, Anton é um adulto, e ele começa a investigar a real história que tirou a vida de sua família, confrontando os verdadeiros responsáveis pelo caso.

The film about the Holodomor famine in Ukraine, based on the novel 'The Yellow Prince' by Vasyl Barka. The film is told through the lives of the Katrannyk family of six. It relies more on images than on words shot in black-and-white.

Jacob's farm is in trouble from a severe drought. Jacob and Sarah begin to wonder if Sarah can stay, and what will happen to Jacob if she and the children have to leave the farm.

Based on the best selling autobiography by Irish expat Frank McCourt, Angela's Ashes follows the experiences of young Frankie and his family as they try against all odds to escape the poverty endemic in the slums of pre-war Limerick. The film opens with the family in Brooklyn, but following the death of one of Frankie's siblings, they return home, only to find the situation there even worse. Prejudice against Frankie's Northern Irish father makes his search for employment in the Republic difficult despite his having fought for the IRA, and when he does find money, he spends the money on drink.

Nafas (Niloufar Pazira) é uma jovem afegã que fugiu de seu país em meio à guerra civil dos Talibãs e hoje trabalha como jornalista no Canadá. Até que sua irmã mais nova, que ficou no Afeganistão, lhe envia uma carta avisando que irá se suicidar antes da chegada do próximo eclipse solar. Nafas resolve então retornar ao Afeganistão a fim de tentar salvar sua irmã.

Em outubro de 1993, durante a guerra civil da Somália, uma força de elite americana é enviada para capturar generais locais. Porém, após dois helicópteros serem derrubados, o que deveria ser uma operação simples se torna uma extensa batalha.

In a time of famine a starving girl and her mother are rescued from the roadside by a stranger. But the stranger has other motives.

In 158 a group of English settlers landed near present-day North Carolina. These pilgrims expected wealth and prosperity from the untouched land but instead received famine and hyperthermia. Their eventual fate has been unknown until now.

In 1980 the black Falashas in Ethiopia are recognised as genuine Jews and are secretly carried to Israel. The day before the transport the son of a Jewish mother dies. In his place and with his name (Schlomo) she takes a Christian 9-year-old boy.

On the one hand, there’s the desert eating away at the land. The endless dry season, the lack of water. On the other there’s the threat of war. The village well has run dry. The livestock is dying. Trusting their instinct, most of the villagers leave and head south. Rahne, the only literate one, decides to head east with his three children and Mouna, his wife. A few sheep, some goats, and Chamelle, a dromedary, are their only riches. A tale of exodus, quest, hope and fatality.

Tells the story of the tragic events in Ukraine in 1932-33, the genocidal Great Famine or the Holodomor, and one Welshman's attempts to tell the world what was happening.