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The Villa of the Centaurs

films, HIFFA 2024 Timeframe 1: Prehistory – Antiquity

Alcácer do Sal’s history holds a lot of surprises from Ancient times, A luxuous roman domus begins to be excavated, the wealthy romans built amazing houses, richly decorated. Away from the hustle and bustle of a port city like Alcácer do Sal, were the ideal retreat for the Empire elites. During archeological excavations conducted in…

Quest For Midas

films, HIFFA 2024 Timeframe 1: Prehistory – Antiquity

The documentary, "Quest For Midas"s, covers a day when the Gordion excavation team, led by Professor Dr. Brian Rose, opened the curtains of the ages with the consciousness and enthusiasm of writing history. The documentary also includes the work done in the past, the plans made in the future, and how this path that Brian…

Odyssea

award winner 2024, films, HIFFA 2024 Timeframe 1: Prehistory – Antiquity

The history of the evolution of mankind from the Neolithic period to the end of the Roman period. There is something new at the Archaeosite of Aubechies (Belgium). The visits will now start with a projection of the immersive film Odyssea in the new room. The public will be able to discover a real historical…

MEN AND GODS, THE SEA AND THE SACRED

films, HIFFA 2024 Timeframe 1: Prehistory – Antiquity

The caves on the islet of Sant'Eufemia, opposite the town of Vieste, hold a thousand-year-old secret: more than 200 rock inscriptions that tell forgotten stories. A precious heritage that from the Roman period to the contemporary age offers a fascinating glimpse into the lives of sailors who plied the dangerous waters of the Adriatic. From…

Maponos il Taurino

films, HIFFA 2024 Timeframe 1: Prehistory – Antiquity

A celtic story. In the time of the Iron Age, a young warrior named Maponos sets out to find a sacred deer. However, he soon realizes that his journey into the dark forest will lead him towards his ultimate fate. The Taurini were a Celto-Ligurian tribe dwelling in the upper valley of the river Po, around present-day Turin, during the Iron Age and…

HEMA. A story of castellieri

films, HIFFA 2024 Timeframe 1: Prehistory – Antiquity

Before the foundation of Trieste, the lands of the Caput Adriae were already inhabited by our ancestors, the population of the castellieri. Hema is a joung girl who lives in the Iron Age in the castelliere of Elleri and like all children of all times she becomes attached to a small animal that she finds…

The romans at enz, metter and neckar

films, HIFFA 2024 Timeframe 1: Prehistory – Antiquity

We follow the traveling salesman Severus on his way along the rivers Enz, Metter and Neckar. Here he visits the ancient cities of Mühlacker, Oberriexingen, Sachsenheim, Bietigheim and Walheim, which are located near today's Stuttgart, and discovers their ancient treasures. A connection between antiquity and modernity is established through various leaps in time. Roman history…

The Eternal Emperor – The True Story of Franz Joseph I

films, HIFFA 2024 Timeframe 3: Modern Era/Colonialism

Sisi and Franz Joseph: the Austrian royal dream couple inspires audiences to this day. The romantic story of the two young lovers obscures the view of a ruler who steered the fate of the Habsburg Empire for 68 years - often with an iron hand. His fatal misjudgments directly led the imperial and royal monarchy…

ROOTS, DIASPORA & WAR

films, HIFFA 2024 Timeframe 3: Modern Era/Colonialism

Singer Isabelle Cyr takes a fascinating journey in France to meet her Acadian cousins, whose ancestors were deported from Canada. During the journey, where past and present mingle with personal discoveries, she composes a song on identity and the sense of belonging. Director Biography - Phil Comeau Film director and scriptwriter Phil Comeau lives in Montreal…

PROJECT “M”

films, HIFFA 2024 Timeframe 3: Modern Era/Colonialism

It's a dark secrete of Canada! Where innocent children were killed (genocide) from year 1867 - 2000 and many dead bodies are to be found in future... DATA speaks! (graphs and tables) are visible... many thanks to "THE TRUTH AND RECONCILIATION COMMISSION OF CANADA" As a filmmaker, I have always been drawn to emotional stories…

Lincoln and Douglass

films, HIFFA 2024 Timeframe 3: Modern Era/Colonialism

The debate that never was but should have been between two of the greatest leaders of the nineteenth century. The complicated relationship between President Abraham Lincoln and famed Abolitionist/Statesman Frederick Douglass will be brought to life during the world premiere of a heated debate that never was but should have been. Charles Cook, an Emmy-nominated…

Fanny – When the Occident Was Dreaming

films, HIFFA 2024 Timeframe 3: Modern Era/Colonialism

Austria-Hungary in the middle of the 19th century. Fanny emancipates herself from her role as a housewife in the provinces. The means of choice is a prayer book. She is very successful with it. Fanny's story has been brought to life through drawing. This is combined with incised original texts from her book. Renate Edith…

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The Villa of the Centaurs

Quest For Midas

Odyssea

MEN AND GODS, THE SEA AND THE SACRED

Maponos il Taurino

HEMA. A story of castellieri

The romans at enz, metter and neckar

The Eternal Emperor – The True Story of Franz Joseph I

ROOTS, DIASPORA & WAR

PROJECT “M”

Lincoln and Douglass

Fanny – When the Occident Was Dreaming

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