March 29
Eternity at Last
More infoHow to outwit death? The documentary presents the ideas of visionaries who refuse to concede that humanity should accept ageing, disease and death as a natural part of our earthly journey. The opening scene offers an image of ebb and flow as a parallel to life, which arrives unnoticed and slips through our fingers. Is it necessary to change our entire view of humanity to be able to understand death at all? The film's protagonists are visionaries from various fields who claim that death by old age is not inevitable, even though today it is the most frequent way human life ends worldwide. They then test the possibilities of using modern technologies: gene therapy, cryonics, uploading the mind into a virtual repository, cell rejuvenation. Mankind has always dreamed of immortality – even the heroes of the Epic of Gilgamesh or Greek mythology sought it – and now it seems almost within reach. What price are we willing to pay for eternal life? Show more
Angels of Sinjar
More infoHanifa is trying to free her three sisters, who were captured by ISIS eight years ago in Sinjar, Iraq. They are missing to this day, as are many other Yazidis. In 2014, the so-called Islamic State tried to exterminate the Yazidis, an ethnic-religious group living in the Sinjar region of north-western Iraq. The terrorists murdered the men and captured many women and girls to serve them, including as sex slaves. Hanifa and her two sisters are suffering a lifelong trauma, but they do not want to be just victims of genocide; Hanifa is determined not to give up until she frees her other three sisters. With the help of brave volunteers, she searches for them in refugee camps and among IS members. Will the abducted girls be found and reunited with their families? And will the traumatised Yazidis ever be able to live a normal life again? The film by Polish director Hanna Polak was co-produced by Czech Television. Show more
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