On a small island deep in the heart of the Colombian rainforest lives a group of squirrel monkeys. Squirrel monkeys are one of the smallest species of new world monkeys and one of the cleverest monkeys in the world. At the head of this island troop is dominant female Alba […]
The typographer Hermann Zapf’s career spanned seven decades. He designed over two hundred fonts and created a typographical bridge between the Renaissance and the digital age. He designed the typefaces Optima, Palatino and Zapfino which are installed on every Apple computer today. A film about the lifework of an extraordinary typographer.
Life in Israel is stressful, but this is not the only reason why young secular, liberal Jews like Dan, Guy and Gil turn their back on the “holy land”. They decide to move to Germany and Austria – of all places. A slap in the face for their families. Why return to the land of the perpetrators? A process of emancipation with a special responsibility.
The extraordinary life of the British-Mexican artist is chronicled in this study of the “lost” surrealist. Interspersed with experimental animation and tableux, the film celebrates a woman whose artistic contribution has been historically overlooked. Struggling against misogynistic pressures at home, she eventually found a spiritual and creative kinship in Mexico.
