David Thompson: The Great Mapmaker

A young lieutenant must persuade a captive resistance fighter to betray his comrades, or enforce a law which states that for every German soldier killed, one hundred civilians must be executed.

This short follows the political career of Theodore Roosevelt, beginning in 1895, when he was appointed police commissioner of New York City. In 1897 he was appointed Assistant Secretary of the Navy. His charge up San Juan Hill during the Spanish-American War in 1898 is re-created. He becomes vice president in March 1901 and assumes the presidency when William McKinley is assassinated six months later. According to the narrator, Roosevelt refused to be beholden to political bosses, doing what he believed to be right for the American people.

The story of Robert Badinter who was the major architect of the abolition of the death penalty in France .

Three Kiowa boys attempt to escape a government boarding school in 1891, Oklahoma.

To recover a silver lion ornament for singer Emma Bunton Tim travels back to the court of Henry Vlll where Anne Boleyn (Emma again) asks jester Tim to send invitations to the guests for her Christmas party. However Cardinal Wolsey aims to steal them so that they will come to his own party and Tim must thwart him.

King James' agent saves a Dutch princess and marries her as the King's proxy.

Swedish heavy metal band, Sabaton, has launched “History Rocks”, a worldwide museum project. At the centre of this global charity initiative stands the band’s new animated film, “The War To End All Wars – The Movie“.

Showcasing three short films by American writer James Baldwin, wherein he muses about race, sexuality and civil rights, among other topics, in Istanbul, Paris and Great Britain.

Made for straight 8's 2018 competition on one cartridge of super 8mm film with only in-camera edits and no post-production. Premiered on may 14th 2018 at straight 8's Cannes film festival screening.

In 1913, designer Coco Chanel opens her first boutique in the French city of Deauville.