Heritage Movies

Kerstin floats stoically across the Mecklenburg Lake District in her red GDR kayak. Aimlessly, between tourism and dreariness, she glides over the...

Suryabhan Tanaji Deshmukh, the sarpanch of Kharbujewaadi and an ardent follower of Shivaji Maharaj, tries his best to restore a decaying fort.

A teenager, disinterested in her Louisiana Creole heritage, finds herself having to entertain a visitor who only speaks what sounds like French....

As historic ships vanish from British waters, a group of passionate volunteers fights to save the Balmoral—a 1949 passenger vessel moored in...

A group of feisty, talented young performers pool their resources and buy a dilapidated theatre to showcase their acts – but unscrupulous...

After the death of her father, whom she never knew, a young woman finds herself at the head of a large company.

In December 2004, 120 years after it was built by the Spanish, Fort Villa Cisneros, a unifying symbol of tradition and modernity in the history of...

What does blood have to do with identity? Kendra Mylnechuk, an adult Native adoptee, born in 1980 at the cusp of the enactment of the Indian Child...

A poignant journey through time following the daughter of a dairy farmer as she navigates the tension between her rural roots and the pull of a...

"The palm trees on the reverse are a delusion; so is the pink sand". This line, taken from a poem by Margaret Atwood, lights the path traced in...

After being confronted by two goons and a wise tweaker, 22-year-old Simon Vertugo forgets himself and his heritage.

While emptying her grandparents' house, director Jeanne Lefevre discovers the journal kept by her grandfather during a scientific mission to...

At the start of a new year in a rapidly changing Singapore, an ageing provision shop owner clings to the quiet repetition of his daily routine. When...

Motivated by family memories, a filmmaker returns to the land of his mother to reflect on his identity and deep cultural heritage.

In the divided town of Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina, a once renowned National Monument and cemetery honouring young WWII partisan fighters is being...