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Two New Clips for Rocky Road to Dublin

Thu, 18 Mar 2010 03:12:39 GMT

The last film screened at the Cannes Film Festival in 1968. A provocative, biting portrayal of 1960s Ireland: the stultifying educational system, the repressive, reactionary clergy, and the myopic cultural nationalism.

Featured Video Clip: Rabbit a la Berlin

Sat, 06 Mar 2010 22:37:49 GMT

A clip from the newly acquired film by Bartek Konopka and Piotr Rosołowski, an allegory of eastern European history and the Berlin Wall as seen from the "rabbits' perspective."

New Video Clip: Views on Vermeer

Fri, 05 Mar 2010 20:16:41 GMT

10 contemporary artists and writers invite us to discover or re-discover the painter's work, and to appreciate it in new ways.

Icarus Films acquires the Academy Award nominated documentary RABBIT A LA BERLIN

Wed, 03 Mar 2010 00:01:17 GMT

We are thrilled to announce that we have finalized the acquisition of this wonderful film by Bartek Konopka and Piotr Rosołowski, an allegory of eastern European history and the Berlin Wall as seen from the "rabbits' perspective."

RABBIT A LA BERLIN is nominated for an Oscar in the Best Documentary - Short Subject section at the Academy Awards taking place this Sunday.

More info to come soon!

Updated Screenings

Thu, 25 Feb 2010 21:36:39 GMT

The latest listing of theatrical engagements at venues in the US and Canada, including screenings of some of our 2010 releases.

New Featured Filmmaker: Helga Reidemeister

Wed, 17 Feb 2010 01:51:32 GMT

Reidemeister’s award-winning films reveal the balance of power within society that determines the lives of individuals, especially those of women.

New Release: Views on Vermeer

Sat, 13 Feb 2010 00:53:39 GMT

10 contemporary artists and writers invite us to discover or re-discover the painter's work, and to appreciate it in new ways.

New Release: Grand Paris

Thu, 11 Feb 2010 00:31:17 GMT

French President Nicolas Sarkozy wants to turn Paris into the model super-metropolis for the 21st century, and plenty of world-class architects would like the job.

January Best Selling Titles from Icarus Films

Fri, 05 Feb 2010 00:35:42 GMT

The top 16 best selling Icarus titles in the month of January.

New Release: Paris Ring

Wed, 03 Feb 2010 06:55:26 GMT

The story of the road round Paris, the most significant 'redevelopment' project in Paris since Haussmann's time.

New Release: Paris, 19th Century

Wed, 03 Feb 2010 06:54:49 GMT

Architectural historian François Loyer, an expert on 19th-century Paris, examines the foundation of the modern city in Georges-Eugène Haussmann's massive "renovation" of the 1860s.

New Video Clip: Three Songs about Motherland

Sat, 30 Jan 2010 22:08:47 GMT

A film about collisions between the past, present, and future in three Russian cities today.

New Release: Karen Refugees

Thu, 21 Jan 2010 17:35:37 GMT

A courageous band of "backpack medics" slips through the jungle, avoiding army checkpoints, to deliver medical supplies and care to their people, the Karen minority of Burma.

New Release: Henry Miller

Thu, 21 Jan 2010 15:27:19 GMT

An intimate and revealing look at Henry Miller, and his life and work through this program from the archives that originally aired on television in Quebec in 1969.

Two More 2010 Releases Added

Tue, 19 Jan 2010 18:53:04 GMT

Two more new releases: Jack Kerouac and This Way Up

Three New Subject Pages

Thu, 14 Jan 2010 01:54:57 GMT

We've added new subject pages for Films for Biology, Films on China, and Films on Christianity.

Three New Video Clips

Thu, 14 Jan 2010 01:51:02 GMT

Video clips have been added for the new 2010 releases Food Design, Stolen Art and Tagged

12 New Releases for 2010

Wed, 13 Jan 2010 06:17:34 GMT

We've added twelve new titles to our New Releases page.

New Filmmaker Page: Maren Grainger-Monsen

Wed, 13 Jan 2010 06:16:26 GMT

Maren Grainger-Monsen is a physician and award-winning filmmaker, who is currently Filmmaker in Residence and Director of the Program in Bioethics and Film at the Stanford University Center for Biomedical Ethics.

Best Selling Titles During December, 2009

Thu, 07 Jan 2010 03:52:36 GMT

Best Selling Titles page updated with the 12 top sellers in December.

IN SEARCH OF MEMORY opening at the IFC Center NYC on Friday, Jan. 8th; Dr. Eric Kandel in person for a Q&A!

Tue, 05 Jan 2010 23:43:17 GMT

We are thrilled to announce the theatrical opening of the film IN SEARCH OF MEMORY, the documentary on the life and work of one of the most important neuroscientists of the 20th century, Nobel Prize winner Eric Kandel.

Do not miss your chance to ask questions to Dr. Kandel during the Q&A following the 7:35pm screening on Friday, Jan. 8th. Get your tickets now!

The IFC Center is located on Sixth Avenue at West 3rd street in New York City.
Showtimes: 1pm, 3:10pm, 5:25pm, 7:35pm, and 10pm.
It will run for one week only!

Click here for more details and to purchase tickets.

New Trailer and Press Kit for In Search of Memory

Wed, 16 Dec 2009 17:46:35 GMT

The official trailer for In Search of Memory is now online! Check out the film page to view it and a new expanded press kit. In Search of Memory focuses on the life and work of one of the most important neuroscientists of the 20th century, Nobel Prize winner Eric Kandel.

New Release: A Change of Character

Wed, 09 Dec 2009 08:05:52 GMT

Truett Allen's personality changed drastically after a series of strokes resulted in damage to the frontal lobes of his brain. This captivating video features neuroscientist Dr. Elkhonon Goldberg, author of The Executive Brain, as well as neurologist and best-selling author Dr. Oliver Sacks (Awakenings).

4 Icarus Films at the American Anthropological Association conference

Wed, 02 Dec 2009 06:27:21 GMT

The 108th AAA annual meeting is taking place in Philadelphia from December 2 to 6. Four of our films will be presented:

For more information, please visit the AAA website here

New Release: Oedipus in China

Fri, 23 Oct 2009 00:23:46 GMT

Over the last ten to fifteen years, the development of psychoanalysis in China reflects the changing needs of a society that is just learning how to express personal feelings.

A very special event: Conference honoring filmmaker and professor Elizabeth Fernea

Tue, 13 Oct 2009 19:13:43 GMT

Icarus Films is proud to announce a conference organized by the University of Texas Austin in honor of the late professor Elizabeth "BJ" Fernea.

Fernea was a leading scholar, author and filmmaker whose work focused on Women's Issues in the Middle East. Her memoir “Guests of the Sheik: An Ethnography of an Iraqi Village” (1965) which detailed her immersion into the lives of the women of Al-Nahra, was a national bestseller.

The conference will take place from October 15 to 17 and is free and open to the public. Click here for more details and a list of speakers, and click here to download the information poster.

For a complete list of Elizabeth Fernea's films distributed by Icarus Films, please click here.

New Video - Chantal Akerman Moving Through Time & Space

Wed, 07 Oct 2009 20:05:09 GMT

"This exploration/homage arrives in the form of a lecture/conversation, breaking some conventions, not unlike the object/subject of the event, Chantal Akerman, filmmaker and video artist. Two Akerman experts discuss her work in the kick-off event to an exhibition at MIT’s List Visual Arts Center."

13 Best Sellers from the Fanlight Productions Collection

Wed, 07 Oct 2009 20:02:48 GMT

Thirteen best selling titles added from the newly acquired Fanlight Productions collection.

14 New Releases from the Fanlight Productions Collection

Wed, 07 Oct 2009 20:00:18 GMT

Fourteen new titles added from the newly acquired Fanlight Productions Collection.

Updated Screenings

Wed, 07 Oct 2009 19:56:46 GMT

The latest listing of theatrical engagements at venues in the US and Canada, including screenings of some of our new Fall releases.

New Video Clip for Lotman's World

Sat, 03 Oct 2009 00:06:53 GMT

The story of Yuri Lotman (1922-1993), little-known - except maybe in Estonia! - pioneer of semiotics.

New Video Clip for The World's Next Supermodel

Sat, 03 Oct 2009 00:06:11 GMT

Asia, Brazil or Western Europe - which will be the world's next economic superstar?

New Video Clip for In Search of Memory

Wed, 23 Sep 2009 23:06:06 GMT

The life and work of one of the most important neuroscientists of the 20th century, Nobel Prize winner Eric Kandel.

New Video Clip for The Inheritors

Wed, 23 Sep 2009 23:05:33 GMT

An immersion in the daily life of children in Mexico who, with their families, survive only by their unrelenting labor.

Updated Screenings

Wed, 23 Sep 2009 23:04:13 GMT

The latest listing of theatrical engagements at venues in the US and Canada, including screenings of some of our new Fall releases.

New Video Clip for Secret Museums

Thu, 17 Sep 2009 23:25:52 GMT

For millenia erotic art has been created, often by some of the world's best-known artists. But it is rarely on public display.

New Video Clip for The Battle for the Arctic

Thu, 17 Sep 2009 03:13:01 GMT

As the polar ice caps shrink, an international contest for control of the Arctic, is escalating.

New Video Clip for Seeds of Hunger

Fri, 11 Sep 2009 07:38:14 GMT

A global investigation into the evolving nature of food production, and the crisis it may portend.

12 New Fall Releases

Wed, 09 Sep 2009 06:07:36 GMT

Twelve new titles released for the Fall.

New Featured Filmmaker: Eugenio Polgovsky

Wed, 09 Sep 2009 06:05:47 GMT

In 2004 Polgovsky received Mexico’s National Youth Prize. His new documentary,"The Inheritors," produced with support of the Hubert Bals Fund and Visions Sud Est had its world premier at the 65th Venice Film Festival.

Updated Screenings

Wed, 09 Sep 2009 06:04:52 GMT

The latest listing of theatrical engagements at venues in the US and Canada, including screenings of some of our new Fall releases.

New Release: In Search of Memory

Wed, 02 Sep 2009 05:55:20 GMT

A compelling blend of autobiography and history that recounts the life of one of the most important neuroscientists of the 20th century, Nobel Prize winner Eric Kandel.

Best Selling Titles During August, 2009

Wed, 02 Sep 2009 05:54:09 GMT

Best Selling Titles page updated with the 12 top sellers in August.

Three New Online Catalogs

Mon, 31 Aug 2009 23:26:58 GMT

We've added PDFs for three new catalogs:

Two new subject pages added: Biology and Christianity

Mon, 31 Aug 2009 23:22:18 GMT

We've added to new subject pages to the site, listing our Films and DVDs for Biology and on Christianity.

Updated screenings include 10 engagements for Oblivion

Fri, 28 Aug 2009 23:24:25 GMT

A updated listing of engagements of our films at venues open to the public in the U.S. and Canada, including 10 screenings of Heddy Honigmann's "Oblivion"

Updated screenings include 8 engagements for Oblivion

Mon, 10 Aug 2009 22:46:26 GMT

Our play dates page is now updated, including 8 coming engagements of Heddy Honigmann's Oblivion.

Two new online catalogs available

Mon, 10 Aug 2009 20:12:17 GMT

We've added PDFs for the following catalogs:

41 Films on Islam & The Middle East
22 Films on Neuroscience & Psychology

Best Selling Titles During June, 2009

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 16:08:33 GMT

Best Selling Titles page updated with the 12 top sellers in June.

Three new video clips

Thu, 23 Apr 2009 04:32:50 GMT

New clips have been added for Malls R Us, for Mind in Motion, and North-South.com

Four new films highlighted

Thu, 23 Apr 2009 04:31:56 GMT

Battleship Antarctica, The Hidden Face of Fear, Mind in Motion, and Young Freud in Gaza are now featured.

Two new filmmakers featured

Thu, 23 Apr 2009 04:30:16 GMT

Sergei Loznitsa and Yuka Sekiguchi are now highlighted.

Best Selling Titles During March, 2009

Thu, 09 Apr 2009 17:34:20 GMT

Best Selling Titles page updated with the 15 top sellers in March.

New Featured Video Clips

Tue, 31 Mar 2009 04:26:13 GMT

The home page now features rotating video clips from the films Battleship Antarctica, The Hidden Face of Fear, Mechanical Love, Oblivion, and We All Fall Down.

Two new video clips

Mon, 30 Mar 2009 04:53:41 GMT

Battleship Antarctica - An intimate look at the crew of the Greenpeace ship Esperanza as they embark on a journey to save whales from Japanese hunters and are faced with difficult decisions when their expedition takes an unexpected turn.

The Hidden Face of Fear - Studying the traumatic impact of 9/ll, neuroscientists and psychologists are approaching a common understanding of how the brain's fear circuitry works, and changes.

Icarus Films screenings at national conferences

Mon, 30 Mar 2009 04:41:01 GMT

OAH - Organization of American Historians
Seattle, WA. March 26th - 28th

MILK IN THE LAND
This documentary traces the history of the national consumption of milk, from the mid-19th century swill cow stables-an urban byproduct of distilleries, when Americans drank more beer than milk-to today's industrialized production of homogenized and pasteurized milk.

WPA - The Western Psychological Association
Portland, OR. April 23rd - 26th

BETWEEN MADNESS AND ART
The story of Dr. Hans Prinzhorn (1886-1933) and his collection of art by schizophrenic patients.

HIDDEN GIFTS
The mysterious relationship between artistic expression and mental illness, glimpsed through the story of Scotsman Angus MacPhee, diagnosed with schizophrenia in 1946.

FAT CHANCE
Yuka, almost 200 pounds and fast approaching fifty, decides the time has come to lose weight in hopes of becoming healthier and happier.

New Release: We All Fall Down

Thu, 19 Mar 2009 17:26:46 GMT

The evolution of America's mortgage finance system, and a clear explanation of its collapse. With amongst others, Nouriel Roubini, Richard Sylla, and Chris Mayer.

Best Selling Titles During February, 2009

Wed, 04 Mar 2009 08:44:07 GMT

Best Selling Titles page updated with the 17 top sellers in February.

Heddy Honigmann discusses People vs. Subjects

Sat, 28 Feb 2009 01:27:36 GMT

In a recent interview at the San Francisco International Film Festival, Heddy Honigmann, director of FOREVER, O AMOR NATURAL, and the upcoming OBLIVION, discusses her attitude toward documentary filmmaking.

Sergei Loznitsa

Sat, 28 Feb 2009 01:26:49 GMT

This young Russian filmmaker has brought a fresh new approach to the art of historical compilation documentaries with award-winning films such as BLOCKADE and REVUE.

Yuka Sekiguchi

Sat, 28 Feb 2009 01:23:32 GMT

The documentaries of Yuka Sekiguchi, even the more intensely personal ones, revolve around a search for Japanese identity, as seen from both Japanese and international perspectives.

New Release: Battleship Antarctica

Sat, 28 Feb 2009 01:25:19 GMT

An intimate look at the crew of the Greenpeace ship Esperanza as they embark on a journey to save whales from Japanese hunters and are faced with difficult decisions when their expedition takes an unexpected turn.

New Release: Lucanamarca

Tue, 10 Feb 2009 06:16:24 GMT

High in the Peruvian Andes, in the town of Lucanamarca, old wounds are re-opened when the Truth and Reconstruction Commission arrives to investigate a massacre from 20 years ago.

Meet the scientists of Hidden Face of Fear

Sun, 01 Feb 2009 01:41:51 GMT

Biographies of the scientists featured in the new release Hidden Face of Fear.

Meet the scientists of Mind in Motion

Sun, 01 Feb 2009 01:41:10 GMT

Biographies of the scientists featured in the new release Mind in Motion.

Four new video clips

Sun, 01 Feb 2009 01:40:27 GMT

We've added video clips for four new releases: Oblivion; Rapayan; A Road to Mecca; and Svetlana About Svetlana.

12 New 2009 Releases

Tue, 27 Jan 2009 06:39:20 GMT

We're proud to announce the release of 12 new titles to ring in 2009.

Director Ilan Ziv on the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict

Tue, 27 Jan 2009 06:37:44 GMT

Ilan Ziv, director of JESUS POLITICS, released an article with journalist Daoud Kuttab on the conflict between Israel and Palestine and how the region could be saved by an international tribunal.

Best Selling Titles During December, 2008

Tue, 27 Jan 2009 06:37:00 GMT

Best Selling Titles page updated with the 16 top sellers in December.

Anand Patwardhan's Statement on the Tragedy in Mumbai

Fri, 12 Dec 2008 06:09:55 GMT

Award-winning Indian filmmaker Anand Patwardhan released a statement on the recent terror attacks in Mumbai. Patwardhan has been making political documentaries for nearly three decades. He has relentlessly pursued diverse and controversial issues that are at the crux of social and political life in India.

New Filmmaker Page: Hartmut Bitomsky

Wed, 03 Dec 2008 06:09:13 GMT

Former film critic and editor of Germany's famous film magazine Filmkritik, Hartmut Bitomsky has produced more than forty critically-acclaimed, award-winning documentary films over the last thirty years.

Best Selling Titles During November, 2008

Wed, 03 Dec 2008 06:10:38 GMT

Best Selling Titles page updated with the 14 top sellers in November.

New Release: The UP Series

Wed, 03 Dec 2008 06:16:20 GMT

Starting in 1964 with Seven Up, the concept of the UP Series was to interview 14 children from diverse backgrounds from all over England, asking them about their lives and their dreams for the future.

New Release: Meeting Resistance

Wed, 03 Dec 2008 06:15:37 GMT

What would you do if America was invaded? MEETING RESISTANCE raises the veil of anonymity surrounding the Iraqi insurgency by meeting face to face with individuals who are passionately engaged in the struggle.

New release: A Mayan Trilogy: Life, Death & Migration

Mon, 13 Oct 2008 03:23:08 GMT

Now on one DVD, Olivia Carrescia's three films on the Mayan Indians of Guatemala preserve a record, and provide an acute observation on how the indigenous culture has been affected by, yet survived, that country's tumultuous history.

New Filmmaker Page: Lynne Sachs

Tue, 07 Oct 2008 17:58:22 GMT

Lynne Sachs had been painting and writing poetry for years when, in 1983, she began to make films, in particular documentaries, often with an unconventional, experimental approach.

New Filmmaker Page: Olivia L. Carrescia

Tue, 07 Oct 2008 17:57:36 GMT

Olivia L. Carrescia has worked as a researcher, producer and editor for the past 25 years in the US and Europe. Her award winning Mayan trilogy (Todos Santos Cuchumatan and The Survivors, and Mayan Voices: American Lives) has been distributed internationally and is now available for the first time on one DVD.

New Featured Release: Jesus Politics

Thu, 02 Oct 2008 19:58:54 GMT

A personal investigation into the role of religion in American politics, and specifically this year's presidential election.

New address, new design, new features

Wed, 10 Sep 2008 23:45:35 GMT

We've changed our web address, and that's not all! The site has a new look and new features such as printer-friendly pages and email-a-friend. Come check it out.

Two new subject indexes

Wed, 10 Sep 2008 23:42:58 GMT

We've added two new subject pages for the Fall:

Food
Mexico

Four new online catalogs

Wed, 10 Sep 2008 23:40:18 GMT

We've added four new catalogs for the Fall:

61 Films about Asia
40 Films about Latin America
52 Films for Women's Studies
15 Films for U.S. History

Updated Screenings Page

Wed, 10 Sep 2008 23:36:20 GMT

The listing of screenings in the U.S. and Canada has been updated.

Best Selling Titles During August, 2008

Wed, 10 Sep 2008 23:35:07 GMT

Best Selling Titles page updated with the 14 top sellers in April.

20 New Films for the Fall

Tue, 09 Sep 2008 13:12:49 GMT

Icarus Films is proud to release twenty new compelling and thought provoking films this month. With subjects as varied and timely as the environment, the situation in the Middle East, this year's US electoral campaign or urbanization in China, these new titles help us understand the stakes of our changing world. Click here to check all our new titles on our redesigned website!

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Two New Clips for Rocky Road to Dublin

Featured Video Clip: Rabbit a la Berlin

New Video Clip: Views on Vermeer

Icarus Films acquires the Academy Award nominated documentary RABBIT A LA BERLIN

Updated Screenings

New Featured Filmmaker: Helga Reidemeister

New Release: Views on Vermeer

New Release: Grand Paris

January Best Selling Titles from Icarus Films

New Release: Paris Ring

New Release: Paris, 19th Century

New Video Clip: Three Songs about Motherland

New Release: Karen Refugees

New Release: Henry Miller

Two More 2010 Releases Added

Three New Subject Pages

Three New Video Clips

12 New Releases for 2010

New Filmmaker Page: Maren Grainger-Monsen

Best Selling Titles During December, 2009

IN SEARCH OF MEMORY opening at the IFC Center NYC on Friday, Jan. 8th; Dr. Eric Kandel in person for a Q&A!

New Trailer and Press Kit for In Search of Memory

New Release: A Change of Character

4 Icarus Films at the American Anthropological Association conference

New Release: Oedipus in China

A very special event: Conference honoring filmmaker and professor Elizabeth Fernea

New Video - Chantal Akerman Moving Through Time & Space

13 Best Sellers from the Fanlight Productions Collection

14 New Releases from the Fanlight Productions Collection

Updated Screenings

New Video Clip for Lotman's World

New Video Clip for The World's Next Supermodel

New Video Clip for In Search of Memory

New Video Clip for The Inheritors

Updated Screenings

New Video Clip for Secret Museums

New Video Clip for The Battle for the Arctic

New Video Clip for Seeds of Hunger

12 New Fall Releases

New Featured Filmmaker: Eugenio Polgovsky

Updated Screenings

New Release: In Search of Memory

Best Selling Titles During August, 2009

Three New Online Catalogs

Two new subject pages added: Biology and Christianity

Updated screenings include 10 engagements for Oblivion

Updated screenings include 8 engagements for Oblivion

Two new online catalogs available

Best Selling Titles During June, 2009

Three new video clips

Four new films highlighted

Two new filmmakers featured

Best Selling Titles During March, 2009

New Featured Video Clips

More new video clips

Two new video clips

Icarus Films screenings at national conferences

New Release: We All Fall Down

Best Selling Titles During February, 2009

Heddy Honigmann discusses People vs. Subjects

Sergei Loznitsa

Yuka Sekiguchi

New Release: Battleship Antarctica

New Release: Lucanamarca

Meet the scientists of Hidden Face of Fear

Meet the scientists of Mind in Motion

Four new video clips

12 New 2009 Releases

Director Ilan Ziv on the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict

Best Selling Titles During December, 2008

Anand Patwardhan's Statement on the Tragedy in Mumbai

New Filmmaker Page: Hartmut Bitomsky

Best Selling Titles During November, 2008

New Release: The UP Series

New Release: Meeting Resistance

New release: A Mayan Trilogy: Life, Death & Migration

New Filmmaker Page: Lynne Sachs

New Filmmaker Page: Olivia L. Carrescia

New Featured Release: Jesus Politics