Pope John Paul II

Favela do Papa (2023)

The film shows the resistance movement of the residents of Favela do Vidigal against the removal order, an important chapter in the history of Rio de Janeiro in the 1970s. ...

Nothing Compares (2022)

Since the beginning of her career, Sinéad O'Connor has used her powerful voice to challenge the narratives she was surrounded by while growing up in predominantly Roman Catholic Ireland. Despite her agency, depth and perspective, O'Connor's unflinching re ...

Don Stanislao (2020)

Marcin Gutowski, the reporter of "Black and White" TVN24 showed in his report the unknown face of Cardinal Stanisław Dziwisz. He appears in it as a powerful hierarch, a gray eminence who can take care of the interests of the Church – understood in a spe ...

1979: Big Bang of the Present (2019)

Deng Xiaoping's economic and political opening in China. Margaret Thatcher's extreme economic measures in the United Kingdom. Ayatollah Khomeini's Islamic Revolution in Iran. Pope John Paul II's visit to Poland. Saddam Hussein's rise to power in Iraq. The ...

Solidarność: How Solidarity Changed Europe (2019)

Gdańsk, Poland, September 1980. Lech Wałęsa and other Lenin shipyard workers found Solidarność (Solidarity), the first independent trade union behind the Iron Curtain. The long and hard battle to bring down communist dictatorship has begun. ...

Tylko nie mów nikomu (2019)

Documentary film about sexual abuse in the Catholic Church in Poland. ...

Hesburgh (2019)

He counseled presidents and popes, served on corporate boards and infuriated Richard Nixon. He was one of the only friends to whom Ann Landers turned for advice. During his 35 years as president of the University of Notre Dame, Theodore Hesburgh became o ...

One Step From Holiness (2019)

A short doc. movie about Bono meeting with John Paul II. ...

The Mystery of Padre Pio (2018)

The documentary offers testimonies and documents never disclosed about the plot against its protagonist, who had the stigmata of Jesus Christ in his hands, feet and side for 50 consecutive years. ...

John Paul II in Ireland: A Plea for Peace (2018)

A look back at 1979, when the Pope visited Ireland in hopes of ending violence and praying for all to seek a peaceful resolution. ...

Vedete, sono uno di voi (2017)

The film is the personal story of a protagonist of our times and traces Carlo Martini's actions and thoughts, as he has remained faithful to its vocation and ideals. Through dramatic events (terrorism, Tangentopoli, labor crisis, conflict, loneliness) Carl ...

Hostage to the Devil (2016)

This documentary examines age-old questions about the existence of the Devil and good versus evil, through the life of controversial priest, Father Malachi Martin. It explores Martin's horrifying final case before his mysterious death. ...

I Trust in You (2016)

A film about God's mercy being poured out on the whole world because He is a loving God who seeks and wants to save every human being." From all My wounds, like from streams, mercy flows for souls, but the wound in My Heart is the fountain of unfathomable ...

Panorama - The Secret Letters of Pope John Paul II (2016)

Pope John Paul II ruled the Catholic Church for 27 years and was one of the most influential figures of the 20th Century. Reporter Edward Stourton offers a new perspective on the emotional life of this very public figure. ...

Geheimauftrag Pontifex – Der Vatikan im Kalten Krieg (2015)

Apartament (2015)

From home videos to interviews with his closest confidantes, this documentary reveals the unseen side of the late Pope John Paul II. ...

The Pink Wall (2011)

The historical memory of torture, persecution and killings of homosexuals and lesbians in Spain during Franco's dictatorship provides an opportunity to tell about discrimination and homophobia in the rest of the world. Those who lived through that period r ...

Jan Paweł II: Szukałem Was... (2011)

Nine Days That Changed The World (2010)

Pope John Paul II's historic nine-day pilgrimage to Poland in June of 1979 ...

Banal (2008)

Cris and Jason are two policemen with two opposite personalities and philosophies-Cris is the epitome of the rare, near-extinct breed of honest cops while Jason is the basurero, the legman/front man who does the dirty work of his district's high officials. ...

Being Jacques Chirac (2006)

Since 1967, Jacques Chirac has appeared everyday on television : millions of hours of automatic gestures, jerky speeches and feverish cavalcades. This mockumentary is based on archival footage and told at the first person (the voice of the French presiden ...

The Papal Chase (2004)

The Papal Chase is a guerrilla documentary feature that captures one man's obsession to meet the Pope in order to win a $1000 bet. With appearances by The Rolling Stones and Pope John Paul II. ...

Expectation (2002)

To the memory of the visit of the Pope John-Paul II to Armenia. ...

Naqoyqatsi (2002)

A visual montage portrait of our contemporary world dominated by globalized technology and violence. ...

"Do not be afraid". The Life and Teachings of Pope John Paul II (1996)

May 13, 1981, afternoon. A general audience with the head of the Church is taking place in St. Mark's Square in Rome. Suddenly, the joyful buzz rising above the crowd of pilgrims is interrupted by the crack of gunshots. John Paul II, his face contorted wit ...

New Hyperion or Liberty, Equality, Brotherhood (1992)

From the behavior, discourse, and appearance of individual actors, Vachek composes, in the form of a mosaic, a broad and many-layered film-argument about Czechoslovak democracy in the period of its rebirth, all administered with the director's ini­mitable ...

Beijoqueiro: Portrait of a Serial Kisser (1992)

The story of the portuguese serial kisser, who travelled the whole world searching famous people to kiss. ...

Atentado (1990)

An elite group of police must stop international terrorists from killing Pope John Paul II during his visit to Mexico. ...

Powaqqatsi (1988)

An exploration of technologically developing nations and the effect the transition to Western-style modernization has had on them. ...

La libertad remonta el estadio (1987)

On Thursday, April 2, 1987, thousands of young people came to the National Stadium in Santiago de Chile to meet Pope John Paul II. After many years, young people would be able to meet freely and make their voices heard. (Introductory text at the beginning ...

Odwagi, ja jestem (1987)

Report from the Holy Father's third pilgrimage to Poland in 1987. ...

Lulú de noche (1986)

German, a young theater director, tries to organize a theater play about Lulu, a prostitute that was killed in London by Jack the ripper. While looking for the protagonist, Rufo appears, an introvert jazz musician. He could play Jack the ripper. ...

Fatima (1984)

This 60-minute documentary uses the reported miracle at Fatima in 1917 as a springboard for an examination of the relationship between religion and science in the 20th century. Participants include: Pope John Paul II, James H. Billington, philosopher Paul ...

Credo... (1983)

Report from the Holy Father's second pilgrimage to Poland in 1983. ...

Fela Kuti: Music Is the Weapon (1982)

Musician Fela Anikulapo Kuti recorded more than 60 albums to promote the magic of Afrobeat but never lost his political voice as an outspoken critic against widespread government corruption in Nigeria. This documentary examines the role that Fela, dubbed " ...

Pielgrzym (1979)

The documentary presents Pope John Paul II's first pilgrimage to Poland, which took place in 1979. ...

Papież z Polski (1979)

Ceremonies marking the inauguration of Pope John Paul II's pontificate in Rome in October 1978. ...

Our God's Brother (1997)

In this adaptation of an historical play by Pope John Paul II, painter Albert Chmielowski decides to devote his life to helping the homeless. ...

The Jeweller's Shop (1989)

Burt Lancaster stars as the titular merchant in this classic adaptation of Pope John Paul II's best-selling play "The Jeweller's Shop," an inspiring drama about three married couples and their ups and downs in holy matrimony. With a faithful jeweler acting ...