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What does your hair say about you? With this question, we approached more than forty people in Salvador, Belém do Pará, Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo and the answers reveal stories of resistance, conquest, affirmation and overcoming. Based on ethnic, age, socioeconomic and gender diversity, we can draw an original portrait of contemporary Brazil from the hair of Brazilians.

Making use of archive images and official speeches, the film is freely inspired by the text "Freudian Theory and the Pattern of Fascist Propaganda" by Theodor Adorno.

Nou Voix is an autobiographical video departing from the participation of Maxime’s father, as a Guyanese figurant in the movie Jean Galmot aventurier (1990), which deals with the history of French Guiana. By re-enacting a part of the film, Maxime and his father try to amplify other kinds of voices.

On the way to the ocean, the surf is the critical moment where the boat crosses the rippling line towards the open sea. The veil darkens and the tears mingle with the salt of the water. "Pouca Sorte" (Short Luck) is that of the fisherman that goes to the sea and brings the net empty, and is also the name of the boat of the Art Xávega's (fishing technique) companion in Praia da Tocha beach. A small fishing community that despite the modernization and conversion in tourist attraction, still conserves some traditions intact. This is their story.

Malcolm has a big dream: he wants to become a professional boxer. In addition to his job at a kiosk, the 24-year-old spends all his time in the ring. After a turbulent youth, marked by violence and difficult family conditions that culminated in a stint in prison, Malcolm found a constant in boxing that put him back on the right track. Now he wants to try his luck in the professional world at the "Golden Gloves", America's biggest amateur tournament. When Malcolm’s first fight is less than convincing, his coach, Jesse, who himself is mourning a missed professional career, drastically increases Malcolm’s training regime. It is all or nothing for Malcolm. Are passion, talent and a rigorous exercise routine enough to make a dream come true? Filmmaker Christin Freitag takes a visually stunning look behind the scenes of the amateur boxing circuit in California.

Liquor Store Babies explores the intersecting lives of two friends and their fathers, each of whom own liquor stores, as they take a real look at how their lives and dreams are cyclical and ever connected to one another.

Camila lives her last days in the jungle as a guerrilla of the FARC-EP at the crossroads between an uncertain future of peace and the lingering memory of a childhood severely punished. Sent to a war hospital in the middle of the jungle, Camila begins a journey into her past, to the depths of an old wound that needs to be healed. A journey that ends up leading her to an unexpected reunion with her friend Ricardo, a young guerrilla recently amputated due to a mine.

Animatronics, elephants, puppets, politicians, and more juxtaposed using three screens.

Vahur Kersna’s 2018 portrayal of Urmas Ott, created at the time when ten years had passed since the day Estonia’s most iconic television star took his final flight to the screens in the sky.

FC Pol Positiu are on a 2 year unbeaten streak in a league made up of players with mental illnesses. On their journeys as a unit and as individuals they contend with hospital admissions, the pressure of the game and what it means to be a team that accepts anyone, no matter who you are.

An intern vanishes from the most powerful city in America, rumors of an affair with a married congressman spread quickly. A year later her body is found and over fifteen years later the case remains unsolved.

The film tells the story of Loiya Ngamba, a nature lover who chanced upon an area in Punshilok in Langol hill range in Manipur and created a green space for the local communities. At a time when trees are cut down rampantly in the name of 'development', when 'civilisation', 'urbanisation' has come to mean building blocks of concrete, when forests are being cleared and sold off to corporate houses to usher in 'modernity', this film asks pertinent questions as it tells the story of reorienting man's relationship with nature and building a culture of peaceful coexistence.

Footage from summer of 2018 that explores the passing of time regarding the little things in life.

Since the early 1960's, wild man Ludo Mich has been actively operating on the fringes and the fringes of the fringes of the Antwerp underground art scene.

Upon traveling to Budapest to meet her extended family for the first time, filmmaker Sophy Romvari attempts to document her late grandmother’s apartment through images of the past and present.

In 1907, Belgian-born American chemist Leo Hendrik Baekeland made one of the most transformative discoveries of the 20th century: Bakelite. It was the first wholly synthetic plastic and ushered in an explosion of new man-made materials that marked the beginnings of our modern industrial age.

A film about faces, gestures and procedures during a day shift at the 112 medical emergency centre hotline, at INEM’s headquarters in Lisbon.

While non-binary representations are rare, Lou talks about their relationship to gender, clothes, and other markers.

A group of people are invited to dance to their favorite song in front of the camera.

What began with one paddle, a canoe, and one person starting at the headwaters of the Missouri River, became a documentary about 233 days and more than 5,000 miles paddling to the Atlantic Ocean.

Le Dauphin is a popular bar. Within its walls, regulars come to soak up the lively atmosphere, defying stereotypes.

Looking at the shifting perceptions of marriage around the world, the film explores what it means to get married in the modern world, through the lens of four very different people. A soldier discharged from duty in Iraq, a woman unsure of her future, a high society arranged marriage in India and a rural Romanian celebration.

Apollo astronauts and engineers tell the inside story of Apollo 8, the first manned mission to the moon. The U.S. space program suffered a bitter setback when Apollo 1 ended in a deadly fire during a pre-launch run-through. In disarray, and threatened by the prospect of a Soviet Union victory in the space race, NASA decided upon a radical and risky change of plan: turn Apollo 8 from an earth-orbit mission into a daring sprint to the moon while relying on untried new technologies. Fifty years after the historic mission, the Apollo 8 astronauts and engineers recount the feats of engineering that paved the way to the moon.

Jatiwangi / The Scent of Jati Trees is a collaborative portrait of the Jatiwangi Art Factory (JaF), their life and work in West Java, Indonesia.

Madagascar is the fourth largest island in the world, known for its lemurs and unique biodiversity and as the setting of the popular animated films. But the real Madagascar is much different than the world imagines. 'Madagasikara' is the story of three resilient women fighting for the survival of their families and the education of their children against the overwhelming forces of domestic political instability, international political hypocrisy and the crushing poverty caused by both.

A heartbreaking and heartwarming story of long-time environmentalist and activist Ken Ward.

For more than 40 years, on an old back street in San Francisco’s North Beach neighborhood, Jacqueline Margulis’ culinary obsession has made her little French restaurant the only one in the U.S. focused entirely (and exquisitely) on soufflés.

Why are we seeing so many mass shootings in our schools, churches, and public places? Why do our “experts” (criminologists, psychiatrists, sociologists, and clergy) have so few answers? And the “gun-control lobby”, it almost seems they want mass shootings in order to “justify” infringements of the Second Amendment and promote the globalist agenda. But is that wise? Scholars tell us governments have killed over 262 million of their own citizens in just the past century. So, is the reason we keep and bear arms really for target practice and duck hunting? Scientific American says one in six Americans are on psych drugs: the very drugs the mainstream media profits from every day. Is there a connection between Big Pharma’s product and mass shootings, or are guns the problem? What destruction would a world government do if this is what national governments do? Good Guys with Guns asks some hard questions. What can we the people do to deter tyranny and atrocities?

Alan Yentob spends time with Philip Pullman in Oxford, discovering how the ex-teacher became an acclaimed author of fantasy fiction and an outspoken critic of organised religion.

The girl can not overcome the barrier associated with her bisexuality, and give vent to feelings in relations with other girls. Then come to the aid of the movie.

Ye Yun (or Da San) is the third son in his family, born in 1970 in Zhaowu Dameng in Inner Mongolia, where he works for a local copper company. For the last 10 years of his life, he feels little has changed. However, he has always had an idea: to go to Tibet and see Mount Everest. Those around him have often discouraged the idea because of the region's harsh environment. Yet, Da San is determined to do something different life in his ordinary life. He determines to satisfy his wish, so he persuaded his friends to embark on a roadtrip to Tibet.

Short discussion between two friends about a strange man they used to know.

A documentary film about world-renowned Japanese photographer, Masayoshi Sukita, who earned the deep trust and admiration of David Bowie, T-REX, Iggy Pop and big-name artists around the world across an illustrious 40-year career.

This documentary presents the scientific facts behind the issue of peat haze as well as points of view and opinions from local and regional stakeholders. The burning of the peat forests throughout tropical Southeast Asia creates pollution, and this posed significant challenges to human health and the economies of the region during the second decade of the 21st century. The problem of peat haze pollution has been somewhat mitigated in recent years but in spite of this positive progress a few of the critical issues are yet to be solved. A complete solution to this complex issue will not be a simple one.

From the Bhutanese wilderness, scientist and yeti-hunter Mark Evans hears fresh reports of new sightings; Mark mounts a considerable expedition into the Himalayas and takes his search for the yeti further than ever before.

Through urban exploring, anti authoritarian young Russians and Ukrainians have found a way to take control over their own lives, by confronting fear and sharing their death defying stunts with millions of viewers online. But the realities of the conflict-ridden post-Soviet era - and the fragility of life - don't go away just because you are 300 feet up above the city or 100 feet below. ON THE EDGE OF FREEDOM portrays the riveting everyday lives of Angela and Vlad; a roofer from Moscow and a pioneer digger from Kiev, offering a unique insight to the ever-growing phenomenon.

Labor Day Weekend, 1973. The Pentagon was deserted. But a dozen brilliant people were in a conference room, designing the system that--40 years later--has almost five BILLION users.

A 92-year-old man, having outlived major historical events such as war, peace, communism, the revolution and post-revolution, opens up about his life and old age.

An alternative socio-political history of the New South Africa through the lens of Nando's ad campaigns.

Written and directed by Dillon M. Banda, 'Spirit' is a celebration of the human spirit, shot on location across Nepal in Kathmandu, Pokhara, at Pashupatinath temple, and at the Nagi Gompa, Namo Buddha, Tamang and Kanying Sherub Ling monasteries. The film's action follows a community of nuns and monks, young and old, as they prepare for a major ceremony, and is based on a poem spoken from the perspective of a narrator questioning the nature of their own existence.

Short documentary outlining author Jack London's path to Socialism.

Atelier Yamanami is a care facility for the disabled located in Koka, Shiga Prefecture in Japan. Currently, 88 users are registered as artists, all of whom possess a unique way of expressing themselves through various media and whose works are highly valued abroad. This documentary explores these artists' "relationship between their mental states and their art."

The story chronicles The Mad Stuntman's meteoric rise, eventual downfall of his 90s group, and his attempt over 20 years later to recapture former glory through interviews with insiders.

Bouchra Khalili’s meditation on revolutionary histories considers the poet Jean Genet’s secret 1970 visit to the United States at the invitation of the Black Panther Party.

A paradise is emerging on earth. It is neither a dream nor a utopian delusion but an opportunity for a new kind of society. A step beyond the human as it has been known. A step we don’t dare to consummate.

Records Collecting Dust II focuses on the East Coast cities of Boston, New York and Washington DC, and includes in depth interviews with twenty eight highly influential people from the 1980’s hardcore punk rock music scene. Talking about the music, the bands and the records that forever changed their lives. Including Ian MacKaye of Minor Threat/Fugazi, John Joseph of Cro-Mags, Dave Smalley of DYS/Dag Nasty, Bob Cenci of Jerry's Kids, Amy Pickering of Dischord Records, Walter Schreifels of Gorilla Biscuits/Quicksand, Roger Miret of Agnostic Front and Clif Croce of The Freeze.

The visual parallels between rural and urban life in the United Kingdom.

One of the most enigmatic and controversial movie producers in Hollywood history, Sam Spiegel fled the spectre of Nazi Germany in 1933 to become the only person to win three Oscars as sole producer for the feature films On The Waterfront (1954), Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) and Lawrence of Arabia (1962). A maverick and an uncompromising taskmaster, the last tycoon of Hollywood’s Golden Age left behind an impressive and colourful legacy including an extensive award-winning filmography and the Sam Spiegel School of Film and Television in Jerusalem.