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LEE KERNAGHAN: BOY FROM THE BUSH is a part concert film and part road movie celebrating the life and music of this much-loved Australian Country singer. It combines the stunning landscapes, remarkable people and amazing stories that have inspired him over many years, with some of his greatest hits and a brand-new song performed live with his band at a specially filmed concert.
Once heralded as the spirit of American manufacturing, music, and democracy, Detroit kicked its fiscal can down the road for decades plummeting into insolvency, culminating in the largest municipal bankruptcy in U.S. history. GRADUALLY, THEN SUDDENLY is the inside story of how a state-appointed Emergency Manager and the people of this iconic American city- confronting financial ruin-followed a treacherous path towards a new beginning.
A look at how Catherine Martin designed the costumes for Elvis
The filmmaker's mother describes stories of his lustful youth over the phone, causing them to reflect on his current love life at the age of 30.
A documentary that examines the "Satanic Panic" of the Nineteen-Eighties through the eyes of the Reverend Derek White, aka The Geekpreacher.
Coverage of the ceremonial procession of the Queen's coffin through central London to lying-in-state at Westminster Hall. HM the King and members of the royal family take part in the procession as the cortège makes its way from Buckingham Palace to the Palace of Westminster. The doors of Westminster Hall will open for the first members of the public to pay their respects to Queen Elizabeth II.
Moyra Davey’s raw confessional situates the filmmaker and her extended community of friends alongside tributes, homages, and citations, illuminating a collective memory while fostering a constellation of kinship between artists and thinkers.
The Covid hysteria began with slogans like “just 15 days to flatten the curve”, but within a year, it evolved to be “everyone must get vaccinated”. Your rights to the absence of coercion and informed consent are now under continual attack! People around the world are unable to get on planes and trains, access hospitals, attend funerals, go to restaurants and gyms, simply because they do not have a “health” pass.
Peter Kosminsky, who directed Wolf Hall, looks back on the making of the drama, with anecdotes and insights into his working with the cast and the joy of collaborating with Hilary Mantel.
A documentary look at F.W. Murnau's iconic — and unauthorized – 1922 vampire film, and its influence on bloodsuckers in film.
The journey of online disinformation, exploring how and why it's spreading at pace, and the potential implications for social cohesion and democracy.
Follows a team of car enthusiasts who have the rebirth of the iconic British car company in their hands, and must recreate their own version of Lotus' Type 62, a high-performing sports vehicle.
While millions of birds migrate freely in the skies above, Fadia, a Palestinian refugee stranded in Lebanon, yearns for the ancestral homeland she is denied. When a chance meeting introduces her to the director, Sarah, she challenges her to find an ancient mulberry tree that once grew next to her grandfather’s house in historic Palestine, a tree that stands witness to her family’s existence.
Through his double creator, hidden behind a pseudonym - Romanin, an original and surprising portrait of Jean Moulin, a mischievous compulsive illustrator with a passion for modern art.
A quiet sunset gets interrupted by a couple of mosquitoes and a voice recording of a man listing the side effects of an infamous malaria medicine.
Eight years in the making, Jane Castle's poignant documentary about her filmmaker mother Lilias Fraser is an intimate mother-daughter story and eye-opening chronicle of women's roles in the film industry.
The ancient nomads have a game called Alaman, which is played on horseback. The goal of the game “Alaman” is to master the carcass by taking it from the crowd of rivals and throwing it in front of the “owner”, that is, in front of the organizers of the game. Hundreds and sometimes thousands of riders compete for the prize. The game “Alaman” is not only a game. It is very similar to the world political system.
On average, two Palestinian kids are arrested every night by the Israeli army. They are interrogated, tried, and sent to prison. TWO KIDS A DAY describes the use of minors' arrests to control and repress Palestinian society.
A century ago, archaeologist Howard Carter discovered the intact tomb of the boy king, Tutankhamun. Now, legendary archaeologist Dr. Zahi Hawass has uncovered a lost golden city that holds the secrets of King Tut's final days and Egypt's Golden Age.
Kimya Motley is an educator, activist, author, director, and producer working to end violence against all women and girls. Inspired by the work of Tony Porter and A Call to Men (in addition to her own experiences as a survivor of gun violence and domestic abuse), Kimya directed, co-wrote, and co-produced this absorbing documentary that uplifts the experiences, challenges, and humanity of Black trans women in the United States. Intentionally Erased seeks to facilitate an honest, respectful, and transformative conversation between Black trans women and Black cisgender men that identifies, deconstructs, and challenges the biases against Black trans women.
An insightful documentary on the lives of hardworking Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) workers in Bangalore.
Government-made hate against foreign schools, technical intern trainees, refugees, immigration authorities, etc. The essence of discrimination against foreigners. In March 2021, a Sri Lankan woman, Wishma Sandamali, 3, died at the Nagoya Immigration Bureau. Her death reveals the darkness of immigration that has been veiled for many years, and it is no exaggeration to say that it is an incident that symbolizes the history of discrimination against foreigners by public authorities. After the war, the Japan government enacted the Alien Registration Law, which was mainly aimed at managing Koreans, who accounted for 9% of the foreigners living in Japan. In later years, as the number of residents from other countries increased, legal and institutional immigration policies for all foreigners were strengthened. Foreigners suffering from human rights violations complain unanimously. "We are not animals, we are humans!"Read less
Director Tereza Tara fell ill at the age of twenty-five. She captured her ten-year-long journey to recovery, which took her deep into the past and to the edge of the abyss, in the form of a personal and poetic video diary. With her weakened kidneys, she visited doctors, psychosomatic experts, and an alternative healer who urged her to surrender herself into the hands of God. Gradually, she began to see the condition of her dual organs as a reflection of her unbalanced relationship with her mother, her partner, and her own body. She finally understood that if she wanted to find a cure for her diseased kidneys and start living a better life, she needed to understand herself better first.
The history of Christmas Bread making.
Edila Gaitonde, born in the Azores, was the first Portuguese woman to marry a Goan of Indian origin during the Salazar dictatorship. Her husband was Pundalik Gaitonde, a freedom fighter who fought for Goa’s independence from Portugal. Edila was a fighter, piano teacher, radio presenter, documentary maker. She left us in 2021 at the age of 100, but it is through her that we will learn stories about an unknown Goa and a forgotten Portugal based on her accounts, photographs and dozens of previously unseen super 8mm films.
Recreational cannabis use has been legal in Michigan since 2018 — but consumers know the activity is still stigmatized.
A small community of Bellringers discuss the decline of bellringing and what the practice means to them.
Part of a larger project, LAK I is an experimental documentary that focuses on human connection and fascination with birds and migration, and the contradictory desire to nationalize them.
This is a one-hour documentary dealing with an overview of autism's causes, symptoms, therapies, treatments, and future clinical trials and research. It was produced by Dr. Elliott Haimoff, Barbara Sharp, Dr. Patricia Suzuki, and Alina Butina, of Global Science Productions.
Altadena CA captured by the restless POV of an insomniac.
At 14, she was one of SD’s best basketball players. By 17, her social activism had made her a household name across the Great Plains. 30 years after her death, SuAnne Big Crow continues to galvanize the Lakota in their fight to reclaim their culture.
Artist-filmmakers Bêka & Lemoine take us to Bangkok on a one day hectic journey through the chaotic concrete jungle of the South-Asian megacity. Led by the moving personal story of Boonserm Premthada, one of today's most important Thai architects, the film unfolds through a free wander, punctuated by stunning encounters, events and places, which have contributed to shape Premthada's unique identity and sensibility. Deaf from birth, the architect evokes how his disability led him to develop an alternative way of listening using his whole body as a resonance chamber of sound vibrations. Despite their large ears, elephants also perceive sound mostly through their feet. Learning from elephants, Boonserm has developed an architecture of the senses where sound vibrations become the voice of space.
This combined film melds together not only different techniques but also different thematic topics. The titular mythical figure is just one of the actors in this dreamworld speaking to a contemporary audience in codes of media and narratives that are dear to it. Like a vision or nightmare trapped in the loop of a computer prism.
A week-long holiday in 2002. The sun, sea, and St Catherine's Island, it is a golden destination and one the family return to every year.
A journey through the immense figure of Tofol Castanyer, the first Spaniard to win the ultra trail world championship. His origins in athletics and how he became the first of the “hill runners” before “hill running” even existed.
Delve into five minds behind the captivating dance video RATIH, as the talented crews unveil the intricate choreography, stunning visuals, and the creative process that brought it to life.
With only two dogs there are entire worlds of movement.
A portrait film about one of the brightest legends of Estonian pop music, Marju Länik. How did Marju's nearly forty-year-long successful and glamorous stage career begin and what kind of life does she live in today's Estonia?
A melancholic look at Mainz's Jubiläumsbrunnen, whose decayed charm is in a state of conflict with other buildings in Mainz.
Maria, a 48-year-old woman, is trapped between two worlds—one guided by asceticism, the other fuelled by the need to reconnect and be with her two sons. Through carefully composed shots and minimalistic sound, we glimpse into her everyday life, thoughts, and emotions.
Bob Wilkins career on television told from a fan prospective
Bored by this reality? Make a better one! Video game development has become a new creative space. So where do you start? How do you build a team? The developers of Atom RPG, Selfloss and Turn away along with a video game critic Alexander Kuzmenko have the answers ready for you.
In the 1950s, a young British couple go on their honeymoon. They arrive at “the end of the world,” a small desert town, and decide to stay. In faraway Eilat, Israel’s southernmost city, they begin their new lives, while maintaining their British core. This is the story of Dr. Morris and his wife Fay. For decades, Dr. Morris filmed his family – the births and deaths, joys and tragedies, dramas and quiet days spent in the sun – all unfolding in the heat of the Israeli desert. Years after his death, the forgotten film was found and landed in the hands of directors Itamar Alcalay and Meital Zvieli. Together with the Morris family, they created a spectacular work about an extraordinary family, who are just as ordinary as everyone else.
A documentary film conceived as a virtual dialogue and musical journey in four acts, which investigates the responsibility of architects in building the society of tomorrow.
Using previously unheard interviews, told in her own words and by those around her, this is the story of Tina Turner’s 50-year relationship with the UK since her first visit in 1966.
A guide to learn about the new italian musical languages loved by the new generations. An "explanation" given by the artists themselves regarding concepts embedded in their songs that turns the spotlight on the importance of dialogue on themes such as love, death, sex, success, nostalgia, democracy and money.
Darryl Francis (55), an ex-convict in Los Angeles can't get a job after returning from prison. In the hope of providing for his wife and three kids, he dreams of becoming a professional writer. After many failed attempts, Darryl reaches out to an Icelandic friend and writing therapist for help. Together they decide to document his battle against procrastination and past pain, in the hope of unlocking his writing talent.
A documentary by Steven C. Smith and Eddie Muller exploring the life and work of author Cornell Woolrich.
A celebration of the much-loved holiday camp sitcom, featuring classic scenes and interviews with members of cast and crew including Su Pollard, Ruth Madoc, Jeffrey Holland, Paul Shane and Jimmy Perry. The programme reveals that Butlin's, the real-life inspiration for the series, were not impressed with the show, and there are backstage secrets, such as the day several cast members nearly drowned in the swimming pool
A documentary from Stripe Press that follows the evolution of a rudimentary gaming network between friends in Cuba into a DIY internet that serviced most of the island.
The tale of a young TikTok ASMR star cancelled over a surreal online feud serves as a reflection on the overwhelming nature of the digital environment. Intangible blurs the lines between reality and fiction to represent the feeling of information overload.
Bianca celebrates her 22nd birthday in a small flat in a brutalist neighbourhood on the outskirts of Moscow. To the digital world, Bianca is Electa, known on social media for her touching dance performances and her obsession with the colour white. She was born in Norilsk, Siberia, one of the most polluted cities in the world, and is part of the international group of young people who gravitate to Radio Esperanza Libre, a podcast channel founded by Anita Lopez, a young environmentalist speaker based in Argentina. Anita and Electa met by chance on the internet because, in addition to their shared interest in environmental issues, they share a curious date of birth: 29 February. Electa’s network of virtual connections becomes the only possible escape route for Bianca, at a time when climate change is unfortunately not the only urgency around her. The podcast of Monday 28 February 2022 is an opportunity for Electa to raise a cry for help.