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Capturing the history of the infamous and beloved old UK home video label, with the man himself Michael Lee appearing for the first time ever on camera to tell his story. VIPCO brought many bizarre and horror released titles to the UK shores in the 80s on home video, who ended up getting caught up in the video nasty scandal.
Olivia is an old adventurous woman who awaits news from her husband. Through her daily routine we discover her bitter-sweet secret for happiness.
In December 2018: three lives are affected by police violence amongst the chaos of the Yellow Vest protests in France. This film is dedicated to people all over the world mutilated and killed by police weapons.
A married couple cling to prayers for answers during a series of hardships: the news of the husband's 4th degree stomach cancer on the day the wife gives birth to a daughter; the sudden death of her mother; and the news of the wife's 4th cancer a week after the end of the husband's chemo treatment.
A collaborative effort between Emma Hudson (Director), Blair Palese (CEO of 350.org AU), and John Collee (Master and Commander, Happy Feet), Accelerate follows one of the world’s most internationally recognised environmentalists, Bill McKibben, on his 2018 tour of Australia, where he passionately attempts to inspire government, business and community to accelerate action on climate change.
Erika Blanc talks about The Devil's Nightmare,
Burning Man is no run-of-the-mill festival. For one week of every year, thousands of people descend upon Black Rock, a desert north of Nevada for this unique celebration of music and contemporary art. Each participant must respect the 10 founding principles of the event, ranging from welcoming and helping everyone to prioritizing self-expression and immediate experience. The rules also insist on leaving no trace of the celebrations upon the desert. The documentary follows an artistic project, ‘The Space Whale’, from its conception to its completion. Filmed through immersion in the festival, close to a group of wacky artists, it presents the human and technological challenges that the team faces, but also demonstrating the spirit of the festival, a truly transient laboratory of new ideas and utopias, brought to life by Matt Schultz.
"Salka in the no man's land" is a feature film that fiction the reality about migration and the situation of women in Mauritania through a trip aboard the desert train, bordering the troubled border between Mauritania and Western Sahara .. ..the so-called "no man's land". Salka is a young Mauritanian who lives in the Zuárate region, in the north of the country, who does not accept her future in her country.
For 50 years, Professor Michael Leckrone led the University of Wisconsin-Madison bands. From his arrival on Wisconsin’s Big Ten campus through the inception of the Fifth Quarter and onto his final curtain call at the Kohl Center, this documentary reveals the passion behind a talented composer, educator, mentor and entertainer.
Follow the dramatic stories of three Kenyan women: a laundress with memories of a past sin, a young student from Nairobi facing an abortion problem, and Atisana, a lady musician who lives a beautiful life even if she suffers in the streets.
Before starting a family, Soozie Eastman, daughter of an industrial chemical distributor, embarks on a journey to find out the levels of toxins in her body and explores if there is anything she or anyone else can do to change them. She has just learned that hundreds of synthetic toxins are now found in every baby born in America and the government and chemical corporations are doing little to protect citizens and consumers. With guidance from world-renowned physicians and environmental leaders, interviews with scientists and politicians, and stories of everyday Americans, Soozie uncovers how we got to be so overloaded with chemicals and if there is anything we can do to take control of our exposure.
Documentary that tells the story of a communist man and his life processes.
MEZARCI GETS HIS GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP TAKEN AWAY ON DLIVE AND COMPLETELY LOSES IT!!
As contemporary discourse positions artificial intelligence as a potential universal problem-solving tool, Asunder takes up this challenge by responding to the surge in AI applications for pressing environmental issues.
Three-part documentary on the occupation of the West Bank: 1) Hebron; 2) The Jordan Valley; 3) Southern Hebron
Loucas is a 75-year-old yachtsman. He lives on the sea and his feet rarely step on land. He starts the tour of the Aegean Sea with a boat, only with the help of the wind, without using the engine.
Yuda is a person with disability who is also a running athlete. He owns a motorcycle washing business by employing other deaf-mute friends, even opening up jobs for his able-bodied friends.
In Lengshuijiang, balanced in a space made up of official images, an audiovisual program presents itself as a taciturn witness of rigid, modulated, even aberrant moments in which China constantly tried to demonstrate its success through its own fresco, an atypical form in tone of virtual reality.
"Details of paintings by Joan Mitchell undergo Eternalizing. The process introduces emphatic flicker that helps create illusions of depth, even for a single eye. But flicker is not for everyone and should be avoided by those with unusual brain conditions. Abstract-Expressionism was a way out of thinking of WWII and Mitchell was among the best of its practitioners. Paint is what happens in her work, inspired by nature but transfigured and with no obvious reference to objects. Her great range of paint applications, however, do invite the imagining of them in depth. Imagined in depth, yes but not the all-too-convincing illusion show here." - Ken Jacobs
The old Finnish farmer Juha is about to retire, but still has one mission to accomplish: to sell his big, but heavily indebted dairy farm to his son Henry (26). But the young man has his own ideas, and as the economic challenges on the farm accumulate, the conflict between father and son escalates.
Two young men represent their final abandoned community of Ethiopian Jews on a fateful trip to America as representatives in an advocacy campaign, with the ultimate goal to enter Israel as citizens.
Matsalu Bay in the Baltic Sea is an important stopover for migrating birds and home to many rare plant and animal species. For most of the year, moose roam the marshes and plains of Matsalu, which is a nature reserve and under strict protection.
Four people reminisce on vulnerable family relations. Layered family photographs reveal brief glimpses of intimate memories and reflections on love; how it is presented, perceived and deserved.
A photographer, a championship, a passion. Black and white documentary that synthesizes, through sounds and images, the trajectory of Zanata, a man who dedicates his life to recording moments of football games. The narrative consists of fragments in which the character photographs games from a championship in the countryside in the interior of Bahia.
Tibetan monks from an over 500 year old Buddhist group initiate us in their story about banishment and quiet resistance.
A first-person documentary on an expedition to one of the last regions of the world still unexplored by man.
Art has always investigated nature and man's connection with the world. Several contemporary artists have questioned the issues of climate change and environmental sustainability and have tried to amplify our ecological consciousness. Through the testimonies of artists of different generations such as Olafur Eliasson, Christo, Michelangelo Pistoletto and the gaze of critics such as Germano Celant and Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev, we retrace some of the most significant works.
From high up in the glacier-carved mountains of Northern Spain, towards the Atlantic Ocean in the cities of Porto and V.N.Gaia in Northern Portugal. A journey through a river and through sound.
Final resting place: German documentary film about a stonemason who works with relatives to create individual gravestones.
This film is documents the struggles of Mr. Jean-Lucien Bussa, an idealistic member of the National Assembly, who routinely confronts his own conflicting incentives of service to others and service to his own needs. When does patronage end and corruption begin?
Gynepunk is an autonomous research project about the history of gynecology, which opens direct practical access to a self managed DIY knowledge about our bodies as well as an active and radical proposal to give a twist to patriarchal history.
Through the lens of filmmaker Marcia Machado, code blue reveals lapses in the current state of medicine and provides a common sense solution by featuring the practice of lifestyle medicine to prevent, manage and reverse chronic diseases. The film presents the hurdles to the proposed shift: antiquated curricula in medical schools, confusion in the media, inadequate government policies, and the underlying influences of the pharmaceutical and food industries. code blue follows a passionate physician, Dr. Saray Stancic, as she reflects upon her journey from a multiple sclerosis diagnosis to wellness through her own adoption of lifestyle medicine. Dr. Stancic introduces us to expert physicians and scientists who are paving the way to make meaningful and necessary change in our healthcare environment, and in turn, empowering audiences to stand up and reclaim control of their health.
An engagement with love and loss, presence and absence that become ritualised in need for recognition.
This short film/video installation uses anecdotes that gamers share on internet forums to reflect on the feedback between the world of dreams and the video games.
Turf dancers combine abrupt, angular movements with graceful footwork. This short film is an episode of the award winning Youtube series If Cities Could Dance, featuring dancers across the country representing their city’s signature moves.
An archeologist travels to the Canary Islands’ cave dwellings as part of his quest to discover the remains of the indigenous inhabitants of the islands. An essay film, composed of archival footage, on the complex map of power that constructs historical discourse.
Patients and providers of behavioral healthcare in New Mexico struggle to find a path forward after the state government makes false accusations of Medicaid fraud that result in widespread closures of clinics and the disruption of life-saving services for thousands.
A documentary that revisits alternative comedian Ed Carnevale, as he reflects on his friendship with Mitch Hedberg and his role on "The Mitch Hedberg Project", an ultimately unaired MTV pilot where he performed as his eccentric persona, the “Possum Man,” a character he continues to perform to this day.
Almost all young people in Vaininiore are into sports. Some in the dugout, others in football, volleyball, but most are in boxing. Thai boxing. Behind the Eastern Bridge fire station in Papeete, the Vaininiore district has the reputation of being a red-light district. This is where a hard core of around twenty fighters trains in the evening, but there are new ones arriving all the time... Not all of them last long... Team Arupa is Hentz Tinomoe. He is a good coach, patient, a little tough when it comes to training... There is a good atmosphere, good understanding, a good spirit of cohesion at Vaininiore, VNR for the young people... A united team. Before each international competition, the Team Arupa and Tini Thai Boxing clubs come together for joint preparation. In this film, they are preparing a trip to New Zealand.
The documentary depicts how the substantial financial resources of two investors are disrupting the social fabric on the Channel Island of Sark.
What looks like a beefy sea cucumber sunk in a toaster without casing is actually a computer-controlled organ of speech. From a YouTube clip of the singing latex mouth montaged after and next to itself, Norbert Pfaffenbichler generates an unconventional collage of images.
Ten years later, the mystery of what happened to UK toddler Madeleine McCann endures. Her parents are convinced she was kidnapped while on vacation at a Portuguese resort, but the weight of suspicion soon crashes down on their shoulders.
Portsmouth FC is the tale for our footballing times. Big names. Big business. Big debt. In 2008 the club won the FA Cup and hosted AC Milan, but behind the scenes things were unravelling. This film shares the story of how Pompey were saved by those who loved them most: the fans. This is OUR CLUB.
The Singer sewing machine, international icon and a symbol of the Industrial Revolution, helped put the town of Clydebank on the map. Over the course of a century, it employed tens of thousands of 'bankies' before its demise nearly 40 years ago. This documentary charts the story of those workers: how their lives were intertwined with the fortunes of Scotland’s first US multinational company. The programme pays homage to the Singer machine, and the huge impact it made on families and households all over the world.
Only six elders of the Manoki population in the Brazilian Amazon still speak the indigenous language, an imminent risk of losing the means by which they communicate with their spirits. Although this is a difficult subject, the younger ones decide to narrate with images and words their version of this long history of interaction with non-indigenous, talking about their pains, challenges and desires. Despite all the difficulties of the current context, the struggle and hope echo within the dimensions of a short film, indicating "the manoki idiom will live!"