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Silence Heritage duration is about 4 minutes and it cut down into 1 minute. The director want the film to be black and white but the nature's calling for making it colourful.

Kinmen is a group of islands governed by Taiwan and a solid base for the capitalist camp during the Cold War era. Kinmen commenced its construction of military fortifications in 1958, with millions of soldiers stationed on the island. As the USSR communist bloc gradually disintegrated, Kinmen began a large-scale withdrawal of troops in 1988, placing the lives of the island’s 50,000 residents in a predicament after having relied on soldiers to earn a living for so long. With the improvements of cross-strait relations, large amounts of Chinese tourists now flood the very islands they once rained countless bombs on. Tourists from both sides of the Taiwan Strait now take group photos in front of fortifications, but will the future of the cross-strait relations be as fine as the seemly peace?

The first African-American to win 20 games in MLB’s American League shares his remarkable and shocking journey overcoming racism and discrimination through the 1950s and ‘60s to become an all-star pitcher who won two games in the 1965 World Series.

Takano Hospital is located in a town only 22 kilometers away from the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant. The 81-year-old hospital director, Dr. Hideo Takano, has continued to provide medical care during difficult times as an active physician. The program follows Dr. Takano over a period of 2,000 days as he struggles on alone.

In this heart-warming and ultimately life-enhancing documentary, the extraordinary Rowena Kincaid, a terminally ill young woman with a wicked sense of humor, takes on a wild bucket list. - - - What would you do if you only had months to live?

Short by Lynn Marie Kirby.

A girl, inexperienced hiker, decided to embark on one of the most amazing marked trail on the planet, Corsican GR 20. Through her feelings you will see trekking like never before. The Story full of unforgettable moments is an adventure of 16 days journey.

Documentary dealing with the emotional impact and aftermath of rape, told through the personal stories of 10 people sharing their own experiences. Told directly to camera, these are vividly honest accounts that reveal the impact of rape on someone's life, far beyond the moment of rape itself, focusing on the emotional and psychological effects as well as the interrogation of the legal process

From strange chance encounters to aggressive territorial disputes, only South Africa's fittest - or luckiest - will survive to live another day.

Oscar Duke, an NHS doctor with albinism heads to Tanzania and Malawi to discover what life is like for other people with the same genetic condition. Whilst in East Africa, Oscar explores the reasons why albino people are vulnerable to attack in these countries as well as interview some of the people who hold prejudiced views towards albinism.

Vanessza, the young roma girl is getting prepared for the chance of her lifetime, a prestigious boxing-tournament. The road is long from the small countryside gym to the tournament, but with the help of her trainer, they may be able to go against all odds.

A cinematographic journey to that very unique time when many Russians got their first palmcorders along with their first opportunity to go on family vacation abroad. Roads, hotels, shops, water parks and cafes - everything was equally impressive and everything was saved on VHS tapes for home archives. At the same time, somewhere on the other side of the Earth the fishermen who go out to the northern seas for a long time, also take a video camera with them for the very first time.

Visions of construction in contemporary Doha neatly express its nearly manic pace of growth, while various voices from the community describe the city’s progress, lament the loss of nature that goes with urbanisation, consider the beauty of the new buildings, and discuss Doha’s cosmopolitan personality. A sort of travelogue around Qatar’s capital in development, ‘Voices from the Urbanscape’ is an apt reflection of a burgeoning 21st-century city with a mission, and a tribute to its multicultural success.

Experimental film. The underlying idea behind «All might become true» is to capture the interaction between the artist Runi Langum and her art, to catch the glance of the artist, her impact to the artwork while the artwork is being formed. Through this process, the artist becomes an integrated part of her own artwork, diminishing and erasing the the border between fantasy and reality. The transition from the story about the artistically process to the moment where the artwork starts living its own life is blurred. Because of this, the artist may never be finished with any work of art, but rather always be striving to improve and enhance, look for new motives, new angles, new themes and new ways to tell a story

This documentary takes you inside Hitler's first Eastern front military headquarters during WWII, as told by former residents and military personnel.

Old people who can not live on a pension, gather at the door of the store from five in the morning. There are enough coupons for everyone: if there are too many people, Anoush, Shavershyan's assistant, prints them, but the pensioners, forgotten by the state, prefer to be safe, they do not believe in charity workers and politicians, they believe only in one thing – in the queue.

A documentary on Burning Man, what makes this event so popular. Produced and Directed by OZ YILMAZ Each year, more than 70,000 people from around the world travel to a dry desert lake. In the midst of dust, heat and wind of a Nevada desert participants build a temporary city with large-scale art installations and share an experience based on unity and peace. The event comes to an end with Burning Man, a giant effigy. This documentary tells first-hand accounts of the stories of the participant that unite them in principles of self-expression, self-reliance and community effort. Burning Man draws people from all walks of life that shed their normal daily routines to participate in a week-long celebration of living out their dreams. Burning Man: Into the realm takes us behind on a journey in which we get to hear about what makes this event so popular.

A short film about the love story between Charles Reed Bishop and Princess Pauahi (founders of Kamehameha Schools). This is based on a true story with some liberties taken by Elena.

This documentary talks about the process of KBN’s women workers struggle against sexual harassment at workplace. In the opening, an ex-women labor of KBN told her story about sexual harassment at her factory.

Ryuichi Sakamoto | async | International short film competition. This film is about the tomato ketchup manufacturing process.

March 25, 2017, Monza. The park has a stage ten times larger than the rock stars in San Siro. Hundreds of volunteers, civil protection, stalls. And then the people, a lot. All gathered waiting for Pope Francis. The relentless music, spread by the speakers, gives the impression of being in front of a déjà vu: the long wait for a concert, among the fans waiting for the arrival of the last pop star.

A documentary about fisherman at Maluku and their problems in the sea.

Love with a Colonial Scent uses Puerto Rico's colonial situation with the USA, the island's bankruptcy, and breath taking vistas as a backdrop to focus on the debate over gay marriage on the island. Another, in a series of documentaries that details what it is to be part of the LGBTQ community that is outside the continental United States.

How do these people live, how do they endure the confinement and pain of the country's borders ? Under the splendor of the landscapes we can feel the constant threat of a cold war In the heart of Caucasus. The villagers have learned to live with the sound of reports, while knowing that the next bullet may be for them. Scenes from ordinary life, in a country where the threat of war may never be forgotten: yet a feeling of life prevails: resident forever, forever. This film talk about the current state of the world and humanity with respect to imposed violence, in a set of border areas.

Leafcutters is a unique collaboration with millions of wild ants. Focusing on four supposedly unique human traits – language, ritual, war and art – the narrative aims to blur the boundaries between culture and nature.

A portrait piece about 19 year old Kadiatu Kamara, the only female surfer in Sierra Leone.

A whole generation grew up with the music of Ukrainian rock band Dymna Sumish. It brought not only energetic concerts with slams and crashed guitars, but also ideas: of propaganda resistance, vegetarianism, abstinence from alcohol and drugs. But in 2012, the band was put on hold, and its frontman Sasha Chemerov moved to Los Angeles. Musicians got back together in the summer of 2017 and gave a series of powerful shows. «Dymna Sumish: Between Hell and Heaven» is a movie about the comeback, friendship, and rock’n’roll. The film includes interviews with band members, concert footage from different periods and live performances, specially shot for the movie. And although the band split up at the beginning of 2018, we believe that its story and legacy still matter.

How far can dream an artist with little chances?

In rural Ghana, Clara faces the challenges of teaching, as her students discover the happiness of having wheels.

Through a guided meditation performed by a hypnotherapist, viewers are invited to construct a 'memory palace' as they experience Walter Gropius's iconic Fagus Factory. The film offers an opportunity to soothe anxieties around technology's effects on the body and workplace, and to consider the relationship between memory and architecture.

'Diffrerent' is an animation that explores neurodiversity learning disabilities such as dyslexia. The film follows an ant’s journey, as it breaks from its chain-like system, as a metaphor for those who are unable to fit in. There’s always been this feeling of without Dyslexia who would I be? As it’s such a large part of me as a person and in everyday life. This film explores this area of my life by looking back at a childhood hobby, the collection of insects, and the problems I experienced when I was younger and still as an adult today. Some days I can wake up and not be able to remember my full address and other days I can. However the previous hobby and study of insects always remained. I’ve always felt out of place, out of the normal system, and in time while having this feeling I’ve found other ways of coping. The film aims to be more of an understanding of the past and present that can give back a positive attitude to dyslexia within society.

The Staging Post follows two Afghan Hazara refugees, Muzafar and Khadim. Stuck in Indonesia after Australia 'stopped the boats' and facing many years in limbo, they built a community and started the school which inspired a refugee education revolution. A real-life, real-time, multi-platform documentary. The Staging Post is about friendship, connection and the power of community.

There are over 150 white-painted bicycles chained up throughout New York City. Each bike represents a cyclist killed in traffic - each is placed at the scene of the crash. Mirza puts up the bikes. He remembers these fallen cyclists when everyone else seems to have forgotten them.

Description by Ken Jacobs: A Spin Through Night City gets many visual elements spinning. Only daughter Nisi working at our computer knows how difficult it is to get both foreground—rain on the cab window—and background -the city streets—in focus at the same time. The picture we see is deep but the pictorial source remains a single plane.

What look us consists in objects and stories from some inhabitants of Cruz Machado city - that one where it's only possible to arrive if you are really willing to go there. Among the inhabitants, there is the director, who goes back to her native town in search to look at others and herself in a very sensitive moment of her life, her break-up after a 20-year relationship.

These few steps in the forest are a hundred and eight times that we see them. With each new repetition, the colors slide and feed. The color reflects the inner journey.

Follows the history of the Cameleers, men who opened large areas of land in the Australian central desert using camels, and their struggle to be accepted as Australians in a country where their families have been for over a hundred years.

A visual essay on the female body as a socially constructed discourse, Infinite Galatea showcases the model for man's experiments in privilege and power through time. From Greek mythology to Victorian gynecology to current AI technology, this is how gender, sexuality and desire have been ideologically shaped to fit a male fantasy.

Julien Robichaud works with newcomers who move to Canada. His clients often question the name of his hometown, Moncton, named after General Monckton, a British colonel responsible for several hateful acts against Acadians including the Deportation. Julien digs to find who is this character of Monckton and the symbolic place he occupies today in his community.

Director Rebecca Carpenter's father, Lewis Carpenter, was a running back for Vince Lombardi's NFL Champion Green Bay Packers. When he dies, her family receives a surprise call from Boston University's brain bank requesting his brain - with shocking results. Lew becomes the 18th NFL player diagnosed postmortem with Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE), a degenerative neurocognitive disorder that can cause episodes of rage, social withdrawal, and other unusual behaviors. Carpenter finds herself at ground zero of an unfolding public health controversy and embarks on a three-year odyssey across America to explore the far-reaching implications of this "new" disease in football players.

This is the story of visionaries, photographers, adventurers and scientists who risk everything to save the oceans.

Beverly Ho is a young Chinese Canadian dedicated to preserving and continuing Chinese cultural heritage in Vancouver's Chinatown. Can her efforts, along with other volunteers in the neighbourhood, succeed in stemming the rapid proliferation of million dollar condos and pricey cafes?

This documentary sheds light on the lives of North Korean defectors in Europe. North Korean defectors who crossed the ideological boundary over to South Korea are often called forth to bear witness to the plight of North Korean society. Rather than creating a discourse about the recovery of divided culture, the focus has been very much on the conflict of ideology. The increasing number of North Korean defectors is a sign of victory. However, the film testifies that a growing number of people are leaving both Koreas behind.

Early in the morning, the priest read in the church at the disabled orphanage. At dawn, the villagers entered the funeral ceremony during the prayer ceremony. In disabled orphanages, there are babies in the youngest children. Two children attending school together did not attend the class normally. More children with reduced mobility can only be dazed and crawl on the ground. But they are also God's people and attend worship services in the church. The autumn mist was hazy, and a new cathedral was being built in the village. Insects, kittens, puppies, orphans, villagers who worship, all life is safe. At night, the tired priest went to sleep after finishing writing. In his dream, he reached a graveyard and remained silent with his dying mother. Seasons are changing, rainy days, winter snow, orphans wear thick winter clothes, making movement more difficult. The cathedral was built, and people celebrated the biggest Christmas day of the year.

A metallic cacophony resounds as Eric hunts for, and labours through, abandoned scrap. The sun beats down as his pick-up truck rumbles through the day.

The Griffin family is about to embark in the journey of a lifetime. After taking two planes to San Francisco, they will take a road trip down the pacific coast exploring the distant land of California, a place which the two children have never before dared to venture. All the while, Thomas will be chronicling the adventure with his trusty (and hopefully waterproof) video camera. Both for them and for their parents, this will surely prove to be a deeply rewarding and cathartic experience.

Short documentary about Kerry Knudsen, curator of lichens at the University of California.

Brawlin' Beauties: The Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling highlights a bevy of the beautiful and feisty femme fatales who wrestled for G.L.O.W. Classic wrestling fans will relive 88-minutes of an all-women comedic presentation of the sport dominated for many years by the men.

"The Pianist of Yarmouk" tells the story of Aeham Ahmad: a classically-trained musician attempting to escape the war in Syria for safety in Europe.

The life-cycle in the coastal desert, represented by the daily life of María and Lidia and their relationship with the territory; this cycle is threatened by the progress and inherent finitud of their lives.

How New Yorkers reacted to having Kim Jong-un walking the streets of the Big Apple. The walk took place in three neighborhoods: Harlem, Wall Street, and Koreatown. New York definitely took notice. A positive reception. There was a lot of comedy, a little bit of catcalling and only a tiny bit of street harassment.

In the south of Mato Grosso do Sul, almost on the border with Paraguay, indigenous and rural producers are disputing land ownership. In a tense atmosphere, there are clashes, evictions, attacks and even deaths. The conflict comes from centuries, caused by errors of the Brazilian State itself. Now, both sides demand urgent solution. The dispute has already turned into a tragedy of great proportions.

Flin Flon is located nearly 1000 kilometers north of the US border in Northern Manitoba. The small, Canadian mining community is also the only city in the world to be named after a science fiction character: Josiah Flintabbatey Flonatin from 'The Sunless City.' 'Flin Flon: A Hockey Town' explores the town's eccentric obsession with its legendary junior hockey team, The Flin Flon Bombers and how the team and the community support one another.

We all want to fall in love. Carlos and Joseph tried to be together. This movie documents this experiment.