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In the early 1970s, art historian and curator Stephen Scher turned a camera on the complex ecosystem of Parisian dining. This collage of footage remained perfectly preserved in the can for 50 years; but now, as the filmmaker assembles it into a documentary, we can behold the end of a culinary era.
Flightpath is a meditation on death and mourning, seen through the eyes of a wildlife researcher. When Sarah loses her boyfriend in a plane crash, she dives into a project studying bird mortality for a wind turbine company in the California desert. She comes to terms with her grief through her relationship with her tracking dogs as they catalog remains.
Small nightly monochrome silent landscapes to observe and enter another time to feel how everyday transforms through the gaze.
Acclaimed flamenco choreographer and dancer Fuensanta La Moneta is working on a new show when one of her students gives her a copy of Félix Grande’s poetry collection La cabellera de la Shoá. Written by Grande after his visit to Auschwitz, Fuensanta can’t stop thinking about those women —Jewish and Gypsy alike— who lost their lives in the concentration camp. The poems inspire her to create a piece that remembers these women through music, dance and poetry.
The question is, what can we learn from Close Encounters? Aliens, UFOs and close encounters are examined in detail in this revealing documentary.
Reknowned Catalan wrangler Santi Serra, developer of a natural training technique based on creating bonds with horses and learning through play.
Samuel lives in Ponta Negra, a small village on the coast of Paraty, Brazil. At first the idyllic daily life following the rhythm of nature and the development of the kid's identity set the tone of the film. We go along with the boy and his family for six years. Little by little emerges a more complex reality and its contradictions, between modernity and tradition, nature and technology. The arrival of electricity and tourism in the village crystallizes the deconstruction of an idealized paradise, drawing a portrait of contemporary Brazil.
Will the generation of TikTok and Minecraft kids “die of boredom” on a trip to the forest? The film’s director followed a group of students who spent a year regularly visiting the woods to connect with each other and with nature. Their experiences often surprised even them.
What is essential in a time of upheaval? Director Brittany Farhat documented the months of panic and epiphany in the leadup to July Talk’s lauded Drive-In Shows of 2020, and with the help of unreleased archival footage spanning a decade, follows the thoughtful group of artists to a crossroads of identity and circumstance.
During the San Fermín celebrations in Pamplona in 1969, a man died when the bulls were let loose. There was nothing to identify him, except for the letter “H” on his keyring. Carlos Pardo Ros imagines this man’s last night: a drunken nocturnal stroll with the ghosts of H, at one of the world’s biggest folk festivals.
Following the traces of his father, who was taken to captivity in Germany during WWII and never returned, film director Đorđe Kadijević finds what made him what he is now.
It is still not known how many women and girls fought on the fronts of the Great Patriotic War, how many of them were tortured in the dungeons of the Gestapo and in concentration camps, how many were hijacked to Germany or overworked at unbearably hard work in the rear ... The film is dedicated to the unparalleled courage and heroism of Soviet women and girls.
For years, together with his partners from the production company O Quadro, he has been betting on cinema as a tool to explore the typical issues of youth. In this film, Evandro Scorsin turns the cameras on himself as he deals with the dilemmas of the passing of time and the imposition of adulthood. In an exercise in autofiction where cinema and life merge, the film is also a cinematic love letter to the beloved masters (especially Nicholas Ray). Coming and going between two countries and times, it records the vertigo of displacement and the reinventions inherent to an immigrant experience.
A boy takes his 2 year-old sister on a tour of the solar system.
hóson zêis, phaínou; experimental tribute to glimpses of beauty
Synthetiki was founded in 1985 in Athens by Apostolis Loverdos and Dionisis Avgerinos. The music documentary A Film about Something highlights the late recognition that this electronic band through the web, while recording moments from their concerts and jouney as a band. Apostolis refers to this early period as a “perfect rejection toward us.”
The railways are in crisis, from mass cancellations to soaring prices. Comedian Ben Elton embarks on a northern rail misadventure. Is rail privatisation a failed experiment?
In the uncertainty of Indonesian football conditions, Aldian is trying to survive amidst the league stoppage while Ronaldo strives to become a football athlete.
Bebo is a documentary about the great Cuban musician Bebo Valdés, who reviews his life through his children, grandchildren and close friends, and Bebo Valdés himself from his only television interview in Sweden, in 2005, a life full of obstacles but above all commitment to music.
Upstream, the Kukadi River has dried up. Downstream, it has been dammed and its waters exploited. Filmmaker Aisha Jain explores the activities that take place along this river that runs through rural India, as well as the more intimate relationships people have with its waters. An inventive portrait of a territory and the people who inhabit it.
The film follows two years of the extremely endangered arctic fox's attempt to return to Finnish nature as a breeding species, as well as the people who try to save the species. Kimmo Ohtonen's tireless toil is finally rewarded, when he manages to capture for the first time in Finland the journey of an arctic fox family in almost 30 years, from the start of romance to raising pups. This is the first time that the reproduction of an arctic fox has been recorded on video. There is a unique journey in the foothills of the North, culminating in a historic event.
Tillage & Fury is a portrait of anger as a product of Black ecology. This essay-film explores the eco-geography of rice cultivation and the life cycle of the fly, both of which are indelibly linked to Black life. Anger is used to trace the lineage of rice, from the transatlantic slave trade to the 2022 rice shortage in Liberia.
A smiling, naked toddler is encouraged to show off how strong she is. The same child plays in a basin in the shower and later dances naked around the room to music. These are innocent, cheerful images of a playful child being filmed by family members, but the captions give them sinister connotations. Filmmaker Anna Hanslik was the child in question.
Divorced, beheaded and died; divorced, beheaded, survived. Henry VIII married no less than six times during his reign as King of England. Get to know the six women that Henry married, and the influence these Queens had on the King and the country which they served.
Ramin Bahrani explores a precarious community ill-equipped to handle catastrophe, and in so doing captures the human cost of inequality, a moral failure in the richest nation in the world.
Between 1955 and 1995, over 70,000 West African children were fostered by white Britons, in a practice known as ‘farming’. Many individuals then had to live, often in silence, with the long-lasting impact of this controversial official policy. Nine of those raised this way were invited to a workshop retreat, under professional guidance, to discuss their experiences. Each take turns delving into their past, revealing the confusion and trauma of dealing with such change at a young age. For many, this marks the first time they have had the opportunity to connect with people who have shared a similar childhood. White Nanny Black Child presents a personal, moving and sometimes unsettling meditation on identity, belonging and the nature of family.
An Afghan journalist embarks on a journey to find out who murdered her family 30 years ago, only to uncover hundreds of civilians killed in a secretive American-backed program.
In 2006, Mark Blanco died in suspicious circumstances at a party with rock star Pete Doherty. This compelling film tells the story of a mother's relentless pursuit of justice
Documentary follows Jacob Applebaum's online privacy advocacy, allegations of sexual misconduct against him, his role exposing government surveillance programs, and the impact on his career as a former WikiLeaks associate.
In the Shadow of Palms is an intimate portrait of three lives on the outskirts of Los Angeles and the creative ways they find hope in this cinematic documentary.
Acmé addresses the stories of two young people who live in Patagonia Argentina and live with HIV.
An interview about an alien abduction experience.
Over 75 years since the fall of fascism, and a hundred since the march to Rome, the documentary investigates the spread of historical lies regarding Fascism and Mussolini, a narrative that Italy, especially its younger generations, is still swayed by.
It Could Only Happen Here is an underground, DIY documentarian look at the behind-the-scenes of one of Quebec's best-kept secrets: FME Festival. Nestled in the mountain town of Rouyn-Noranda, FME is an emerging music festival that mainly focuses on Canadian bands, still cutting their teeth, and a few bigger international headliners.
Embark on a thrilling journey into the heart of the Northeast Tiger National Park, where researchers and scientists are dedicated to tracking and studying the majestic tigers that roam freely. Witness their tireless efforts as they employ innovative methods to understand the behaviour and monitor population trends of these elusive creatures. Delve deeper into the story as we unveil the cultural significance of tigers and their conservation efforts in the region. Witness the delicate balance of nature and the interconnectedness of diverse habitats, illustrating the importance of conservation efforts in maintaining biodiversity and ecological harmony. Join us on this unforgettable expedition with exclusive access, where science, technology, culture, and conservation intertwine to reveal the extraordinary world of tigers and their critical role in preserving the natural wonders of the Northeast Tiger National Park and Heilongjiang province, China.
Poet, novelist and translator, 92-year-old Nora Iuga is a unique character on the contemporary literature scene. Discover the Romanian writer banned by communists for "morbid eroticism" and learn her secret of always staying young.
Interventions in the state of transportation in both our and Rizal's time through primitive intellectual montage. From José Rizal's "El Filibusterismo."
Marcelo, a young man of 18 years, tells us the story of how he met Parkour. When talking about his feelings and sensations when practicing this discipline, he realizes that his way of seeing the world is no longer the same as it was a few years ago.
Explores how Hitler’s personal library provides a look into his mind and how it significantly informed his worldview.
This film returns to biblical scripture to explore the possibility that the phenomena we attribute to aliens might be the result of demonic forces.
Documentary telling the story of the generation of people who left the Caribbean for a new life in Britain. Members of the Windrush generation will share their stories with well-known figures including Sir Trevor McDonald, Alesha Dixon, Mel B, Judy Love and HRH The Prince of Wales.
The drum as a means between life and death. The past invoked in the present. The figure of Benkos Biohó, founder of the first free town in America, is the axis of a work that rethinks the words “rebellion” and “freedom”.
In August 1968, factory workers overheard news of a mandatory meeting. Whispered rumors described shipments of a gift from the country’s Communist leader, Chairman Mao Zedong. And sure enough, managers soon distributed a gift to every factory worker– a glass box encasing a golden wax replica of a mango. What was the meaning behind this unusual offering? Vivian Jiang investigates.
‘January’ is an independent documentary that follows the stories of a group of six young people living their ordinary yet surprisingly funny lives.
The movie tells the story of the people who live along Yaque del Norte, the longest and most important river in the Dominican Republic, and how that stream of water plays an essential role in their lives.
From local co-directors Baljit Sangra (Because We Are Girls) and Nilesh Patel, this spirited documentary follows four junior hockey players of South Asian descent throughout the 2021-2022 season as they strive to be drafted into the NHL. Arjun Bawa and Kayden Sadhra-Kang skate in the footsteps of their father Robin Bawa, who made history in 1989 as the first South Asian to play in the NHL. Meanwhile, seasoned defenseman Arvin Atwal seeks to shed the fighter reputation he acquired in the American Hockey League by transferring to Slovakia. And, in an uplifting turn of events, the film traces the journey of Surrey’s own Arshdeep Bains to signing with the Vancouver Canucks.
What happens when the quest for clicks goes too far? TMZ examines the dark and sometimes deadly side of social media in Tragically Viral.
