Set inside a new behavioral community where people who are at the end of their rope find hope that life is worth living again.
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Set inside a new behavioral community where people who are at the end of their rope find hope that life is worth living again.
The short film follows the daily lives of Pai Marcos Luciano de Oxalá and Madrinha Catingueira, LGBTQIAPN+ Umbanda leaders in Piauí. The film looks at their experiences inside and outside the terreiros, showing the tensions between gender, sexuality and religiosity. The title refers to the expression "turning the leaf", used to describe a ritual in Afro-Brazilian religious shrines in which people's sexual orientation or gender identity was "turned".
Lots of tractors help the forage harvester to harvest the maize and Farmer Tom puts it into a huge pile.
Sand Dancers" is an inspiring 2025 documentary by Red Stamp Productions following Jimmy Simpson, a quadriplegic with cerebral palsy from South Shields, on his journey to become an adaptive surfer. The film showcases his training, community support, and triumph at the UK Adaptive Surfing Championships, highlighting inclusivity in sports
Francisco (24), the film’s director, talks with his sister about a question that marked him when he was her age. Together, they expand the conversation into an intimate journey that explores identity, personal archives, and cinematic language.
In this feature-length documentary, Dan Walker embarks on a hard-hitting investigation to uncover the truth about capital punishment in the US, and explores the reality of life on death row.
This documentary takes us into a world apart, that of French youth immersed in a culture where alcohol is omnipresent. Social drinking, festive drinking, occasional drinking, or even taboo drinking—it is everywhere.
The first week of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022: a sudden rupture when modern history begins anew. Observing three rear areas at different distances from the frontlines, three filmmakers capture fractured moments of daily life — a collective testimony of tragedy and awakening.
A documentary about Yoaris, a cuban women who lives in Uruguay working as a delivery driver in Pedidos Ya. A story about the straggle of living as an outsider, in the lower class of Uruguay, with a family who tries to move on in life.
Nina Gualinga of the Kichwa People of Sarayaku, investigates the ongoing environmental destruction and cultural appropriation of her Indigenous land in the Amazon.
Symbiosis reveals the Aeolian Islands in the Mediterranean Sea as a refuge of biodiversity and human stories , following Monica, who has dedicated twenty years to protecting cetaceans and sea turtles.
Celebration of the 15th anniversary of Lena's win in the 2010 Eurovision Song Contest with the song Satellite.
On April 16th, 2014, the Sewol Ferry sank in South Korea, taking with it the lives of 304 of its 476 passengers. South Korea's worst maritime disaster traumatized a nation while simultaneously sinking the country's emotional spirit. The film asks why the rescue of Korea's children and people was neglected on the fateful day the Sewol sank.
Legendary Hollywood producer and propagandist James "Natty" Jones reveals the tricks and schemes the 'elites' use to control and enslave the population in a system that appears broken, but is actually working exactly as it is designed to.
Kapital Europe portrays two migrant workers in Brussels, as they navigate a journey marked by uncertainty and singular moments of joy. Reginald, a Romanian construction worker, struggles in the city’s informal building sector and contemplates returning to Romania. Niki, a young Greek newly arrived to the city, takes up work as a bicycle courier. Their stories reveal the unyielding forces of the capitalist system at work.
On 1st July 2022, as Hong Kong marks the 25th anniversary of its handover, tropical storm Chaba lashes the city. Cyclone captures the resilience and vibrancy of Hong Kong people as they navigate the day amidst historical significance and natural upheaval.
In Martinique, centuries of colonisation, slavery and migration have intermingled peoples from the four corners of the earth, making each one the son of all. Starting from a dialogue between the slaves thrown into the Atlantic during the slave trade and the migrants who are dying today in the Mediterranean, this film questions current identity-based divisions and shows us that another world is possible.
Bouncing, swaying, and towering above street corners and car dealerships, the wacky, waving, inflatable figures have become global icons of attention. They've danced their way into films, cartoons, music videos, and commercials-instantly recognizable, yet mysteriously nameless to most. The Tall Boy is a riveting 20-minute investigative documentary that pulls back the nylon curtain on the unlikely invention that captured the world's gaze-and the forgotten genius behind it. Through rare footage, interviews, and deep archival dives, we uncover how one man's visionary design was swept up by commercial interests, leaving him erased from the narrative. This is not just the story of a quirky invention. It's a cautionary tale of creativity, capitalism, and greed.
Five floors. Forty apartments. Rats, leaks and debts. In Pantin, I live in a building with a danger order. Under court order, we have to renovate it. Between Dantesque arguments, missing money and humor as a fire extinguisher, I film our collective rescue.
The life and work of French puppeteer Philippe Genty are marked by the power of his visual poetry. His childhood traumas and dreams led him to become one of today's greatest exponents of theater and visual arts. At 83, he finds himself in his studio in a Brittany forest, where he inhabits both his hells and his paradises. This journey begins when Philippe opens the doors to that world for us.
Ramón Rivera Moret remembers Puerto Rico at a utopian moment through the films produced in rural communities in the 1950s and 60s by the Film Unit of the Division of Community Education alongside stories from his own family.
Cena dreamed of jumping off the legendary Planica ski jump. Although he developed asthma at a young age, he is keeping the dream alive by hosting his own ski jumping world championship - right in his garden.
Torn between modesty and the desire to rebuild her life, Emily considers revealing a long-kept medical secret to her family. But taking the plunge proves more difficult than she expected.
Structured as a cabaret show and composed entirely of rare visual and sound archival material, Cabaret-Berlin, The Wild Scene explores Berlin during the 20s and early 30s, when it was home to Europe’s most innovative and experimental artists, writers, and musicians, and where Jews played a leading role.
A daughter uncovers her mother's radical journey from rural South Africa to exile, and how storytelling can become a weapon of resistance and a tool of healing.
The documentary follows oral accounts from people in the Cariri region of Paraíba and Pernambuco who have witnessed or heard stories about the "pagan baby." This refers to the practice of burying infants who were born and died before being baptized near crossroads and gateways—an old custom that was once widespread in the region. According to tradition, some people would later hear the cries of these souls and would perform improvised baptisms to help guide the child's spirit to heaven.
The story of a presumed serial killer nicknamed Petete in southwestern Dominican Republic.
From Courtroom to Capital: Lincoln’s Path to the Presidency is a short film about Abraham Lincoln’s time as a lawyer in Illinois. The film examines how Lincoln’s legal career helped launch him to the Presidency in 1860 and how he utilized his legal training as President. The film was created by the Abraham Lincoln National Heritage Area in collaboration with the Abraham Lincoln Association.
A young kid dreams of becoming a movie director.
Biggy struggles to maintain his late father’s allotment while grappling with his troubled past. As he tends to the neglected plots, he discovers a path to redemption and an opportunity to honour his father’s legacy.
Biggy struggles to maintain his late father’s allotment while grappling with his troubled past. As he tends to the neglected plots, he discovers a path to redemption and an opportunity to honour his father’s legacy.
A college student unexpectedly inherits a car left by his father—along with a huge debt. To pay it off, he's forced to put his studies on hold. Driving this car that links two generations, long-avoided family issues quietly start to surface.
Through the potato, Romani director Lisa Smith explores her grandmother's memories, uncovering a network of undocumented ancestral stopping places from her family's nomadic past.
There are more than 100 million lakes in the world and their diversity is as large as this number. Lakes provide drinking water for millions of people and are considered a hotspot of life: almost half of all fish species live in fresh water. Some lakes have extreme conditions: they are saltier than the sea, toxic or hot.
This short documentary explores the intimate and unconventional life of my grandmother and her relationship with magic and with the love of her life. With nearly 40 years between them and a union that never reached the altar, the story unfolds in a time when social norms and life expectations collided with their own desires and decisions. The documentary follows my grandmother’s life from her early youth to her maturity, through the responsibilities of motherhood, her craft, and love in its most unexpected forms. Through interviews, family memories, personal belongings, and the narration of key moments in their life together, this portrait seeks to explore the nuances of love and the complexities of building a family outside traditional structures.
In the heights, life is a cycle of reunions and farewells. Nothing remains the same, everything follows its course. And when the moment arrives, all that's left to do is take flight.
Shot in Roscoff and Île-de-Batz, Bretagne, Kostrov and his companions move through the unknown landscape, in displacement. Their contours blur under his camera’s gaze – looking not at, but into, with and through. Captured briefly along the way, gestures and textures of the world are given physical presence, where the filmmaker’s antiwar sentiment finds its echo. The title comes from an inscription found on a cottage there — a message from another time, another context: the same plea.
In the mountains of Sardinia and the inhospitable desert landscape of Palestine, shepherds have been herding livestock in the same traditional way for centuries. Experienced men drive bleating sheep and goats across fertile grazing spots. From a distance, the dancing white dots form an aesthetically appealing and meditative image against a background of dramatic mountain ridges.
A young Black girl navigates high school while dealing with the death of her father, moving to a new city, and adolescent pressures.
A dream destination for holidaymakers and a magnet for organised crime, is Albania ready to join the European Union? Strategically important in countering Russian and Chinese influence and managing the migration crisis, the EU seems prepared to overlook serious breaches of democratic norms and press freedoms.
The film is a collage of videos shot in Russia and posted online after the start of the Russian aggression against Ukraine. The people captured in these clips could easily have stepped out of the paintings of Hieronymus Bosch.
Every year, a train with doctors and equipment on board travels through the remote, sparsely populated areas of Kazakhstan. The Salamatty Kazakhstan (Healthy Kazakhstan) operates non-stop for 8 months and is open every day. Local residents can consult doctors for examination and diagnosis.
Whispers of Home is an animated short film depicting snippets of everyday life, inspired by the director's trip to Salamiyah, her hometown, in the summer of 2024. It was her first visit to Syria after thirteen years due to a decade-long civil war. The film is a love letter to her family and heritage.
A look into the birth and evolution of Cacho y Bache, an independent art magazine that brings together a vibrant community of creators through their voices and visions, the film reveals a collective force reshaping art from the personal and everyday experience.
Poachers and climate change are wiping out the fine clam and the slug in the estuaries of Galicia. A group of shellfish gatherers on foot are fighting to remedy this imbalance. It is extremely hard work, and the tradition is dying out with each generation.