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In the year of Nelson Mandela’s centenary, Glasgow, Love and Apartheid is the story of one family’s fight against apartheid from Scotland and South Africa. Director, Dhivya Kate Chetty, follows her parents – a mixed, and once ‘illegal’, couple – on a trip back to South Africa where the family stories begin to unfold – protests, an uncle in jail, an ANC arms cache, a doctor on the run and a surprise connection with Mandela in hiding.
Triggered by the unveiling of a family secret, Aline Motta went on an ancestral quest, traveling to rural areas in Brazil, Portugal, and Sierra Leone, and creating a counter-narrative to what is usually told about the way Brazilian families were formed. A discussion about racism, representation, belonging and identity.
Nuclear disarmament activists challenge the security and legality of America's nuclear weapons when they break into two top-secret facilities.
Apparatus weaves the development of gender and identity within the indigenous culture in Aotearoa, the Māori name for New Zealand. Samoan artist Tanu Gago juxtaposes mesmerising footage of boys in their varied development of selfhood and actualisation with imagery of sculpted men from a different time and space, tracing the colonial influence on the expression of masculinity.
After BUTT is a new film by Ian Giles exploring the cultural and social legacy of BUTT magazine (2001-2011); a publication made by and for gay men, noted for its iconic pink pages and candid interviews.
They come from Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria or Eritrea. Accompanied by their parents, they fled war and persecution. Thrown onto the roads, these children of exile had to face, despite their young age, many dangers to reach Europe. Others never made it to the end of this journey, engulfed in the waves of the Mediterranean, the cold of the mountains or the networks of slavery. But once in Europe, in Belgium, how can you rebuild yourself, create a place for yourself in a setting that is completely different from your city, your village, in the countryside, in a Red Cross reception center? There is also this long wait for recognition of refugee status. In this space-time filled with hope, the film reaches out to the children and takes their word for it.
Before the Plate follows each ingredient from a single plate of food backwards to the farms they came from, revealing modern farming practices and the challenges the industry faces as it does so.
God, or fate, has brought Becky Moses to Europe via Libya from her native country Nigeria, on the run for an arranged marriage with an elderly man. Never would she have thought she would end up in Riace, a mountain village in Calabria (southern Italy) that has become world famous by its open-door policy for immigrants by the flamboyant mayor Domenico Lucano. Through the eyes of Becky and her fellow villagers, we witness how the shrunken Italian community lives together with the new, mostly African, inhabitants.
In the spontaneous communication of charades, there's a desire for understanding that transcends a simple game. As communication falls just short of readability, emotions burst forth, gestures repeat and enlarge, and shared movements emerge across bodies to form a language of bursting urgency and humour.
A fantastical cinematic journey from a woman's childhood re-enactment of a false Pompeii, through decades, decline and obsession, to the Sibyl's Cave wherein she discovers Vesuvius symbiosis with cinema, memory, and Giambattista Vico’s spiral of time.
LGBTQ activism in Jamaica and the struggle for human rights.
A documentary about the Rio de Janeiro police killings praticed as so-called "self-defense acts". The film follows people who deal with those deaths in their daily lives, showing how Brazil's Federal Government deals with these cases, from the police investigations to the courtrooms.
猫 シ Corp. takes you on an analogue trip to the digital world of long gone memories and collective nostalgia.
Four friends set out on an adventure to be the first to highline in one of the most unlikely of places: the Faroe Islands.
They are single or gay, or they have let the biological clock of fertility slip by, but they have made the choice to become parents. To obtain the desired child, they take side roads. Today, they recount their difficult journey, with or without the help of medicine, their way of starting a family, of conceiving of filiation, but also their feeling of illegality and the weight of the gaze of others. At a time when the laws governing medically assisted procreation are debating in France, this documentary offers an unprecedented look at these questions.
Pyramid scheme, scam, cult...all words used to describe the direct sales/marketing operation profiled in The Slave Circle - a film about a business where you are owned. From how the business seeks out the most vulnerable recruits, to the psychological pressures used to make recruits conform to a singular mindset, to the lies told through its pyramid-shaped business model, The Slave Circle paints a complete picture of a worldwide business operation you may have heard about, interviewed for, or purchased a product from - without even realizing it.
A documentary om the struggle of a woman band from a village near Patna, Bihar. The film depicts their fight against poverty and alcoholic husbands.
Sweet and Sour is not just a ski-snowboard film focused on performance. It is also the story of two charismatic men who would do anything to achieve their goals: shred Alaskan steepest line with a new approach. Learn how these athletes prepare for a whole season before facing the Alaskan terrain. First, Richard wants to get a feel of deep powder skiing by planning a trip to Japan while Victor needs to practice his freestyle skills in the back-country.
Corinne's Grandmother is turning 80 years old! To celebrate such a milestone Rob and Corinne are baking the biggest cake you've ever seen!
Samora is a mysterius account that post random questions in several types of Facebook groups. What would be behind all this?
A tribute in commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the first heart transplant.
OL' MAX EVANS - THE FIRST THOUSAND YEARS is a fast-paced ride though changing times and includes Max telling his stories of Hollywood, studio executives, ranching, publishing houses, brawls with Hollywood friends such as director Sam Peckinpah, spiritual encounters with animals, tales of the changing West and more.
Today, as a skipper for bulgarian tourists, Nikolay recalls the dream he accomplished in 1985 : going around the world by himself. In crossing the iron curtain, he has shown the way to freedom to an entire generation of young Bulgarians.
A documentary collection of videos found by artists on social networks, something between a tragicomedy and a film about an environmental disaster. Workers of industrial enterprises of the Dnipropetrovsk region and residents of nearby areas filmed working days and emergencies on their gadgets. Heavy everyday life is complemented by flashes of non-triviality. However, such videos and their proliferation on the Internet are evidence of an ongoing class war (the use of recording devices at work is generally strictly prohibited). The directors have retained the original voice acting, which is distinguished by a bright emotional coloring, a mixture of surprise and delight. Scenes of (post)industrial hell alternate with unexpected situations of humor and humanity.
The 1971 Attica prison uprising is a signature moment of radical resistance for the American Civil Rights movement. The subsequent retaking of the prison is an open wound. Evidence of the Evidence explores this tortured history through a granular interrogation of its archival materials. Utilizing rarely seen video recordings shot by a New York State Trooper, the film offers a visceral ground level account of the events at Attica, but also chronicles the contemporaneous mediation and narrativization of these events.
Tom Weeden, 23 from Kent, England, is a motorbike racer in the search for victory at the most challenging road circuit in the world, the Isle of Man TT. Follow Tom, along with Steve, his Dad, come race mechanic, and discover the risk and reward lifestyle of those who ride on the ragged edge in the pursuit of glory. Climbing mountains, skimming kerbs, dodging stone walls and trees, at over 200mph.
Kurt Moser spent 30 years shooting scenes in war zones that no one should see. Now, he's catching light in Italy with his giant camera. In his decades of experience as a war cameraman, Kurt Moser had never seen a camera like the one he discovered under a blanket in a studio in Milan.
A family from a persecuted minority returns to Pakistan eight years after leaving. They discuss the discrimination they face over a familial get-together.
Lady Khadijeh Saqafi was born on 1st March 1914. At the age of 16 she married the clergyman Roohollah Moosavi Khomeini, who would later become Ayatollah Khomeini, Supreme Leader and founder of the Islamic Republic of Iran in 1979. This biography of Lady Khadijeh explores her 60 years with the Ayatollah, a hugely important period which came to shape Iran as it is today.
‘Hold Tight’ explores the importance of Carnival across the UK and how it’s celebrations provide an important lifeline to heritage and identity for younger generations of the Black Caribbean diaspora in Britain. It is a journey into the feeling of belonging, through the rituals of Carnival attendance and the power of bass.
Los Cometas de Boedo is one of the oldest and most traditional murgas in the city of Buenos Aires. During the eight months of preparation for his presentation at the Buenos Aires carnival, the director has filmed all aspects of his life.
A growing program in Ohio is training school staff to respond to active shooter situations with guns. Often reflecting a multitude of social issues, explore what both sides have to say about the issue, and the divide it has created in the town of Sidney, Ohio.
The player of Jia Zhangke's early film "Xiao Wu" and the famous independent film activist Wang Hongwei talked about Chinese independent films at the IFF Independent Film Forum.
This film is an exploration of unseen but intensely felt encounters: dreams. The fear – maternal fear – of loss, of separation from a child creeps into the self, bypassing the defence mechanism. Fear expands in dreams. The film’s images become a potential substitute and a release from the terror of these haunting, unimaginable sensations.
Live and relive the 16 and 17 June 2018. Share the participants’ joy
Dancer Nonoko Sato at Gallery Kaos No Ma in Kyoto. Shot in ambient light on 30 year old Kodachrome and developed in Caffenol, each frame of the film was exposed for up to a second. Nonoko Sato (Japan) is a member of Kiraza Butoh Company and is also active as an independent artist. Special thanks to Matuo Sunamoto of Gallery Kaos No Ma, Kyoto.
A freelance graphic designer encounters a rare type of crickets.
Aitor works from orality and the images it generates during a trip to Menorca in which he interviews several characters of the island.
A question of daffodils, or representation as substitution, or substitution as representation: a film haunted by what remains unsaid and unseen
In Foshan, a post 90s wage earner, Huang Zhongjian, is attempting to through Choy Lee Fut and lion dance to build justice in his hometown. Northern Xinjiang, a well-known old saddler, Ahet, is sparing no effort to pay his two sons` debts. These two men who disrelated is facing increasingly similar situation.
Tribute artists make a living from the one-time fame of artists like Elvis, Jackie Wilson and Jerry Lee Lewis. Documentary.
Luiza grew up communicating with her grandmother through film-letters. In the images, always filmed by her mother, she and Sister Cecilia showed how much they grew. Five years after his grandmother's death, the rehearsal film, It's alright, grandmother is drawn as a final letter. With a difference: now it is Luiza who narrates. The film interweaves sisters' daily records and archive footage to revisit childhood memories and outline the weight that distance has put on the family.
A documentary following the daily life of the people living in the coldest inhabited place on Earth.
Love Notes to Newton is a film about what a beloved (but short-lived) pen-based Personal Digital Assistant created by Apple Computer has meant for the people who used it, and the community who adore it.
The Alps in winter. Men and machines perform a strange ballet to shape the mountain. The terrain resists and blurs the boundaries between real and imaginary.
A truck drives into a square and a moveable tent is set up. Audience members enter and hear the faint voices from the cracks in society. As the tent becomes a convergence of the thoughts of those both on stage and off, we feel the power of resistance that the entire action entails. Functioning both as observer and participant, the director documents the tent's movements around Taiwan in the past decade.