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In the middle of the national carnival parade, a devil walks along the Malecón of Santo Domingo, asking participants and spectators what they feel during the carnival. For what purpose?

Follow Alex, Janae, and Katie as they investigate the hidden threats inside online worlds designed for children. After Katie is harassed by a predator on Roblox, the trio uncovers a disturbing network of extremists, predators, and illicit content. As their investigation gains traction, real-world tragedies — including a kidnapping and a mass shooting — underscore the devastating consequences of a system failing to protect its most vulnerable users. Through expert interviews and gripping verité storytelling, the film exposes the gaps in platform regulations and the dangers that continue to slip through the cracks. Blending investigative journalism with compelling visuals, Dangerous Games delivers a wake-up call on the urgent need for accountability in the evolving digital world.

The RoseMan of Omaha tells the story of Dean Battiato, a Sicilian-American man on the spectrum, who faces life's hardships with resilience and remarkable gifts, all while selling roses to spread love in a search for belonging and connection.

A cat cafe and a cat rescue team up to find loving homes for senior cats.

Beneath the soft glow of a theater stage, a conversation unfolds — an unraveling of stories tethered to history, shaped by places, and refracted through memory. Words echo silence as the stage becomes a mirror, reflecting what is seen, what is unseen, and what is felt. A contemplation of the liminal.

Walking along an Bronze Age path in the footsteps of Saint Patrick, pilgrims find community and inner-healing.

Metzer 58 play Punk. They were founded in a meet-up at Lebenshilfe Münster, an NGO that provides housing and other services to people with disabilities. The band consists of disabled people and able-bodied people. That doesn't really affect the topic of their songs or the amount of chaos and excess at their gigs, though. In this documentary, director Tobias Stiegler follows the band on tour and paints an intriguing portrait of Metzer 58

The First Detachment of the 8th Regiment UASOF an elite unit forged through years of combat experience. Through personal narratives, real battlefield chronicles, and symbolic cinematic framing, the film explores not only military operations, but the philosophy of the warrior - his mindset, responsibility, brotherhood, and the choices that define him.

“Sweet Spot” is an experimental animated short film that uninhibitedly explores the dialog between the work and its authors, Jorge Ribeiro and Paulo Patrício, whose points of view and creative approaches, both in terms of cinematographic language and ways of being, are quite different. Through this duality, and starting from a shared but at the same time individual process, the directors seek to understand at what point the short film they are making together reaches its “sweet spot”. In other words, the ideal point at which the work is considered finished.

Widespread closures threaten the very existence of live theater in America. A traditional career as an opera singer seems less and less viable. And yet: In spite of a system stacked against them, young singers continue to follow their calling, risking everything to gain entry into fiercely competitive apprenticeship programs. In VHO’s searing, intimate new documentary film, 5 young opera singers across America share a year of their lives with unprecedented access. What is driving their ambition? Who will “make it”? And what does success even mean to the next generation?

When images emerge from the film material itself and exist on their own, they become one thing among many others. Manipulations of super-8 and digital.

Pentimenti Productions is thrilled to release "Congregating Creativity," a short documenting an artist residency program at the First Presbyterian Church in Woodlawn featuring the incredible work of Max Li, Messejah Washington, Ameera Pernebsati Lys, and Dozzy Ibekwe. The film surveys the history of the church and residency program, and explores how this unique environment of the church impacts the artists and their work. Filmmakers: Alexandra Antoine, Jazz Echevarría, Courtney Niquia Larry, Violet Law, Sawyer Muir, Érika Ordosgoitti, Cedric A. Thurman, Vee Villareal

Amid an ecological crisis in Indonesian agriculture, a farmer's Javanese practices and poetic expressions offer a quiet resistance and a vision of living in harmony with the land.

Guided by compassionate experts and a devoted team of volunteers, Ramba, an Asian elephant who endured 50 years of isolation in a Chilean circus, embarks on an extraordinary 2,550-mile journey to her new home at Elephant Sanctuary Brazil.

Kingdom of Chiang Mai has been annexed into the centralized country of Thailand in 1894, Chao Doungduen - the princess, now without a kingdom, has staunchly held onto her royal status through her own means. Now, at 89 years old, She diagnosed with Alzheimerʼs disease, her symptoms cause her to live further in the past. She live in a bubble without much interaction from the outside world, while her family move out to live in a big city. Her niece, this documentary filmmaker visit her from time to time. It become somewhat surreal experience like walking into living museum. With her memories fading, will her belief in her superior ʻbloodlineʼ and ʻtitleʼ bring Chao Doungduen any solace in her final years?

Eva Giolo’s latest work takes us to Val Gardena, where people still speak Ladin, a Rhaeto-Romance language. Giolo subverts the usual representation of mountain communities to deliver a portrait of a precious cultural heritage in constant evolution. Here, the inhabitants preserve and nurture their culture for future generations with awareness of the world and creativity. Shot on 16mm film sensitive to the grandeur and fragility of nature, Memory Is an Animal, It Barks with Many Mouths is an exquisite essay on the vital importance of linguistic diversity. Made in Ladin language.

The film follows the winding paths of a textile history that has closely intertwined Nigeria and Austria for centuries. As colorful and multi-layered as the fabrics themselves, the film portrays extravagant fashion icons and busy textile producers, conjuring up the spirits that lurk in the hidden seams of colonial history.

As Celtas have already arrive.

The term "Lapo Chapé", derived from Martinican Creole, means "the skin color that escapes the status of a slave." This documentary thus explores the themes of skin color and mixed heritage from a unique perspective, through a series of testimonies that shed light on the invisible influences of history. These influences have shaped our social representations and continue to challenge our perceptions of identity today.

A Polish documentary that explores the early history of Pride marches in Poznań and the struggle for LGBTQ+ equality in Poland. It focuses on the contrast between the city’s 2020s identity as a so-called “Rainbow Capital of Poland” and its much harsher past when marches were rare and fraught with conflict. The film reflects on a first Pride march marked by a small group of around 200 people attempting to advance under heavy police presence, unable to walk more than 100 meters and facing aggressive suppression.

Amir fled from Afghanistan to Germany. He is a chess player. Luck plays a role in life, but not in chess, he says. A cinematic game of chess in three phases.

Documentary about French rap from the 2000s and its influence.

In a world of uncertainty, two narrators lend their voice to the dreams, fears, and hopes of Latin American youth. Who has the right to dream and at what cost do we lose our dreams of the future?

When an apex predator is in decline, so too is its ecosystem. Investigative journalism exposes ongoing corruption in the US Congress, falsely claiming that four federally owned dams are crucial to the Northwest power grid, while hiding the fact that an ecosystem collapse is in progress. At stake are Idaho' Salmon and Steelhead runs -- once among the greatest runs in the world -- and the salmon-eating Southern Resident Orcas facing imminent extinction.

The artist Manuel Díaz Vigo, along with various projects, delves into the work and legacy of his great-grandfather.

For 26 years (1972–1998), Swiss dentist Julien Grivel treated Hansenites (lepers) free of charge in Greece. An inner journey that helped him see the world and life differently. “By adopting the language of the Greeks, I unconsciously adopted their thinking,” he says. His friendship with ex-hansenite Manolis Fountoulakis was a catalyst.

Nnenna Onuoha's essayistic video work Entwicklungsland — Revisited (2025) engages with the 1975 BBC educational film Developing Country Ghana: Life in the City. Through conversations with the protagonists portrayed at the time and their current perspectives on the historical film material, a multi-layered reflection on representation, memory and postcolonial image politics emerges.

Mery Lemos records, with affection, delicacy and humor, the story of her mother and so many other women engaged in the fight against child malnutrition. A tribute to the collective strength and programs that have changed lives in the country.

Forest and community guards face insecurity and clandestine logging in their community.

Art documentary about the Accademia Carrara gallery, which reopened in 2015 after seven years of extensive restoration.

After a queer Chinese medicine practitioner is brutalized at a recent protest, their community comes together in quiet acts of healing.

The mafia-like structures in the Calabrian Mesoraca were built up in the 1990s, mainly thanks to weapons from Switzerland. The hub of the illegal trade was Ticino. An investigation into how the ‘Ndrangheta infiltrated a small Swiss town.

A documentary that tells a remarkable story of George Mansour, one of the pre-eminent independent film bookers in the US history. He is - after all - the man who gave us John Waters, Sean Cunningham and Wes Craven. He is the man who for many years championed independent cinema, showing films we would never had a chance to see without him. He is also the founder of the prestigious Boston Gay and Lesbian Film Festival, fourth oldest in the country. The film chronicles his humble beginnings, early clashes with an antigay policies of the USA government, up to the time he became a scion of an independent film movement.

The inspiring path of a Mamanwa graduate and a young tribe member who embrace Quality Education, seeking community development while preserving cultural roots.

What happens when man's reason is used as a weapon to slice through the accumulated detritus of ignorant and benighted ages and into the glorious new world of Enlightenment? The old is cleared away and the space is created for the new, but at what cost? Does reason itself have sufficient capacity to create a comprehensive world for man to exist as man, or does he become something else?

More and more of us are feeling that an invisible world exists, much larger than our earthly reality. We have met these explorers, doctors, psychiatrists, writers, mediums, journalists, who through their experiences help us understand what the beyond and the invisible might be like. So what does this invisible world look like? Can we connect with it? And what impact can it have on our earthly world?

On the military road construction site, on the pastures of Lessinia, writer Carlo Stuparic wrote to his brother Giani. The film celebrates his memory.

More than two decades after the September 11th attacks, chilling new claims are surfacing about a possible fifth plane intended to strike. While four hijacked planes carried out the devastating attacks, new information suggests another aircraft may have been part of the original plot — one that never reached its target. Was it grounded in time? Covered up? Or simply forgotten? This investigation digs into government documents, eyewitness accounts, and hidden details that may point to a fifth plane… and a deeper conspiracy.

The Scarlet Macaw, a vibrant symbol of the Mexican rainforest, is disappearing from the ecosystem. Conservation and Recovery of the Scarlet Macaw in Mexico explores the tireless efforts of Natura y Ecosistemas Mexicanos (NEM) to save the last remaining viable population of these iconic birds. Facing the constant threat of poaching, NEM works diligently to rescue hatchlings from vulnerable nests before they are looted. By forging partnerships with local communities, they have developed a network of dedicated individuals to locate and protect macaw nests. This compelling film showcases the resilience of both people and wildlife in a united fight to preserve a species that has long symbolized the beauty and diversity of the region's natural heritage.

Just as Mbaye is about to return to Dakar, France announces that it is closing its borders due to the Covid epidemic. A journey against the tide begins.

“Venom Files” is a thrilling journey into nature’s most powerful weapon: venom. From cobras to vipers, discover how evolution shaped killers built for precision, and how human expansion turns survival into conflict.

The extraction of flight feathers from birds of prey, as practiced by Neanderthal man, is revived in the Fumane Cave in Lessinia.

ANDRO DADIANI's political performances dissect the oppression by state and church in Georgia and conquer Tbilisi's urban spaces. As a queer, non-binary protest and performance art figure, their identity remains a secret. The danger of open resistance is too great.