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In "A lot of things don't, don't really exist anymore" I talk to myself about my religious upbringing. I grew up in a fundamental Christian community that built their identity on the understanding of Christianity to be the only true way of living, and therefore a critical reflection about the absolute rightness of their beliefs was utterly out of question. Nonbelievers were seen as "lacking something", as people who either need to be educated or avoided. A binary opposition which decried all non-Christian cultures and people as incomplete was imposed, in order to define their own Christian identity as superior and to gain power over the other. The supremacy of an all-encompassing God who divides the world in "right" and "wrong", "heaven" and "hell" and the demand to commit to such a God always felt restrictive to me and deprived me of the agency.

In a sleepy mountain town nestled in rural America, seven foreign exchange students set out to tackle the 'American Dream'.

Ties That Bind: Hawai'i In the Pacific is a documentary feature that explores how Hawai'i'is commercially caught tuna and swordfish get from the ocean to the sushi roll with an emphasis on some of the difficult management issues that underlie the process.

An experiential, immersive documentary capturing a year in the life of a 130 year old Nebraska Sandhills ranch in a lyrical, timeless manner. The film presents the intriguing personalities and opinions of those individuals who choose this sparse, rugged lifestyle. From old school patriarchs to artistic ranchers 'with a painting problem', and from young guns pushing the ranch operations into the future to family tragedies endured, OCEAN OF GRASS leaves the viewer with an appreciative of the ranching lifestyle in the today's modern, fast-paced world. You will come to know and understand the ranching community and the honest manner in which they approach life. OCEAN OF GRASS showcases the incredible yet sublime beauty of the little-known Nebraska Sandhills using 4K, aerial, and POV cameras. The project was conceived, produced, directed, filmed, edited, and graded by first-time filmmaker Georg Joutras.

When Jamaican barbershop owner 'Baggio' opens his store for the day, one can expect a jovial atmosphere to follow him around no matter the time. Based in North London, Baggio's store Fresh Cutz has rapidly become a staple community hangout for the multicultural area. Whether one is looking for a haircut, a nice book to read, a homely locality to watch Sunday night football or even a taste of authentic Caribbean cuisine, Baggio and his friends have everything covered. This short documentary observes how the store serves as a place for social well-being and community conversation.

“De fac-to” is devoted to the problem of appropriation and re-interpretation of history in a post-truth society. Filmed in Lviv in 2016-17, it shows a complex picture of the coexistence of diametrically different communities in the same post-Soviet space. The annual rituals associated with the events of World War II, initiated by various political, social and ethnic groups, have the character of a performance and, despite the tragedy of the historical context, often cause a comic effect. The film is a collaboration of the artist Ekaterina Shapiro-Obermair and the historian Alexandra Wachter.

"Blackbird: Legacy of Innovation", uncovers the secretive corridors of Lockheed Martin's Skunk Works during the creation of the SR-71 Blackbird, an engineering marvel that redefined the limits of speed and altitude. Through interviews with pilots who tamed this beast of the skies and insights into the relentless innovation that drove its development, this documentary reveals the relentless pursuit of excellence that defined an era of aviation history and unveils the legacy of an aircraft that transformed the aerospace industry forever.

A documentary film on the life and work of Fr. Ubald Rugirangoga, a Catholic priest and a survivor of the 1994 Rwandan Genocide. He returned to his country to bring healing, forgiveness and reconciliation to victims and perpetrators alike.

Including extraordinary and unseen historical footage of WW1 and 2 and narrated by Sir Martin Lewis, 100 Years of the RAF is a definitive film that pays tribute to the determination and courage our men and women take on in the theatres of war; to defend our freedom and bring relief to people in need.

Ballymun, a suburb of Dublin and home to the largest social regeneration programme in Europe. The 4th Act examines the legacy of this 18-year project, via the dramatically and digitally reconstructed memories of the community its

Short videoart piece by Motasem Siam.

A character driven story of a gay Indian man who started a support group (with help from ACON) for the LGBT community after overcoming the obstacles of an oppressive culture; separated parents; sexual abuse; migration; leaving his wife and two sons; and disappointment with the Church (which he chaired for a few years). It’s a story of courage needed to discover your authentic self and paying it forward within our community.

When arriving at the Invisible Island (a small place that floats on dry land, trying to hide from what surrounds it) we meet Dádá, the musician. Dádá tries to create a lunar melody. Only this will be able to attract celestial bodies, moving them from their unfazed positions, and to onset the reversed eclipse so that eternal love can be summoned.

The struggle to pass the 1967 Abortion Act and its continued ramifications to the present day. Featuring never before broadcast interviews with women who had backstreet abortions, those in the medical profession on both sides of the debate, and the politicians and campaigners who were at the forefront of the law on illegal abortion being changed.

Interview with James McLeod, animated by Holly Summerson, for ECA Animation 'Issues of Representation in Animation'.

For decades, the poor and dispossessed have been herded and confined to Skid Row. In Passing Through, the seemingly lost find a new sense of community.

In 2014 the breathtaking landing of the Rosetta Mission on a comet unveils most secrets about our existence and the genesis of the solar system. After a 10-year-journey straight across the universe the space probe 'Rosetta' finally landed its robot 'Philae' on the comet Tschurjumov-Gerassimenko. With this major mission scientists anticipate to get long-desired information about our existence.

Federico Fanti, paleontologist and explorer, coordinates an international mission composed of 15 experts. The group will try and face the phenomenon of fossil smuggling in a concrete way.

Three cleaning maids share their experience after a decade working in a Motel. Through this testimony we enter a daily world that little by little start to become paranormal.

The heritage of a never-opened suitcase reveals for the children the secret history of their parents. The Boers were one of the many Jewish families who managed to escape the holocaust by crossing the Pyrenees. Although there are many stories that have been written about it, there has never been one so well documented. The Jewish Wedding tells the emotional legacy of the Holocaust for second-generation Jews, and how they cope with the silence about a story they are afraid to remember.

For centuries jajam printing flourished in many regions of Rajasthan. Embedded in the local culture, these large decorative floor spreads had a significant role within each community. Made from thick handloom or mill-made cotton, jajam was naturally dyed and block printed for a multitude of social and cultural activities. But by the mid 20th century, many reasons like migration of large numbers of craftsmen from villages to bigger town and cities, affected the production of the traditional textile

Sabaton at Resurrection Festival Estrella Galicia 2017

Aella takes 250ug of LSD.

Made from archival 35mm film prints held in the G. William Jones Film and Video Collection.

2013, as a freshmen, I tried running away from the artistic military discipline. 2015, in my sophomore year, I confronted with Sewol Ferry disaster and the pain of others, behind the screen. 2016 in my junior year, I survived from the misogynic survival. 2017, at the final year of college I fought and won against my case of retributive defamation. is a public question and a private record of mundane discrimination and misogynic oppression that a woman in her 20s has experienced living in hell-like Korea.

This Norwegian documentary asks the question if you really can go around without a smartphone and social medias in todays society. The movie follows 16 year old Elida as through a week without her smartphone and no access to her social medias. During the documentary we also get to hear the perspectives of some of her fellow classmates, a teacher, a professor in information- and media science at the University in Bergen, and leader of the local support group for victims of bullying.

Two Millennia ago a culture that is still unknown to us today erected thousands of mounds throughout the Midwestern United States to the Gulf of Mexico. They are called the Hopewell, the Adena or the Mississippian… However, no one knows what these people actually called themselves. In other words, they remain mysterious and unknown to us today...

The ruins of an abandoned factory and the forgotten artefacts left behind appear in The Laboratory as a visible record of the passage of time and of a fatalistic degradation in which emptiness is an evident sign of the transformation of a utopia into dystopia. The inevitable ephemerality is also the centrepiece in On Remote Places, which, through a succession of desolate landscapes accompanied by a hypnotic soundtrack, evokes and suggests a contemplative sensory environment, around time.

In Mexico there are just over 150 films a year, half of them have support or encouragement from the State for their production, only half get projected on a screen commercially or in Festivals and only some of these films are independent. A documentary that arises from the same filming of an independent film, filmed for 4 weeks in Durango in the midst of wonderful landscapes.

“I’m not in the picture!” The grandmother is sure the filmmaker has positioned the camera wrong. The old lady vigorously defends her image of herself against her granddaughter, who wants to learn more about her flight from Hungary to Austria. In a dialogue characterized by friction and intimacy, they reveal the way families pass on their history from one generation to the next, and how it works its way into the core of relationships.

Documentary short about the contrasting experiences, past and present, of three trans men of different generations.

On the eve of postponed Congolese elections, two Congolese and two Belgian cineastes make a film about Kinshasa and its resistance against the legacies of colonialism. The four filmmakers want to tell a story together, but having grown up on other sides of history, they have different views on how to tell that story. What should it look like? Who should be in it? For whom is it made? Faire-part is the search of four filmmakers for a way to portray the city. Through filming artistic performances in public space, they paint a provocative picture of Kinshasa and its relations with the rest of the world.

Pol Brennan of Clannad takes a look at Alan Lomax's visit to Ireland during his quest to preserve the folk music of the world.

Anifa survives a kidnap. Isa grows old surrounded by fear. In the heart of Maputo in Mozambique, this two sisters face together a place where the belief in black magic still pursues albino people.

Kadamman: War dancer of nature, a poet who combined observations from both nature and society to effectively convey issues of social relevance.

The grandson finds the burial of his grandfather, who went to the front in 1941 and died in a fascist prisoner-of-war camp.

A director returns to her hometown of Chuncheon to tell her family's personal story.

Documentary about another vision of the city of Santos.

An off the cuff documentary, depicting a group of friends' ramble through the Derbyshire Peak District; including a musical ride on the Folk Train, stunning views from the top of Kinder Scout, and a general sense of Tolkien-esque questing.

Combining archival footage of earth processes with interviews describing mysterious physical experiences and emotional attachments, this film turns to the earth to explore how everything we bury deep inside eventually speaks through the geology of the body.

Ten years after the first riots the media no longer speak of the Greek crisis. Everything suggests that the austerity cure has succeeded and that calm has returned. This film proves the opposite. In Thessaloniki young people prevent auctions of foreclosed homes. In Crete peasants oppose the construction of a new airport. In Athens a mysterious group worries the power by multiplying the sabotages. In the neighborhood of Exarcheia threatened with evacuation the heart of the resistance welcomes the refugees in self-management. A trip to music among those who dream of love and revolution.

For decades, the 'Legionaries of Christ' appeared mainly as a globally acting and rapidly growing community that is very loyal to the Pope. Especially due to their success among the young, many conservative Catholic circles considered the movement a convincing answer to the crisis of faith in the Western world. After an unparalleled abuse scandal surrounding the Mexican founder of the order, however, overall enthusiasm has cooled noticeably. Nevertheless, the remaining members still believe in the validity of the movement's original mission. Even in an increasingly skeptical environment they continue spreading a message that is inspired by a radical faith. The film follows the work of the Legionaries in Germany, thereby giving a rare insight into the mindset and survival strategies of a specific Catholic worldview.

From his office at La Borde Clinic, Jean Oury recounts a life spent hosting madness. Valuable testimony of one of the major players in twentieth century psychiatry, this film invites us to share the quality of a meeting whose stakes exceed the clinical field from all sides. By drawing us closer to a subtle knowledge of psychosis, He sends everyone back to an essential reconquest of humanity.

Documentary about the participation of the International Brigades in February 1937 in containing the advance of the rebel troops after the fall of Malaga.

The post-industrial city of Marl, Germany carries the scars of the economic depression following the mining industry’s demise. City squares are filled with public sculptures bearing witness of past wealth surrounded by public buildings that are Brutalist masterpieces. Here, a horse stands alone. The horse is almost static, but in spite of his relative fixity, it remains the only source of life present in this deserted urban environment. The work looks at the archetypical forms of equestrian public sculptures and more broadly questions the use, codes and authority of public space artwork.

A documentary about Iranian-Armenian maestro Loris Tjeknavorian, the celebrated Iranian-Armenian composer and one of the leading conductors of his generation. His compositions have been performed by major orchestras, including the London Symphony Orchestra, London Philharmonic Orchestra, American Symphony Orchestra in New York and the Tehran Symphony Orchestra. Tjeknavorian himself said the film is about a mad person, and "I have always said that the mad people make the world and the wise ruin it".

Aria Dean explores the black creative labour put into memes, images defined not by their content but by how they are circulated, mutated and compressed. While all memes lack attribution, Dean illustrates a palpable link between white appropriation of memes created by black people and a deeper lineage of theft and leering fascination.

Witnessing my daughters passage though childhood with a 35mm Russian movie camera.

Outitude is a heartfelt documentary that attempts to get to the core of what it means to be lesbian. We explore what defines us, what connects us, and what are our commonalities. We spoke to rural and urban lesbians, poets, writers, activists, self-professed bar dykes, queer women and curious women. Personal stories tell of the diversities of identities, tales of coming out, experiences of homophobia and the varied types of activisms that offer a kaleidescope of the richness and diversity of our lesbian community.

Soberania is a documentary about an ecosocial crisis in the Chiloé Achipelago, in the south of Chile. Its inhabitants were faced with and reacted to what they called death of the sea after hundreds of years living in a deep bound with the sea