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Fighter pilot Jerry Yellin flew the last combat mission of World War II and returned home to a dark life of survivor's guilt and daily thoughts of suicide. Married with four sons, Yellin was forced to face his enemy once again when his youngest son moved to Japan and married the daughter of a Kamikaze pilot.

The End of Stories is an animated documentary dome film about our inability to understand the present or imagine the future. The 4th installment in the “Corona Voicemails” series, the film showcases a collage of 37 perspectives from around the world of people coping with the turbulence of pandemic life.

Doru is a Romanian soldier on his first mission to Afghanistan. Laila is an Afghan girl. They've met for a brief second and from that moment their destinies became intertwined. This film, finding itself on the border between documentary and fiction, tells the stories of a soldier marked by the brutality of war and that of a young girl who had been in the wrong place, in the wrong time. The director combines archival footage from the war in Afghanistan with beautifully shot personal images, in a film about the cruelty of war, from the perspective of both the invaders and of the civilians trapped within.

In this experimental documentary filmmaker Sobo Swobodnik explores his milieu of origin.

Six Locked Doors explores the events leading up to the deadliest nightclub fire in American history on November 28, 1942 at the Cocoanut Grove nightclub in Boston, Massachusetts, and the ensuing consequences of a tragedy that left 492 people dead.

Marcy, Emmy and Carmen, three hispanic artists, take us through life in the south of Texas known as The Borderlands.

A documentary exploring Ireland's older generations' reactions to being confined during the coronavirus pandemic.

Dig into Zora Neale Hurston's classic novel, "Their Eyes Were Watching God," which follows Janie Crawford in her search for love and agency.

This 70-minute documentary covers the entire career of Joy Division, one of Manchester and Post-Punks most respected bands. It charts the entire short lifespan of the group, from their origins in their days as Warsaw to the more well known incarnation of Joy Division. Features include rare musical performances, obscure footage of rare interviews and rarely seen photographs. Plus review, comment, criticism and insight from; Mick Middles, co-author of Torn Apart: The Life Of Ian Curtis; former NME and Melody Maker journalist, Barney Hoskyns; Ex-Mojo Magazine editor, Pat Gilbert; Manchester punk musician and author, John Robb; music journalist and author David Stubbs; and more.

This collective film, a cinematographic performance, in a way a tribute to the poet and priest Jakub Deml, presents the experiences of individual creators upon encountering his texts from the ensemble "My Purgatory". It wavers between spontaneous, even raw film, and conceptual performance. A "heretical mass" of four interpenetrating parts in color (Closure, Pilgrimage, Home, Cemetery), which define typically Deml motifs. The fifth part, in high contrast black and white, is a reaction to the illusion of a colorful world, a voice from the graveyard that frames the eternally absurd human quest for immortality.

Zimka and Nazmija are two sisters from a Roma family growing up in Zagreb. Zimka is 17, which makes her older than Nazmija, but she does not act her age. Their relationship is marked by the clash of their characters, but also the strength of their sisterly bond. Before starting high school, together they spend the summer dancing, singing and wandering around the parks and streets of Zagreb. Zimka’s departure to live in a student residence and her relationship with Tin put a new strain on the sisters relationship. The film follows the two sisters during a turbulent time in their lives, raising the question of whether everyone has the right to a carefree adolescence or is that a special privilege.

Over a span of 8 years, Stefano talks about his choice to undertake sex reassignment from female to male. The first steps, the interviews with a still female face and voice, i problems that arise with hormone treatment. Many challenges and many objectives, not all of which are successful. “Ste” obtains consent for interventions to change a body in which he is not she recognizes. It soon reaches great visibility. But at the end of the parable in the media he is disappointed by the LGBT world, by the fake activism, and from the attacks received on the new image he projected of himself. Finally mature, Stefano confronts his past. Across the reflection of his true identity, he has now achieved his purpose: a "normal" life.

The Rocket is a century-old paddle steamer with regular sailings from the Bangladeshi capital Dhaka, transporting passengers to various destinations along the river. This double-decker vessel has clearly seen better days, but it’s still a popular means of transport for passengers from all walks of life.

Based on interviews with philosophers, sociologists and psychologists, and illustrated with archive footage, the film explains how social change works, why our moral landscape today changes so fast and how we can avoid polarization

Olympique Lyonnais is one of the world's best women's soccer teams. And when you watch ‘The Squad’, you understand that it's because they are skilled individually, but invincible when they play together. You do not have to be a football fan to be carried away by a team spirit, where everyone has their strengths and weaknesses. Still, team captain Wendie Renard and her teammates are up against more than just their opponents on the field. For equality is not just about equal pay, but about recognition and respect, and that battle must be won every day. An energetic and inspiring film about setting high goals - and scoring them.

Commissioned for S-AIR’s 2020 residency programme, Letter from Sapporo (2021) is a collage film offering a glimpse of daily life in the Japanese city of Sapporo. The film is the product of approximately 16 participants capturing material with their smartphones. Focusing on moments of stillness, intimacy, labour and humour, disparate material is wedded into a compelling and coherent whole by Quaintance’s subtle editing, original music and vivid sound design.

Lot 448, a new documentary premiering at this year’s virtual Tribeca Film Festival sponsored by Bulgari. Lynda Albertson, aforensic analyst who has made it her life mission to track down famous missing works of art and repatriate them to their rightful owners.

A collective journal written by film school students during the CoViD-19 pandemic.

To mark the centenary of the great science fiction writer, Stanislaw Lem, we present this tribute by the legendary stop motion animators Stephen and Timothy Quay. Explore the life and impact of Stanisław Lem through an unique lens of the Quay Brothers.

In the spring of 1992, multimedia artist Ivan Faktor travels from war-struck Osijek to Copenhagen. To inform Danes of the ongoing war, his team appears on Stop TV, the most important independent TV station in Denmark. Faktor films the entire trip, his travel companions, the TV appearance, conversations on art and war, friends they visit, meeting his wife and son, and their trip back.

Slam poet AKeem Rollins delivers a powerful performance about facing the greatest challenge of his life and finding a strength he never knew he had.

The special feature follows two lady cadets through their journey at the Officer’s Training Academy where they undergo rigorous training to join the Indian Army.

Hal Schmulowitz explains how he got up close to The Rolling Stones during their 1981 tour.

As the use of plastic has gained ground in our lives over the years, there has been an inexplicable increase in a number of diseases and disorders amongst the population. In this film as part of the Why Plastic? series, we meet leading researchers looking into the reasons for these disorders. We also follow case studies of people suffering from various health conditions thought to be caused by exposure to certain every day materials including plastic. Are these people the victims of unfortunate coincidences - or is there an explanation?

On the early pandemic of Covid-19, Adel's family struggles to maintain livelihood as her mother had her work terminated by the office. The family consist of 5 kids to protect. So by then, they decided to open a family business, lead by her mom as she knows the best about food. With everyone helping around and discussing the future of the business, it led to many adventure for them as family.

Julius Caesar’s relentless pursuit of power positioned him against a mighty rebel force that fought the infamous Roman general at his own game. Now, archaeologists investigate the truth behind key moments that took Caesar to the brink of defeat.

The story of 36-year-old Albert, an experienced tire changer, who once sang in a dusty hangar on camera and suddenly became famous in Tik Tok. The film reveals the issue of illusory happiness by the example of the character’s fate. False and genuine values ​​is the main theme and motivation for the plot development and the plot includes an unhappy family and a dubious career, a son missing his father, and a father who is busy with his own affairs and has no time for the family.

2011 saw the largest wave of disorder in the UK since the 1980s. This revelatory film hears from the people who experienced the riots up close and personal. A decade on, we look back at the summer of 2011 through the eyes of those whose lives have never been the same since. In a series of candid interviews, we hear the story from all angles. Convicted rioters, frontline police, a judge, a government advisor and a grieving father look back at that week in August, and the years that followed, to piece together what really happened and why.

A lollipop officially licensed by the Vatican sparks filmmaker Annie Berman's 20-year exploration of fandom, memorabilia, and legacy within the orbits of three cultural icons: Pope John Paul II, Elvis Presley, and Diana, Princess of Wales.

The story is about ordinary Ukrainian young men who become heroes. At a crucial moment, they take up arms and defend their homeland. This film is about those who have made a choice in favor of freedom, even if they have to pay with their lives for it.

A young man is caught in the cyclical phases of a violent illness.

Springs Joy is an immersive 360 short documentary about the joy and wonder of Florida's unique but endangered fresh water springs. A section of north Florida contains the largest springs and the highest concentration of freshwater springs on earth. And people never forget their first experience with one. Springs Joy takes viewers into the middle of the action, where the only thing missing is the cool water splashing on their faces as they plunge into the world of these magnificent crystalline springs.

A major climatic shift, drought is taking hold in Europe. We take a closer look at this worrying phenomenon, linked to global warming and amplified by our intensive farming practices.

A campaign team travels to Minnesota to lend support and hold elected officials accountable. They never quit asking people to be better and for the system to change, and change it does.

Ki Muqoyyim is the 33rd descendant of the Prophet Muhammad SAW. Ki Muqoyyim is the son of Raden Abdul Hadi with a mother named Ratu Randu Lawang Anjasmara. He is a Mufti in the Keraton Kanoman Cirebon. Because the Dutch colonialists at that time were too involved in Javanese customs and affairs in the palace, Ki Muqoyyim decided to leave the palace and build a boarding school for the Buntet Pesantren. Because more and more people joined the boarding school at the Buntet Pesantren, the Dutch were afraid, the Belnda thought that Ki Muqoyyim would gather more people to protest against the Dutch decision at that time, the Dutch immediately attacked the Buntet Pesantren at that time. However, Ki Muqoyyim was not easy to catch, he continued to fight against the Dutch. He kept moving from place to place, from Buntet, to Pemalang, Central Java. Then he was asked to help the war in Aceh

This little film came up during the composition of "A Nau dos Loucos", when I realized that the dubbing sessions were taking up too much space to not become a film by itself. It's our first day of reading the script and composing the voiceover, first day collectively working on Pazucus, which is when it starts to get really fun. I didn't even know that making this film (these films actually) would be such an amazing experience yet, but I already had a good idea and I was already quite happy to just spend the day recording demented narrations with Marcius Lindner, Mariana Ungaretti (who does not appear in the film, but it provided us with the wonderful sound delirium, the closest I've ever come to seeing a private concert by Diamanda Galás ) and Marcel Mars.

The story of Kenneth Ofori, a Ghanaian who found a new home in Brazil.

Sitting Tall: The Patrick Anderson Story examines the background and career of Patrick Anderson, arguably the greatest wheelchair basketball player of all time, as he prepares for the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo.

Sacha is a reporter. For 4 months, he traveled for 6,000 kilometers of expeditions and cooking. First on a sailboat in the Mediterranean, then hitchhiking in Morocco or on a freight train in Mauritania, he ended his journey on a motorbike in Senegal. People, places and local recipes are on the menu of this documentary.

Tells the story of a man desperately trying to be a good father after a lifetime spent trying to be a great star

“A Significant Name” tells the story of Banban’s Chinese name. Born in Texas to Taiwanese immigrant parents, Banban was given an identifiable female American name - now their dead name - as a way to assimilate into western culture. But as their sense of who they are evolves, so does their name.

Documentary revealing all about the multinational, Seattle-based chain of coffeehouses.

Apocalypse series such as "Fear the Walking Dead" have shown us all too distressingly that, in the face of the apocalypse, stockpiling may secure your own supplies in the short term, but in no way offers protection against the actual threat. And an end-time classic like “Contagion“ already preached ten years ago that hand hygiene and face masks are essential if a global pandemic is to be contained. In "Fiction for Future", we ask old masters of the genre such as Roland Emmerich, Terry Gilliam and Frank Schätzing what the nightmarish tales of doom tell us about the horrors of our future. How will global challenges such as climate change and pandemics change our lives? Can we master the major challenges of our future? And if so, how?

A documentary journey-essay about memory and home. The film's director Daria Likhaya returns to her childhood home and her trip is followed by veracious stories. A spotted dress, a KAMAZ left in a courtyard, a woman's face in the window—every detail becomes a source of memories. The impressions of strangers are intertwined and mixed, the border between the virtual and the real becomes blurred.

The film "The Dead Mall" brings you on a journey with a teenage girl, 'Patty' from the year 1977, who time travels to the 2021 version of her local mall.

Dominique, Suzanne, and Annette: three women who participated in the adventure of the Medvedkine groups (Besançon, Sochaux, 1967-1974). In those same years, the lives of our grandmothers and mothers experienced decisive changes: they worked outside the home and revolutionized customs. A group of Besançon students are investigating those events and questioning their own family memory.

This show captures the band right at the peak after The Joker, and in the middle of Fly Like an Eagle and Book of Dreams, a stream of hits… We decided to call it Breaking Ground because that’s exactly what we were doing.