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Link Sar follows Zimmerman, an elite American alpinist, while he attempts to climb (and survive) one of the world’s most challenging unclimbed peaks, alongside his climbing partners Steve Swenson, Chris Wright, and Mark Richey.

How do you save a language that has not been spoken for a whole generation? It’s essential to use the language in chat rooms, in creating movies, blogs, and rap, and to generally use it more often on the Internet. Alexey Ivanov is an enthusiast who understood this and approached Yandex with the idea of making an online translator from the Sakha language. The task that engineers solved many times with other languages turned out to be more difficult and interesting. In addition to technology, this project needed a protagonist.

On the way up Yushan takes the journeys of Mr. Wu Rong-Fu and Mr. Lin Chang-An as the axes of narrative. The two individuals had some "modifying" on the top of Yushan. Their lives are intimately tied with Yushan. The personal narratives branched out along the way, the unexpected events on the halfway, and the anonymous landscapes, the mountain of memories via hands and materials as well as imaginations and recollections. Though they never meet, through the film, they'd have a chance to walk aside.

A short documentary film about the lives of three Drag Queens from Pernambuco, showing their reality, their work as artists and their lives. The film tries to demystify the drag queen stereotype rooted in society.

Vicky is fisherman by day and bar owner at night. When she was a little boy her dream was to be a radio soap opera star, nowadays she dreams of falling in love again. How is it possible that a small, barren place in the third world has managed to achieve this special form of freedom and tolerance?

Bric à Brac is a documentary that takes a playful yet lucid look at the social ritual of the garage sale. Filmed spontaneously across the Abitibi-Témiscamingue region, six enthusiasts share their impressions of their summer pastime, while a philosophy teacher and a well-known anthropologist (Bernard Arcand) compare their interpretations of the phenomenon in a clear-sighted, concrete way. Bric à Brac bypasses commonplaces to reflect on our consumer habits, our relationship with objects and the importance of territoriality in the practice of this inevitable activity that colors (or embarrasses!) our summers.

Frenemies is a full-length documentary that tells the story of the close yet conflicted relations between the United States and Cuba from the 1950s to the present. How much longer can this small Caribbean island survive the longest embargo in history? Frenemies snatched the Audience Award at its premiere at the Dunedin International Film Festival, won the Social Impact Award at the Latino & Native American Film Festival and the Award of Excellence at the Docs Without Borders Film Festival. Frenemies’ appeal comes from how it creatively weaves lively discussions of politics and history with Cuban music, art, culture and views of urban and rural scenery.

Athletes who have struggled for acceptance due to race, religion, sexual orientation, and other prejudices, endure conflict in their quest to level the playing field.

When the students of Helgenæs Boarding School in Denmark go hunting together, it is primarily about what gets shot and who shoots it. But for these youngsters, who seem to find themselves somewhere in between childhood and adulthood, the hunt is a focal point for a shared culture as well as an identity. It becomes their way of tackling the transition into adulthood.

Like millions of São Paulo residents, Castanheiro is a migrant. Coming from Recife as a child, at age 11 he began his artistic career playing zabumba. He performed with artists such as Trio Nordestino, Zé do Baião and Luiz Gonzaga. But Castanheiro also served as manager of one of the biggest forró houses in the city, as well as artistic director of a record company and radio programmer.

A documentary about country life and longing of the grandparents.

Riverside Station Detroit - June 19th, 2021

Lead Belly: The Man Who Invented Rock & Roll offers a vibrant and uplifting journey through the life of a true musical pioneer. Directed by Curt Hahn, this compelling documentary celebrates Lead Belly's achievements, sheds light on his significant contribution to music history, and emphasizes the importance of his story in today's current affairs. As we navigate complex social issues and seek inspiration, Lead Belly's unwavering spirit and enduring legacy remind us of the power of resilience, unity, and the ability of music to bring people together. This full-length feature film pays homage to the remarkable career, perseverance, and lasting impact of the musical genius.

We see them, but decide to ignore them. They ask us, but we're bothered by it. Break out of your bubble and live immersively the stories and the daily life of half of Colombia's labor force: informal workers.

The Halifax Harbour Grudges are embarking on their most important season ever. After nine years of hard work and a revolving door of leadership, they've finally been given the chance to compete on the international track. Jumping the Apex focuses on the diverse group of women and non-binary folks that have dedicated their lives to the sport. Their attitudes, relationships, and skill levels are tested beyond belief. But in the pursuit of becoming a world-class organization, can these small-town players protect the innocence and charm that has made them such a special team?

They're zero-budget, amateur, homemade, zany, creative, weird and often downright hilarious: a dozen "Sweded" versions of favorite films come together in The Sweded Film Festival for Creative Re-Creations. From mega-blockbusters to concert films, The Sweded Film Festival for Creative Re-Creations offers fan-made, five-minute versions of Die Hard, No Country for Old Men, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, The Lighthouse – even Stop Making Sense, among others. The Sweded Film Festival for Creative Re-Creations showcases the passion, humor, creativity and incredible ingenuity of film fans nationwide who won’t be deterred by a pandemic … and can't stop loving the movies.

Liv Grannes from Mosjøen became Norway's highest decorated woman after World War II. But, both her achievements, and Stalin and Churchill's false flag operation in Helgeland, disappeared in the darkness of history. Why?

Color only exists in the presence of light, so all things are essentially black. But really, what is black? A short, elegant and experimental exploration of the value and meaning of BLACK.

Documentary examining the rise in people entering relationships based on a financial agreement. For young people in a material world where financial security is often out of reach, 'sugar dating" can look like a solution to being skint.

Documentary about an immigrant girl from Venezuela and her passion for ballet.

In the mountains of the Abakan ridge, in the remote Siberian taiga, there lives a unique hermit — Agafya Karpovna Lykova. She is the last of the Lykov family of Old Believers. Many people have heard about their history. Back in 1936, the Lykov family settled in the deep taiga, away from people.

Ongoing investigation by Laura Poitras and Sean Vegezzi

A docudrama set during winter period in the Slovenian coastal town of Piran.

Following her coronation in 1838, Britain's Queen Victoria was being relentlessly pursued by a strange teenager, Edward "the Boy" Jones, who had an uncanny ability to sneak into Buckingham Palace without being detected. "If he had come into my bedroom, how frightened I would have been," the Queen wrote in her journal. As a result of his multiple intrusions into Buckingham Palace, the Boy Jones became a media celebrity. Fearful that he might injure or even assassinate the Queen, or kidnap the Princess Royal, the government of Prime Minister Lord Melbourne wanted to get rid of the Boy Jones at all costs.

Over 20 years have passed since Elwy Yost last served as the beloved host of TVO's Saturday Night at the Movies and Magic Shadows. His infectious enthusiasm for cinema and interviews with actors, filmmakers, and critics influenced generations and left an enduring legacy with audiences across Ontario. Through archival footage and interviews with family, friends, and colleagues, this film tells the story of how a school teacher from Weston, Ontario became a Hollywood film authority.

In 1966, a U.S. B-52 bomber and a tanker plane crashed into each other over the village of Palomares in southern Spain. The plutonium in the bombs carried by the B-52 was spread over a wide area, and today it still lies buried 20 feet underground, surrounded by desert landscapes and fenced enclosures. This has major health implications for the local people, including filmmaker Camila Moreiras. The Spanish landscape and Moreiras’s body come together in parallel stories of recovery and survival—land and body alike must adapt, whatever the cost.

The refugee camp Khao-I-Dang on the border of Cambodia and Thailand was known as the “hill of death.” Hundreds of thousands of people fleeing famine or certain death under the Khmer Rouge arrived there exhausted. Among them were a mother and her baby daughter, who later found a home in France. Fourty years later, the daughter—filmmaker Neary Adeline Hay—follows the trail back in a highly personal, elegantly filmed journey through their past.

When a young woman who wants to prevent the extinction of wild lions, decides to create a false identity to portray herself as a "big game photographer" and rather seamlessly infiltrates the male dominated world of trophy hunters in Africa, she inadvertently puts herself at tremendous personal risk.

The feature-length documentary "Cavalo de Santo", based on the homonymous book by the photographer Mirian Fichtner, is the result of ten years of research among the terreiros of Rio Grande do Sul and portrays the Afro-Brazilian religious universe in Rio Grande do Sul.

"Primavera" is a frenetic experimental animation that documents the pandemic and the Black Lives Matter protests as they intersect in springtime Brooklyn. Shot during isolation on a phone, the video explores the effects of imposed distance on touch and intimacy, the proximity of an invisible virus and invisible deaths, and the revolt against the racist, corrupt systems that commodify, exploit and render their most vulnerable citizens disposable.

Bijan Ebrahimi was burned to death by Lee James and his accomplice Stephen Norley, vigilantes who wrongly believed the innocent Iranian man was a paedophile

The documentary delves into how scientists, doctors, and other experts across Singapore, China, Japan, South Korea, and the U.K. worked tirelessly around the clock to combat the micro-pathogen, and the concerns and opinions of public and political figures.

Grapes much like human beings, need to struggle to build character. Bodega De Edgar is a short film on the life of winemaker Edgar Torres. Edgar Immigrated to the US illegally with his father in the 80's for a better life. Believing in the American Dream, Edgar worked for years to invest in four barrels of wine. Edgar now makes uniquely sophisticated Spanish inspired wines in Paso Robles California.

The sound artist Jacob Kirkegaard has travelled thousands of miles from El Paso to Tijuana, along the growing wall that separates Mexico and the United States. A man-made metal membrane that makes its own sounds and whose steel wires sing in the wind as it stretches across the landscape from the desert to the sea. In his meditative video and sound work, Kirkegaard has mounted microphones on and around the wall to understand its dual character as a militant monument and abstraction. Both panoramas and close-ups show us that this, at first sight, deserted area of south-western USA has its own life of light and shadow – and not least sound.

A document of a weekend with the family.

Wilhelm Hansen was a visionary businessman who lived in Denmark in the 19th century. He was one of the few collectors to take an interest in Impressionist painters at a time when they were attacked and denigrated. The film takes us to Hansen's summer house on the outskirts of Copenhagen and takes us on a tour of the extraordinary exhibition at the Royal Academy in London dedicated to his collection.

In this film, following in the footsteps of Patrick Edlinger, Christian and Olivier build the legendary roof of La Piade (Toulon, France) solo in deep water. Up to 18 m high, the two climbers are keen to work the route without a rope. The Piade site appears in the first minutes of the film “La Vie Au Bout Des Doigts” by Jean-Paul Janssen. At a height of 15m, after several summers of work, Olivier is one of the rare local climbers to have completed this route. Today, it is Christian who is taking on this same challenge. The two climbers are keen to work it without the help of a rope. After each fall, they must start the route from the beginning. Guided by his elder, the film recounts Christian's progression and success on the path. It is also the story of their friendship and the joy they share together, suspended, “at their fingertips”. Determined, Christian works the route in summer, as in winter, despite the sometimes unpredictable conditions.

Brigada Nueve (Cell No. 9) is a film about the collective experiences of former female political prisoners in the Philippines, who share their struggles, the truth of living inside the prison walls, and how they fought for their freedom.

In this documentary, you will get an exclusive overview of short line railroads with the American Short Line & Regional Railroad Association, the industry trade group, and industry experts like the president of the American Short Line & Regional Railroad Association and Trains columnist Bill Stephens.

Jenny Graham designs a grueling training ride, over 1200 kilometres, in preparation for one of the toughest solo ultra endurance races in the world, The Transcontinental. Exploring the history and rules of The TCR, Jenny chats to Race Director Anna Haslock, past winner James Hayden, Performance Coach Laura Penhaul, and cycling Chef Alan Murchision for expert advice on how to tackle the race. From her home in Scotland to Bath in the South West England, Jenny’s ride will test the physical and mental fitness she’ll need to tackle the 4000 kilometre race across Europe.

Driven by a dream to change the world, renowned big wave adventurer Chris Bertish puts his life on the line in his attempt to become the first person to stand up paddleboard solo from Africa to North America to raise money for needy children in Africa. But 93 days alone at at sea forces Bertish to not only brave all the perils of the Atlantic, but his relationship with his brothers as he comes to grip with the death of his legendary father.

Ever since slave ships were followed by sharks across the Atlantic Ocean, there has been a deeply troubled relationship between the Black community in America and water. Porsha Olayiwola's passionate and powerful poem "Water" addresses—in a torrential outpouring of rage—this systemic weaponization of water against her community.

A look at a mother's experience educating her children through the use of "pods" during the COVID-19 pandemic when in-person schools were shut down. Winner of the Best Documentary award in the 2021 PSU Film Spring Showcase.

Migranta tells the stories of Vicky, Betty and Lety, (three mothers who have come to Canada from Mexico as part of the federal government’s Seasonal Agricultural Worker Program) as they face calculated risks, difficult choices and harsh realities while navigating, work and life in Canada while being separated from families and communities they support.

August 9, 2020 is the day of the beginning of the largest protest in Belarus. From morning till evening Minsk was filled with people in white bracelets. In the evening, when the central election commission announced the interim results of the elections, brutal dispersal of the protesters began. Alexander Taraikovsky died that night.

With over 2000 uploads, Frenchman Georges denounces the alienating and dehumanising reality of Chinese society. The most successful and political film by Canadian director Gagnon who for years has chronicled the coding of a new world order in the digital age.

A short documentary about the life and true story of Laila Abdulaziz, a pioneer of music in the Arabian Gulf and staple of Kuwaiti history who had a vision for the future that no one was ready for, not even herself.

1976 was an important year for China - Chairman Mao dies and the Cultural Revolution ends. In Chengdu, five young women find 2 Yuan on the street. They treat themselves to ice cream and decide to take a photo in a studio. Every 10 years they take another photo in the same position. Although their lives have taken different routes and their political views don't align, they remain close friends.

Roger Banks is a 26-year-survivor of HIV. While quarantined in his NYC apartment, during the first COVID-19 outbreak in NYC, Roger reflects upon a lifetime spent searching for answers. Roger’s fear and isolation provoke spirits of friends and family to visit him while he experiences intense flashbacks of his youth and the AIDS crisis.

Max Clifford was a powerful media publicist to the stars. But in 2014 he was jailed for historic sex crimes. Now, the survivors of his abuse tell their stories.

In April, 1939, the police came to the home of Dr. Madeleine Pelletier. Who could this woman declared as a threat to pubic order and safety be? Seen as so dangerous that she should not be allowed to defend herself, she was interned in an asylum. Feminist activist, asexual / lesbian and libertarian, the first French female psychiatrist, she invented the concept of gender.

Memory Builds the Monument uncovers the music, social challenges, and community of Houston’s historic 5th Ward as told first hand by aging community members who were there to experience one of the South’s most important music venues – Club Matinee.