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Having fled from Syria, Wafa is trying to settle her family into their new life in North London.

The Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution (Bundesamt für Verfassungsschutz) was founded in 1950 and, since reunification, has relied on the 1990 German Constitutional Protection Act to provide an "early warning system" against threats to democracy. While this intelligence service has been targeting far-left groups and radical Islamists for decades, its critics recently accused it of being "blind in the right eye" - in other words, of neglecting the rise in violence attributed to the far right. Indeed, the institution was powerless to thwart the series of fatal attacks perpetrated between 2000 and 2011 by the neo-Nazi group Nationalsozialistischer Untergrund (NSU, "National Socialist Underground"), sparking astonishment and an avalanche of criticism in Germany.

Hello, Are We in the Show? is a poetic animation film that uses the formal language of a nature documentary. The film offers us a glimpse of daily life in the Sonian Forest near Brussels, and shows us the fauna and flora without disguising the influence of city and people.

The incredible story of Oli, a young British man with Asperger's, who overnight discovers he has 25 brothers and sisters, all from the same American sperm donor.

Short documentary by by Maria Luisa Forenza.

This intimate story chronicles the relationship between musicians Faith and Branko over 7 years. In 2011, Faith travels from England to Serbia to learn gypsy accordion. She meets Roma violinist Branko and despite language barriers, they fall in love through music. Captivated by their musical chemistry, they marry and take their duo abroad. Their relationship is tested when they realize their differences and that music may be all they have in common.

"From Mono to Stereo fully represents my transition from 'L' to 'R', without excluding either. The Mike Lennon that you have known so far is just one of the facets and personalities that make me up, now you will finally be able to fully appreciate me, in my total freedom of musical and visual expression."

Skopje earthquake happened on July 26, 1963, which killed over 1,070 people, injured between 3,000 and 4,000 and left more than 200,000 people homeless. About 80 percent of the city was destroyed.

After rediscovering an old camcorder at the age of 22, a women pieces together her journeys of friendship, self-image and passion using footage taken over the course of her life. Through the process of her discovery, she recognizes parallels between her younger self and her current self. This is the story of her finding what she didn’t know was lost in the first place.

Three virtual Chinese restaurants in Stockholm provide the setting for stories from three generations of owners and their families in the years between 1978 and 2058. The cross-media work 'Mother's Tongue' is a collaboration between artist Lap-See Lam and filmmaker Wingyee Wu. The film version is created with a spatial scanner that has produced the three-dimensional architectural animations which a weightless camera floats around in, while we in three short episodes listen to the personal stories about language, identity and life as a Chinese person in Sweden.

In two decades, he has raised his dizzying heels and red soles to the height of fashion. For months, Olivier Garouste followed the daily life of Christian Louboutin. Between trips, drawings, workshops and shops, the designer opens the doors to his world.

A documentary about 6 young filmmakers and their team as they embarked on a journey to create their own feature film, Follow the Dead, a story about Millennials in Ireland encountering an undead phenomenon. As they discover their processes creating the film we begin to discover that what they may have been more enamoured with something else they had created.... a family.

Basilisks, dragons and more beasts haunt the Continent. Explore the mythologies of the mysterious monsters Geralt hunts to earn the coins tossed his way.

An epic tale of the sea, told through one young man's personal journey to understand his father, who died while rowing the Pacific.

It is the world’s most untold story. It seems like anarchy has descended upon virtually every aspect of American life. And yet there is a vital thread holding it all together: an enormous flow of funding coming from radical Leftist billionaire George Soros, among others. Who is this mysterious figure, George Soros? And what effect does he have on your country—and your life? This hard-hitting documentary takes a rare look at this billionaire radical—a look that is critically important in this pivotal and tumultuous year in our nation.

In “Shade Grown Coffee” you’ll learn about the coffee-making process, all the way from harvesting the ripe cherries to preparing your favourite cup of coffee. Visiting the passionate farmers, roasters and baristas you’ll get rarely shared insights on the business of coffee, and learn how you can enjoy a more sustainable cup – and a brighter tomorrow. A documentary film for coffee enthusiasts and nature lovers alike, “Shade Grown Coffee” aims to deepen your understanding and appreciation of your next cup of coffee.

There were many incredible turns in the life of the main character of the film, so surprising that it seems that the biography of one person simply cannot contain them. From Moscow State University to Baghdad University, from there to the Central Committee of the CPSU, and then to work as a watchman in an Orthodox church and a swift church career under the direct tutelage of Patriarch Alexy II. Now this man, remaining a priest, develops new talents of the writer, literary critic and propagandist of poetic creativity Vladimir Vysotsky. He is also an artistic musician and singer. In general, personality.

Settled in the breathtaking landscape of the mid-Hudson Valley area, non-profit arts organization Unison Arts Center has been a hub for art and learning in the community of New Paltz, NY for more than four decades. This documentary explores how Unison has evolved through the years, how they've been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, and their role in utilizing art for social justice efforts.

Coronavirus. Staying Home. Three siblings. Stephanos 3 years old, Dionisis 5 years old and Sotiris 9 years old. They can’t see their grandparents. They don’t go to school. A diary. A small documentary.

“Just Like a Painting by Eggert Pétursson” is a documentary on the painter Eggert Pétursson. In moraines near Skaftafell Glacier and close to the Arctic Circle at Tröllaskagi peninsula we discover the film’s dynamic cornerstone on our trip through the Highlands. Our guide is botanist Thóra Ellen Thórhallsdóttir, who connects the dots between our experience of the Icelandic nature and the floral diversity of Eggert’s flower paintings. Eggert is a conceptual artist with a realistic vision of form and structure, but the imagination is tied to interpretation and his own sense of painting. From his book of sketches, surrounded by a musical ode to Mother Nature, the flora’s perseverance and complexity matches the world of the painting while emphasizing the coexistence of these two worlds.

A documentary about the story behind Cyber City Oedo 808.

Just For the Record locates San Antonio, Ann Arbor, Oakland, and New York City as locations where Tyranny’s compositions and collaborations developed. Filmmaker David Bernabo takes a deep dive on the recently reissued Out of the Blue and the long lost Trust In Rock concert, on the long-gestating audio storyboard The Driver’s Son, and Robert Ashley’s Perfect Lives. Interwoven with discussions on Tyranny’s music is a conversation about the nature of reissues and how distribution is survival for many aging musicians. Throughout the documentary, Bay Area filmmaker K. O. Beckman’s films with Tyranny, dating back to the 70s, provide rarely-seen performances and video projects. The film features conversations with Tyranny, composer/musicians Joan La Barbara, Peter Gordon, Kyle Gann, David Grubbs, Philip Perkins, Jeff Berman, and Bill Ruyle, writer Nicole Gagne, artist Pat Oleszko, and Unseen Worlds owner Tommy McCutchon.

Director Lee Dongwoo of No Money, No Future (2016), created his second film with the main character of a homeless man he met at Tapgol Park in Jongno. One morning, this homeless man is drunk and approaches director Lee for money. He is a doubtful character who is often in and out of the detention center and mentions Bresson, Ozu, and Ha Giljong. He claims to have been invited to the Venice International Film Festival and the Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Festival with his film Self-Portrait 2000. Self-Portrait 2020 is a record of strange friendships and a film of respect (homage) to a promising young film director of 20 years ago. Two directors, two films, and splendid credits.

‎"Malle" is short for Mallorca. However, the word has become synonymous with the urge to disconnect from strict German society and focus on inner needs instead. The film captures the phenomenon from different perspectives.

This short essay film looks at the star-crossed release history of J.L. Anderson and Franklin Miller's rediscovered classic SPRING NIGHT, SUMMER NIGHT. Utilizing clips from the exploitation version of the film (called MISS JESSICA IS PREGNANT), outtakes, and archival photographs, it explores the production history and the way the two films differed.

The film about the legend of Japanese experimental rock Keiji Haino reveals the veil of mystery surrounding the musician for all 50 years of his career. Haino's reflections on music, culture and life, recorded after a performance in Moscow in November 2019, are interspersed with fragments of the performance itself.

This is as challenging as it gets as anglers battle it out in big seas, fishing calico bass from skiffs in the SWBA (Saltwater Bass Association) Catalina Offshore Classic. Some of the best bass fisherman in the world go head to head in a 2-day all live release event. As conditions worsened and the competition intensified, no one backed down as they pushed themselves and their gear to the limits.

The story of a 6th generation Texan as he explores ranches from Montana to Argentina working alongside American Cowboys. The story's focus is on cattle operations and how the heart of the American Cowboy has not changed.

The film is a follow-up documentary to the film Rantannen miehet, which won the top prize at the 1971 Tampere Film Festival. there's always hope is kale's story. He is one of the few to have emerged from ”the beaches.” Through Kale, the film tells the story of how to break free from addictions and go on living a normal life.

Dance of Love is about the life of an elderly couple. A wife who has been suffering from diabetes and Alzheimer’s for 16 years, hasn’t left her home in over seven years. Her husband takes care of her and the love for his wife leads him to paint all the walls of his backyard for her.

Dog whisperer Ron assists people who have problems with their dogs. The dogs refuse to listen, show fearful behavior, or are aggressive and bite. Yet it often turns out not to be the dogs, but the owners who need to be trained. Because of the unlimited love for their animal, people forget to give them boundaries. The solution is that owners learn to behave like dogs.

A documentary that introduces to the general public the feelings, opinions and visions of four indigenous people who reflect on the local and global reality and provoke the public to rethink today’s meaning of "civilization", and where this said civilization has gone.

Soupalunch Heroes is a film created by Alchemy Film & Arts with Reaching Out, the community-based project of Hawick Congregational Community Church, which coordinates a small team of volunteers to buy, prepare and serve food to 60 people of all ages every Wednesday. The film was made as part of Film Town, Alchemy Film & Arts’ community filmmaking project.

Juliana Capes and Ruth Barrie’s Be Different Today explores the relationship between text and image – signifier and signified, thing and descriptor – through a moving-image document of seven sunrises and visual description prompted by same. What may conceptually suggest a duplication of intentions, however – show, and tell – also begins to point to something deeper: the connection between the elemental and the personal, a cosmic event and the word-thoughts it prompts, the way in which language is governed.

When Kenny Scharf arrived in NYC in the early 1980’s, he quickly met and befriended Keith Haring and Jean Michel Basquiat; There, amongst the fervent creative bustle of a depressed downtown scene the trio would soon change the way we think about art, the world, and ourselves. But unlike Haring and Basquiat, who both died tragically young, Kenny lived through cataclysmic shifts in the East Village as well as the ravages of AIDS and economic depression. 'When Worlds Collide' is about the art of fun, about living life out loud, despite setbacks, and about Kenny Scharf’s particular do-it- yourself, high-tone, technicolor artistic vision.

A photographic collage depicting graffiti around Newcastle upon Tyne across two days in July 2020. The photographs depict a range of high and low forms of wall art, while asking, ‘Graffiti, art or vandalism’?. The repetitive tags question if identify based graffiti is territorial or part of a community spirit? Is there an inherent social need to make one’s mark? And what is our relationship with the environment we inhabit? The film is dated to the 1st & 2nd July to emphasise that graffiti is a temporary art. If this project was repeated any later, the same landscapes and subjects would have changed.

Artist Mark Dion retraces the footsteps of several 19th-century explorers in Texas, collecting materials to form a site-specific exhibition for the Amon Carter Museum of American Art. Dion visited the Gulf Coast, West Texas, Austin, and San Antonio. The result of his adventures will be an immersive exhibition coupled with works on paper, paintings, and archival materials from the museum.

"Invisible Team" is a 10-minute long film about the people who take care of Kaunas "Žalgiris" outside the sports fields, which is why they usually go unnoticed. What happens in the arena a day before the match and what work are done by the hundreds of "invisible" people who make up the big team of "Zalgiris"?

In this educational documentary, the theory of the four elements is put to the test. Fire, air, water and earth... Is everything around us made of them? The Fab Four. The four elements of our planet The world seen through the four elements.Fire, air, water, earth, the natural elements from which every element of which matter is made originates. Fire, represents the purifying element, embodies the principle of life. The air, impalpable, is the vital breath we breathe, it represents the cosmic breath, an elusive element.

In a first-person nonfiction narrative, an artist revisits her previous video piece of tangoing in butter in homage to Maria Schneider. The narrative retells the sexual assault - the infamous “butter scene” - committed against Schneider by director Bernardo Bertolucci and costar Marlon Brando on-set of the film "Last Tango in Paris." Through reworking previous footage, visiting the movie locations, and sharing screen recordings of searches, this short grapples with the idea of the function of homage with and without context.

Sanyok is an ordinary teacher in a school for difficult teenagers. Children study in it, to whom life has left almost no chance. Their parents are most often drug addicts and alcoholics. In their 10-15 years, these children have seen many terrible things. Fighting with a tough bureaucratic system, Sanyok builds special, trusting relationships with them. So close that sometimes it seems like he is one of them. The fates of the guys develop in different ways, but even if they manage to save the life of at least one, Sanya will consider that he did not live his life in vain.

Three processes of resistance against hydroelectric power stations, in Mexico, Guatemala and Honduras.

Ever Slow Green tells the story of a 50-years-young tropical forest that evolved in Auroville, South India, through some of the diverse people who dedicate their lives to bringing it to fruition.

Every year, thousands of Ukrainian Christians undertake a pilgrimage to Zarvanytsia, a sacred place. Between prayers they share news, brag about their wealth, take pictures of chapels, give interviews, witness miracles. Witness miracles?

Starting from 2020, COVID-19 infectious diseases broke out all over the country, with Wuhan in Hubei Province as the hardest hit area. On a special day with wind and snow, Chen Huiying and her family returned to their hometown in Hubei (Hongtu Township) to accompany the elderly for the Spring Festival. At this moment, many roads in Hubei Province were closed, people could not get in and out-effectively prevented and controlled the spread of this epidemic. Almost everyone in this little township were trapped here, workers therefore had no option but to stay at home. Overwhelming news of COVID-19 came from TV news and Internets. The number of infections and deaths rose sharply with all-day live broadcasting. Accompanied by fear and anxiety, repeated the usual ordinary state of life, and children seeded the only fun in the enclosed space. As days passed, everyone looked forward to having a safe environment for their families and waited to the situation of the epidemic to improve.

a novice director is traveling to the Sundarbans in Bangladesh in order to shoot a short Documentary about the region's famous Honey Hunters. His plan, however, doesn't go as smoothly as expected.

What makes a pop culture phenomenon? Four AlDub fans share varying takes on fandom.

When Julie Lay and her family began smelling a stench so powerful it reminded her first-responder husband of the smell of dead bodies, she decided she needed to find out more. She found that in Alabama she was far from alone. She left her career in agriculture and food safety to investigate. Waste by-products, including treated human sewage and the waste from poultry processing plants, is being applied directly to farmland throughout the country. Who is regulating this practice and what kind of pollution or toxins could be getting in our food that is growing in the soil mixed with this sludge?

Me Cuido (I take care of myself/I’m careful) questions the relationship between colonial paradigms of health, religious guilt, and the stigmatization of people living with HIV in the context of Chile’s capitalist and neoliberal regime. Commissioned by Visual AIDS in 2020 as part of TRANSMISSIONS, a program of six new videos considering the impact of HIV and AIDS beyond the United States.

‘There are still many women who think that menopause is the end of your life.’

This is the story of a deaf photographer who has always chosen to see rather than hear. He encounters “song”, and explores it, marries his deaf partner and fathers a hearing child. One day, a lullaby slips through his lips and his life is changed forever.

6 stories from 6 people living in 6 different places in Russia. Black and white documentary film is about simple Russian people and their simple everyday stories. All the stories are being told in the protagonists kitchens, since kitchen in Russia represent the heart and the soul of every house. The goal of the film is to break common stereotypes that west world have about Russian people. Main protagonists were given total freedom regarding choosing the topic for their story. Their topic selection and the way stories were told shows a lot about Russian society and about the way people live in today's mother Russia.

How far does your participation in global warming go? What is the real X-ray of the ongoing climate changes, and how can we—if at all—reverse the path we are all on? You’ll find these answers in “Global Warming”, a work featuring sixteen Brazilian experts discussing, detailing, and contextualizing climate change and its effects worldwide, especially in Brazil.