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A Life in Blues both celebrates and explores the personal and musical life of one of Mississippi's most treasured sons. Having travelled the world sharing his own unique brand of blues music, James 'Super Chikan' Johnson, at the age of 73, still strives to balance a musical career while providing for his family. This film endeavours to not only lay bare Chikan's own story, but also examines how the culture and setting of the south has ultimately influenced his journey.

We have probably all thought about the influence of digital logic and algorithms on our perception of the world at some point. This equally humorous and profound short film takes the interactive online tour service “Google Street View” as a starting point for an investigation of where the reality mapped by fifteen automatic cameras and the one perceived by human senses drift apart – and what the consequences are.

Two street artists with contrasting intentions about the artform tell the relevance of street art in society while accompanied by an enigmatic graffiti writing, “Bon Jovi.”

Davide is a thirty-year-old who lives in a town in the Sicilian hinterland. He doesn't know what free time is. He wakes up at dawn to open his bar and begins the hard work. He experiences body care as a cult: protein shakes, gym, supplements, pole dancing lessons and treatments from Alessandra, his beautician girlfriend. Davide has always wanted to please and be admired. From model to Mister Sicily, today his dream comes true on the stage of a nightclub where he works as a stripper and lets himself be desired by others. A documentary focused on obsession with beauty and the cult of the body without neglecting the equally current issue of the construction of identity starting from our body and the gaze of others.

A video project meant to highlight the human cost in Palestine.

Is art activism? Can art be feminine or feminist? The new hypersexual approach to the outdated bimbo counteracts the patriarchal society that women are still fighting.

Documentary ENERC 2024

The documentary highlights resilience, marine resource management, and the high-seas competition of deep-sea exploration Of Water and Will - Wild & Scenic Film Festival. You can watch the documentary streaming directly on platforms like MBC Shahid.

The Carnation Revolution or Revolução dos Cravos was a largely bloodless coup which occurred in the nation of Portugal in 1974. The result of the Carnation Revolution was the toppling of a dictatorship which had prevailed for almost 50 years. After a brief period of turmoil, Portugal emerged as a democratic country, to the great delight of many of its citizens and the world in general.

Pablo Salinas, a plaintiff attorney in crimes against humanity cases, explains the path taken by the Mendoza Federal Justice system from the dock to its conviction, drawing on solid legal work and in-depth research into abhorrent crimes around the world. Through his research, he demonstrates the complicity of civil society and the justice system with the dictatorship.

Through the Fondren Fellows program, the Rice Media Center Archive Project has spent the past few months sifting through material stored at the now-defunct Rice Media Center. The team has identified several films as especially notable and will be presenting them in conjunction with documentary footage the team shot of people involved with the films. From lectures featuring Roberto Rossellini and Werner Herzog to films from former Rice students and faculty, the film presentation will tell the narrative of the Rice Media Center through the films and filmmakers that passed through its corridors.

As a talented Taekwondo-Fighter, Marlene Jahl has already won several important medals. Her next goal: the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. A tightly scheduled training plan and her study of medicine, leave her hardly any private time

Lisa is a retired firefighter and police officer in California. Years of isolation have led to a dwindling sense of purpose and joy in her life. Mike is a former battalion chief in California who suffers from severe sleep deprivation and has difficulty managing his anger. He is in search of an alternate therapy to get a sense of relief and improve his relationship with his family. After a lack of success with traditional psychotherapy and pharmaceuticals, they will attend a Mexico-based retreat to undergo psilocybin and 5-MeO DMT treatments administered by traditional healers.

The film is dedicated to the life and creative journey of Professor Irina Evgenyevna Taimanova, a television and theater director, producer, journalist, writer, and Honored Artist of Russia. Her remarkable imagination, boundless creative energy, and a flair for bringing together other talented people have given rise to many notable projects across various fields of art. The film’s protagonist guides the audience through a chronicle of Leningrad/St. Petersburg’s cultural life.

For the Lakota youth, living on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation can be a struggle. But many find hope and purpose in the traditional sport of horse racing known as “Indian Relay.” Witness the coming-of-age story of Lakota teens, as they find strength in tradition and passion in competition.

Amélia, an emerging non-binary filmmaker, has been given 2 months given and a research grant to find out more about francophone queer life in western Canada. As the only participant from (what is colonially known as) British-Columbia and with only 3 weeks left, the pressure is on: Amélia rushes to find any traces of francophone queer people in Vancouver before the year 2000, the year they were born. Amidst this chaotic research effort, they find André, an older French-Canadian gay man that lived in Vancouver for 25 years. Through their conversations, Amélia unlocks André's hidden personal visual archive, that proves that, indeed, francophone queers were alive and thriving years before they were born. This documentary shows how Amélia put together a presentation about their own queer ancestors through screen capture, archival footage, interviews and narration that ends up changing their own view of themself as a queer french-canadian in the west.

Soon, there will be wolves everywhere in France again. People have to learn to cohabit with them.

This story chronicles the 20-year journey of the International Guitar Festival in Zihuatanejo, Guerrero. More than just a musical celebration, the festival has evolved into a cultural bridge, bringing together musicians from around the world. Through intimate interviews and stunning visuals, the film reveals how this event has transformed lives and captured the spirit of a community deeply connected to music and natural beauty.

Grandma’s Footsteps in Britain, Red light, green light in North America, Thunder, weather, lightning in Austria, One, two, three, ciggy forty-three in Argentina, Frozen in Mexico, Statues in Greece – all refer to a game of stealth and balance popular around the world. While some versions rely on turning around at unpredictable intervals, these London kids play it with the regularly timed cry of “One, two, three, freeze!”. The caller takes her time assessing everyone’s immobility, which ensures further wobbles. But she can only expel the most unstable, and the forwards progress won’t be stopped.

Common Ground is a film commissioned by the Forest of Dean Sculpture Trust to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the first conversations with artists at the site, whose proposals became the Sculpture Trail. The film delves into the history of the Trail, offering insights into the conversations between the early artists who created its first sculptures.

Tareq Samhan, a former fighter with the Al-Qassam Armed Forces (Hamas), is released after 13 years in prison. Tareq's story and the images captured by the filmmaker provide a snapshot of Palestine today.

An installation work by Minha Park, shot in 16mm.

From humble origins in 1970s London to an international beverage brand, this special lifts the lid off how Costa became the UK's biggest coffee chain.

How does a self-professed misogynist become one of the world’s most influential people, and remain so even after being charged with rape and human trafficking? Andrew Tate’s meteoric rise to infamy has provoked global uproar, but the controversial figure is also a terrifying symptom of the increasingly fractured world in which we live, propelled by the social media platforms beneath our fingertips.

From unlikely origins in northern Québec at the height of the Cold War, Voïvod’s post-apocalyptic sci-fi aesthetic, fuelled by a youthful obsession with their instruments, took them from underground success to sharing dates and tours with Iron Maiden, Rush, and Metallica. Despite adversity, and perhaps by cosmic intervention or just serendipity, Voïvod found guitarist Daniel “Chewy” Mongrain; subsequently, the band re-ignited their engines and laid a course back to Morgöth via numerous live shows around the world, a comeback album in Target Earth, singles, EPs, and finally, the late-career triumph, The Wake. In 2019, Voïvod were recognized by the Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences with a Juno Award for best hard rock/metal album of the year for The Wake.

Pavel Filonov is one of the most mysterious artists of the 20th century. Filonov's contemporaries - Malevich, Kandinsky, Tatlin - are known throughout the world not only among art historians, but also to people who are even superficially interested in art. How did it happen that an artist of no lesser stature, who created an absolutely unique, inimitable style in painting, was almost unknown for decades? How did an artist who practically "reassembled" art end up being overlooked?

For MTB pro Samantha Soriano the Philippines are more than just another mountain biking destination: Born and raised in the US, she has never been to the birth country of her father. With her bike and a ton of curiosity in tow she takes on the journey to discover her roots and find not one but two families - her own relatives and a growing mountain biking community.

The film delves into the universe of thoughts and memories of Camilo, a teenager with a muscular disorder, as he transitions into adulthood. The film's dialectic, crystallized in an extensive 16-year film record, navigates between the writing of philosophical texts and conversations he has with his friend Luis, with a critical eye toward social systems, his own relationships, and himself. His way of feeling propels the temporal leaps in one direction or another, with their drifts and reveries, similar to the ways in which memory operates. Time becomes both theme and vehicle.

A pioneer of electronic music, Pierre Henry (1927-2017) has, since the 1950s, alongside Pierre Schaeffer, laid the foundations of what characterizes the music of our time. At the time, everything had to be invented: the sounds, the tools to manipulate them, the ways of broadcasting them. He influenced the pop music of the 1960s and 1970s, from the Beatles to Pink Floyd, and up to the DJs of the 1990s. He is the author of an absolute hit: the electronic jerks composed with Michel Colombier for the 'Messe pour present time' created by Maurice Béjart in 1967. But above all he is the creator of a prolific work, from the end of the 1940s to the 2010s, where pure and incredible sound experiences coexist with musical settings of texts to constitute mock operas of a new genre. Thanks to often unpublished documents, this documentary invites us to listen to Pierre Henry tell us about his journey and above all to listen to his music, one of the most innovative of the 20th century.

A short documentary exploring the loneliness that comes with being single as a millennial. Set over the course of the thirtieth year of filmmaker Cathy Woods' life. This intimate and raw film delves into what it is like to be thirty and single in a time when situationships are the norm, and the societal pressure to be in a relationship is evident.

This is a story of the deputy commander of a reconnaissance platoon. His civilian father and son were killed in 2014 in the ukraine. he left everything behind – his good job, his friends – and went to war. now in 2023 he liberates artyomovsk, leading old men women and children from under the fire. he does not feel pain any more… only the memory of who he is and what he is… he is not taking revenge on anybody… he is merely heading home.

"This Is What Trans Punk Looks Like" is a documentary about the transgender punk culture in Texas and the beauty of community. It features several interviews with trans individuals within the scene, talking about their childhood experiences, Texas' political climate, and what punk means to them.

Sailing around the world alone, for 300 days, pushes these sailors to their physical and emotional limits in the Golden Globe Race.

Saad, Thruben and Andrija are Swiss citizens and therefore liable for military service. The three officers proudly train to defend the country. But would they also go to war against their countries of origin?

The Road is a deeply personal experimental film by Jana Hammoudeh, chronicling her journey as a nomadic soul, always on the move yet never truly belonging. Shot across three separate road trips, the film blends visual poetry with intimate monologues in multiple languages, reflecting the fragmented nature of the protagonist’s life. The film’s segments—Leaving Amman, Scrambled Eggs, and Postcards to a Friend—explore themes of love, loss, and freedom. The first segment, set in Amman, presents a conflicted relationship with home, inspired by Charles Bukowski’s Let It Enfold You. The second, in French, revisits past romances, while the third, narrated in Kazakh and Urdu, contemplates departure and longing. Through dreamlike cinematography and raw reflections, The Road captures the bittersweet beauty of transient nature of life and self-discovery.

Sylvia Swayne runs for Alabama State House Representative for District 55, making her the first transgender person to run for office in the state of Alabama.

Three pupils on the precipice between childhood and adulthood are studying at Østerskov Boarding School, one of the most unique schools in the world; here, classes are conducted through role-playing games, and the pupils are taught to come to terms with the trauma and their fluid selves through masquerades and metamorphosis. For two school years, the film follows the pupils and their highly emotional adventure through puberty, self-discovery, and maturity, illuminating with a sharp, intimate, humorous as well as poignant gaze, the chaos, the anguish, and the inexpressible joy of the first years of one’s youth.

An inspiring story about adjusting to life-altering circumstances and the saving grace of creativity and perseverance, "Hobby" is an intimate snapshot of Albino Carreira, the man and visionary behind an eccentrically decorated semi-detached house that has become a well-known and beloved Toronto landmark. The residence, which is located in the city’s Koreatown neighbourhood, captivates onlookers, evoking both bewilderment and awe with its exterior adorned in an eclectic mix of plastic bugs, seashells, coins, and other assorted knickknacks. A Portuguese immigrant, Carreira’s life was forever changed in 1993 when a workplace injury confined him to his home and left him on a permanent disability pension. He began decorating his mailbox to pass time, which eventually led him on an obsessive journey to cover every square inch of his residence with unexpected creative embellishments. This ongoing monumental project serves as a powerful expression of Carreira’s indomitable spirit.

Architectural office "Khvoya" created by five young architects - graduates of the Academy of Arts. All of them are young, able to work around the clock, united by a common idea. Ilya Spiridonov and his colleagues are preparing for a big, very important competition for "Khvoya". Victory in it promises fame, a cash prize and the construction of the object submitted to the competition.

"Strangled" investigates the looming micro-finance debt crisis in Cambodia and its nefarious impact on 3 families. Garment worker Veasna bets big on her husband’s barber shop, providing her family’s land title as collateral to obtain a microfinance loan and finance his business. Soon after opening, the business goes bust and her husband runs off with his mistress, leaving her alone to facecredit officers.

Through the conversations between a grandmother and grandchild living in refuge, we witness the complexity of raising a new generation in displacement.

A brief retelling of the history of colonization on Turtle Island through poetry, capturing the resilience and hope of the Indigenous people told through bold animation.

As the Arizona Supreme Court argues on whether to reinstate an abortion ban that originated in 1864, As Long As We Can offers a glimpse into the day-to-day activities of this, for now, still functioning clinic.

Spiders Web is a docu-fiction film that follows Spider, a 56 year old man from Toronto who is yet again facing jail time. His last hope of staying out of prison is finding Cougar, a woman he’s spent more than one drunken night with but can’t seem to find. This journey to find Cougar leads him through Toronto, to friends, family and deep into his dreams. His search stirs up the past and he is forced to face demons he thought he had buried long ago; Love, pain, violence and confusion.

In the Hautes-Alpes, Jeff breeds, cares for, and slaughters his own animals. He joined forces with other farmers in a peasant-run slaughterhouse. He accompanies his livestock until the very end, performing the slaughter himself.

Almost 80 years after the battle of Moscow, journalist Alexander Nikitin discovered a picture of a young partisan girl hanging from a tree at one of the online auctions selling photographs from the period of the Great Patriotic War. On the back of the photo there is an inscription: "1941. The village of Golovkovo".

Fu-Xuan is my classmate and friend. As a man who yearns for freedom, he has a cat. From January 12 to January 18, 2024, Fuxuan wanted to take me to meet Sesame, but she ran away.

A short documentary experiment on a trip to Bahrain, exploring nostaglia as a borrowed perspective.