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A disconnected writer, struggling to stay sober, tries to remember why he was attracted to San Francisco when the city was a different place. Where are the artists? And the poets? Where is the city's notorious rebellious spirit? He encounters an urban farm and learns that the city he's looking for is here, under his feet.

In 1971, Jagera elder Neville becomes the first Aboriginal Australian to enter Australian parliament. He sits for over 12 years in both state and federal parliament.

Weekend trips, city breaks, a detour into nature or once around the world. Barely a few days off, you're already gone. Never before has the desire to travel been so widespread and visited places so overloaded. What do we get out of it, other than the picture proof that we have been there?

Community leader and artist Yoleidy Rosario-Hernandez explores the connections between art and ancestry in the journey to find zirself.

The Black Album places scrutiny on the notion of "Black Excellence" in a revisionist take.

“See you next year!” a Portuguese fire warden says as he dismantles his control equipment at the end of the season. Humans and nature in southern Europe may be used to forest fires, but that does not change the facts: The ever more massive conflagrations are caused by climate change. We have long been living in the age of fire.

On this first of May 1986, a strange dust floats in the air. Between yesterday and today, a stroll through Paris and the images, as strident as they are irradiated.

To the aural accompaniment of sloshing mud and gurgling water, Russians soak themselves in the curative mud baths of a historic spa. It is October 2022, and the full-scale invasion in Ukraine has been underway for seven months. This place, however, seems completely unaffected. Before visitors can enjoy the benefits of being packed in mud, they have to deal with a complex jumble of prohibitions, stamps, voucher systems, and other bureaucratic hoops and hurdles.

This is a tribute to doctors, volunteers and many ordinary people of Ukraine. Those who do not draw attention to themselves and their help goes unnoticed at times. They constantly put in work where it’s most needed, because they feel like they are the ones who need it the most. Need to do it. Need to help. For the sake of their humanness and their honor. Rivne City Hospital. An ordinary clinic in an ordinary Ukrainian town. This is about those people who care. Those who consider Ukrainian land their home.

A short documentary that takes a look at Pratt Institute's Architecture program and how the first years handle the rigorous workload.

What happened when terror gripped the rural town of Moscow, Idaho, when authorities found four University of Idaho students ― Ethan Chapin (20), Madison Mogen (21), Xana Kernodle (20) and Kaylee Goncalves (21) ― stabbed to death in an off-campus house in November.

Moments of resistance are collapsed and woven together; from documentation of the Indigenous led occupation of Alcatraz, to the reclamation of Cahokia and the repatriation of the ancestors, to one’s reflections on their body as they exist in the world today, These are gestures that meditate on the carceral inception and nature of the reservation system, and where sovereignty and belligerence intersect and diverge.

The Netherlands have to deal with an old acquaintance, presenting itself as a new intruder: the wolf. 'Wolvenland' tells the story of the disruptive effect on insecure administrators, wolf haters and wolf huggers. Compromising between different opinions, the Dutch government should solve the problems that arise, but that doesn't seem to be an easy job.

An unflinching look at alcohol use disorder and it’s impact. Conversations between a father and daughter.

Gilbert Gottfried was world famous for his comedy, but most people didn't realize that he was also a very talent visual artist! Inspired by his passing in 2022, his daughter, Lily Gottfried, made a documentary short about her father's hidden talent.

The story of a mother of two called Nikki Addimando, who was admitted to police that she shot and killed her partner, beloved gymnastics coach Chris Grover, in their home. But did she pull the trigger in self-defense after enduring years of physical and sexual abuse at the hands of Grover, or did she stage the crime scene and murder her partner in cold blood?

A story of Flaiano's human and professional journey, celebrating the anticipatory gaze of an intellectual rare for ideological independence, talent and eclecticism.

I was told that I looked like a great-aunt. A certain Henriette. There was silence when I asked my family about her. And then one day, I learned that Henriette was found dead in 1933, 300 meters from the village.

The train stations of Bordeaux, Strasbourg, and Lyon are among the most spectacular in France, designed by the most daring architects and engineers. Three colossal monuments, three multimodal hubs, built in France's largest cities to handle millions of passengers. These stations were equipped with state-of-the-art facilities and technological innovations unique for their time. In Lyon, the Saint-Exupéry station takes the form of a bird spreading its wings, its distinctive feature being the 300 tunnel for TGVs passing at full speed. In Strasbourg, a monumental glass roof completely covers the historic façade of the station, built in 1883 by the Germans. In Bordeaux, a giant 17,400 m² hall defies the laws of gravity with spans of 57 meters, five times the width of the nave of Notre-Dame Cathedral.

The temple complexes on the island of Philae were discovered by European explorers in the 18th century and are among the largest sites of ancient Egypt. Philae was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1979 and has been a popular destination for culturally interested visitors from all over the world ever since. In this documentary, the fascinating story of the sunken temple sanctuary from the time of Cleopatra's dynasty is told in detail for the first time.

How would you handle the trauma of losing a loved one? Murders That Matter documents African American Muslim mother Movita Johnson-Harrell over five years as she transforms from a victim of violent trauma into a fierce advocate against gun violence in Black communities.

Directed by the Archbishop of Concepción, Monsignor Fernando Chomali, the documentary ‘Miércoles 15.30, memorias de una ausencia’ addresses the stories of loss, pain, and the search for justice of the Association of Relatives of Disappeared Detainees of Concepción. The Association, created under the auspices of the Archbishopric of Concepción and the Human Rights Pastoral during the dictatorship, has been working and meeting for more than 40 years to find their relatives.

A Temporary Situation follows the lives of two Portuguese women in Lisbon: 34-year-old Ânia and 24-year-old Olívia. Both work in a jewellery store to pay their bills. The repetitive pattern of their days and their constant difficulty in making ends meet while chasing their dreams, provides a glimpse of the current social-economic system in Portugal.

This montage film explores tensions between circulatory systems - religion, culture, economy, tradition vs. modernity, nature vs. industry - while visually expressing individual struggles and adaption. It serves as a philosophical and visual essay on finding meaning and balance in modern society.

We see a mother doing household chores while her daughter is playing carefree. A voice-over talks to her own mother, sharing happy and painful memories and awakening deep wounds passed down.

Desiring Objects is an experimental animation using discarded plastic to imagine a post-human future in which our commodities have outlived us and evolved into strange life forms of their own. It also interrogates the theatrical aspect of our understanding of the natural world as portrayed in mass media.

Today, environmental issues are coming to the fore. The purity and preservation of nature are becoming a necessary condition for the survival of mankind. The hero of the film, the animalist photographer Sergey Ivanov, fights for respect for the natural world not only with words. His amazing shots of untouched, wild nature fascinate the soul and make people see and appreciate the world around them in a different way. .

In the attics of Roma houses throughout Vojvodina, we found about a hundred VHS tapes showing the most important event in the life of the Roma, the wedding and wedding customs. The recordings were made at the end of the 1980s and during the 1990s. Some of the wedding customs have been preserved and are practiced today, others have experienced a transformation, and others were on the verge of being forgotten and were finally remembered in this film. Early and arranged marriages and the cult of virginity are an integral part of the Roma tradition. The older and younger generations talk about those customs that were dictated by their wandering past and to what extent these customs are desirable today.

The coronavirus epidemic is closing schools. A teacher from St. Petersburg and his students continue their lessons remotely. Forced isolation makes them almost equal. He no longer stands in front of them while they are sitting. They no longer respond by raising their hand. He may not be distracted by their questions. They can leave the class without asking permission. But they need to be able to understand him. And he must learn a new way of thinking. His past holds an experience of forty years. His future holds them, his students.

Konstantin Simonov, a writer, and Pavel Troshkin, a photo correspondent for the Izvestia newspaper, were friends and were together during the heavy fighting at the beginning of the Great Patriotic War - the Buynichskoe Field near Mogilev in Belarus. Their families continued to keep in touch after the World War II. They were connected with each other both in work and in peaceful life. Konstantin Simonov's son Alexei and Pavel Troshkina's granddaughter Elena tell about the friendship that lasted almost a century.

Peoples' Democratic Party(HDP), which had been founded under the leadership and with initiation of the Kurdish political movement, entered the parliament with a landslide election victory. HDP won many city and district municipalities in Kurdistan and has become a great hope for communities and peoples of Turkey. After the peace process came to an end, many lawsuits were filed against HDP and its MPs within the framework of a lawsuit for closing and banning HDP. Hundreds of politicians were arrested and sent to prison, including Figen Yuksekdag, the former co-chair of HDP, Gultan Kisanak, the co-mayor of Diyarbakir Metropolitan Municipality, and Aysel Tugluk, HDP MP. Furthermore, many were forced to go abroad and started to live in exile. Aysel Tugluk got dementia while she was in prison and it was only after the protests that she was released. In this documentary, the first-degree relatives of Figen, Gultan and Aysel tell the process of going to and coming from the prison.

Archive footage and celebrity recollections reveal how 50 years ago during an energy crisis the government imposed a three-day working week and UK-wide household blackouts.

Documentary about a martial arts camp on the shores of Lake Bazaleti.

Director Yaser Kassab followed in his father’s footsteps by emigrating as a young man from Syria to Europe, and like his father he also had the ambition to become a filmmaker. Now they are working together on this film remotely. From Syria, the father gives his son direction on the phone or in video calls, along with advice about future film projects or how to organize his life—loving conversations interspersed with well-intentioned parental advice.

Batalha is the most emblematic venue in 'Invicta' (a common nickname for the city of Porto) and one of the most important in the country. It witnessed the entire 20th century in Portugal: born shortly before the regicide, it grew alongside the young Republic, resisted 40 years of dictatorship, celebrated the April 25th Revolution, and witnessed Portugal's entry into the European Economic Community. It survived censorship, experienced various revolutions, and technological changes, but succumbed to the lack of audience, even at the turn of the 21st century. Two decades later, Batalha is undergoing renovations and will reopen its doors in 2021. Will it be ready to face the challenges of the 21st century?

In the bustling city of Mumbai where life never stops, a couple decide to end their life, becoming India’s first couple to appeal for Euthanasia. Living together for over 53 years in a tiny space, in a 100-year-old Chawl, they are ordinary citizens seeking to get their voice heard in a world that doesn’t see them. We delve into their inner and emotional worlds to explore what lies beneath this profound choice, one that challenges societal beliefs in karma, afterlife. The film intimately follows their daily life as they await official response. Framed within immediate spaces, inside their room and the vibrant community outside their door, with its non-stop motions of life makes them feel trapped. This ethnic microcosm, reveals universal themes of love, loss, freedom, dignity, ageing. An unexpected crisis brings the couple to a crucial crossroad. Will they succeed in their quest?

Vibrations from Gaza offers a glimpse into the experiences of Deaf children in the colonized and confined coastal territory of Gaza, Palestine. Born and raised under siege and frequent onslaughts these children, including Amani, Musa, Israa, and others, provide vivid accounts of their encounter of bombardment and the constant presence of drones in their sky. The children describe their perceptions of missile strikes through sensing vibrations in the air, trembling of the ground, and the resonance of collapsing buildings. The film also questions whether the deafness of these children is a natural or a consequence of Israel’s use of sonic weaponry, such as sonic booms.

A septuagenarian and community matriarch fights to preserve her church, heritage, and history in Savannah, Georgia.

Chaos follows the crew as they cross the San Francisco Bay to investigate the deceptively named Angel Island; once home to an immigration station with a history of torture and despair, the guys face residual anger emanating from a demonic darkness.

Director Nai Leil provides an intimate glimpse of her childhood .

Scientists test the theory that sharks are coming in contact with cocaine.

Tiger is Back: The Journey of Ittihad Club, champion of the Saudi League 22/2023

For more than three years, North Korea has sealed its borders. Three people have risked their lives to tell the BBC what is happening. What they reveal is shocking.

Goth is a subculture that began in the United Kingdom during the early 1980s. It was developed by fans of Gothic rock, an offshoot of the post-punk music genre. This documentary explores the incredible music history of Goth.

Leave your fears behind and step through to the other side. This documentary goes into haunting detail on the subject and history of ghost stories. What goes bumping in the night? Find out with Ghost Stories.

The documentary film Shadow is a cinematic portrait of artist Aalto Asplund. In the documentary film, Asplund describes the deep relationship with shame that has overshadowed their whole life. The scenery of an isolated island in autumn colours reflects the landscape of Asplund’s mind. It’s a place where Asplund finally confronts their fears and the shadow, trying to break free.

July 2017, liberated Mosul lies in ruins. Ghadeer, a young journalist who took refuge in Brussels after the Islamic State took the city, decides to abandon the promise of a future in Europe to return to his people. With a few friends, he founded Radio One FM, a station independent of any religious, community or political affiliation, which could help restore peace. The first two years were those of utopia for this volunteer team: thanks to journalistic work documenting the country's difficulties, Radio One gained a national audience. But economic difficulties and the growing pressure of militias linked to the political clans fighting for control of Iraq finally got the better of the enterprise.

The story of one of the UK's most successful and ruthless TV personalities.

Documentarian Hershey Felder explores the history and significance of Venice's Jewish Ghetto.

Heng lives with his close knit deeply Buddhist family in rural Cambodia, who work hard struggling as farmers. At 6, he lost both his arms in a landmine explosion. Now, as a teenager hanging with the wrong crowd, and no future at the farm, his mother sends him to his older brother, Chana, who makes romantic music videos in the bustling city of Phnom Penh. Here, with a bossy brother, amid a So-Me, “wanna-be” culture, Heng must make it. A film about a family who are living the consequences of war which ended decades ago.

In the summer of 2022, on a quick trip during a vacation trip through northeastern Brazil, Alcimar and Thais met and fell in love. As a way of reliving and deepening what they felt during those days, with the arrival of autumn, a rapprochement trip took place. Alcimar traveled to the state of São Paulo, where he lived with Thais for a month, oscillating between the cities of São Paulo-SP, Cotia-SP, Ubatuba-SP and Paraty-RJ. The archival images that make up this film were recorded by the hands of both, using a Nikon Coolpix S70. The film, Alcimar's first feature film, is also composed of some audio, which was recorded by the duo during the long dialogues of the long month of May 2022.