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The film “The Colors of Staying” focuses on the stories of Moroccan women workers who came to Germany in the 1970s. They bring emancipation, courage and strength with them. A feminist movement emerges in different generations, which continues to shape their children today.
Known only by her research number, Grizzly 399 has been a fixture in Grand Teton National Park since 2007, becoming the world's most famous grizzly bear. Now 399 is raising four cubs in the face of human encroachment, a warming climate, and the threat of losing protection under the Endangered Species Act as citizens from Wyoming, Idaho, and Montana attempt to remove grizzlies from the protected list. In a riveting story full of twists and turns, hope and heartbreak, Grizzly 399 stands as a symbol of the clash between humans and the wild.
This documentary follows the journeys of 11 African women who struggle with polycystic ovarian syndrome. PCOS, a hormonal disorder that can cause irregular periods alongside unwanted physical symptoms, affects 1 in 10 women of childbearing age worldwide. This film highlights the struggles caused by the syndrome through interviews with gynecologists, pastors, public figures, and native African doctors.
Vampires, witches, werewolves, and ghoulies—Kenosha has the highest population of horror hosts per capita, who produce their own homemade TV shows showing cult-followed horror films. Using a televisual aesthetic that matches the community vibes of the subject matter, I’M YOUR HOST explores their relationship as a community, their triumphs, and a tragic loss that bonds them together.
A short documentary about the music you listen to, and the memories you have with it
An experience through neon visuals, things you've seen before in ways you haven't seen it. Neon distorted imagery through visuals consisting of gaming, clubs, film, cities, nature, and unidentifiable moving imagery.
"The latest apparent assassination attempt against Donald J. Trump indicates how much the American political landscape has been shaped by anger stirred by Mr. Trump and against him. Peter Baker, chief White House correspondent for The New York Times, explains" (The New York Times).
Portrays the life of a woman who always has to leave someone behind. Maria is a 24 hour caregiver. Once every 4 weeks, Maria leaves behind her Romanian village and embarks on a journey of over 1000 kilometres in order to care for elderly people in Austria. In the meantime, her own aging parents are left to their own device. Her husband Daniel also looks back on many years of hard labour abroad. He now takes charge of the household. Their two sons, however, envisage a completely different future. After 4 weeks Maria returns, yet she is not to stay. One day, she would like to use the money she has earned abroad to open a small bed and breakfast in order to be able to quit traveling.
A short documentary.
Interweaving super 8 family films, archival material and experimental animation, a granddaughter takes a deep dive into the remarkable life of her indomitable grandmother: a writer, WWII refugee and Holocaust survivor. “Anyuka” meaning mother in Hungarian, explores: intergenerational trauma, the Jewish diaspora, immigration, motherhood, and religious identity—to tell the story of a tragic and marvelous life across continents.
One thing is clear: contemporary artists can dispense with their manual skills and place as much or more importance on intellectual work than on the artistic object itself. So what does an artist do? Artefacto 71 attempts to answer this question by reviewing the work of a working-class artist such as the Catalan Martí Anson, establishing a dialogue between the artist and the filmmaker as equals.
Host Marie-Claude Julien meets director Bernard Émond on the day of the launch of his latest film Une femme respectable. He chose Trois-Rivières and its historic rue Des Ursulines to set the story of his main character. The house where the filming took place belongs to Marie-Claude. She took advantage of the director's visit to conduct this interview.
This is Love tells the romance stories of 3 Nigerian LGBTQ+ couples and how they navigate romantic relationships in a conservative and hostile Nigerian environment. It is an attempt to humanize LGBTQ+ people in Nigeria by telling a story of how they find love amidst the risks and struggles. The cast includes a lesbian couple, a gay couple and a couple made up of a transman and a ciswoman. It covered conversations around acceptance, religion, health, the Same-Sex Marriage Prohibition Act (SSMPA), and finding love. 2 out of the 3 couples wore masks and had their voices distorted. Aside from helping to conceal the identity of the cast, the mask and distorted voices are also symbolic of the double life LGBTQ+ Nigerians have to live for their safety and security.
"Smoke Signals" follows the volunteers at High Point Lookout, one of the last remaining fire lookout towers in California. Alternating between the daily duties of the fire lookouts, and a series of profiles on wildfires that have traced their history, "Smoke Signals" questions the role of the fire lookouts in the face of rapidly advancing technology and climate change.
Regular beatings, nights locked in the cellar. Alex's childhood in the Westphalian province was marked by his father's constant violence. Images of classic masculinity, harshness, no room for compassion or vulnerability. The only moments of peace: family vacations on Norderney. It is to this very place that Alex now travels with his father 30 years later in this documentary, to finally understand: Dad, why all this?
Peter Greenberg explores Belize, the beautiful country that straddles the worlds of Central America and the Caribbean. Adventures include an archaeology dig at a Mayan temple, fishing near the Great Blue Hole, making chocolate on a farm, feeding a jaguar at a special rehabilitation zoo, and playing the ancient game of Pok-ta-Pok.
It is a short film created to teach constitutional values in an Italian middle school / 1st grade (11-14 years old). Singing the articles of the Constitution is a political, artistic and highly cultural action, which gives a poetic aspect to a legal text par excellence.
Rock and roll megastars The Psychadelic Hix are about to embark on their long anticipated world tour. However, the hype is tarnished by rumors of the group’s association with the mysterious Muncie Ball Beer Cult, which indoctrinates young Hix fans into moving to the coast of Maine and marrying lighthouse keepers.
Filmed in a single day in spring 2024, Leaward is a short form documentary profile piece about the people and places surrounding the River Lea, In north East London. Through a series of audio interviews we discuss the significance of the area with community activists, volunteers, local business owners and local residents. Portraits and atmospheric B roll footage illustrate the dialogue finding beauty in the everyday and ordinary.
God's eye stills taken by Maxym Dondyuk of Ukrainian countryside and urban landscapes after the 2022 Russian invasion.
Composer Brian Gascoigne and electronic music artist David Vorhaus discuss the music of 'Phase IV' (1974).
"Zoonotic" explores the controversial topic of animals transmitting bacteria through dairy products, meat, and the water supply as a potential cause for Crohn's disease in millions of people around the world. The film balances perspectives from microbiologists, gastroenterologists, farmers, veterinary doctors, and patients as the story of this growing epidemic continues to evolve.
Two artists share their lives through an exchange of letters. From the banks of the Paraná River, in Guaraní land, to the course of the Negro River, in Mapuche territory, this series of video correspondences reveals an intimate dialogue between landscapes, archives and testimonies.
On a hot summer day, three US archaeologists are studying the de-industrialised plains of Thebes, the city of Antigone and Oedipus. The camera moves between ancient ruins and infrastructure as a field worker leaves the crops after a day’s labour.
Two skiers are suspended in space and time as the frozen winter Scape of the Yukon Territory awakens their souls.
A young woman from a Russian small town is writing a frank book about all her many loves. Living in a touching search for a new love and facing constant failures in relationships, she tries to answer the question whether her happiness depends on having a man next to her. the tragicomedy about relationships, deception, betrayal, fears and the endless search for true love.
In their quest for connection and acceptance among their peers, two Finnish teens suddenly find themselves entangled in the world of addiction and violence. As the light-hearted days of youth fade, they are faced with the harsh realities of adulthood.
A glimpse into the lives and hearts of some of the best Japanese free ride skiers in the world. 'Home from Home' explores the intersection between Japanese athletes and the natural world.
Italy’s oldest Carnival, memories, footages, a very powerful imagery rooted over the centuries in one city: Fano. A tradition, that of papier-mâché, and its float masters who, generation after generation, have been able to blend creativity, engineering and manual skills to build those traveling stages called floats. A character, named Vulón, encountering a child. He doesn’t know anything about the Carnival of Fano. No one better than a Carnival mask to walk him around through parades, costumes and sweets and to tell him that after all, Carnival is more than a simple celebration: it’s a feeling, a state of mind that warms the heart of a city and of the territory around. And while the carnival week is getting to an end, somebody is up and ready for a new beginning…
The singer has a fascinating back story, having arrived in Ireland in 1987. Within a year, she had won over the Irish people and became the biggest-selling female artist of the day.
As a new dad, the filmmaker reflects on the shared passion for nature that connects him with his late father.
In search of a more sustainable food system, three organic farming pioneers discuss their hopes and doubts with a spectrum of experts and stakeholders.
The deadliest refugee route in the world claims thousands of lives every year. In the first half of 2023 alone, almost 2,000 people died in the Mediterranean because the European Union’s border policy systematically violates existing laws. Instead of helping shipwrecked persons, Frontex practices illegal pushbacks, finances the violent operations of the Libyan coast guard and takes massive action against private sea rescue missions that act where the EU fails. All this has been documented in the media and yet remains incomprehensible to all who were never forced to live through this situation themselves: How can one deny assistance to hundreds of people in peril of life, even threaten and criminalise the civilian helpers?
In November 2023, Gail Lewis became an overnight sensation when she bade farewell to Walmart, signed off like an officer, wept in the car, and posted it on TikTok. 30 million + people have viewed Gail's viral video since uploading. The entire internet hailed the Gail, regarding her as some sort of supermarket Chuck Norris, a heroine capable of tackling shoplifters and scanning groceries at speeds that rival Barry Allen. Fans flocked to Gail's Walmart in the hope of catching a glimpse of their icon. Anyone lucky enough to find her would typically insist on a photo-op, before thanking her for her service. Unintentionally, Gail emerged as the greatest meme of 2023. But is there more than meets the meme? Who is the real Gail Lewis?
Documentary about Mat Irvine
Samuel Beckett, an Irish writer, and Walter Asmus, a German director, work together and become friends. Between archives and relics, fidelity and disappearance, the story of a relationship unfolds.
Documentary portrait of the New York photographer Nan Goldin.
Rebecca Johansson's big-mouth documentary about how her absolute favorite soap opera, Sunset Beach, is a part of who she is today.
Juvenal Pizarro has a small bakery on a hill in Valparaíso. Between sacks of flour and ovens, he kneads stories that explore his family's memories and those of his city. Like the story of Rucio Pizarro, who, back in the 1940s, as a child, started the family tradition of baking bread. His texts did not go unnoticed by a young theater company that set out to reconnect the people of Valparaíso with the memories of their bakers and their struggles, honoring a centuries-old craft that is characteristic of Valparaíso.
Hidden in the Grand Canyon, in the areas that are off limits to modern civilization, is a group of ancestors that have become lost over time. With the help of a Hopi Elder, we uncovered this lost group and discover an ancient connection.
The inside story of Theresa May's tumultuous premiership with exclusive access to the former Prime Minister and interviews with friends and critics.
The forest industry, the State Forest Management Centre (RMK) and natural scientists who have participated in the forest debate are brought in front of the camera for the first time, in order to gain clarity about what has happened to Estonian forests and what legacy we will leave for future generations. The nature film, shot in more than 60 different places in Estonia, opens the viewer to the current state of Estonian forests and shows how political decisions have affected the use of our common property.
Pavel Astakhov, the presenter and author of the program "Simple Miracles", drove along the front line, collecting people's stories about their meeting with God in the war – unique first-hand accounts of saved lives, unexploded shells, survival against all odds, how shrines were protected from bullets and bombs, and minefields did not explode about how the laws of nature and the effects of explosive waves were violated, about the abundant myrrh of Donbass icons, about the power of prayer and the multiplication of battalions with the names of saints on the front line.
The Portuguese choreographer Catarina Câmara believes she can help the rehabilitation process of the inmates by giving them contemporary dance lessons.
In the lead-up to the festive bonanza, an exclusive look inside the chocolate-maker's inventing room, and its 'chocolate imaginarium' too. Prepare for special choc drinks and cranberry treats.
A typical night with Pugnant film series. Pugnant Film Series organizes screening events in parks, tunnels, caves, abandoned factories in Athens. In this short film piece, we watch Pugnant Film Series open up some empty houses in the center of Athens, turn them into screening rooms for a while and symbolically bring them back into the public space. This action was carried out under the motto: "The empty houses are ours to do what we want with them".