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Anke Ames' attitude towards life is loving: people, music, ideas. That was the way, the violist, author and drawing artist found her center. Her last hospital residence was a couple of years ago. The doctors call it a bipolar disorder. Anke herself describes her mission as "shade guzzling."

Folk musicians Anna and Joel built a solar-powered stage on the roof of their veggie-oil-propelled tour bus. Their dream of driving the bus from Arkansas to Argentina comes to an abrupt end when two cars smash into them head-on.

Are Vaccines Proven Safe and Effective? Its Time for an Adult Conversation about this Topic and it starts here.

“…the body of the world which is also yours and which keeps insisting / you recognize it” - Extract from Quantum by Kim Addonizio. In Zahlner’s film the world is heightened through an abstracted filming of sensory textures, evoking touch, light and sound. All becomes one and forceful.

With interests in the politics of architecture, voyeurism and urban planning, Garland’s latest work "Chobham" focuses on video and sculptural form. Engaging directly with the site of production at a new residential development in east London, "Chobham" is a wall installation that resembles shapes and forms found in architect’splans and models. The presence of whirling fans and small screen pulsating suns creates a rhythmic work that is inspired by the relationship between technology and simulation. This leftfield approach to technology allows Garland to explore illusion and perception. The grey materiality of the concrete casts is in contrast to the vibrant colour of the videos, reminiscent of advertising hoardings that frequent these new types of neighbourhoods. Playing with scale, Chobham’sminiature staircases and video-rendered sun-drenched balconies unpack elements of the developer’s vision where aspiration is sold alongside the mundane.

A portrait of the Teatro Principal in Camagüey, Cuba. In making this film Konefsky thought about Conchita (the house manager of the theatre) and how maternal and nurturing her chair folding gesture was. Thinking about this film now, the artist hopes there is a thread of empathy embedded in the film –empathy for all the many, many theatres around the globe that are now closed due to Covid-19.

In the Yamal peninsula, in the northwest of Siberia, the Nenets live to the rhythm of seasons that are now out of order. Faced with increasingly mild winters and an unstable ice cap, these nomadic reindeer herders are forced to delay their transhumance, caught between a food that is drying up and the risk of drowning in the Ob River. Elsewhere in the Arctic, signs of global warming are mounting.

The documentary tells the origin of Arsenal since its creation in Turin and portrays the work carried out by Italian missionaries, precisely in the place that was the shelter and reference point for so many immigrants, and the stage of dreams, expectations, anxieties and conquests of millions of people of different nationalities, mainly Italians.

Digital intimacy is about exchange, but what is it that it is made of and how are we exchanging it? A PERSONAL PROJECT is a series of online artifacts ranging from videos and erotic stories to photos and snapchats created to expose power dynamics in online, browser-mediated affairs. Who or what controls who's arousal? Who gets paid? Are there different kinds of currency used for pay-outs? Who gets what kind of currency-- is it all equal? Guilt and shame are explored as a possible substance that can be communicated through interface obfuscated online interaction. This project was exhibited in an account on XTUBE until 2019, an amateur porn site. nothing_fucking_matters_II: cuter on the internet.mp4 (2014) is an artifact from that XTUBE channel.

Using a wealth of rarely-seen archival footage, correspondence, and new and illuminating interviews, Julia Newman makes the case that Albert Einstein's example of social and political activism is as important today as are his brilliant, groundbreaking theories.

Memory revisited, superstition transformed. Document as replaceable and rewritten form. Seeking a way out of the past.

A documentary examining the life of civil rights organizer, Jack O'Dell, a close colleague of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and a force in his own right.

Dortmund's Nordstadt is considered a social hotspot. High unemployment, poverty and crime. Many migrants live here. But the district is on the move.

A strong friendship is formed between five unaccompanied refugee boys who live inside a shipping container in a refugee camp in Greece.

This is a story about an underground venue in Brussels.

Sometime during the Vietnam war an American soldier was stationed in Thailand and recorded Tapes for his girl back home. He not only had to struggle with loneliness, but also with the adversity of the chosen communication method. By that, about 30% of the information is dominated by the medium itself.

The forced closure of the Sungei Road flea market in 2017 leaves evicted hawkers like Fook Seng, in his 70s and with a variety of ailments, with little recourse. in his 70s and with a variety of ailments, with little recourse. For him and his partner, negotiating is imperative to their survival—beyond their informal trade, it is also the way they wend their way through the thicket of bureaucracy to access financial aid.

The grandparents of the director, Marieke Widlak, confront her with a complicated question. Along with several inhabitants of Knegsel, they have been supporting the Indian priest Christopher Bara and his poor community for the last forty years. Does Marieke want to continue this project? She hesitates and raises confrontational questions. Is something like this effective, or just self-interest? To get real answers, she looks up Bara himself. The bond with him grows, but so do her doubts. Until an unexpected message from India clarifies things.

This dress has become a family legend. It was worn on especially solemn occasions, passing to each other. Today, family members live in different countries, but the history of the green dress has brought them together again in the virtual space.

What if there will be the Last Judgment for artists? Will the decision of the Last Judgment coincide with the conclusion of the Russian court, which doomed the artist to 20 years of exile? As a child, Avdei Ter-Oganian was fascinated by the works of avant-garde artists. So, the harder he tried to be the professional in the field of avant-garde art, the more critical and provocative he seems to be. But his colleagues, artists, who often became objects of Avdei’s provocations, and even representatives of authorities tolerated him. But once, during Moscow's Art Manege Fair in December 1998, Ter-Oganian conducted a scandalous performance: with a hatchet, he destroyed several icons - cheap objects, one he painted over with a profanity. His performance caused public protests towards his mistreatment of these icons, although they were just objects sold for tourists as souvenirs on the streets. As the scandal grew, Ter-Oganian's exhibit was closed, and further performances were prohibited.

The 24 Hours of Le Mans (French: 24 Heures du Mans) is the world's oldest active sports car race in endurance racing, held annually since 1923 near the town of Le Mans, France. It is considered one of the most prestigious automobile races in the world[2] and has been called the "Grand Prix of Endurance and Efficiency". The event represents one leg of the Triple Crown of Motorsport, with the other events being the Indianapolis 500 and the Monaco Grand Prix. Unlike fixed-distance races whose winner is determined by minimum time, the 24 Hours of Le Mans is won by the car that covers the greatest distance in 24 hours.

German schools mandate that students learn about National Socialism and its devastating impact on the country and the world, and this hour-long vérité doc follows four students over five years as they engage with lessons about the Nazi era and the Holocaust.

Set in Crossings Republik—a sub-city, neither urban nor rural, on the fringes of New Delhi—Did You Do It? explores the dynamics between natural resources and human intervention. Director Aditi Bhande moved to this ‘integrated city project’ with her family last year. After days of commuting to Delhi through a landscape of farms, high-rises, villages, factories and the polluted Hindon river, she reached an epiphany of horror. Where did the water to grow the food she ate come from? Where did the garbage she threw out go, and where did it end up? How was her everyday reality connected to the wider one around her?

Even at the end of the earth, two people cannot hide from a pandemic that has been going on for the third year. Post-apocalypse. Civil War. The earth has become depopulated and the only principle that rules the world is “Every man for himself”. You can survive if you stick together. But what if you’re the only one in the end?

My wife, kids and I travelled 6417 kilometers from Moscow to Vladivostok to meet our relatives, living there. 6417 kilometers is a straight-line distance. But paths are never straight…

The very first experiment ever done in the process of grief in which bereaved family members are having an artificial video conversation with their deceased loved ones through the use of deepfakes, which leverage machine learning and artificial intelligence to generate visual and audio content with a high potential to deceive.

At the intersection of Alice and 14th Streets in the heart of downtown Oakland, California, tension is brewing between real estate developers and artists around the best present and future uses of a coveted historic space. Following the proposal, creation, and final result of a mural, this documentary shows how art can work as a tool for grassroots activism and underscores the power of coalition-building to disrupt the displacing forces of privilege.

Shocking experiences with nudism on the Baltic Sea beach, the desire to rebuild the Wall "10 meters higher" - these are just some of the stories collected by the rbb-Erzählmobil 30 years after the "year of reunification". People from Berlin-Brandenburg have described their moving, exciting and humorous experiences for the website www.rbb-deine-geschichte.de and their view of unity today.

Nizar is a Tunisian boy whose application for political asylum is rejected. However, he meets Agostino, owner of a local gym and MMA coach, and Nizar discovers his talent for the sport and also finds a family.

HAWAIIANA examines the enduring legacy of Winona “Aunty Nona” Beamer, a venerated educator, storyteller, composer and hula expert who dedicated her life to preserving and celebrating traditional Hawaiian culture. In her 20s, Aunty Nona formed a Hawaiian dance troupe that toured the U.S., eventually performing at Carnegie Hall and bringing the ancient art of hula to the wider public. Later, as a teacher at the Kamehameha Schools, she became a pivotal force in bringing Hawaiian culture back into the classroom. She coined the now well-known term “Hawaiiana” to represent a curriculum that included the best of Hawaiian culture, history and knowledge. Weaving together archival music and dance performances with past interviews and footage of Aunty Nona and her sons Keola and Kapona Beamer, HAWAIIANA offers a profile of a pioneering woman whose wisdom and life story continue to spread the message of aloha around the world.

Paul and Hava met at a performing-arts social event for people with intellectual disabilities. With the assistance of their parents, they went on a few successful dates. The connection was immediate. After some time, they decided to make their strong, loving bond official. The couple made each other so happy that their parents saw no good reason to deny the proposal. The group homes where Paul and Hava lived, however, stood in the way of the couple’s union. “They want us not to get married—not to live together,” says Paul in a new short documentary.

"At First They Don't Believe" documents the stories and experiences of two women who survived the regime, Sieng Chantei and Leay Kimchhean, as they navigate and confront these challenges. The film highlights the different ways that they have made their experiences of the regime meaningful. Building on the work of Changing the Story in Cambodia, and by learning from and with the innovative work of Cambodian civil society organisations, the film illustrates the importance of young people learning about and acknowledging the stories of survivors.

An immersive Virtual Reality experience rooted in the Northern myths of the merpeople, who lured sailors and longing souls to sea. Like the lost ones of the past, you begin by the seaside. The world around you dissolves as you hear the calling from the sea, and you are submerged in a suggestive underwater world, where the distinction between reality and imagination, man and nature, disappears.

Gift, act or effects of spontaneously giving something of great value to someone. An undeserved gift.

A documentary study that comprehends the largest theater project of 2017 - "Rodina" performance by Andrey Stadnikov at Meyerhold Center. How Joseph Stalin and the legacy of totalitarianism resonate in each of us.

“you’re all alone, but you’re not sure”

This short documentary explores the situation of the incarcerated male trans population and their health problems generated by the gender binarism that dominates the prisons.

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In the past years, in France and in Germany, distrust between the people and law enforcement has been on the rise. For many citizens, the police has become their enemy.

An actress takes a stand against the prosthetic mole that is preventing her from reaching cinematic brilliance.

The forest of Agia Paraskevi in Vovousa, a mountainous village in Western Greece, is one of the last remaining sacred forests. Untouched by the passage of time, it’s being preserved by the myths that comprise the village’s oral tradition, which in turn passes on from generation to generation and building up the forest’s legend. People say that if the forest is “disturbed” in any way, the consequences will be devastating. As a result, the forest survives without any human intervention – something rare in our modern times.

Two middle-aged women talk while cleaning hotel rooms and contemporary art spaces. They never meet on screen, however, their conversations and secret thoughts on present working conditions bring them close. Through two parallel videos documenting the nuanced nature of working as a cleaner, cleanliness emerges as a working condition. A comment on the relationship between art and labor; the story of two women whose hands have been soaked in bleach for years.

Centenarian Cleoniki lives in the mountains of Evrytania, singing and narrating stories from the past. Kostas and Giorgos, two of her eight children, live with her. Everyone is awaiting the “Sotiros” (Savior’s) traditional feast, when the little village teems with life once again.

On August 1, 2007, the sudden collapse of the I-35W bridge in downtown Minneapolis shaped a community. Spencer Patzman’s debut documentary follows the many personal stories of one tragedy and the countless ways it is felt more than 12 years later.

Watch the Stenhouse Jr./Marshall Racing team as they gear up for the premier dirt race of the year, Knoxville Nationals. Everything is bigger. The attendance. The Purse. The Crashes. The stakes. The drama. Get unprecedented access to the #17 team's drive to end the week in victory lane. Because being a part of a race team isn't a sport, it's a way of life.

In Garment/Movement, Lily Ashrowan explores space, physical response and time. Ashrowan depicts two women playing and performing amongst industrial debris, likening human arms and non-human levers in Hawick’s derelict Peter Scott mill, a site imbued with the past labour of women. A tense countdown booms out as the site’s discarded present is explored through the female body and entrancing gestures of the passing of time. Ashrowan challenges notions of play as simply jovial or as pastime, and fixes it firmly in real human experience, a method to understand the world.

In Elizabeth Junor, Ashanti Harris expertly maps a kind of settlement, recounting the life of the Guyana-born daughter of a Scottish carpenter and timber estate shareholder from the Black Isle – deploying voiceover, superimposition, frames within frames and onscreen text to highlight the modes of narration by which a life is catalogued.

A short documentary film providing an insight into the experiences of Dorset based band Galaxy Thief. We join them as they have started their very first headline tour across the UK, shortly after reaching 110k streams on their newly released EP. This 16-minute documentary uses both years of archive, as well as cinematic behind the scenes footage to tell their story as a band on the way up in the competitive music industry.

Julia Parks' The Girl Who Forgets How to Walk offers up precise descriptions – and the poems of Cumbrian writer Kate Davis, which diligently recount the process of learning to walk following a childhood diagnosis of polio.

A crew of a trawler crosses the ocean with one aim in mind: to catch 2000 tons of tuna. Out in the deep waters for months, these men share extremely harsh living conditions. Between poetry and social criticism, Fish Eye invites us to reflect on the mechanisms of capitalism through industrial-scale fishing.

Percy and Elija are in a relationship, they live together in a suburb of Copenhagen and don't only share a passion for cosplay. They also share the entire universe that they have built together in the performative Japaneses role-playing universe, where they can live out other sides of themselves. We experience the two young people 'in character' and in full makeup, but also when they share pillows with each other in their intimate and private 'backstage' home in their apartment. Victoria Salomonsen's 'Jeg er en anden' is a stylish and psychologically astute film about being young in a performative age, where you have the freedom to be yourself and someone else – if only you have the courage too.