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On October 31, 2014, in Burkina Faso, the people ousted President Blaise Compaoré after 27 years in power. Two years after these events, we set out to investigate in Ouagadougou, searching for the individuals captured in a photograph taken during the occupation of the national television station that day: nine revolutionaries lost to history.

Into the Dust 4 is Larry Janesky’s third attempt to finish the Baja 1000 Ironman. See what happens in this inspiring story of stepping into towering challenges, and giving all you can to persevere. At age 54, can he make it to the finish? Into the Dust has been watched by over four million people worldwide, and the gripping sequels have shown first hand one of the most physically difficult feats in all of Motorsports, to solo the Baja 1000 on a motorcycle.

'Ai - Below the Surface' is a surrealistic short movie. The main premise was to create a document of a dream of the fictional character 'Ai'. The result of this experiment is the movie - an approach of documenting the undocumentable.

Midnight, June 17, 2020 – In widespread isolation, Lia Ditton rowed alone under San Francisco’s Golden Gate Bridge and out into the open ocean. Almost three months later, Lia made landfall in Hawaii just before sunrise.

How much litter is there?

A documentary highlighting the dangers of witchcraft in Africa. Christian leaders speak on their personal experiences in the spiritual war between the light and the darkness.

Ah Beng is a term typically used on Chinese males in Singapore who are loud, tattooed and seen as “hooligans”. Tia Gong, which means ‘hearsay’ in Hokkien, is an intimate yet light-hearted documentary that charts the stories of two young men who have been labelled as Ah Bengs since they were young: restaurant owner and chef Jason Chua from Beng Who Cooks, and student social worker Gary Lau from Happy Children Happy Future. They set out on their own individual journeys to seek deeper connections, question the boundaries set by society and ruminate about what the label means for them today.

Made with virtually no budget during COVID-19 quarantine in 2020, IRANIAN LIVES MATTER abstractly recounts the true story of what occurred in Iran during the November 2019 protests, sparked by a surprise hike in gasoline prices, which quickly spread across the entire nation and was subsequently crushed by the dictator's iron fist, resulting in the death of approximately 1500 protesters, as reported by Reuters. IRANIAN LIVES MATTER is an experimental documentary, an audio-visual endurance test that audibly takes its audience through the chaos in the streets of Iran as the brutal regime cracks down on Iranian protesters, while visually showing the hands of the dictatorship as it crosses out 1500 lives one by one to further emphasize the scale of the massacre and show to a world desensitized to news of mass killings in the Middle East what the term "1500 dead" truly means.

The turn of the twenty-first century was a golden age in Swedish urban planning. Hammarby Sjöstad in Stockholm became a model around the world for how to design an attractive and eco-friendly urban environment. At the forefront of the new planning stood the architect Jan Inghe. Now there's a new film that describes his work and considers how our cities have been developing since that time. The awarded film follows Jan Inghe's career, beginning with the development of the Minneberg district in Stockholm during the 1970s, continuing with Södra Station in the 80s, and culminating with Hammaby Sjöstad in the 90s.

Texas was hit by a massive winter storm in mid-February, 2021. And along with the record amount of snow came a massive wave of power outages—and much more. Navigating through these crises, this documentary explores the sights and sounds of a typical, outage-ridden day for a typical suburban family.

This documentary is a portrait of the 100-year history of the Communist Party of Spain but, above all, it is a tribute to the wretched of the earth, the oppressed and forgotten, those who gave their lives for freedom and democracy.

This film is a small vignette of Fretwater Boatworks, a very unique boat crafting shop that keeps the tradition of wooden dory building alive whilst honoring the dreams of Grand Canyon pioneer Martin Litton. These beautiful boats still represent advocacy toward wild places compromised and/or lost.

Winter in America has its power, bringing with it sub-zero temperatures, bitter windstorms, and food shortages. Some animals retreat to nests and burrows to wait until spring arrives, while others make long journeys to warmer climes. But the strongest will persevere and endure. Wolves and pumas use their sensitive snouts to track their prey wherever they need to go. River otters and bald eagles hunt in the ice, and bearded puffins plunge into the snow for a bite. Every morsel can mean the difference between life and death.

Ongoing investigation by Laura Poitras and Sean Vegezzi

Following her coronation in 1838, Britain's Queen Victoria was being relentlessly pursued by a strange teenager, Edward "the Boy" Jones, who had an uncanny ability to sneak into Buckingham Palace without being detected. "If he had come into my bedroom, how frightened I would have been," the Queen wrote in her journal. As a result of his multiple intrusions into Buckingham Palace, the Boy Jones became a media celebrity. Fearful that he might injure or even assassinate the Queen, or kidnap the Princess Royal, the government of Prime Minister Lord Melbourne wanted to get rid of the Boy Jones at all costs.

Over 20 years have passed since Elwy Yost last served as the beloved host of TVO's Saturday Night at the Movies and Magic Shadows. His infectious enthusiasm for cinema and interviews with actors, filmmakers, and critics influenced generations and left an enduring legacy with audiences across Ontario. Through archival footage and interviews with family, friends, and colleagues, this film tells the story of how a school teacher from Weston, Ontario became a Hollywood film authority.

What lies behind the violation of every rule? An account reliving the yearly ritual that takes place at the autodrome in Mugello where fifty thousand participants from all around the world descend in search of the extreme.

“An American Prayer” is a documentary about ordinary Americans in an extraordinary time caught between love, duty, and stereotype, in present-day America’s turmoil. The film is also a fascinating record of the greatest democracy in the world in upheaval, and an urgent prayer to save the American Dream

The refugee camp Khao-I-Dang on the border of Cambodia and Thailand was known as the “hill of death.” Hundreds of thousands of people fleeing famine or certain death under the Khmer Rouge arrived there exhausted. Among them were a mother and her baby daughter, who later found a home in France. Fourty years later, the daughter—filmmaker Neary Adeline Hay—follows the trail back in a highly personal, elegantly filmed journey through their past.

Vulk ez da (Vulk is not) is a multidisciplinary show that aims to blur the boundaries between live performance and previously recorded audiovisual material in an exercise of self-discovery by the Bilbao based music band Vulk. This project, therefore, is not constrained to a specific format and expands through different media with the music and the power of live performance as the backbone of the show.

The documentary is a kind of master class on the pioneer of Basque-language films and the founder of Lekeitio’s Euskal Zine Bilera. Benito Ansola talks to J. J. Bakedano about the secrets of his major productions. In the space of 20 years he produced some twenty films, including documentaries and fiction shorts.

Dear Jackie is a cinematic letter to Jackie Robinson, the first Black man to play in Major League Baseball, after a stint with the minor-league Montreal Royals, and a key contributor to the civil rights movement in the United States. The film addresses Robinson directly and recounts the current situation of the Black community in Little Burgundy, once known as the “Harlem of the North,” drawing interesting parallels between the two eras. Through eloquent interviews, the filmmaker paints a portrait of racism and racial inequality in Montreal and Quebec as a whole. Presenting a unique historical and social perspective, Henri Pardo has made an important film that deconstructs the myth of a post-racial Quebec society.

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In a magically cosy autumn setting, Lissi Muschol interviews people about their everyday online behaviour. The surrounding nature empowers them to imagine a world free from stressful internet habits and addictions. They manage to slow down, reflect and make way for the idea of a courageous offline experiment.

The starting point of this documentary exploration is a 1980s abuse scandal in Cleveland, northern England, which turned out to be a scandal of false accusations. In his uniquely personal and literarily remarkable way, Ben Young discusses this historical event from offscreen. What we see is surprising contemporary footage of the region. Image and sound unite in a strong-minded attempt to capture a piece of local history by cinematic means.

Forty-year-old Olya is a doctor with an ambulance crew. For a long time her life has been lacking in drama. But then comes the pandemic. It brings new anxiety, new risks, new worries about her sick colleagues, and it also brings… love.

Night falls on an arena in Colorado Springs as two combatants, dressed in 15th century armor, beat each other to a pulp with battle axes. Exhausted and elated, the two women remove their helmets and warmly embrace. This traditionally European sport was brought to present day America by way of a few traveling hobbyists who fell in love with its history and athleticism. Though very much male dominated, a group of female fighters joined the fray and the concept of a knight was reborn. Steel Song follows the lives of three of these women; Shoshana Shellans, a teacher and military veteran, Bridgette Parkison, a writer with autism and essential tremors, and Julee Slovacek-Peterson, a mother and domestic abuse survivor. Together they discover not just the fight but beauty in the fight itself. STEEL SONG tells the story of everyday people who find hope, family and strength in Medieval Armored Combat.

Try and tell the story in your own way.

Manu Dibango is eighty years old. Smiling like a kid, he blows out his birthday cake candles, followed by applause. An hour and half later, he is eighty-five years old. Between these two milestone birthdays, the film directors followed in the day to day footsteps of this smiling, debonair giant; for whom the expression, "quiet strength" seems to have been coined. Composer, musician, journalist, an ambassador of the Francophone world, honoured and distinguished around the world; Manu Dibango has remained himself wherever he may find himself.

Anchored to the heart of the King’s Cross redevelopment in London, the film takes the viewpoint of an arbitrary surveillance camera to trace the many flows of a privately-managed but public-facing square.

The story of Newcastle's dyke-led queer club scene of the late 80s and early 90s that gave birth to Pride on Tyne.

In Rotuno, within the protected area of the Rio de Janeiro Protocol, 40 men armed with blowguns and weapons begin their wedding rites, never before filmed, for the Sarayaku festivities. Yaku, who returns to his land after many years, goes on an epic journey where he must share hallucinogenic drinks, go hunting in total darkness, make his crown of feathers and participate in the dance of the spears...

My grandparents lived in the countryside, they still farm although they are over eighty, the old house they lived in has become dangerous, grandpa was crippled by a stroke. They guard the old house all year round. What will they experience? What is their life like? What is their love like? What would their story be like if they were young and turned back in time?

Bijan Ebrahimi was burned to death by Lee James and his accomplice Stephen Norley, vigilantes who wrongly believed the innocent Iranian man was a paedophile

Slut Nation: Anatomy of a Protest revisits the world’s first Slutwalk protest in Toronto in 2011.

A Calgary man finds a unique musical instrument and wants to return it to the rightful owner.

The documentary delves into how scientists, doctors, and other experts across Singapore, China, Japan, South Korea, and the U.K. worked tirelessly around the clock to combat the micro-pathogen, and the concerns and opinions of public and political figures.

In "Reflection, Refraction", Flora Debechi recasts optical and projector lenses from 'found' sea glass along the coastline of Bute – lenses to look at rather than through. Debechi's visual journal engages processes of capturing, waiting and transformation, from raw material to tactile sculpture.

The Jewish National Fund's Blue Boxes were a global fundraiser to purchase land in Israel. Weaving a co-founder's diary entries with his descendants' memories, Blue Box investigates the myths that constructed a national icon.

Grapes much like human beings, need to struggle to build character. Bodega De Edgar is a short film on the life of winemaker Edgar Torres. Edgar Immigrated to the US illegally with his father in the 80's for a better life. Believing in the American Dream, Edgar worked for years to invest in four barrels of wine. Edgar now makes uniquely sophisticated Spanish inspired wines in Paso Robles California.

In his studio at Charlottenborg Kunsthal, the young painter Christopher FenDweller – a figure loosely based on the Fenrir wolf of Norse mythology and the Danish Golden Age painter C.W. Eckersberg! – works on mastering the motifs of nature. It’s not going so well. Therefore, he embarks on an educational journey to the island of Møn, where a transformation begins. Ancient folk tales and figures borrowed freely from Norse mythology meet hypermodern high-tech in a lavishly baroque adventure. Like a spiritual relative of Matthew Barney, he lets its hybrid characters explore the historical past and possible futures at the same time.

Tracking the public administration of light and darkness as an essential policing tool, the video moves between cities like New York and London, with the artist’s native Beirut setting the central pulse. Creating an associative genealogy that moves from whale oil lamps to gas lanterns to LED bulbs, from blackouts to curfews, the video is comprised of found footage and material from the artist’s own phone.

MAKING THE IMPOSSIBLE POSSIBLE tells the story of the student-led struggle to win Puerto Rican Studies at Brooklyn College, CUNY, in the late 1960s. The documentary is a mosaic of voices, film footage, and photographs taken by student activists. This important intergenerational story highlights how students and faculty seized the moment to build upon an alliance of Puerto Rican, African American, and other progressive students forged in their communities and the civil rights movement. Together they changed the face of higher education, transforming the curriculum and expanding who gets educated. The film sheds light on the 50-year history of struggle that started with the founding of one of the first Puerto Rican Studies departments in the nation, and documents the continued movement to maintain their gains.

A spirited young man journeys into the mountains of China in search of a Buddhist hermit master. Along the trail he meets an unexpected cast of dedicated recluses; the gaunt ascetic, the persevering nun, a wise old master and his disciples, all who, despite living far from the world, teach him all about how to live within it. Edward A. Burger lived in China for over twelve years and is one of the few foreigners to have lived and studied with the hermits of the Zhongnan Mountains. The Mountain Path recounts his personal journey, including the story of how he found his lifelong teacher and entered into the world of these dedicated recluses. We witness the practical everyday challenges of mountain solitude, while the hermits share precious teachings on life, death and the journey within.

On the North East Coast of Scotland, an extraordinary family have turned the previously derelict Bayview hotel into a place of respite for international fishermen when they come to land. This film is a glimpse into this unlikely home and the transient guests who pass through it.

A congregation of images around Newington Green, Stoke Newington, and the surrounding streets form a meeting place for the locals to reflect on their understanding of working-class culture and the local area.

Zooming through neighborhoods in the West Bank, two Palestinian teenagers find freedom in their skateboarding community.

An indigenous community of the Kariri people, located in Chapada do Araripe (rural area of ​​Crato/CE), reflects on water: the indigenous myth of recreating the world together with the waters against the capitalist developmental myth of controlling the waters and the human and non-human bodies that inhabit the São Francisco River (Opará).

A special conversation between celebrity trans influencer Gigi Gorgeous and MJ Rodriguez and dishing about everything from MJ’s star experience on POSE and its new season, to life during the COVID-19 pandemic, and what it’s like being featured as the first Afro-Latina Trans woman featured in a Lexus commercial.