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Lost among Andean valleys, in the small town of Nabón there are still peasant families that embrace the "Buen vivir" (Good Living); a philosophy without philosophers that tells us about the harmonious relationship with nature and the community. Oblivious to the importance of this combat, a peasant woman, Narcisa, resists in the land of her parents, while she watches how her children are forced to migrate.

The secrecy surrounding Area 51 has helped fuel a myriad of conspiracy theories. All this interest comes fast on the heels of newly declassified documents prompting the age-old query, 'Are we alone in the universe?'

In a small town in Virginia, a young family forwards the tradition of Sorghum pressing and makes sweet autumn memories.

Open to cameras for the first time, the story of Lafite Rothschild told by Baron Rothschild and Saskia Rothschild through vintages that represent the beginning, the triumphs, the hard work, and the human condition in a bottle of wine.

Phil Breslin embarks on an adventure to unlock the hidden secrets of the Dutch Dakota and its fortune of lost diamonds.

Harley Bull follows a young British man in an exploration of his history of drugs, mental health issues and how he learned to cope. A documentary on a true average male with a message to never lose hope.

This documentary takes a look at Class I railroads – BNSF Railway, Canadian National, Canadian Pacific, and Union Pacific, short lines, Amtrak, commuter lines, and railway preservation in the “Land of 10,000 Lakes.”

The descendants of Moctezuma and Cortés reunite for the 500th aniversary of the Spanish Conquest of México

Singer and actress, Rona Hartner returns to her country of origin, Romania, to meet the different communities that have forged her identity.

Is Tasmanian salmon one big lie? From above the surface the salmon industry in Tasmania spruiks to the consumer a green and sustainable industry. PARADISE LOST looks under the water to reveal a dark underbelly of lies and environmental devastation which will shock anyone who decides to eat another mouthful of this toxic fish.

A coda to the suite Kirchheimer began with 2018’s Dream of a City, One More Time poignantly intercuts our last glimpses of the cycle’s black-and-white, late-fifties New York with color outtakes from 1981’s Stations of the Elevated, depicting a different yet equally distant moment in the life of the city. Placed simultaneously between and beyond these two eras, the film becomes a lyrical lament for the promised New York that never was.

On the island of Tanegashima, the director of the film who is also Portuguese follows the story of the first encounter between Japan and the West. Observing that the gestures of the Portuguese and Japanese today copy the gestures from the past.

A documentary essay on coming of age and the power of the unconscious. In the same vein as Sweatlodge Song, this is a message of courage and hope.

Cutler Gray pays tribute to his Great Grandfather Buck DuSell and other famous riders of the early 1900's by recreating their Endurance Runs, about 150 miles per day - on a Motorized Bicycle.

Ιn Eleochori, Messinia, the last and elderly residents tell us how they rebuilt it after it was destroyed in the great earthquake of ’86 In the mountains through which modern Greece began we have the opportunity to see elements of the past coming into contact with the present and to reflect on the past looking back at us. We visit Eleochori, Messinia and talk to the elderly residents who stubbornly decided to rebuild their village when it was destroyed in the earthquake of 86. But time and the modernization of life have left the village empty as most left for Kalamata or even larger city in Greece.

John Sweeney murdered and dismembered the bodies of two ex-girlfriends before dumping them in canals in London and Rotterdam in 1990 and 1992. This programme examines the police investigation that finally brought him to justice after evading capture for years, and reveals how John Sweeney was ultimately undone by his own hand.

Lasagna is a short film about one of the thousands of quirks that cats have that sometimes scare us. Saci, the owner, is watching TV in her room when Lasagna starts to stare at the door. Is there something behind her?

A look into a young Somali woman who is having difficulties speaking her mother tongue. Her father narrates the story Cigaal and the Lion Stump with the hope to persuade her to never give up on her Somali heritage.

The film "Freedom" is a pure motivation to create and live without boundaries that suppress the will. This is a movie about everyone, a movie reflecting the love of life and all living things on the planet. The heroes of the film are young people who have gone beyond the limits and boundaries of social attitudes. They live their lives without losing their individuality, creating unique projects and benefiting the world. Free young people who inspire with experience, creativity and travel will prove by their example that you do not need to be afraid to realize yourself in what you are interested in. Nature is a symbol of freedom and a source of true human strength.

A documentary that follows the harsh daily life of the nuns of a Buddhist monastery in this ancient kingdom of northern India, made of destitution and joyful complicity.

In Venezuela, Pedro lives above three thousand meters, the only descendant of the first Venezuelan to climb Pico Bolívar who stayed to live among the mountains. With no neighbors or close relatives, Pedro lives in solitude accompanied by his best friends and dreaming of love.

Corvo tells the story of how with no threats, no weapons and no violence, the magician and stunt artist, Robert J. Williams, robbed 13 banks in 2012. With unconventional narrations, untraditional reenactments, magic acts and stunts, the documentary thoroughly analyzes the sequence of life events that led to the execution of these robberies.

In 1924, a garden city, called “Ungemach”, was inaugurated in Strasbourg; it was restricted to couples who bore “healthy and fertile strains”. This officially eugenicist experience was endorsed by both political and scientific authorities, and the selection system lasted until the 1980s! To understand the genesis of such a project, it is necessary to revisit the history of eugenics. We will first go to England, where the concept was born and developed in the 1880s. Then to the United States, Switzerland, the Nordic countries, Japan, where, since the 1920s, large-scale sterilization policies have been implemented to eradicate health and social "defects", long before Nazi Germany. This question of eugenics is a universal one; its implementations were numerous and it still permeates ethical debates on medically assisted procreation techniques or Transhumanism today.

Punk Rock Holiday documentary, 'The Beast From Soča River', gives an exclusive insight into the festival’s first decade. All its ups and downs and everything in between, that made Punk Rock Holiday into what it is today - one of the wildest & most unique festivals in Europe. The documentary takes you on a journey of Punk Rock music, stage dives, skateboarding and endless adventures on the Soča River. Fletcher from Pennywise simply called it “The best festival in the world,” so who are we to disagree? Get your Melonball and popcorn ready and just enjoy the ride!

From his first days as president to his last, how Trump stoked division, violence and insurrection. FRONTLINE investigates Trump’s siege on his enemies, the media and even the leaders of his own party, who for years ignored the warning signs of what was to come.

From its unique cable cars that conquered impossible hills, to its first in the nation City-owned transit agency, to the current wave of ride-sharing companies and autonomous vehicles, San Francisco has been a constant laboratory for how to move people through an urban landscape.

The cliché has it that a picture is worth a thousand words. But is that true? Now in his thirties, Nicolas Wouters tries to find out what his grandparents’ photos do not reveal about their life as colonials in the former Belgian Congo (now the Democratic Republic of the Congo) in the period 1946-1958.

From the first conspiratorial meeting to publication: gripping documentary about the story behind the scandal video that brought down the Austrian Vice Chancellor Heinz-Christian Strache in 2019.

It's fall in 2012, Fawn Mountain has just vanished from her small town trailer park in Claysburg, Pennsylvania. Three years later she is formally declared a missing person, and today her family and friends still find the details surrounding her disappearance suspicious.

As an intelligent elevator discovers the world, we get to know the invisible links between extreme heights – the mega-tall tower, a speculative object and symbol for social, cultural and economical domination; and extreme depths – the deep mine, a place of natural wealth extraction and colonial exploitation. As doubts, fears and desires melt in the consciousness of the elevator, existence becomes a battle to justify itself.

A place in Ghent, watched by the flightless and garrulous pigeon Lukaku. Living in a particularly close relationship with its owner, Francesco D’Amico, he gains insights into the human grotesque. Director Annelein Pompe lets him talk, introduce us to the world of pigeon breeding and reveal the thoughts of a few persons who retain small, hidden refuges in the mundane daily business.

Crossed by greed, two hundred and seventy-two people were buried by tailings from the Vale mining company in Brumadinho (MG), Brazil. The emptiness that now crosses those who try to carry on will never be filled. This tribute film is dedicated to the victims of the irresponsible mining tragedy that continues to take its toll with blood and devastation.

The local train is a sight to behold in the morning, overloaded with crowds fighting to get inside. A special compartment reserved for women appears as a temporary oasis – a haven for solitude and contemplation. Director Rebana Liz John questions the women, who reveal what it means to keep ambitions alive within an oppressive patriarchal system. Black and white imagery evocatively captures the details of the women’s experience in this world. They reflect on their lives, across generations, with humour, disappointment and defiance, forming a complex tapestry whose common ground is endurance and survival.

The events surrounding the killing of Louis Mountbatten in August 1979, when his boat was blown up at sea by the IRA off the west coast of the Republic of Ireland. Royal insiders, local journalists and victims' family members recall the attack minute by minute, revealing how Thomas McMahon slipped onto the unguarded Shadow V at night to plant the bomb. The programme also considers Mountbatten's legacy, and how the tragic circumstances of his death never eclipsed his status as one of the most significant and influential royal family members of the 20th century.

‘Each person we meet in the course of our life is a journey and we often feel the need to travel with them first class or without luggage and empty pockets’. Alekos Zoukas is a darling man, fun-loving and at the same time a deep thinker. A man you can’t forget once you meet him. In the film, the travels of the director with Alekos Zoukas and his friends to Pirsogianni alternate with Alekos’ confessions about his experience with cancer. A tribute to friendship by a sinful angel…

A Brazilian news website planned to post only positive articles for an entire day as an advertising campaign. That day was September 11th, 2001.

Ibiza. A sun-kissed island in the Mediterranean Sea. At the southernmost part of this island, one DJ has been playing music all day, everyday at the same beach for 25 years. His name is Jon Sa Trinxa. Jon arrived at Ibiza on a hippie bus from London. "Living on an island with the ocean and the sun. That was enough to lure me here." He came to Ibiza penniless, and to make matters worse, a fight with a friend was topped off with a car accident. How did he end up being a DJ at some beachside restaurant after so much misfortune? In paradise with pure freedom, he simply lives by his love of music in search of original musical styles, and DJs with a never-ending passion. His insatiable love for music has uniquely shaped his DJ style unlike any other person in the world. This documentary film portrays Ibiza's music scene and the life of "the legendary DJ of Ibiza" Jon Sa Trinxa who devoted his life to music.—Rinae, Lily

In an avant-garde Naples, increasingly detached from the melodic tradition and in search of new sound worlds, was born the group of Osanna: five boys who grew up between Vomero and the Academy of Fine Arts, like much of the Neapolitan counterculture between the sixties and seventies. Through the alternation of past and present, Lino Vairetti, singer of the band and its re-founder, retraces the traces of an era.

This short film is a grass-roots social awareness documentary. The topic is the most common, yet unseen, and preventable disability in the United States: Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD). FASD is more common than autism, down syndrome and spina bifida combined, yet the only one that is preventable. Why don't we all know about FASD? The blinders are pulled over our eyes because of intense alcohol lobbying to minimize the realities of alcohol's harm, the harmful stigma around alcohol consumption in pregnancy, and a 'mommy juice' promoting culture. When the lockdown happened in 2020, researchers documented a 41% increase in drinking among women in the US. We are facing an epidemic of developmental disability in our future unborn children, and this short documentary is a real-time reflection of how we can stop it. Prevention will take all of us working together and stepping into the light of FASD awareness.

Freedom Swell highlights a surf program designed to empower African Nova Scotian youth to connect with the ocean. The film explores the lack of diversity in the East Coast surf scene, stemming from complex historical barriers such as racism, segregated beaches, and generational fear of water. Co-founder LaMeia Reddick, volunteers, participants, and community members share their stories about the healing nature of water. Freedom Swell beautifully represents the spirit of North Preston Surf, a flagship program designed to inspire for years to come.

So often throughout her life, Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Elizabeth Bishop's trajectory is tragically disrupted by a profound personal loss that pushes her into her worst self-destructive habits. Yet in her sixties, while grief-stricken, she courageously faces up to her most tragic heartbreak, writes her greatest work, becomes her truest self, learns to master "the art of losing," and earns her place as one of North America's greatest poets. Transplanted Nova Scotia filmmaker John D. Scott foregrounds how Bishop's journey is indelibly connected to her Nova Scotian heritage.

An in-depth look at the origins of Covid-19. Did it really start in a food market in Wuhan, China? Or was the global pandemic caused by a lab accident in the same city?

The film was built around «a musical composition about (im)possibilities», a collaboration between a Moscow-based sonic artist Stas Sharifullin and Rupert Clervaux, a contemporary English poet, composer and sound engineer. The piece and lyrics itself have become a starting point for the final artwork: a study of borderlines between the mechanisms of recognition and non-recognition where abstractions are being intertwined with concrete images, and personal memories are being blended with the thoughts of the global. The film contains footages from the director's personal family archive, as well as sequences created with some experimental video and animation techniques. Thus, the "private" forms the "poetic", weaving the fabric of the film's narrative.

A family displaced by greed searches for a new home in a foreign place. As they explore they discover pieces of themselves; old and new. "Shea" celebrates what has always remained in Black/African peoples, an innate sense of home, luxury and interconnectedness.

Perhaps the gap between the memory of the past and that of the future is where you can search and find better.

Thesalonica Sia gets ready to celebrate her 18th birthday in this short film by Zed Ramos.

After leaving an abusive husband, Sonya returns to Fogo Island, a place and way of life she previously could not wait to escape. Now, working as a server at a fancy tourist hotel, she is raising her two sons alone, back where she started. Filmed against magnificent backdrops and stunning vistas, Dropstones captures a year in the life of a family pulling together to weather snowstorms, first jobs and family barbecues. As the matriarch of the family, Sonya's mission to raise Luke and Sean as "two good men" proves difficult at times, especially when balancing the demands of a seasonal job with single parenting. Despite the many high-pitched arguments, Sonya takes the time to show affection and love to her boys, always ready to listen to Sean's recommended technology upgrades and Luke's school woes. A coming-of-age story that takes the time to connect to place, identity and tradition.

Documentary exploring the king’s life and reign, looking at the relationships with the women in his life and considering the remarkable period in history he presided over – an era when the arts, culture, technology and architecture flourished in Britain.

When Ida worked in the DIY supermarket, people kept asking where she was from. With her brown eyes and dark hair, she stood out from the rest of her family, where everyone is blonde – apart from her Iranian father. The only thing is: she has never met him, and until recently, the prospect of doing so has not kept her awake at night. But now, as a 28-year-old, Ida is starting to look for answers to all the unresolved questions about her father – and herself. A trip to Iran is the start of an inner journey, which takes her to unexpected places. She works her way closer and closer to her absent Iranian father with self-effacing humour and sincerity in a personal film about finding oneself.

A short film made during lockdown.

The year 2020 is a difficult one for U.S.D.B., the amateur rugby club that represents Dieulefit, a small town in southern France. The number of lost matches is growing and they face the humiliation of being downgraded in the regional ranking. A decisive match is soon to be played at home in Dieulefit. The stakes are higher than ever: save the club’s honour, make their fans, family and pals proud, and defend their home territory.

Over time and during conquest, "comida casera," home cooking of Texas Mexican families sustained indigenous identity and memory. Cooking deer, cactus and tortillas, women led the cultural resistance against colonization. This road movie weaves through Texas cities, names the racism that erased Native American history. It celebrates a new type of encounter, one with a table where All are welcome.

A short experimental documentary on pop musician Chayla Hope.

The filmmaker has shot for 16 years Lula da Silva's trajectory on politics which took him to the Presidency of Brazil. Through unique indie filmmaking, we observe the path that takes him to get elected, reelected, impeachment of his successor and colleague Dilma Rousseff, and Lula's incarceration process that paved the way to Jair Bolsonaro's presidential triumph in 2018.