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The housing market in South Korea is tight, and animator Sunghwan Lee moves from one semi-basement to another temporary home. This situation, combined with his difficult childhood, got him thinking. What is a home? What makes a house a home?
Omar is a student from Syria, not a refugee. He was in Budapest on a scholarship when we first met. His voice was frank and his eyes fiery. He had a lot to say but he did not want to talk about the war back home. I filmed as I saw, as I perceived him moving in and out of uncertainty's quiet flicker. An unconventional portrait of my friend when he turned 23. His journey from Syria to Hungary, narrated as a blurry anecdote by the fire.
This video essay is a survivor manifesto. It gives voice to those who are very often lonely, brings them together and celebrates them. The author is convinced that it is their experience and skills that may lead the humankind to utopian society. A thorny path, paved with painful processes like getting even with traumas, healing and self-acceptation, could make the soil ready for a world dominated by empathy, self-reflection and queer love.
One hundred years after Marco Denevi's birth, there are many questions about his life and work: why has he been forgotten or relegated to school bibliography?
León Guanajuato is an industrial city where Israel Pérez, a graphic designer, lives. Together with his cultural group “Xolotl” they are interested in the native peoples of Guanajuato and try to rescue their roots. They are our vehicle to get to know the "Ézar", one of the last Chichimeca communities in the State, who fight against discrimination and to preserve their language and culture.
Nearly a decade ago, the Spirit Song Festival began as one day event. It has since blossomed into a weeklong, award winning, world-class gathering of Indigenous artists with audience members in the thousands. Through the lens of an Indigenous-led SJIWFF Framed Documentary program, and in partnership with First Light, this short documentary charts the rise of the festival through performances by, and interviews with, Indigenous icons and artists from across Canada.
Then the popular Owlet influencer Kristine (who has her own catchy pop hit) suddenly seems to have vanished from the face of the earth, after unexpectedly announcing her farewell. And the platform doesn’t appreciate any concerned comments and critical questions about her disappearance.
Two Catholic priests in a village in the remote region of Mexico seek to bring the word of G-d to the indigenous residents.
Summer 1967. Two little boys, 9 and 11, drive a pony cart from Needham, Mass. to Montreal on their own—325 miles—to visit the Expo ’67—the World’s Fair.
This is a dramatic story about the incredible earthly and spiritual journey of a Buddhist monk from Russia, who became one of the first preachers of Tibetan Buddhism in the United States. In 1923, as a young man, he left his home and spent over 30 years in Tibet and India, attaining the Buddhist degree of Geshe. He was a friend of the Dalai Lama and taught at Columbia University, dedicated his life to putting the Buddha's teachings into practice, and trained many talented students, increasing interest in Buddhism in the West.
This dance film is an intimate journey of four women's lives, as they slip between emotional and psychological torment. The characters coexist through their unfolding stories in a century old mansion. Their only link to reality is each other.
By asking the same question across generations of Southern Chinese in the UK, this film documents a vignette of two recent Hong Kong immigrants and reflects their own socio-political conditions through their conversation.
A filmic letter to New York City, the subway, and self.
The life and events of the country in 2000-2021 in three parts.
An oral history exploring the development of film projection and cinema in Kingston-on-Thames - from resident innovator Eadweard Muybridge through the heyday, decline, and re-emergence of cinema. Features interviews with historians, projectionists and usherettes as well as cinema-goers with rare footage and images from Kingston’s cinemas.
Tracing its origins to a trading post founded on the southern tip of Manhattan Island by Dutch colonists in 1624, New York City has been an incubator of some of the greatest architecture, literature, music and arts. Find out about the amazing American city that never sleeps.
Over 46 minutes, the film takes the viewer on a journey to discover different initiatives and cases where Chileans are contributing to mitigate the effects of climate change, from large-scale projects and scientific innovations to day-to-day citizen actions, all of which are collectively necessary. The focus of this documentary is to show how Chile is contributing to an issue that affects all of humanity, such as climate change, in five thematic areas: sustainable agriculture; forest and biodiversity conservation; renewable energy; the water crisis; and astronomy.
Vivamax's highly anticipated film "Pornstar 2" is set to take audiences behind the scenes of the adult film industry. This new movie promises a tantalizing glimpse into the lives of talented performers, as well as the hard work and dedication that goes into creating memorable content.As one of the top Pinoy movies of 2022, "Pornstar 2" is sure to spark interest from fans of the genre. With a focus on behind the scenes action
From the tracking of our every move to the loss of our freedom, "State of Control" paints a clear and sobering portrait of the dangers that await us.
This depiction of a lost paradise, composed entirely of archive footage, is a portrait of the British countryside that is at times surreal, as well as a feverish search for what binds us together. Images of idyllic farming life make you long for the sense of community of yesteryear, for the wonder of Alice and the White Rabbit, or pagan feasts around a fire. At the same time, they create a tension: not everything was better in the old days.
and its preservation as personal and collective memory. My father documented the history of our family. He said that "we are what our memory allows us to remember" and tried to photograph everything, even in his last days, before he died from Covid in February 2021. This documentary is a small tribute to him, but this could be the story of any other people around the world.
GRAVEL ROAD is the story of Jay Minning, singer-songwriter of the most remote rock band in the world, The Desert Stars. His four-piece band are traditional land owners of Spinifex Country, in the Great Victoria Desert, Western Australia — home of the last nomads.
The stately wader and national bird tells the story of how to survive on its journey around the world on its way to its breeding grounds in the Netherlands.
An almanac that brought together 10 independent Russian musicians, whose songs written before February 2022 suddenly began to sound in a new piercing way and have gained importance in today's context.
Times a God Zillion is a short film that engages with familial loss and trauma. Employing heroic dosage psychedelic medicine rituals, video games, and home movies from the past, present and future, the filmmaker grapples with messages from her mother since she’s transitioned to the afterlife. I’ve been successfully working with healers and medicinal plants to help walk through grief and heal side effects from complex post traumatic stress disorder. I’ve been asked: “What do you really want to keep in your house?” My answer: only keep what you really want. Clear the rest out
Edson Sabajo and Guillaume 'Gee' Schmidt founded the streetwear brand Patta in 2004. After various setbacks, they manage to break through internationally. We follow them in the period between 2013 and 2020. You are taken along all the ups and downs of this successful brand at a fast pace. For example, we are at the opening of the first store outside Amsterdam, in London, and we travel more to Seoul and Tokyo.
Vivamax, a streaming service that offers a vast collection of Pinoy movies, recently released a behind-the-scenes look at the making of the movie "Ang Babaeng Nawawala Sa Sarili." This documentary-style video showcases the hard work and dedication of the cast and crew in bringing the story to life.Directed by Jun Robles Lana and starring Ritz Azul, "Ang Babaeng Nawawala Sa Sarili" tells the story of a woman's journey to finding her identity.
BOS means Best Opposite Sex or the best representative of the opposite sex in the language of cynologists or felinologists. Most often BOS become female animals, as males are Best of Breed (BOB). The characters of the film are women. When Rasa's family broke up, cows and dogs became the way of life. When Vaiva's body "disintegrated", the hobby cats remained. Only Vaiva's hands and feet became her husband Konstantin. Dissimilar stories of two similar women with children, cows, dogs, and cats.
When the Taliban takes over Afghanistan threatening the basic human rights of women across the country, UN human rights attorney and mountain runner, Stephanie Case, must fight to find a way forward for the Afghan women of her NGO, Free to Run, in the midst of taking on the longest and hardest ultra trail race of her life.
Filmed over the course of a year on rare stormy nights in the LA basin, CITY SYMPHONY NO. 1 - LOS ANGELES combines stunning 6K slow motion imagery with a dense soundscape of rain, police scanners and secretly recorded Angeleno conversations to create a hypnotic new vision of one of the world's most famous cities.
Just as a person has a soul, a place has a soul. Memories, Stories and tales stored in the walls of the place.
Video essay by Australian director Isabella Rush. A social commentary exploring the patchwork of subterranean energies which simmer below the city of Brisbane and its outer suburbs.
A short walk in Sicily.
A documentary essay-video diary of the film's author's feelings, in which she documented her emotional states during Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022.
"The Conscience of Clothing" is a documentary film project that aims to raise awareness about sustainability and fair fashion. Cambodian garment workers often face precarious working conditions each day - from the dangers of getting to and from work, unfair wages and the balance of supporting their families and themselves. But what does «making fashion» mean to the people of Cambodia, whose work is mainly focused on exports to the global North?
The documentary Catch My Baby revolves around the incident that occurred amid the Durban riots in July 2021, when people were evacuated from a looted and burned building, forcing residents into a life or death situation. Naledi Manyoni is the mother of a baby who had to be thrown out of a high-rise building during a fire in their apartment. The film includes first-hand accounts from people who were at ground zero on that day that had repercussions around the world.
After receiving a letter, Monk Maga returns to his hometown for the first time in 40 years since becoming a monk, where he reunites with his mother. Seeing that his mother has been living alone all this time, he feels a deep sense of remorse and decides to take a leisurely journey across the country to visit various temples with his 92-year-old mother. they resolve their past misunderstandings and Maga prepares a meaningful gift for his mother's next life.
Diary inquiries collected over four years documenting the process a person goes through while exploring and getting familiar with their core existence, resulting in finding inner peace. An auto portrait serving as a mirror for anymore to reflect on it, serving as an endless field for anyone to run in it.
2 brothers born with a disease called Cystic Fibrosis have persevered to not only survive their illness, but find their purpose while being catapulted onto the world stage as a powerful force for change through their band, Indubious.
Artem shares two sides of his story: the ordinary life of a boy and the enchanting one of a virgin with an unusual name – the letter B. This is a documentary about drag culture, freedom and extravagance, about equality and choice.
