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Somehow we are all birders and birds at the same time. We capture moments, but don't we live caged in our memories?

Between tourist promotions and Hollywood films lies another Vietnam, whose stunning landscape has been evocatively captured from the country's most accessible form of transport: the motorbike.

A mother refuses to give up fighting for her wrongfully imprisoned son's release, culminating in a spectacular bipartisan collective effort spanning local and national exoneration and innocence activist movements.

Master Tseng, the first woman tea master in China's history, takes us on an aromatic journey steeped in history. We travel though her delicate and timeless world as she unlocks and shares with us the secrets of Pu Er, tea's holy grail.

Finding himself at the brink of society, Cecilio, a struggling drug addict, hurdles through an abandoned world while he attempts to reach his strained family who is his only hope for a way back to recovery.

Walk along the famous Kaliningrad's Baltic suburb in the company of a local celebrity Seryoga. He has just left the police department, but is not going to stop the fun.

In a Dutch nature reserve, two canals run parallel to each other. The camera moves across the surface of the water and accelerates to fly from one canal to the other. The images change from black-and-white to infrared and we see the reserve from an unusual color spectrum, and at a different velocity.

While the numbers of missing persons in Mexico continue to rise, Tótem explores the particularities of this type of violence, and imagines new forms of resistance in the movements that have arisen against it. The story of two archaeologists searching in vain for an ancient Olmec head in a murky river appears recurrently, questioning the very act of documenting the absent and the invisible.

In the documentary "Al-Hamdoelilah," you were introduced to Hicham. He has been struggling with a rare muscle disease since birth and was told he would not live past 18. But he is still with us, thank God! In 2021, he had the privilege of performing the small pilgrimage (umrah) with his parents. Our camera went along and captured how strong their bond is. Take a look at this special journey full of gratitude.

The film shows aspects of the life of the Kayapó, Potiguara, Tabajara, Fulni-ô and Pankararu and shows the natural beauty that surrounds the villages, as well as surprising testimonies about how indigenous people suffer from racial prejudice and discrimination.

Documentary about the band "Voz Propia", which includes testimonies from its members, and recordings of the band's rehearsals.

Artists Adriana Ciudad and Isaac Ernesto have begun a series of filmic correspondences in which they explore their family histories and how these shape their perspectives in the present. Adriana, a descendant of Nazis, and Isaac Ernesto, the son of MRTA leaders, tell us about the construction of the maternal gaze, in Adriana's case, and about the experience of being the son of people considered undesirable in our country, in Isaac's case.

Documentarian Claire Dooley travels with a convoy of American truckers protesting the emergency orders that shut down America beyond the COVID 19 pandemic. Join the journey from California to DC.

To prepare for Race Across America 2022, journalist turned ultra endurance cyclist, Rupert Guinness sets off on his final training camp with friend and crew chief Nathan Roderick Carter.

A behind-the-scenes story of the making of the Jaws film in the form of a unique presentation of a collection of still photos, taken and narrated by the artist, Joe Hazen.

Single mothers Anulawathi, Thushari and Jega drive tuk-tuks to earn money to support their families. In Sri Lanka, most drivers are men, but these women are breaking the mold for the sake of their children's futures.

Native American teen activist 17-year-old Daunnette Moniz-Reyome shares her family's journey to retain the sacred rituals and values of their culture in the wake of centuries of loss due to disease, war and government policies.

A young, African American filmmaker, journeys to the heart of the Black experience to find the answer to a daunting question: Is the Black church dead?

For over half a century, Healey Willan, the "Dean of Composers", influenced generations of classical and choral musicians in Canada and throughout the world.

The biblical Samaritan community is fighting for its life and to save its language and faith from extinction.

The biography of Youssef Yassine, the advisor to the founding king, who confronted the Ottomans, the British and the French and lived believing in Arab unity.

Kenji Mizoguchi in 1925 has already directed more than 30 films, of quite disparate subjects, from contemporary films (gendai geki) to historical films (chambara), to educational films or films drawn from Western literature.

Father Earth is the true story of one man’s attempt to help save the planet, by converting a derelict church on the Orkney Isles into an eco friendly recording studio. It’s also a fascinating study of a psychological power struggle between a character comedian – Graham Fellows, and his long-standing creation – John Shuttleworth. Father Earth is also about family relationships – specifically between fathers and sons – and it explores the paradox: how in the battle against extinction we are often distracted by personal and family issues, as they appear more important and pressing than the future of the planet. Funny yet moving, and filmed mainly in the Orkney Isles over a 10 year period, Father Earth is Graham Fellows’ most thoughtful and accomplished movie to date. Previous work includes It’s Nice Up North filmed by Martin Parr (2004) and Southern Softies (2008)

Los Nuevos Maevans was a hardcore-punk band that emerged in the Baja California 80s years. Now, one of the members wants to reunite the band and revive their resistence and anti-system stance of youth, but the panorama is disheartening / Los Nuevos Maevans fue una agrupación de hardcore-punk que surgió en los años ochenta en Baja California. Ahora, un integrante quiere reunir a la banda y revivir la resistencia y postura antisistema de la juventud, pero el panorama es desalentador.

A short documentary about the fear of blood and the importance of giving it. Winner of the Falitzer Award for Film.

Using messages from their family WhatsApp group, "The Family Statement" constructs a conversation between the Sacklers and those afflicted by the opioid crisis, bringing the notoriously private family into dialogue with those living the consequences of the opioid epidemic and offering a commentary on capitalism, corporate accountability, denial and pain.

How can we live in the present if we don’t know our past? Multidisciplinary artist Kiauitzin Ixchel Arriaga, shares her journey through art, poetry, and dance.

Between the dazzling first shot—burning debris falling from a satellite entering the atmosphere—and the final sequence merging underwater images with others generated by a specially created camera, a path is sketched out which, in the manner of a reverse science-fiction journey, leads from space exploration to a cemetery in the middle of the ocean.

Dinora left Honduras for the United States in one of the migrant caravans leaving Central America. Settled in a suburb of Washington D.C., she speaks on social media of the difficulties she has encountered integrating, as well as of the presence around her of a film crew which has thus unwittingly become the subject of its own film.

A study of the major empires—including the Dutch, the British, and the American—putting into perspective the “Big Cycle” that has driven the successes and failures of all the world’s major countries throughout history. Revealing the timeless and universal forces behind these shifts and using them to look into the future, offering practical principles for positioning oneself for what’s ahead.

Juan Martín del Potro talks about his beginnings in tennis and all the demands that his professional career demanded from him on a personal and family level. Together with Mariano Zabaleta, former professional tennis player, they talk about love relationships, media exposure and current details without censorship. After the return and after the tears, an unmissable chat between Delpo and Mariano Zabaleta.

Travel Exercises is a short film about dreams, wanderlust and our capability to transform reality through the power of imagination. The film is shot on 8mm film in the summer of 2021 in Vuosaari, Helsinki.

One October evening in Paris, 1961. A man leaves his room to join a peaceful march for Algerian independence. A photograph reconstitutes the offscreen dimension of the event using fragments of a daily life in suspended time.

In a village, the idea of the male gaze is explored through games among girls and encounters with everyday spaces

The universe has long captivated us with its immense scales of distance and time. Many astronomers today have come to believe that what we can see represents only a small fraction of all there is. They are pioneering bold new theories that describe a cosmic landscape that extends far beyond the limits of our vision. What lies beyond the streams of galaxies that extend as far as our telescopes can see? Where does it all end? How do we fit within it?

Sentience starkly contrasts the stunning beauty of Guanxi Provence's ancient mountains and the abrasive imposition of modernity playing out on Yangshou's famous 1400 year old West Street.

Charting the Irish response to the crisis in Ukraine, the journey and experiences of Ukrainians forced to travel to Ireland, as they and the already established Ukrainian community here watch the destruction of their motherland from a distance of 3000KM.

This film travels through a multitude of voices attempting to be choicelessly aware of the interdependent nature of our existence in a system that has, for thousands of years, dehumanized Dalit women's bodies and existence. In the film, we live through the experiences of injustice, resilience, and resistance of women from the Dalit community, examining the ever-reproducing nature of an oppressive society by invoking the art of seeing, learning, and listening.

A Chinese immigrant delves into his experiences adjusting to life in Buenos Aires while learning to cope with the responsibilities of adulthood.

Four Pieces on Being Seen is a community dance film where participants articulate their experiences on their queer identity and how they would like to be seen. It was developed with community participants found through an open call in the spring of 2022.

A father begins reconnecting with his son via the 100 year old farm house he's renovating in Virginia's Appalachian Mountains.

The amplitude of time recollected. A hasty communion with rapidly desiccating memory, a blend of film and digitalia in which the shapes of living things are made to resemble mere scratches and scrawlings on the face of the void.

The journalist of the project and the author of the film "I Killed" Katya Fomina managed to recreate in detail the events during the occupation of the village of Andreevka, Kyiv region. She was also able to record a video interview with Russian servicemen of the 64th Motorized Rifle Brigade, who were directly involved in crimes in the occupied territories - Dmitry Danilov and Daniil Frolkin.

A portrait of local advocates supporting the reconstruction of the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico.

Told through the efforts of Danielle – aka Abalone Eyes, or Ducky to her friends –, this poetic document in film follows her plight to protect the Trinity River that flows the length of Hoopa lands. Retracing Danielle’s activism journey through conversations with elders and honored rituals, Abalone Eyes looks to shed light on the intersections of water justice, native justice, climate justice, and mental health – telling how the Hoopa’s deep connection with the land, and struggle to protect it, runs as deep as the Trinity River that has served as the lifeforce of the community for generations.

This found footage film is composed entirely of often-shocking videos that Russian teenagers have posted on social media. Innocent morning rituals on YouTube or TikTok have been placed next to shots of panicking young people fleeing school shooters. And students all over Russia are apparently secretly recording images of violent teachers who can’t keep their hands to themselves. In class they are told that a woman must have sex with her husband whenever he wants; furthermore, students are called idiots and are beaten. One critical teenager is threateningly told that a report will be made about her political views.

This short hybrid essay based on French philosopher Paul Virilio's theory of “dromology” follows a racecar driver named Irina, who enjoys life in the fast lane more than anything else, and a French expert who explains how speed and velocity have always been fundamental factors of political power. The result is a reflection on both the practical and ideological aspects of speed and how velocity relates to gravity, the human experience, presence, and power-driven practices.

“Are you proud of yourself?” This was a question asked in 2020 by a father of one of female voluntary workers who had just come back from a rescue mission searching for drowning refugees in the Mediterranean Sea. Instead of a reply, an open letter came to life, followed by a film illustration of the feelings of ugliness and hopelessness, composed of sea waves mingling with various film footage.

The story of the first filmed kiss in history - between two nude women on a Philadelphia rooftop - and how it was forgotten.

Grodek: such is the name of one of the first mass slaughters to have occurred in the First World War, precisely in September 1914, between the Russian and Austro- Hungarian armies

“You’re 15-22 years old, you want to sing in a musical, sign up to ozu.com”. A young man shouts this announcement into a megaphone and stars fall on the streets of the city. About fifteen young people, mostly girls, and a handful of boys, go through the casting process. They stop in front of Jacques Meilleurat’s camera to sing a song a cappella or accompanied by a guitar or ukulele. Stars is the continuation of their performances, cruelly captured in the summer light. It’s simple and moving, carried by the humble gift of these faces and voices risking everything in the raw, pure present moment of their singing.

A documentary that reconstructs the daily life and records of a dentist, and his longing for his mother.

The main topic of the film is suicidality in context of close relationships. But its focus is not on the suicidality itself. Instead it gives insights into the thoughts and feelings of a close person / partner who never had any suicidal intentions themselves. It therefore provides a very different new perspective on how one can possibly think about suicide and a close relationship to someone who is facing this problem.

Halted focuses on four ordinary Traveller people and lets them tell their stories in their own way. The film shows an honest and personable view of Traveller culture that is far too often overlooked.