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Regarding the lives and struggles of feminists Li Maizi and Xiao Meili, she took her home for the first time to meet her father

In 2020, love lives across the UK were transformed by Covid. This intimate film celebrates the love, from the estranged couple reunited in lockdown to a couple who isolate together after just one date.

It's a crazy plan: to ride down the world’s longest descent from the roof of the Andes at 6890m to the Pacific coast of Chile - 300Km in all. But to even get to the start line, James Lowsley-Williams & Mark Beaumont need to scale the world's highest active volcano, Ojos del Salado with their bikes strapped to their backs. To make the start line they must acclimatise to the crushing altitude and the barren landscape before their attempt begins. Mark and James have nailed several epic rides in the past, but this latest attempt moves them into a different league, with extreme altitude and barren inhospitable landscapes challenging them before they can even begin.

A secret culture of foragers hunt the Matsutake, a coveted Japanese mushroom worth up to $1,000 a pound—although its true value lies underground as a brilliant networker and healer of ruined landscapes. The Matsutake might just be our last, best hope for an American forest system run amok.

Larry Callies comes from a long line of black cowboys living and working on the frontier.

Two rock legends coming together at the Foo Fighters' studio in Los Angeles. AC/DC frontman, Brian Johnson, and Foo Fighters lead singer and former Nirvana drummer, Dave Grohl, talk about their life on wheels and share their experiences with the viewers.

An exploration of explores the history, lore, craft and haunting music of the Hardanger fiddle and the dances that accompany it as they are practiced in present day Norway. The national instrument of Norway, the Hardanger fiddle is similar to the violin, though it has eight strings, four of which resonate as drone strings. The instrument is often highly decorated with an extensive mother of pearl inlay on the fingerboard and black ink decorations on the body of the instrument. “The Devil’s Instrument” was the name given to the fiddle by religious leaders in the 19th century to discourage its use. The documentary interviews woodworkers who make the fiddle, the musicians who play it and the dancers who spin to it against the backdrop of the gorgeous Norwegian landscape.

Documentary by Occitane Lacurie.

A portrait of the devoted electric dance community Club Zodiac. Void of judgement and the public eye, the club holds it's exotic galas inside virtual reality app VRChat using full body tracking technology.

Bushkida is a documentary film about Judeo-Spanish, also called Ladino. Ladino was the language of the Sephardic Jews, who were expelled from Spain in 1492. It is a miracle that this language is still spoken, despite the many tragedies throughout the ages. With our film we try to understand this miracle by searching for Ladino-speakers and their culture.

In this exclusive documentary BBC News Arabic investigates cases of alleged human rights abuses in Bahrain that have taken place against the backdrop of the Formula 1 Grand Prix. Speaking on camera for the first time, one woman tells the BBC she was tortured and raped in a security complex after protesting against the Grand Prix in 2017. The Bahraini government disputes her claims. The documentary also investigates whether Britain and the US have been complicit in the regimes alleged human rights abuses by providing training and funding to Bahrain’s security forces. A warning that there are some descriptions of sexual violence in this report.

This short documentary looks at the efforts of four Italian photojournalists covering the crisis, illuminating more of the juxtapositions created by life in the pandemic.

Stories and interviews by important Widi Elders and relatives of native title applicants about the protection of their Indigenous land.

Explore a unique hippopotamus colony that has perfectly adapted to its biodiverse environment on an island off the coast of West Africa.

BETWEEN THE HEAVENS AND ME is a diary filmed in confinement in the early months of Covid-19 in New York.

At the age of 13, Hận left his family to work on the River Mekong. He has held a variety of jobs and his life is written like a chronicle that flows with the river.

Running out of Hilgrem’s Sportfishing in Oceanside, we jumped onboard the beautiful Oceanside 95 for a run out to San Clemente Island in search of the exotics. This overnight trip proved to be very productive as patience and light line paid off on the slow drift and long soaks for the bluefin tuna. With sea temps reaching 76 degrees (about 8 degrees) warmer than normal for the offshore Southern California bight, the fish were there in numbers but for the most part reluctant to take a bait with a hook in it.

Join us for the most epic single day trip in SoCal sportfishing history, the first ever Jig Chucker’s Ball. Etched into the history books, this film features some of the West Coast’s top anglers. Chasing yellowtail and tracking bird schools, the bite shifted to huge bluefin! An all iron, long-rod trip with no 2-speed reels or heavy line onboard, what this group landed is nothing short of amazing.

Join the mission as we travel to one of the most amazing fisheries in the world to search for the elusive 1000-pound Bluefin Tuna that roam the cold Atlantic waters off of Prince Edwards Island, Nova Scotia. We team up with Greg Norton of Tightline Tours along with veteran anglers, Kenny Cirks, and Barry Brightenburg to fish the giants. This film is combines info, techniques and non-stop action!

Islands, cities, beaches, the world is invaded by pollution in various forms and dangers. From plastic to smog, from microparticles to toxic fumes, we live surrounded by an enemy, which we helped to win.

A descent into young southern madness, as narrated by Atlanta rapper Future via Chopped and Screwed remix.

A documentary following a group of high schoolers during the COVID-19 pandemic.

A reflection on receiving digital breast scans: fear, uncertainty, about information, motherhood and experimentation.

A Private Death tells of the great love story between Haya Schreiber, a sixth-generation Jaffa-born Jew and Tewfic Hanania, a Christian Orthodox Jerusalem-born Arab that began in 1930s Jerusalem. Tewfic Hanania was a wealthy man who came from Jerusalem's Arab aristocracy. Haya was a kindergarten teacher from an orthodox Jewish family. Making use of rare archival footage alongside excerpts from films made by Hanania during the 1930s and interviews with historians and family members, the film portrays life in Jerusalem during the British Mandate. The wealth of materials and this intimate story show how history can ultimately impact a private story and private death.

Merle (8) lives in a tiny village in the very south of the Netherlands. In a few weeks time, she will make her first Holy Communion in church. Just like her parents, grandparents and grandparents once did. That is a very special moment in the Catholic faith," says grandpa. Merle is looking forward to the beautiful clothes and gifts she will receive for her communion party, but is not yet sure what to think of what the religious teacher tells her at school about Jesus. For example, that by eating the host he comes very close to you. In conversations with Grandpa, Dad and her classmates, she tries to find out how that really works. Will things really change when Merle eats the blessed host?

Emilio Jacinto: Utak ng Katipunan is a 24-minute documentary that tackles how Emilio Jacinto used his writing skills when it comes to teaching his fellowmen how they should really live as Filipinos.

Liu Haiying, who is praised by patients as the "sword of the world", is a doctor of medicine who grew up during the 80 years of agency thinking. He spent the most important stage of his career in Germany in the mid-1990s, and he developed a rigorous career. Careful and professional character. In many years of medical practice, Liu Haiying often paid out of his pocket to help poor families with severe spinal deformity patients. He knew that if these people did not undergo surgery, they would have organ failure or death waiting for them. However, long-term funding is unsustainable for the economy.Day and night heavy work has made this good doctor with superb medical skills a patient who needs to be taken care of. Colleagues advised him to take more care of his family and body, but he couldn't stop the pace of "saving the wounded." He was still staggering, guarding his life that was hard to give up and saved the wounded.

As a person who has taken art exams, Guo Jiang chose to enter the industry of "art exam training" after graduating from university. His role is that of both an educator and a businessman, although most of the time he prefers to appear as "Mr. Guo". The stage on which Mr. Guo's skills are put to use is a small county in central Henan, which is also his hometown. This documentary is about Guo Jiang's career and life.In short, hovering between the desire and the so-called ideal, adhere to or let go, he needs to make a choice.

Li Songshan, a disabled poet in Lilou Village, Henan Province He lived with sheep every day and gave himself a pen name -- Goateed. Film explores the wonderful intertext between the poetic world of goatee and real life through an award-winning journey and the people around him.

The supermarket giant that rose high by taking prices low.

A film about social pressure that women over 30 go through when they don’t get married. The director who is 35 and single woman conducts interviews in a car journey of almost 30 minutes with women who are in their mid 30’s and didn’t get married representing different social opinions.

Hidden events that changed the course of World War II. This episode features the less-celebrated heroes who made Dunkirk, the Battle Of Britain and D-Day possible.

An observance of Juneteenth, the holiday celebrating the end of slavery in America, and its meaning to the ongoing struggle for black equality in America.

Trenton Chappell, Doug Malott (Navy), and Brent Hitchcock (Navy) survive three days and two night in the wilderness with no food and live on what they can fit on three kayaks.

A non-narrative film that documents and aestheticizes the cycle of transforming “waste” into rich fertile soil.

These bodies make every camper's heart beat faster: Individually designed and extravagantly furnished long-distance motorhomes are the latest craze on the caravan market - at least for those amateur campers who can afford the unusual models. The off-road companions and rolling luxury suites have no upper price limits. Who are the owners of the most expensive caravans in Germany, and what about the hoods of their rolling homes?

In the German Allgäu, the gigantic Center Parcs Allgäu holiday park was built on an area of 184 hectares. Around 5,000 guests can spend their vacation there in a thousand holiday homes. But it was a long way to go before the plant at the foot of the Alps opened: 1,100 construction workers, plumbers and technicians toiled to get it completed on time. In the end, the roof of a giant slide was missing and the TÜV checked the park attractions. In our documentation we have accompanied the construction workers in the last few days during the completion of the holiday park

Higher, stronger, more robust: crane builders outperform with superlatives. Loads are getting heavier and have to be lifted to hard-to-reach places. One of the largest crane companies in Germany is the Knaack Krane company in Hamburg. The company currently has around 60 different cranes in stock, the largest of which can lift up to 750 tons. It is a long way through planning and assembly until the machine is used for the first time - the report accompanies the creation of a mega crane.

On the edge of the vast Sahara desert, citizens snuck out of the city of Timbuktu and took to the wilderness. They buried chests in the desert sand, hid them in caves, and sealed them in secret rooms. Inside these chests was a treasure more valuable than gold: the city’s ancient books. Why were they hiding these priceless manuscripts? Elizabeth Cox digs into the literary tradition of Timbuktu.

After several years in prison, Neider receives a 72-hour release to share time with his daughter and family. This limited opportunity to experience fatherhood raises hope of change in Neider, but also the fear of not being able to achieve it.

An audiovisual poem exploring time, gender, origins, The flow of images and sounds attempt a reflection of a lethargic feeling of the isolation. The main techniques used were the multiplicity of different images on the screen, the mixing of different sounds, the attempt to generate a connection between the film planes in the montage process, etc.

How did the life of the famous Spanish violinist and composer evolve and what inspired and influenced him to compose the works he created?

2020 documentary