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Mid-length feature by Eric Dietrick.

Like all good stories, this one begins with a drunken bet. Three friends, bonded by a love of running, were desperate to ditch their desks and go on an adventure. One night, after a few too many drinks, they placed a bet, spun a globe and their finger landed on Tajikistan. Tajikistan! This is a story without finish lines or medals but rather a story about what happens when you trust in nothing but your own two feet to carry you across one of the last truly wild landscapes on earth.

While going through files to edit a movie about her father, the filmmaker discovers that her German great-uncle may be the first inventor of an image capture system.

In this 25 minute documentary director Sebastian Mulder follows the tracks of the wolf Naya, by the huge amount of data that is collected: camera-recordings, gps-coordinates, samples, news items and so on.

An introspection of a traveler trapped in a dystopian reality, where freedom seems repressed by social distance. A journey that begins in the past, runs through fears and insecurities and all this becomes greater with the confinement of the present. The last stop: a new rebirth.

"Years ago, my mother sold her house in Woodstock, Ontario. Hundreds of high dynamic range digital photos were taken to provide to the real estate agent for the online sale listing. The images were left on an SD card that was strangely stored and subject to firmware incompatibility (or some other manner of environmental degradation). Disassembling each damaged, barely-there high dynamic range photo into its light and dark component parts, I built a VHS cascade of house pieces (never quite reconstituting what was). " –C.L.L.

On the eve of a boat trip, a woman is inspired by the life and work of the American painter J.M. Whistler to address, through oral letters, her friend Pedro, an assiduous reader of maritime adventure novels.

Esma is a 14 year old kickboxing-talent with big dreams of becoming the world's greatest fighter. But she also carries with her the constant fear of losing her ill mother. Esma seeks solace in kickboxing and works hard to prepare for the toughest match ever. But what do you fight for when your future looks both grim and bright?

Documentary about Abdullah who likes to challenge his limits.

After 26 years of the massacre in Naylamp de Sonomoro, the authorities of Peru carry out the exhumation of the mass grave, this fact will revive the most tragic memory of the relatives and survivors of the central Peruvian jungle, who despite the misfortune that they passed, today they live again, leaving the past behind.

The idea for the project “Reykjavik Butterflies” was originally to create a narrative based film about art groups in Reykjavik. There were many artists that took part in this project, like musicians, street performers, illustrators, designers and filmmakers. They were alway presenting and performing new things every week. The most known art group was the street theater (“Götuleikhúsið”), like always their performance was impressive. Many artists that participated in the project are musicians. I chose three of them and used their music in the film. When I was halfway through filming, the idea changed into an experimental film. I decided to try to combine all of my filming and editing styles. I also experimented with new styles that I have never used before.

Seven trans and non-binary young people from across the North West area of England discuss their experiences of being transgender in their school.

At the edges of Indonesia’s vast archipelago 14 000 refugees and asylum seekers impatiently wait, stranded en route to Australia. After their boats were turned back they were locked up, and now their lives are reduced to an unsettled subsistence on the fringes of Indonesian society.

In this groundbreaking global dance event, social distancing can’t keep us apart! Matt teams up with all-star YouTube choreographers from around the world to learn new moves and dance as one unstoppable force. #MoveWithMe is a celebration to honor first responders on the front line helping us survive Covid-19. Special guest stars: WilldaBeast, FitDance and more!

We celebrate the life and career of photographer and artist Ajamu, and use him as a conduit to explore the black British gay sexual experience.

In Ethiopia, church forests are withstanding environmental destruction — but just barely.

The documentary Change: Expanding the Concept of Justice in America, explores the impact of incarceration of minors in the USA.

Documentary about archivists in Zealand.

Set against the backdrop of the Rohingyan humanitarian crisis in Bangladesh, the documentary follows Nicholas Papachrysostomou in his role as the head of the Médecins Sans Frontières emergency response. Drawing on his personal thoughts, as recorded in his personal Diaries from the field, the main character hero attempts to decipher the personal choices that led him from the world of multinational companies to emergency humanitarian action.

In The Reversal, Jennifer Boles engages the archive – and foregoes making new images in favour of repurposing existing ones. Photographs of the reversal of the Chicago River at the turn of the nineteenth century unfurl to an appropriately machine-like rhythm. The result is a haunting, black-and-white evocation of the efforts of anonymous men whose collective labour – and, often, lives – went into this capital-driven reorganisation of nature.

An Eternalism film.

In the Brazilian countryside, the village of Monteiros hosts a unique event every year. When a person’s prayers are granted, they offer the village’s dogs a feast. Between religious celebration and popular belief, Lazarus’ Hunger powerfully documents a community coming together.

An Eternalism film.

In a post-apocalyptic collage of existing and staged images, the futuristic and audiovisually immersive 'Retreat' conjures up a violent world of rising temperatures and social unrest. A world shrouded in smog and tear gas, where a black-clad underground army suppress their rebellion through a dance performance, which takes place both above and below the ground that they have gathered to defend.

Digital video, 21:35min, looped

What is Artificial Intelligence? And can intelligence actually be artificial? These questions have been on the minds of many for decades. With the emergence of MIT's super A.I. Watson, and the insurgence of the driver-less car, now seems apropos to seek answers to some of the most illuminating questions of our time. AI: Artificial or ADVANCED Intelligence?

The life story of a passionate Beijing football coach fighting to give football a chance in modern Chinese society. In 2015, Chinese football trainer Tao set up his own football school: The Beijing Magpies. In the shadow of the Chinese government's football reform, he is trying to educate the new Chinese generation not only football skills.

Chronicles Roger's life from his childhood, through the rise and fall of The First Edition, the iconic release of "The Gambler," and to the height of his career as a successful solo artist, actor and pop-culture icon. Utilizing live performances and behind-the-scenes moments from Rogers' 2017 star-studded farewell concert in Nashville, this "Biography" special pays tribute to a true country music legend.

Protests in Hong Kong started in June 2019, and it changed the lives of many Hongkongers. This documentary tries to capture the protests and provide an account of the events that happened in the year of 2019.

The Samara film studio "Three Comrades" has produced a documentary about Samara—a cinematic love letter to its hometown. The film’s screenwriter is Boris Kozhin—a renowned Samara documentary filmmaker, writer, and local historian—a man who knows thousands of stories about nearly every house and courtyard in the city. Unfolding at a leisurely pace—as languid as a summer evening on the banks of the Volga—the film *Samara and Its Inhabitants* tells the story of the magnificent city of Samara and its residents, both past and present. It speaks of the Volga—a river that not only serves as the city’s foundation but also shapes the unique character of those who have dwelt upon its shores for nearly five centuries—as well as of the winds blowing off the river and the scorching Samara sun.

An Iranian man uses the guiding principles of two ancient crafts to overcome the wounds of a broken family and discover the secret to achieving perfection.

Images shot between 2019 and 2020 of 32 pig farms located in Castile and León, Aragon, and Castile-La Mancha. A documentary about the structural violence that occurs under the standards of industrial pig farming.

The filmmaker has lost his father whose personal belongings make the filmmaker reflect on the nature of death.

“In a single day, how many really nonsignifying fields do we cross? Very few, sometimes none. Here I am, before the sea; it is true that it bears no message."–Roland Barthes, Mythologies. Here you are before the trees traverses Indigenous presence in the Hudson River Valley, Wisconsin, and the areas in-between. Presented in three channels, each screen focuses on different homelands and their complex relationships with history, landscape, power and institutional means of oppression.

A documentary about a young man with a strange condition that causes him to suddenly fall to the ground at random moments.

The Universal Studios Florida-based ride catapults you at a speed of 45 mph in total darkness with unexpected twists and special effects that will get your heart pounding. Even the Egyptian hieroglyphics placed on the walls speak real words, sending ancient warnings as you twist and turn on the track. And just when you think you have escaped, you’ll drop right down into the pitch dark gorge.

Stout Hearted: George Stout and the Guardians of Art tells the story of George L. Stout, an art student from Winterset, Iowa, who became the leader of the Monuments Men during World War II. This group, a military special forces unit, was assigned the mission of retrieving stolen art from the Nazis. The film also explores Stout's pioneering efforts in the areas of art conservation, which elevated this discipline into the world of modern science. Many of his innovations are used today to preserve masterworks from deterioration and extinction. Today, the U.S. Committee of the Blue Shield continues the work of Stout L. Stout and The Monuments Men by protecting cultural heritage globally.

Former Secretary of Education and New York Times best-selling author Bill Bennett explores the life and legacy of St. Nicholas, the bishop, and how he has since evolved into the rosy-cheeked, jolly figure of Santa Claus we know and love today.

The film documents the “school-house” (house-school) system in Kosovo during the 1990s, when Albanian language education was suppressed by the regime and students and teachers were barred from official school premises. Private homes, garages, basements, etc., were converted into schools to continue education in Albanian. It includes first-hand accounts from young people today, who for the first time are confronted with and reflecting on that history and how those experiences shaped identity, memory, and resistance.

A lyrical portrayal of the Ukrainian steppe, highlighting its wildlife and rhythms of life amid human and environmental change.

A glimpse behind the walls of Vaduz Castle.

What do people with Down syndrome feel, living behind the wall of incomprehension? Although they are different from us, they experience the same feelings. These people are also diverse in their behavior and character. And they have a strong desire for others to understand them. But the lack of knowledge about their lives, the prejudices of those around them do not allow a person with Down syndrome to go to work or study, to be a full member of society. In times of global confinement we all understood what it meant to be cut off from society. And now imagine that people with Down syndrome live in permanent isolation, rejected by society. This film is an attempt to reflect on our differences and our similarities regardless of our particularities.

Shark Week celebrates 20 years of flying sharks with Jeff Kurr, Chris Fallows, Dickie Chivell and many more as they revisit the most popular and iconic "Air Jaws" moments.

Some may call it cringey. Be amazed by the shocking lengths some people go to as they modify the human body. Counting up from 1 to 101, be stunned by crazy contorted limbs, bulging eyes, and even downright disgusting pimples.