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An essay film about the discovery of Montreal from the perspective of a film and art student.

Documentary about the Birosca project in the Sao Paulo area of Brazil.

In Kyrgyz tradition, various cosmic customs existed that were associated with braiding, letting hair loose, and cutting. The ritual of hair braiding of our girls were known as kyrk örüm (forty braids), kosh örüm (two braids), bir örüm (one braid), and besh kökül (five braids).

Combining dance and culture in this performance piece, Blake Atienza and Vince "Crazy Beans" Mendoza created a film that pulls together hope and unrestrained joy in Barangay 105, also known as Happyland - one of the most impoverished slums in the Philippines.

Fly fishing conservation documentary short focusing on new proposed legislation that will permanently 'ban' mining in the headwaters of the Smith River and several other rivers in the Klamath Mountains on the Pacific North West Coast. The film follows a few different groups from anglers to tribal leaders focusing on how the communities are working together with the state agencies to restore and protect these important "salmon strongholds" in the face of climate change.

A documentation of a legendary friend group's trip to the Happiest Place on Earth!

Joana is about to turn 6. Her father decides to make an animated documentary to portray her personality and the things she loves the most.

After surviving a plane crash, four Indigenous children, aged 11 months to 13 years, endure 40 days in the Colombian Amazon, relying on their jungle knowledge until rescuers locate them in a gripping tale of resilience and hope.

Students Can't Wait: A Case for Prioritizing the Drexel Student Experience is a documentary made in partnership between The Triangle, Drexel University's Student Newspaper, and The Solutions Journalism Network.

Shot in real time during a blistering performance at venerable Chicago music venue the Metro, Lifers depicts a typical night out in the city as an energetic, discursive, and borderline psychedelic cinematic experience. Using a fractured narrative, Lifers blends together elements of a documentary and a concert film.

Since the late 1970s, the dangers of the sun to health have been widely recognized. As a result, the global turnover in the sunscreen industry is estimated to exceed 9 billion euros. However, when considering the sometimes contradictory medical advice, the guilt over the ecological disaster caused by the runoff of sunscreen products into the ocean, and scandals surrounding expensive creams that are ineffective or even harmful to health, a deeper examination of this very obscure sector seems essential.

Twenty-five years ago the sikuris band "Our Lady of Fátima" was founded, the first band in Argentina made up only of women. In the pilgrimage to the Abra of Punta Corral, a tradition formerly carried out by men, the band remembers the conquest of that space, from the bond, their fears, motivations, and the network they form through music.

Colleen Cove has been caring for people with Alzheimer's all her life. Now in the 45th year of her career, the demands of her job are pulled into sharp focus at the bedside of her oldest patient, a 100-year-old opera singer named Lucille. In this deeply emotional witness to Lucille's final moments, Colleen reflects on her uniquely intimate relationship with death, and Lucille shares her gift with the world for the last time.

Filmmaker Regan Latimer takes an insightful, immersive, and deeply personal look at Queer representation in television, and the power of the media to shape how we see ourselves. Witty, fast-paced, and laced with pop culture references, Regan journeys across North America and beyond in her quest to understand the forces that influence the stories we see on our screens. Original animation and personal anecdotes are interwoven with wide-ranging conversations with television insiders, LGBTQ+ community advocates, and people who just love to watch TV. As Latimer navigates an ever-evolving media landscape, the filmmaker learns firsthand that representation done well has the power to transform.

A mother (Michelle) and her daughter (Lacey) take a therapeutic dose of MDMA with an experienced facilitator (Mikaela) in an attempt to heal generational trauma created by addiction, neglect, racism, divorce and alcoholism.

A journey through time in search of a nearly extinct tradition in a small village in Portugal, capturing the story of it and the small details that make life worth looking at and appreciating.

Decades after cocaine kingpin Pablo Escobar illegally smuggled 4 hippos into Colombia, the massive creatures are now multiplying unchecked and wreaking havoc. Griff Jenkins explores the remote Colombian jungle with wildlife vets as they try to contain the rapidly expanding population of the world's deadliest land mammal.

A document of Denton, TX emoviolence band bulletsbetweentongues recording their first LP "The Lights Never Lie."

A stubborn former fisherman lives on his boat in a Dutch harbour, clinging to his old way of life as change, time, and his own limitations begin to catch up with him.

Through the conversations between a grandmother and grandchild living in refuge, we witness the complexity of raising a new generation in displacement.

In the pristine Bristol Bay area of Alaska, two sets of siblings are alarmed when they learn of plans for the proposed Pebble Mine in the vicinity of their homes. The Salmon sisters, Native Alaskans, work on the regulatory front – pushing the federal EPA to block the project, and remaining hyper-vigilant to political pressures that could shift at any moment. The Strickland brothers, independent fishermen who know they could be just one mine accident away from losing their livelihood, probe closed-door meetings to expose the truth behind what the developer tells the public. Together, the Salmons and the Stricklands remind us never to quit until Goliath has fallen.

With the ongoing reclamation projects, Gilbert Reyes, a local fisherman from Brgy. La Huerta, confronts the negative ecological impact posed by the reclamation at Manila Bay. Following through the daily process of fishing as he navigates the familiar waters that have sustained his community for generations, and how the ongoing project will affect different aspects of livelihood of his community from the coastal areas.

One hundred years ago. Banana workers went on strike in Colombia. A US-owned fruit company refused to negotiate. A massacre ensued. This is the story of how the Company and the Colombian military used a photograph to identify workers, and how the violence of December 1928 mutated into oblivion.

For the Lakota youth, living on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation can be a struggle. But many find hope and purpose in the traditional sport of horse racing known as “Indian Relay.” Witness the coming-of-age story of Lakota teens, as they find strength in tradition and passion in competition.

A behind-the-scenes look at the filming of The Sweet East

All Patsy Miller has ever wanted is the quiet life - but from a turbulent childhood to getting squandered out of her rights by governments and the rich elite, she has been hindered at every point.

Short film made up of 4 audiovisual pieces of different modalities (fiction, documentary, animation and experimental) with the same theme: Lack of money.

With his love for music, an old man at Recto Avenue in Manila continues to sell physical CDs and DVDs in the age of digital streaming. As he keeps his passion alive, he also keeps physical media an art form and a culture worth-preserving.

VISIBLY INVISIBLE is a documentary film by Hannah Henckel and My Abrahamsen, based on three months of fieldwork with student activists at Columbia University in the fall of 2023. The film portrays how protests against the university administration escalate and how repression against the activists intensifies—coming from the university itself, the media, the police, and private actors. Techniques like doxxing are used to intimidate and delegitimize activists. To protect those involved, the filmmakers experiment with anonymization through reconstruction and animation. VISIBLY INVISIBLE explores the complexity of masked activism and highlights the many actors involved in shaping the escalation

A film about the Creator who creates dolls. In each new doll he seeks the ideal woman, to whom the Master has different feelings.Subsequent dolls leave their mark on the soul of the Puppeteer... With each doll a new story arises... As a result, the last Mirror Doll shows the Master its own reflection...

Behind the scenes at Belfast's much-loved festive market, where stallholders from 30 countries welcome over a million visitors to 106 Christmas chalets - this year all with a Dickensian theme.

“The Evidence” is a 52-minute documentary that delves into the Israeli military’s assault on Gaza. This assault marks the most extensive destruction and loss of life in the region since the Nakba, or the “Great Catastrophe,” in 1948. The film investigates alleged war crimes, including the use of banned weapons such as white phosphorus, and presents a detailed examination of the atrocities committed against the Palestinian population. The documentary features a distinguished panel of human rights experts who provide their insights and analysis. These experts, alongside human rights organizations, help construct a compelling narrative that meticulously examines the evidence of war crimes in Gaza.

Loner follows the mundane yet intimate day-to-day existence of an introverted individual whose life unfolds in quiet, unremarkable routines. Each task throughout the day, no matter how small, becomes an exploration of isolation.

It started with an autobiographical art project. Miriam Bajtala used the floor plans of the 18 apartments she had lived in until now. They served as canvases on which she used words and colors to transfer her memories of the given space as well as the disadvantageous socio-economic factors that shaped her as a woman and a foreigner. In the confrontation she had begun with her own family history, the author is now continuing the film, which is fiction, documentary and performance. Different spaces and dimensions of existence – national, class, gender – are constantly layered on top of each other and rearranged in it. The result of the act of visualization and updating becomes a spatial curriculum vitae.

Part sympathetic portrait and part exposé of the absurd, Your Higher Self dives into the world of life coaching – a modern phenomenon in full swing – embodying the quest of our individualistic society: to be oneself, only better.

Explore the acclaimed filmmaker's more recent work in new interviews with Burns and his colleagues. Featuring excerpts from Country Music, Muhammad Ali, Benjamin Franklin, The U.S. and the Holocaust, The American Buffalo, The Vietnam War and others.

The world’s last great clown teacher seeks pleasure before the end.

For several years, Annabel Guérédrat and Henri Tauliaut have presented the performance Nus descending the stairs.

A filmed diary that the director, Silvia Staderoli, addresses to her 16-year-old daughter and to all teenage girls around the world. In the context of France in the era of “Me too,” her daughter's hopes for a better future collide with the reality of daily, systemic gender violence. The “land of women” of the title does not exist, but alongside the bitter realization of a male-oriented society, the tension and collective effort for radical change emerges. Between cinema, confession, and literature, the film is a chronicle of life moments and encounters with women committed to fighting gender violence.

A celebration of one of the UK's most enduring sitcoms, with contributions from Penelope Keith along with the families of co-stars Richard Briers and Paul Eddington. For four series millions of viewers tuned in to enjoy the antics of Tom and Barbara Good, played by Briers and Felicity Kendall, as they tackled self-sufficiency in the unlikely setting of suburbia, much to the despair of their friends and neighbours Jerry and Margot. This documentary explores The Good Life phenomenon, with classic moments, rare personal archive from the cast, and never-before-seen backstage moments and bloopers.

Enter a magical world of women dreams, food, art, music and humor on a summer roadtrip around Iceland, getting to know strong ladies who run fascinating local cafés and a talented singer and playwriter. The enchanted storytelling catches you into a journey you wish will never end.

In 1971 John Francis, known the world over as ‘Planetwalker,’ witnessed an oil tanker collision in the San Francisco Bay. The sight of oiled birds on the shoreline caused him to give up motorized transport and rely solely on his own two feet. Months after that he took a vow of silence convinced that listening rather than adding fuel to any fire was the way ahead. He didn’t talk, but he kept on walking clear across the country and back again. During the next seventeen silent years he listened and studied the world around him. Over many miles his idea of environmentalism changed. At the core of his emerging belief were the people he met, talked to, and broke bread with.

The project is dedicated to the dramatic vicissitudes of the great composer's life, it is an attempt to understand and comprehend Rachmaninov's musical universe. And it is also a story about how the events of the early 20th century in Russia and in the world influenced the composer's life and were reflected in his creative legacy.

A Wall Street Journal investigation found that since Oct. 7, Israeli settlers have been rapidly building illegal roads and outposts across the West Bank. This work is sometimes done under armed guard with funding from the Israeli government.

Amélia, an emerging non-binary filmmaker, has been given 2 months given and a research grant to find out more about francophone queer life in western Canada. As the only participant from (what is colonially known as) British-Columbia and with only 3 weeks left, the pressure is on: Amélia rushes to find any traces of francophone queer people in Vancouver before the year 2000, the year they were born. Amidst this chaotic research effort, they find André, an older French-Canadian gay man that lived in Vancouver for 25 years. Through their conversations, Amélia unlocks André's hidden personal visual archive, that proves that, indeed, francophone queers were alive and thriving years before they were born. This documentary shows how Amélia put together a presentation about their own queer ancestors through screen capture, archival footage, interviews and narration that ends up changing their own view of themself as a queer french-canadian in the west.

Scenic imagery merges with indigenous mythology in a Greenlandic short film about a changing land.

Filmed at Avebury Stone Circle, West Kennett Barrow, Silbury Hill, and The Cove, Avebury Wiltshire UK. A world heritage site, the location is home to the largest stone circle complex in the UK, the film documents the site with a soundtrack of audio which has been recorded directly from standing stones within Avebury Stone Circle, West Kennett Avenue and Avebury Cove. The work is part of a wider field recording project documenting and recording the sonorous audio of these standing stones.

An animated anthology film composed of shorts created by a team of directors on the Autism Spectrum. The segments include: HARD MODE, by Nix Busby, an RPG inspired adventure about a hero on a quest of self discovery. HONEYJACK, by Charles Moss, a musical comedy romp about a misfit bear and an oddball girlscout. TOONED UP, by Malcolm Thomas, a Tex Avery inspired tale of an old-school toon obsessed kid coming face to face with the real world. CANVAS, by Gabrielle Teaford, an autobiographical music video detailing the coming-of-age story of a young artist's inner worlds. DREAMCATCHERS, by Bob Clark, a sci-fi detective story about psychic agents who dive into dreams to investigate Nightmares.

Musher Toni is torn from his everyday life by a new cancer diagnosis. Together with his huskies, he tries to understand the situation and find a future with his family. An authentic film about the fate of a unique person who must face his fears in order to find his own happiness again.

Trumpets sound every morning and the troops stand in geometric rows. Two thousand young Italian citizens are training to become marshals of the Carabinieri at the "Felice Maritano" military barracks and school in Florence.

"Strangled" investigates the looming micro-finance debt crisis in Cambodia and its nefarious impact on 3 families. Garment worker Veasna bets big on her husband’s barber shop, providing her family’s land title as collateral to obtain a microfinance loan and finance his business. Soon after opening, the business goes bust and her husband runs off with his mistress, leaving her alone to facecredit officers.