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Mankind has become the pilot of spaceship earth, whether we like it or not. Half of all habitable land on earth is now dedicated to supporting human activity. And as of the year 2020, the mass of all man-made materials now outweighs the mass of all life forms on earth. Despite all this, we are still newcomers – untrained pilots steering an ancient, ever-changing planet. If we want to survive long-term and continue to grow, we will have to make bigger technological leaps than ever before. This film explores the wildest, most ambitious, most dangerous ideas to keep Earth and humanity thriving, by protecting each of its layers – from the lithosphere to the stratosphere. Many of our ideas may never materialize, but by dreaming them up, we can open our minds to the full potential of human willpower and intellect. The future is ours to build.

Hua Yang and Afa are two competitive freediving athletes. One is focused on breaking the deepest record in Asia, while the other aspires to claim the crown of Taiwan’s top freediver. Both received invitations to compete in the prestigious Blue Hole Vertical Blue Depth Competition. This documentary follows their journey from land to underwater,capturing their contrasting styles and perspectives as they merge in the tranquil yet mysterious blue depths.

An introspective documentary that connects the cinema space and the ritual of watching with memories and dreams.

After nearly three years living in Japan, Fergus Gregg finds himself struggling to bid farewell to this beautiful country. On a journey tracing the path of his hero, the poet Matsuo Basho, Fergus decides to trek the northern landscapes of Tohoku. As he travels, he encounters more than he bargained for - facing setbacks, meetings with traditional hunter-gathers, and dances at northern Japan's largest Summer festival. Join Fergus Gregg on his 'Road to the North'.

In the still hours of Kharkiv's curfewed nights, a quiet resilience hums through its empty streets. The short film captures people who work under the cover of darkness, navigating both routine and risk as Russia often attacks when residents try to sleep. Those who stay awake to work do so for the city's survival. The film explores how Ukraine's second-largest city has transformed because of war, its collective hope that dawn will arrive quietly, and the human need to carry on.

An elite group of athletes gathers under one of the world’s tallest permanent diving platforms.

Pato, is a woman who must face her way, while struggling with the memory of a miscarriage. Lupita is a teenager looking for her place in the world.

'Abbas Kiarostami: a transversal filmography' is a video essay on the relationship between the different child and adolescent characters in the Iranian director's various films. What is proposed is a parallel montage, based on the raccord of delayed apprehension between the seven films used. In this way, we perceive the sensation of a single character progressing in a linear fashion through Kiarostami's different films. In which the work opaques the entire growth stage of the youngsters, passing from childhood to old age in the blink of an eye.

The filmmaker decides to make a film in an attempt to remember a dream from his notes: at the crossroads of essay and diary, the film offers a sensitive investigation into the relationship between dreams, animals and the city.

The "Mainzer Straßenkarneval" as the setting: a camera and a microphone gone astray.

The inspiring path of a Mamanwa graduate and a young tribe member who embrace Quality Education, seeking community development while preserving cultural roots.

An overview about the non-action genre movies by Italian director Enzo G. Castellari.

A young woman considers her relationship with her father

In the isolated parking lot of a small provincial town, a carnival is setting up. It's a refuge for Cécilia and Ludo, who wait for it all year long. Between the shooting gallery and the coconut shy, they can finally escape. But when Ludo gets the opportunity to fulfill his dream of becoming a carnival worker, the prospect of his departure puts their relationship to the test. Torn between love and his desire to move away, Ludo faces a difficult choice. Les amours parapluies is a captivating tale of an unexpected romance, a simple yet profound reflection on relationships and the possibility of living your dreams.

A documentary that shows and talks about the struggles of being a musician nowadays with the rise of streaming services.

In most parts of the world, school is a crucial developmental environment in which to grow, train and find self-actualization. Then there are some places where school saves your life. The mission of the nonprofit organization Still I Rise is to solve the global school crisis by empowering the most discriminated against, poor and vulnerable children through a cutting-edge educational model that aims to provide excellent, free education to all children in the world.

An intimate portrait of Edandress's life as a performer and erotic content creator in Chile, the documentary explores the metaphor of dilation as he redefines pleasure—breaking free from a restrictive, guilt-ridden society and embracing absolute freedom through self-exploration. Tracing his journey from childhood in Melipilla to his entry into the erotic industry, the film examines how body, pleasure, and social media intersect to provide financial independence while also addressing the fundamental issue of consent as a guiding principle.

Documentary short film about a man (Juan Pablo Manzano) who gave his life to deliver films, with his video club more than 30 years ago.

In the bathrooms of a school in Calama, Nahichka discovers a lack as commonplace as it is unsettling: there's no toilet paper. Together with her classmates, she begins an investigation that gradually transforms into a journey through the memory and environmental wounds of her city. Between games, interviews, and dreams, what role does toilet paper play in a place covered in dust and oblivion?

Mentally set in the artist’s childhood Jerusalem bedroom, ‘bring me a thought I can act on’ is a visual play-diary exploring the state of exile; wondering and wandering through thoughts on how to love a homeland. While drawing on dance and color as fleeted memory systems within disappeared identities, this film is a personal exploration of what the body remembers about itself once the mind forgets.

Around the year 2000 AD, it was reported in the news that about two million cotton pickers rush to the vast land of Xinjiang every year, just like migratory birds, arriving in September and leaving in November. With curiosity, I also joined this "migratory bird" team and headed straight to the Xinjiang farm thousands of miles away. The train was very crowded, and among the cotton pickers who were mostly female workers, the vast and beautiful Xinjiang surprised these "migratory birds" for the first time. The hardships and joy in Xinjiang's cotton fields were also their first experiences. This film is the memory of me joining the migratory bird team as a cotton picker.

Across the Pacific drift five continents; there lie two lands that start with C: China and Colombia. In one I was born, in the other my grandmother. Her people, that run away of her lands to live without smiles; mine, once enslaved, sang to die smiling. Both of us learned to accept what belongs to neither here nor there—she, for crossing coasts for a husband who died; I, for being her grandson, bearing my grandfather’s name.

Through a documentary style, The Sisters’ Journey explores the daily life of a transgender woman in Vietnam using drugs. The film delves into her fear of stigma, struggles she faces, and the vital role of harm reduction services and healthcare available to her.

Voyeurs. Paranoid delusions. Photographic guns. Surveillance states. A video about the feeling that someone is watching you. A spiritual sequel to Lily Alexandre's previous film "Notes On Vanishing".

Without using any dialogue, director Lewis Pashley comments on the beauty and simplicity of connecting with nature through the tale of a Yorkshire coal miner. He gets through his claustrophobic profession by racing pigeons in the open air.

The epic story of how one of America’s first successful public works emboldened a nation to move westward. The film places the historic Flight of Five locks on the Erie Canal in Lockport, New York, squarely in the American narrative as a symbol of a young and developing nation. The Lockport Locks were regarded as a modern engineering marvel at the time that the Erie Canal was originally opened in 1825. They enabled water-borne commerce and passengers to travel from New York City to the Great Lakes via the Hudson River and the man-made inland waterway system, opening up the Midwest to development.

Arturo Palacios, a BMW specialist mechanic, has dedicated more than 50 years to repairing cars, driven by a deep love for mechanics that has made him a reference in his trade. However, the weight of his workshop responsibilities is seriously affecting his health. Arturo faces a crucial decision: to leave mechanics behind to care for his health, or continue working to support his family financially. Through his story, the documentary explores how Arturo’s physical and emotional wear mirrors that of the cars he repairs, and how a life devoted to his passion can become unsustainable when demands and responsibilities exceed all limits. Yet, Arturo’s continued presence in the workshop is not only due to economic necessities, but also the difficulty of parting from a world that has been with him his whole life, and a profound longing to see all his children become professionals.

We see footage of the Green Movement, a wave of protests in Iran that began in the summer of 2009, in response to the presidential election fraud in favor of the incumbent president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. We see the chaos, the solidarity among the people, and the amazement too: that this is possible, that this is actually happening. Shaky handheld images capture both the energy of the crowd and the panic when shots suddenly ring out. Meanwhile, a voice-over calmly recounts what happened to the people we see.

When Russia invaded Ukraine on 24 February 2022, it triggered Europe's largest movement of refugees since World War II. According to the UN Refugee Agency, roughly one third of Ukraine's population is displaced. This film follows three Ukrainian girls, Iryna, Sasha and Masha and their families over the course of a year as they attempt to build their new lives in Estonia.

Presented as a part of Activating Archive: Eating an Apple while Lucid Dreaming 2568 (2025) by Koki Tanaka and Host:2568 Collective under Ghost2568: Bodies Dispossessed, curated by Christina Li. The project revisits and re-examines Koki's work in Ghost:2565 Live Without Dead Time, Eating an Apple While Lucid Dreaming (2022). Activating Archive: Eating an Apple while Lucid Dreaming 2568 (2025) explores experiential history and speculative futures through investigating Thailand’s sociopolitical history and nocturnal landscapes in an act of collective memory-making. Tanaka works alongside research material and findings gathered through Host:2568 members, including Weerapat. The collaborative work investigates how individual experience and summoned histories can be shared with broader audiences. Interpretation of a Dream (2025) investigates and focuses on the bus driver from Eating an Apple While Lucid Dreaming in 2022 as the main subject to narrate the stories through his own perspective.

Residents of Quintela de Leirado recount firsthand how, during Franco's dictatorship, many people resorted to smuggling to survive.

A couple and the husband’s mother have been living away from the town of Namie in Fukushima Prefecture since they were evacuated after the nuclear accident. As they make the decision to build a new house, their feelings as husband and wife, parent and child, and daughter-in-law and mother-in-law intersect. The film depicts their emotional struggle to live as their true selves, amidst elderly caregiving of the elderly and complex family relationships—issues brought to the surface by the disaster.

Spring. During Hakishka, a key event in their town’s traditional festivities, women gather on a hilltop to dance. An irrepressible vitality flows from their talking, singing, and dancing, in this festival so full of life.

For more than two decades, Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya served as a pediatrician in northern Gaza, rising to lead Kamal Adwan Hospital. Though he had many chances to leave, he chose to stay with his patients even as Israeli attacks escalated. With each passing month, the toll deepened. His son was killed, his hospital repeatedly struck, and his life threatened. Still, he remained at Kamal Adwan. His resilience was captured in a 10-second video: a lone pediatrician in a white coat walking through rubble toward Israeli forces. To the world, it symbolized defiance. To his family and colleagues, it reflected who he always was. Through firsthand testimony, archival footage, and on-the-ground reporting, Fault Lines investigates the assault on Kamal Adwan Hospital, the raid that led to Dr. Abu Safiya’s unlawful detention, and the broader targeting of Gaza’s healthcare system.

Artfully United follows artist Mike Norice as he creates a series of inspirational murals in underserved neighborhoods in and around Los Angeles. The Artfully United Tour transforms from a simple idea on a wall to a community of artists and activists coming together to heal and uplift the city they call home. As the murals are unveiled, this gritty documentary explores the forces that shape the streets of L.A. and those that shape Mike as an artist, delving into his past to create a rich tapestry of family and faith, love and loss, music, hope, and life. Artfully United, the first feature-length documentary from Chris Walters Productions, is a celebration of the power of positivity and a reminder that hope can sometimes grow in the most unlikely of places.

Follows boxing legend Steve Canton and his mentoring of ten fighters. Their compelling journeys reveal how boxing's discipline builds character, proving the most meaningful victories happen outside the ring.

a short experimental film gathers fleeting images, fragmented edits, and ambient echoes into a visual mood piece. it drifts through the hollow spaces of existence where memory fractures and meaning decays. it is a meditation on loneliness, nihilism, and the slow ache of being, where silence speaks louder than presence and everything seen feels already forgotten.

This documentary chronicles the life journeys and diverse fates of over a dozen former "sent-down youth" (zhishi qingnian) from Tongchuan.

A good-humored portrait of the oldest and largest Jewish homes in South Africa as its clients kvetch about companions and battle to elect a new Resident Committee.

NYC musician Lake Salvatore Palmer goes into his creative process.

A young man reflects on his relationship with the place he grew up in, and the filmmakers that shaped him.

The heavily touristed streets of Cinque Terre might seem an unlikely place for a sea kayaking trip. But with folding kayaks on their backs, camping supplies, and a goal to visit every gelateria, three paddling friends board a train bound for the azure waters of the Mediterranean. A self-supported kayak mission offers a unique way to experience one of Europe's most celebrated coastal destinations.

A documentary that explores the origins and the historical, social, and cultural factors that sustain discrimination and prejudice against the LGBTQIA+ community in Brazil. Through interviews and analysis, the film reveals how these roots are deeply embedded in society, continuing to influence behaviors and policies to this day.

Four children play an online multiplayer game, collaborating on strategies to advance while each trying to stay alive.

After almost two years of a class full of unique personas and flairs, at last, 12 STEM 1 stars in a limited documentary feature series as they paint the academic year with high flying colors.