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Gonzo journalist Hunter S. Thompson's Hell's Angels is given new meaning when compared, contrasted and appropriated to describe the hell-raising antics of a group of fierce and free-wheeling women who hit the road on their own custom bikes and their own terms. It's one "hell" of a ride!

Matías Fernández is a force of nature, a centaur in his wheelchair. He doesn't let an incredibly rare congenital condition hold him back. Writing, rapping, acting, and socializing—he does it all. For Matías there is freedom in living!

a eulogy of a dreamer to the future

A fragmented narrative of glass seen through the fleeting life and subsequent death of a bird, and a mechanical examination of the relationships between architecture, image-making and power.

Wishes, dreams, plans for the future: every day they are spoken aloud, like an incantation. A record of a future being constructed slowly, night by night. A cinematic chronicle of the life of a Guaraní-speaking Paraguayan community living in Cuenca, Spain.

A full-length documentary of 80 mins duration, shot intermittently over 12 years, observational in style and experimental in form, explores life on two residential streets in London and Baghdad.

Go inside the Texas drag shows with an undercover reporter. Talk with experts who can describe what effect the hyper-sexualization is having on the children forced to attend.

Water Tower Symphony is a tribute to Finnish water towers and the memories associated with them in the form of an experimental film. As the title suggests, the piece gives the spotlight to Finnish water towers, the real eye-catchers of the local constructed environment. According to recent studies, these towers have become town symbols that create local identity. Water Tower Symphony not only documents but also revives this kind of everyday environment typical to Finland.

A nightmarish essay film on the history of the doorbell, tracing its invention and constant reinventions through 19th century labor struggles, the nascent years of narrative cinema, and contemporary surveillance cultures.

Becoming Tom Thomson is about an actor researching a character for an upcoming feature film that is inspired by Canadian wilderness painter Tom Thomson who died mysteriously in Algonquin Park in 1917. From learning to paint, canoe and fish to camping and fending off bears the host takes the audience on a journey back in time, scouting some of the locations that inspired the Canadian icon while also gaining first hand experience about what might have taken the young artist's life. The film won the Outstanding Northern Ontario Short Film Award at Sudbury Cinefest.

A fictional journey constructed from small movements of bodies as portrayed in melodramas and war movies of the 30s and 40s in Hollywood cinema, beginning and ending with intimate gestures of life being at once destroyed and transformed. The absence of faces records a fragmented, mutilated and re- constructed history through a body language that has been overshadowed by the prevailing photogenic of the Star System. The faceless body enlightens an anonymous side, erasing the identity of the actor/character in a continuum of dai- ly actions, fleeting contacts, loving offerings and deathly silences in the heat of war.

‘Chanel’ in Myeong-dong in the 1970s was the secret hideout for Butches and Femmes. In 1996, young lesbians opened Korea’s first lesbian bar, Lesbos. In the early 2000s, queer teens looking for a community gathered in a small park in Sinchon. Myung-woo, who ran ‘Lesbos’ nearby, was still guarding the place 20 years later. As the coronavirus crisis hit, the bar has lost its customers. Will she able to protect the place this time?​

Is Toontown Archive a virus? Detective Freeze investigates the possibility that Toontown Archive may be malware.

A tribute to the nearby mountain; the one behind the house. That of Monte Rosa and its southern slope which overlooks wild over Alagna. A journey written over time. The same one that goes into stories and in the mountains of men; in their homes. The time that lives in traditions, in an ancient Walser costume worn, as well as in the deep cracks of the highest glaciers. A short story in honor of the people who live in the mountains, in the mountains. So that I can continue to do so. Remembering that we are all passing through, but there is something eternal.

A young filmmaker is commissioned to write a documentary about the First World War. He tries to find a way to tell the story of the war. What is to be done with all these films waiting in the archives to be shown again? He tries his hand at different styles of writing and editing, keeping in mind the question: can you make a montage film without transforming the images?

For 30 years Leyla Assaf-Tengroth have known Chadia and her daughters and followed the family's colorful personalities. She have seen the children grow up.She have seen some of them develop into rebels, others more resigned. There are major contradictions within the family that mainly concern tradition or renewal. By telling about Chadia and her daughters and the rest of the family, she mean's that she is simultaneously reflecting the great religious, ideological and political conflicts going on in the Middle East.

A student creates a mockumentary with his girlfriend for an assignment.

Itzanamí, a young woman, is facing stormy relationships. In his attempt to discover himself, he creates a documentary, wondering why he associates love with violence. Revisiting her family's past, and the relationships her grandmother and mother have gone through, she discovers the true face of love: the love between the women in her family.

The occult is often thought of as a category of supernatural beliefs and practices which generally fall outside the scope of religion and science, encompassing such phenomena involving mysticism, spirituality, and magic. This documentary explores the history and practices of the occult.

Stavro is a talented guitar student in his twenties. Jade is a vocal student and his girlfriend. They are from a small town in the heart of the Balkans, traveling to another city to study music. Ljuben is their friend musician drummer and already finished his studies. Struggling through the endless societal transition they are finding innovative ways to express their talents and collecting junk from the waste yard, crafting unique instruments, composing music, and playing it at a concert. Parallel to the strong passion for music, the relationship between Stavro and Jade is growing.

About the mess of electricity poles in South Jakarta. A problem that can actually be solved, if there is clear action.

Combines in-studio interview, in-studio performance, photos, and on-location (in USA and Nigeria) scenes and performance

Ziyad Walid -Nubi-, is a young male rapper from southern Egypt who lived his childhood in Saudi Arabia where he used to get bullied and be left out. When he went back to Egypt, he dealt with being different, and Rap was the only way to express his feelings and prove himself. Rap gave Nubi the opportunity to be heard by people of his age who believe in him and his type of art. He sings a new genre, a mix between Southern Egyptian culture and trap music, trying to keep pace with the rap scene in Egypt. NUBI has a dream of holding a concert in the city of -Aswan-, specifically in Nubia, by following the steps of his idol, Mounir, the famous Nubian singer in Egypt, who experienced the same journey of being a stranger by just having dark skin. NUBI believes that singing is a gift God gave him, and the mic is from heaven.

A journey into the world of drift with pilot Andrey Ayukhaev — from training to the final of the competition. The film will show spectacular races and tell you how and how the Russian drift community lives.

The documentary narrates the life of Saint Gabriel (Vassiko) Urgebadze, who embraced the path of asceticism and madness for Christ, living a life of profound faith, humility, and self-denial. The work details how, from his youth, the saint demonstrated unwavering devotion to God, even in the face of opposition.

Short documentary about the war going on in Western Sahara since 13 November 2020 and how it affects the lives of Sahrawis and their supporters. A film about voices and feelings that speak of the desert and injustice.

MLB star Adrián González from Tijuana, following his path from little league baseball to becoming number 1 draft pick and playing 15 successful seasons in Major League Baseball.

An experimental, nostalgic exploration of growing up with anxiety and learning how to control it.

Ireland's favourite mother and son Baz and Nancy take an entertaining sideways glance at the morbid but also strangely uplifting business of editing your life's final chapter.

In May of 2022 on the James Taylor Justice Coalition's second Justice Day event, participants collected a sample of soil from the site where Mr. Taylor was hanged. With money raised from individuals and organizations in our community a busload of over 50 youth and adults left Chestertown, MD in the wee hours of August 25 to transport the soil sample to the Legacy Museum in Montgomery. The trip included visits to important civil rights sites in Birmingham, Selma, Montgomery and Atlanta. Participants were confronted with a reality not often taught or talked about, and subsequently witnessed, processed, and transformed their perspectives on both Black History in the USA of the past, and the African American Experience of today. Get on the Bus is a film about this trip.

Gor's escape takes 48 hours. The 13-year-old is behind the wheel himself to bring his large family to safety. In Armenia, Gor is therefore celebrated as a hero. In his new home he can now fulfill his big dream: becoming a hairdresser.

Xernona Clayton: A Life In Black & White is an elegant march through time that honors almost a century of a truly extraordinary woman who has impacted us all. The film takes viewers on a journey through Clayton's nearly century-long life, from her time as an aide and close friend to Dr. Martin Luther King and Coretta Scott King to her groundbreaking broadcasting career with Ted Turner. This career ultimately led to the creation of The Trumpet Awards, designed by Clayton to recognize outstanding accomplishments by African Americans who have succeeded against great odds, inspiring success in others.

It was Versailles before Versailles: a palace in the heart of Paris with a 2,000-year history. This documentary strips away layers of political, military and religious history with one goal: to gather clues in order to digitally reconstruct the lost palace, piecing together the size, shape and texture of the palace with scientists and historians to discover its hidden surprises.

Berlin born Aviva Kempner chronicles her mother Hanka and uncle Dudek Ciesla's lives before and during World War II

Yugoslavia in the 1960s and 1970s: a young family moves to a small Slovenian industrial town in search of work. A found-footage portrait of a bygone era shot on Super 8 mm film.

To be or not to be human again, but evolved powerful machines without souls ? That is the question.

Daniela takes us to the most festive photographs in her family album, the photographs from her birthdays. It is through the images that she goes around the crowded table and reveals her greatest desires and frustrations and those of her closest family members.

In the microcosm of a fragment of a resin sculpture, we observe fossilized eucalyptus leaves. The suspended still life, where we think we see specters of a world-image, is demystified by the sound of the tumultuous Cure.

Tysir is 15 when released from prison on parole. The only one waiting for him is Yonatan, a social worker from the Prisoner Rehabilitation Authority. Yonatan tries to help Tysir to beat the statistics where 3 out of 4 teens return to prison. The deal, which seemed attractive behind bars, becomes a rocky journey in an impossible reality.

Max Elliott is a Vietnam War Veteran, former helicopter crew chief, and door gunner. He shares his story of his time during the war and his struggles during his deployment, as well as once he gets home.

This making-of shows the shooting of the short film "Daemonium".

“I laugh out of life’s void” Korea’s very first hippie, Han Dae Soo, bursts out a laughter. Some musicians talk about love or hope, Han Dae Soo’s music roots in pain. His songs are about freedom even in the most oppressive circumstances. He prepares to release his last album in 2020. A master’s recording session is full of improvisation and energy. As a man of over 70 years old, his voice has gotten deeper and stronger with age. His is a husband and a father and a human dwelling upon the possibility of death approaching. As a youngster he exerted sharp criticism towards society, but on his last album it leans more towards reflection and regret rather than anger. Han Dae Soo tells us his last story strolling through the streets of Manhattan and Namdaemun. The aged hippie’s laughter still resonates with joy.

A tonal student film that uses montage to illustrate the loss of industry in South Yorkshire.

According to the state program, a young paramedic is sent to the village of Novenke Konstantin Kolpakov. It is hard to work, there are not enough medicines, there is no necessary equipment. However, the young paramedic remains not only to treat people, but also to try to bring life back to the gradually fading village.

Livestock are not the enemy. They are the key. The fight to reverse climate change is putting animals in the spotlight. The purpose of this documentary is to show the use of livestock for the regeneration of grasslands, soils, woodland and water. Good livestock management is shown in a real way as a solution for the restoration of ecosystems and rural economies.

In 2022, in a forested area of northern Thailand, virologist Meriadeg Le Gouil and biologist Pipat Soissok are collecting specimens and droppings from a colony of rhinolophids for analysis. They hope to learn whether these bats, which harbor viruses similar to SARS-CoV-2, were able to transmit the virus to an animal host, which in turn infected humans. The other hypothesis concerning the origin of Covid-19 is that of a laboratory escape. In 2021, after months of fruitless waiting, a delegation of WHO experts finally arrived in Wuhan, where the virus had spread from. They visited the now-closed former indoor market, where live animals were traded, and the Institute of Virology, although no laboratory safety specialists were among their members.

Graduates of La Storta celebrate the artistic life and the illustrious career of a dear friend. Although, things may not seem the way it does….

Elena, Italian by adoption but born in Romania, is about to turn 30 years old and feels the need to discover the missing piece of her story: her biological family. To do so, she decided to make a journey by car from Piacenza to Bucharest with an unusual and surprising travel companion: her newfound brother Gerard. Siblings and at the same time perfect strangers.

A 16mm montage of four friends hanging out

When the waters meet

Get on your bike. Ride down through Europe. Knock on random doors. Ask for shelter, food and water – and see what happens. That’s more or less the concept behind ‘A Journey and the Doors’. Peter Alsted cycles from Denmark to Turkey to explore the continent’s relationship with trust and hospitality. Awkwardness and tension hang thick in the air as he approaches his hosts in his cycling gear, knocking on doors and encountering both scepticism and language barriers. Along the way, he is forced to take detourr, stop for a snail crossing his path, seek atypical shelter from the weather, and ask himself if it’s all really possible because he’s a white, privileged man. A warm and wry film with its heart in the right place.