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With their language facing extinction, the Tolowa Dee-ni' Nation in Northern California is working against time to bring it back. Loren Me'-lash-ne Bommelyn is leading the charge towards language and cultural revitalization for the Tolowa Dee-ni' people with support from fellow Elders, knowledge keepers, ancestors and the tribal community.
Kate Blamire is a non-binary person from Berlin living with an autoimmune disease. This film is a first-person poetic account of their search for freedom and identity as they navigate in and out of hospitals.
Shot in black and white in homage to Helen Levitt, the pioneering photographer of children chalking the streets of Harlem in the late 1930s, this film records individual acts of creation by children from two schools local to the Barbican Centre in London, including students with physical and neurological diversities. Marco goes for horseshoe-shaped patterns, before expressing his self in a spontaneous spatter; Jean-Luc builds oneiric form upon form; Charlyn’s creatures emerge in clear, expansive lines. For Ayesha and James, the chalk is not just a drawing tool but also a curious object for fingers to explore, like they do with the texture of asphalt or the powderiness of their marks. Sensation and imagination imbue every scratch of white on black these children make.
From a kid growing up in Stockton, California to a Major League pitcher with the Oakland A’s, Dallas Braden’s journey is nothing short of inspiring. Dallas shares his story on the way to the final home game at the Coliseum where we offer a behind-the-scenes look at the emotional exchanges between the staff, TV crew, and long-time fans. It also features conversations with fans about what it means to lose their beloved team after so many years. A powerful reflection on the end of an era and the deep connection between the A's and their community.
Twelve dogs, one musher. Charmayne Morrison is a 23-year-old musher and is completing her first 300-mile attempt at Race to the Sky in Lincoln, Montana. Her training will push her and the team closer to the finish line as they go up against drowsiness, illness, and freezing temperatures. Crossing the finish line would place her closer to her dream by qualifying for the 1000-mile Iditarod, also known as “The Last Great Race,” where she and her canine companions would face the unforgiving Alaskan wilderness.
"MY OWN" is a captivating experimental short documentary music video that follows the journey of a young refugee who leaves his life and family behind to seek refuge in Venice, Italy. This poignant narrative exposes the cold reality many immigrants and refugees from non-white countries face in Europe, while also revealing how our protagonist finds solace in a new community. The unique soundtrack, crafted entirely from the sounds of his surroundings—such as cooking noises, waves, and city ambiance—adds an authentic layer to this compelling story. "MY OWN" offers a fresh and immersive take on the resilience of the human spirit.
Explore the gripping story of MMA and Kickboxing legend Gary Goodridge, whose battle with Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE) reveals the hidden dangers of combat sports and the enduring human spirit behind the fighter. Witness a journey from the heights of athletic glory to the fight for survival against a relentless, unseen opponent.
Five children roaming their community wearing bull masks for the carnival. Join them in their play and fun, and let your inner animal out at this vibrant celebration.
After moving to a provincial area, I decided to live with my elderly parents and discovered my mother's 50-year-old ledger. At first, it seemed like a simple household record, but as I continued to flip through it, I realized it captured the essence of our family's life. The ledger includes records starting from the day I was born in 1972, revealing various family events, as well as depicting the struggles of my father with unemployment and my mother's diligent management of the household. The ledger, which stopped in 2016, reflected my mother's way of enduring life, and although she is now losing her memory, it allows her to revisit our family's past.
A Real Hero is an experimental documentary about the life and humanitarian work of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum.
"Sandcastles" parallels two Singapores: one in Southeast Asia, and one buried on the western coast of Michigan. On top of sharing the same name, these two places also share a fraught relationship with sand. Singapore, Michigan was a thriving lumber town in the late 19th century until erosion from mass deforestation caused the sand dunes around it to shift and swallow the town whole. Just as quickly as Singapore, Michigan disappeared under sand, its namesake in the East emerged from it through land reclamation. The film weaves a narrative that intertwines the two Singapores to depict the temporal nature of human edifices built on and destroyed by nothing more than sand.
Life After opens the dialogue surrounding grief and how we experience it. Through conversations with Nicola Winstanley and Carmen Galavan about what grief is and how it affects us, we learn what it really means to live a life after.
A true story about a community of charming salty sea dogs and their tension with the residents of Sausalito, California who desperately want them to leave. Directed by Nic Mosher
In a quiet valley, a small village Slumbers softly in the evening dusk Only one window is still aglow Where a sorrowful girl waits alone. Meet Cveta, who was brought by train to Vojvodina as an infant girl in a kneading trough for bread with a wave of colonists from Slovenia. In the village of Gudurica, on the slopes of the Vršac hill, her family and many other settlers started a new life in a region that would unusually mark her destiny.
In his campaign video, Jack showcases his passion, dedication, and vision for a better school community. With fresh ideas, a commitment to inclusivity, and a genuine desire to make every student’s voice heard, Jack is ready to lead with integrity and enthusiasm. Vote Jack Davidson!
The short history of a room and the fiction born in it.
On the morning of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Ukraine's railway institution Ukrzaliznytsia started sending trains into war zones to evacuate civilians. Railway workers reporting for work that morning had become rescue workers overnight. They answered the call. Tetiana Vyslohuzova, a train master who had worked for Ukraine's railway institute all her life, was one of those people. This is her story.
Gelya is enjoying being young. Her elder sister Kristina is expecting a second child at the age of just 17, and people are predicting the same fate for 14-year-old Gelya. After going out for a walk with a boy who is besotted with her, she ends up getting drunk on strawberry beer and sitting on his lap while weeping over her own unrequited love. Gelya then returns home, just as her sister is discharged from the maternity hospital.
“an experimental documentary shot in Lebanon from 2019 to 2021 dealing with issues of dislocation, points of view and memory. Through the position of ‘peripheral vision’, which I practice as an observer, Detours builds a narrative of sensory impressions, orientations, alienated images, images that remain outside of the frame. The work is not a documentation or analysis of current policies and turbulent events but an experience of disorientations within them. The film was shot using Super 8, still analog cameras, digital cameras and various lenses.” - Vida Guzmić.
In a Boca suburb, a couple retire to a second marriage of freedom, play, and the world’s largest puzzle collection.
So what do you do when your cherished childhood toy becomes a collection. Then becomes an obsession? Well, like the Addams Family – voila! The house is a museum! The Matchbox Man, director Gorman Bechard visits Charlie Mack, who began buying Matchbox cars in 1963, when he was 7; from his initial 20 to 30, his collection exploded to more than 42,000 – one of the world’s largest – prompting him to turn much of his Connecticut home into a showcase of nearly every model and variation ever made. And while he gives a look at his blistering array of colors and styles, he presents a history of a humble toy car that became an international phenomenon.
Steve Moby Leitch embarks on a journey to one of the most beautiful and dangerous locations in the world to swim the Ka'iwi Molokai Channel. See this ordinary man overcome challenges of addiction, loss and crisis of faith to use his gifts to serve and empower others.
The story of one of Ukraine's most famous dissidents, Vyacheslav Chornovil (1937-1999). Using various archival materials, historical documents, and interviews with his contemporaries, the authors reveal in detail the complex path of the journalist, politician, and national hero.
Timothée is 23 years old. This year, with his girlfriend, they're moving to a flat in Picardy. As he makes his way into adulthood, one thing holds him together: rapping.
VOCE is an impulse, the need to give a voice to those who have not been able to use their own. Andrea La Puca and Azzurra Nappi, collecting hundreds of reports of experiences of violence through an anonymous form, give life to a female monologue that includes all the voices that have never been able to be heard.
HIV-positive bodies stage a reverse-arranging of flowers, stitched together with personal accounts of living with stigmatised illness.
A look at the life of Per Jonsson, world champion and one of the most talented speedway riders in history. More than 30 years have passed since the tragic accident that ended his sporting career, but his legend lives on.
The only prison in Abkhazia, whose building is part of the 6th century Cathedral of the Dormition of the Mother of God. One of the inmates got there in a completely different way than the others.
Take the rare and extraordinary opportunity to walk beside Zen Buddhist priest and social activist Roshi Joan Halifax on her path to empower women and indigenous people. This visually magnificent and emotionally bracing documentary charts an intimate pilgrimage with the Nomads Clinic—a team of Western, Nepali, and Tibetan healthcare workers—to deliver free medical care in the most remote regions of the Himalayas.
Having spent the last 30 years in the library researching various locations of Victorian dumps within his local area, Gordon has made a name for himself within this niche community. Digging up bottles from abandoned dumps - what started as a hobby, has turned into a lifestyle. In this short documentary, we follow Gordon on his never-ending quest to find the perfect bottle.
In 1921, with spite, enthusiasm and the abundance of poverty, the workers of the Railways built their football club, and then the stadium where both war and peace were officially declared in Sarajevo in the 1990s. Built, demolished, and again, rebuilt - by the love of his fans. The Valley of Jars - more than a stadium.
The Brooklyn Arts Hotel was in downtown Fitzroy, Melbourne, and while rather a well-kept secret, it hosted over 25,000 guests during its 15 years of operation.This heart-warming and inspiring documentary is an intimate portrait of Maggie Fooke, the creator of the hotel, as she navigates the final days of this dearly-loved institution, before its closure due to financial constraints. TO THANK THE ROOM is about living life to the fullest and facing major life-transition. Maggie leads a merry dance as she both embraces and resists the process of letting go, with a fierce determination to relish and share her beloved ‘Brooklyn’ to the very last drop.A film by Belinda Lloyd (her directorial debut) in collaboration with Maggie Fooke and Larry Lawson, and recently awarded Best Melbourne Documentary 2024 at the Melbourne Documentary Film Festival.
Experiences of women from Baixada Fluminense in Rio de Janeiro.
Black Hercules is a soulfully candid pilgrimage into the life and times of street bodybuilder, Craig Monson—and the social dichotomy of Black LA that made him into a legend.
In the new daily life between Valeri and his grandmother Rosa, a dialogue is born between two generations that share more than a last name.
The world is facing a gigantic challenge: ensuring a more sustainable food production for a growing population on a decreasing cropland. A radical idea might strengthen sustainable agriculture - and at the same time reduce climate change
In the Netherlands, colonial history is slowly but surely being rewritten. It has long been clear that what the Dutch government at the time described as “police actions”—the deployment of the army in response to Indonesia’s declaration of independence in 1945—was in fact an unlawful war. Nonetheless, the use of the term “war crimes” is still sensitive. This documentary reveals how far the Dutch rulers went in selling the war as a domestic affair, intended to restore peace among the population. Unique, often shocking images tell a different story. Filmmaker In-Soo Radstake holds extensive interviews with international experts who explain the complex relationships in the former colony and set out the global context.
Inside The West Papua Liberation Army
A filmmaking duo builds a railway draisine to portray a region where the passenger train is a ruin: the Argentine wet pampas. Together they try to take the vehicle to its destination, Espora, a town where “La fiesta de la zorra” is celebrated.
In this brisk, fun ride, Canadian rock legend Randy Bachman tells the stories of how he rose to the top of the charts with The Guess Who and Bachman-Turner Overdrive, married a Mormon, and launched an obsessive quest when his beloved Gretsch guitar disappeared.
Ronny and Suly have fallen in love. The only problem is that Ronny is in the US, while Suly is in Guatemala. LOVE IN THE TIME OF MIGRATION illustrates the modern day romance of two individuals from a community deeply impacted by migration to the US, and asks the question -- can love conquer all?
Lisa is a retired firefighter and police officer in California. Years of isolation have led to a dwindling sense of purpose and joy in her life. Mike is a former battalion chief in California who suffers from severe sleep deprivation and has difficulty managing his anger. He is in search of an alternate therapy to get a sense of relief and improve his relationship with his family. After a lack of success with traditional psychotherapy and pharmaceuticals, they will attend a Mexico-based retreat to undergo psilocybin and 5-MeO DMT treatments administered by traditional healers.
Vivir de Este Modo documents a live performance by the band Rey Bichito. It is an audiovisual exploration that seeks to capture the performers’ ecstatic relationship with their own music—a relationship that takes over their bodies and those of their devoted audience.
Animadoc story about a cow that escapes from the slaughterhouse in small town in Iceland, runs towards the sea and swims across an entire fjord to find an afterlife.
During the period of flooding that devastated Rio Grande do Sul, 600 Internacional employees dedicated themselves tirelessly, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, to revitalize the club's facilities.
Fayzullo (79 years old), Mardon (73 years old) and Hamrokul (83 years old) are close friends. Until this age, they traveled by bicycle to all 11 regions of Uzbekistan, except for the Khorezm region and the Republic of Karakalpakstan. They were set to tour again in early 2021. Unfortunately, the pandemic began and this dream did not come true. Two years later - in 2023 - they got... another chance to make this dream come true.
“Peroni 7” talks about the transformative impact of Kosovo’s liberalized visas and migration. Through personal stories of new beginnings and farewells, the film paints a touching picture of a nation in transition, striving for a brighter and more connected future.
"Never Ending, It's Better This Way" explores Left Unsaid's rise from Albuquerque's thriving music scene in the early 2000s. Despite adversity, they became hometown heroes with a devoted following and mainstream radio airplay. Their journey embodies the resilience of blue-collar bands striving for recognition and success, showcasing the passion it takes to chase dreams in the music industry.
Discover Grace Bumbry’s inspiring rise to global opera fame. Spotlighting her historic performances, the film explores the racial barriers she overcame to triumph in her 1966 performance as "Carmen."