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A woman's love letter and final goodbye to heroin, as she attempts to come off the synthetic opiates that have kept her clean for the past six years.

Inside the world, the escapes, the captures, and the trial of Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman Loera, perhaps the world's most infamous drug kingpin.

Željko and Viki sacrifice all they have to ensure a gentle end of life for discarded horses on their small plot of land. END OF THE ROAD examines mortality and the need for compassion, empathy and dignity to be extended to all living beings for the entirety of their lives' journey.

A down-and-dirty documentary on the influential New York Hardcore Crossover band Leeway. Witness the rise and fall of the group, through the eyes of the founding members. From battles with record labels to nightmare tour experiences, nothing is held back.

A sanitation worker dreams of becoming a lawyer to fight for her and her fellow workers’ rights; a mother dreams of sharing her secrets and struggles with her child; a woman rehearses to prepare for a difficult conversation with her boyfriend… Kathi, Kathi, Kaarana is an anthology of docufiction, narrated and produced by the workers and their families from the city of Bangalore.

Travel the skies to see the Hoosier state in a whole new way. Utilizing aerial cinematography exclusively, Journey Indiana: From Above breathes new life into well-known areas of the state and showcases some of Indiana’s hidden gems.

In 2022, a neighborhood of Northern Saltivka in Kharkiv has become the frontier of the Russian invasion and has suffered significant destruction. A walk through the "ghost district" forging ahead of coexistence of past and present, outward and inward landscapes, facts and recollections. Voiceover recites the artist’s memories of places of his childhood and youth that no longer exist.

A short documentary chronicling the daily life of a local neighborhood wizard.

40 years ago in Mexico, a group of women filmmakers gathered to make films dealing with taboo subjects, gender violence, rape, feminicide, clandestine abortion, labor discrimination. They called themselves “Cine Mujer” and were active as a collective for over 10 years. Today they reflect on violence against women and their continuous struggles, which are still prevalent in modern society.

“Signals from the Island” provides an intimate glimpse into the life of a young Bulgarian astrophysicist. As he explores distant corners of the universe, he faces the challenge of finding meaningful connections.

During the pandemic, the parents of Joshua had the idea to make a movie about their 14-year-old son with severe autism, and his remarkable progress over the course of six months.

Zelpha Montgomery of Homes County, Mississippi tells viewers about what the Holmes County Civil Rights Movements was like, the challenges they faced, while also sharing her parent’s involvement in the movement.

Our story starts over a decade ago in a tiny village on the coast of El Salvador. When faced with the tough decision of leaving their poverty stricken violent country in search of a brighter future, two youngsters decided to buck the trend. They would stay, standing up to the challenges of their land with the dream of building a better future for their own community.

A teenager aspires to make a film during the pandemic. They reflect on their depression and nostalgia by documenting old places from their past.

In the past, Natalia is a documentary director and film producer, and now she is the head of the air reconnaissance unit of the 112th separate brigade of territorial defense with the call sign "Angel". On the first day of the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022, she changed her profession and went to the front with her son. In a fairly short time, she assembled her own unit. Its composition is also mostly creative people: former cameramen, sound engineers, gaffers. Everything is like on a film set. But now they are shooting a different movie, where there is no second take.

An experimental poetic investigation of one of the world's largest e-waste recycling sites, Agbogbloshie, as a contact zone of complex global economic, social, power-political and technological processes.

The Carnival captures the intimate moments of the sixth-generation carnival family, the Bells, as they haul their convoy of trucks, rides and workers from Batemans Bay to Darwin and back. Filmed over seven years, their journey includes pandemic shutdowns, bushfires, persistent rain and rising fuel costs – with a dwindling economy thrown in. The close-knit family battles not only to keep Australia’s oldest show on the road, but ultimately to keep their carnival legacy alive.

“...I photograph older nude models in their homes, found through online posts, inclusive of different body types. Almost only white men have replied. These posts are neither sexual nor implying a sexual exchange. This series reveals the loneliness of life in a post-pandemic situation, the invisibility of queer identity, fetishization and exoticization towards the Asian gay body, and the sexuality of the stigmatized bodies within exhibitionism.” — Eugene Tang

Doctor Stephan von Arx, MD, is retiring. As a family doctor, he has cared for his patients from the working class over generations. He was a factory doctor in the middle of the industrial district of Zuchwil. What will happen without him?

An experimental documentary depicting the abandoned Aerojet Rocket Testing Facility, a relic of the Cuban Missile Crisis. Aerojet explores how America exploits the land beneath it, contrasted with the hell on earth this environmental neglect may leave in its wake.

How should I love you, my child? This story is a mother’s agonizing journey of parenting. Wu Jun, a mother in her 50s, has been in emotional turbulence for over a decade. In 2004, Quanquan, her then-16-year-old daughter, suddenly jumped to her death. Unexpectedly, Quanquan’s last words had nothing to do with her parents. The mother was filled with agony and bewilderment, questioing what she had done wrong, and her beloved husband, unable to bear the weight of the loss, moved away from Hangzhou. To start anew, Wu raised another girl, Tingting. Amid intense education competition, she racks her brains to pave the way for Tingting’s better future. However, the girl became rather difficult after entering puberty. Why is parent-child relationship so challenging? How should a mother face her own life? By the beautiful West Lake, Wu starts to read her late daughter’s favorite fable, ROOSTER THE GOLDEN COMB – Fate is as cunning as the fox in the story…

Having recently faced the loss of her sister, Norah MacRae - the longest serving Post Office worker in Scottish history - begins to reflect on what’s to come in her remaining years from the wee shop attached to her house.

The Tweebosbuurt neighbourhood and its demolition after a long struggle with local residents became the epicentre of debate surrounding gentrification and social cleansing in Rotterdam, attracting even the attention of the UN when in 2021 rapporteurs wrote a letter to condemn its removal.

A journey of discovery through my own lavender lenses

On March 4, 2022, the Russian troops occupied Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Station, the largest nuclear power plant in Europe. The day before they entered its satellite town, Enerhodar, and attacked resisting civilians who barricaded the road to the nuclear power plant. Founded in the early 1970s, Enerhodar (‘the energy gift’) was meant to serve the thermal power station and the nuclear power plant. Its construction was part of the Soviet modernist project championing industrialization, urban growth and new nuclear technologies. After its occupation, Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant was turned into a time bomb. The infrastructure of ‘peaceful atom’ was weaponized and used as a means of nuclear blackmail. In a grim twist, the colonial Soviet ambition to control the forces of nature culminated in Russian war atrocities and ecocide of the planetary scale.

Who are Romani musicians? Enigmatic gatekeepers of a party atmosphere endowed with musical blood? Or is this all just a big myth? Three filmic chapters the ethnographic documentary Hopa Lide tackles this question in unorthodox ways. The roving camera takes us to the heart of intimate backstage moments and humorous performance scenes, uncovering the musicians’ everyday struggles and secret dreams.

The Cape Verde Islands lie in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Senegal. Each island has its own charm and variety of landscapes to offer: from the dramatic volcanic landscapes to the green gardens of Sao Antão and the endless sandy beaches of Sao Vicente. The African archipelago captivates above all with its very own music, the “morna”, made famous worldwide by Cesária Évora. It is a kind of plaintive blues that touches the soul and tells of heartache, longing and the challenges of life. Évora is a great role model for the young singer Claudia. She is studying law, but dreams of a career on the big stage.

Filmmaker Alice Brisbin seeks out her matronymic great-grandmother in her hometown and discovers truths about memory and womanhood.

Boys who step into toilet cubicles instead of standing at the urinals have a secret to hide. The film is a self-discovery portrait of the filmmaker, who has spent 41 years living with hypospadias.

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The great myths of mankind have captivated us for thousands of years. Inexplicable phenomena, places shrouded in legend and superhuman heroes puzzle us and fire our imagination. But what if the legends are more than pure fiction? Scholars have been sketching dragons since ancient times, and the belief in their existence extends into modern times. Whether with wings or breathing fire, as creator or destroyer - the dragon is one of the oldest myths of mankind.

A city that has been injured with all its layers… The need of the local people to repair themselves and their city, to mourn their loss and their city, an admirable sense of belonging and ownership… Documentary maker İmre Azem meets with dozens of Hatay people on April 17-24.

Short documentary film that reconstructs the history of the trans community dedicated to sex work, styling, cross-dressing and night shows in the town.

The Last Hospital: 30 Days in Myanmar goes to the heart of a jungle battleground in one of the most closed off countries in the world. Following a two-year campaign to gain access to the rebels, Ramsay’s team provides unprecedented insight into the resilience of the resistance fighters and the hidden horrors they face. From medics desperately working in the jungle by torchlight to avoid risk of attack, to scenes depicting undeniable evidence of war crimes, viewers will witness the harrowing realities of fighting an oppressive military regime from footage that is supporting ongoing investigations into human right’s abuses by the Myanmar government.

Like a journey through time, Dora Seguel tells us in first person about her kidnapping and that of her sisters in June 1976 during the last civil-military dictatorship in Argentina. After 47 years, Dora successfully sentenced her oppressors to life imprisonment for rape as a specific method of torture, setting a precedent throughout the region. Genocide perpetrators are also rapists.

Boarderline Alaska and Aurora Projekt presents "The Outliers," a DIY Southeast Alaska snowboard film.

Where is this train going? Passengers are lulled to sleep by the rhythmic clatter of the wheels, familiar poetic lines about the native land, and folk songs. Is it possible to change the direction, to hop on another train, to rewind the tape? Quavering reflections dance in a strange roundelay: the grain, a girl, a stork, a bone, the truth, and the resentment... Welcome to the Gray Edge.

Discover the dramatic transformation of the American frontier in 'The Rise and Fall of the Wild West.' From the promise of railroads and the lure of Manifest Destiny to the challenges of lawlessness and the revolutionary impact of barbed wire, explore how the Wild West evolved from a land of untamed opportunity into a symbol of modern America.

A 40 minute making of documentary for TesseracT's album 'War Of Being'.

Documentary that follows Damian Browne and Fergus Farrell as they attempt the impossible: traversing the unforgiving Atlantic Ocean in a small two-person rowboat.

Grandfather’s retirement means the loss of another craftsman who has the traditional technique. Before they discard the atelier where he has been working for years and his precious tools, I want to capture them in the film as a memento of how he worked.

A film about returning to your hometown with music by the Intertext ensemble.

Experiencing death by a gunshot, while on the Amanita Muscaria mushroom.

Jorge and Jeczebel left their four children behind in Venezuela, for what they hoped would be a better life in America. They didn’t expect a bus would bring them from Texas to New York. They also didn’t expect to encounter a city overwhelmed by one of the largest humanitarian crises in its history. The film explores the migrant experience from a deeply personal perspective as they struggle to live in the US and to support their children back home.

A day in the life of the painter Mériadeg Courtet, from the Pont des Arts to the Beaux-Arts in Paris. Mériadeg Courtet opened the biggest Parisian artistic quats during the golden age of this movement, between the 80s and 2000. He still practices raw and uncompromising art and has not calmed down. Far from there. From squats to zones to defend, often interned in psychiatric units, he is perhaps the last dinosaur of punk still active.

Successful businessman Alexander returned to his small homeland to change and revive a village forgotten by everyone in Mordovia. However, the villagers reject the innovations – they are not ready to change their accustomed way of life.

A talented Buryat artist, working with stone in a unique technique, diligently contributes to his beloved Buryatia. His stones intricately and gracefully encode ethno-cultural motifs, mythology, and the uniqueness of the Buryat people. Will he have the opportunity to implement a significant monumental project, in addition to his small indoor works? This question troubles him, but recognition comes unexpectedly.

After graduating from the Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography (VGIK), Grigory Gibert did not stay in Moscow but moved to Krasnodar, where he became the leading expert on the history of cinema in Southern Russia. Over 30 years, he educated thousands of students. Now, Grigory Gibert is embarking on a journey to his roots in Yakutia to find his father's grave. This journey is the most important film for him.

Most people have an opinion about e-bikes and often it fails to consider the bigger picture. Sometimes you just need to hear A Story Like Steve Winter and his opportunity to rediscover something thought to be lost. E-bike access to trails is a highly debated topic for many reasons.

From the roots of mountain biking in the USA, to the dense Canadian forests and rock slabs of British Columbia, mountain biker Kilian Bron goes on another tour, this time on some of the most beautiful North American trails.

In the early 1990s, in Siberia, in the taiga in the south of the Krasnoyarsk Territory, several dozen people separated from the world and, having organized a community, tried to build their ideal society. It's been almost 30 years. What came of it?