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Mr. Guan is a “grassroots director” who shoots short videos to sell products in Yiwu. “Besides showing you the source of the products, I will also introduce you to the spiritual world of the small characters in China through the products,” he said. Unlike the mainstream model and short-video shooting style of “9.9 yuan, free postage” in Yiwu, he had a dream of becoming “Stephen Chow of Tik Tok in China”. He was determined to show the spiritual world of the small characters in China through short videos. However, as time went on, his ideal blueprint became elusive after the invasion of capitalists. Being lost, he tried to find another way out. To pursue a spiritual world or monetize traffic and gain wealth, which will be his next step?

What are they, the inhabitants of their land? Why do they love their city, live and enjoy their shore? Individual short stories, organically combined into a single documentary narrative, acquaint the viewer with the inhabitants of Vyborg, with their traditions, customs and modern realities. The heroes of the plots were those people who create the modern history of their native land. Each of them has his own choice – Vyborg... for the rest of his life.

"Torn off" is, on the one hand, a monologue of one Chukchi, and on the other - of an entire nation. A monologue about life, about the Motherland, about what makes the Chukchi break away from their roots. This film is a possible projection of our future. Because many of us, choosing the benefits of civilization, risk losing ourselves. How to get out of the "blizzard"? It seems the Chukchi know the answer…

Metallica headlined the festival alongside Imagine Dragons, Da Weasel, Faith No More and Royal Blood. Performed: 8th July 2022.

Narrates in a poetic way the mystical connection that exists between the inhabitants of the pueblan Mixteca and water.

The three Hughes brothers, teen hockey phenoms, all have dreams of making it in the big leagues. When their love of competition and their love of family are put to the test, a decision must be made.

"Big Wave Guardians" is a feature-length documentary that tells the dramatic stories of Hawaii's big wave guardians - the lifeguards who risk their lives in the world's most dangerous waves.

A documentary profiling transgender athlete Tyler Wilde and his story with the Gillis beach Bodysurfing Association. It navigates the tumultuous waters that Tyler Wilde has had to move through as he searched for big surf, his true self, and his chosen family.

Over 20 years after Emily Felter is diagnosed with Down syndrome, paramedic (and Emily's father) Tom develops a presentation to share her story with other first responders. As the Felters work to raise disability awareness, they come face-to-face with the struggles and joys of their daily lives.​

All effects are made analogically by in-camera editing, half-process developing and toning.

Cédric seemed to have everything he needed to be happy. And yet, as a teenager, he fell into addiction to drugs and alcohol... Years later, his brother Jérôme, a naturally optimistic father, realized that he was afraid of reliving with his daughter what he had experienced with Cédric. He decided to seek out women and men whose voices are rarely heard: the sisters and brothers of addicts. Together, they put words to their pain, mixing laughter and hope, breaking with clichés. A journey into the heart of families that will take Jérôme from Paris to New York and Barcelona, passing through various regions of France. A quest with a single goal: to speak freely in order to better protect our loved ones and our children.

In an evicted apartment, a ghost-like presence remembers its luminous past and its progression towards its current state of decay. It yearns to be what it once was.

More than 1,540 kilometers of travel visiting different departments from the Atlantic to Huila where the largest river in the country, the Magdalena, crosses. There, history, arts, natural wealth and culture that have been forged for centuries and today have been rescued thanks to its inhabitants.

Jason van Genderen makes home videos about his ageing mother ‘Oma’, and accidentally turns her into an internet sensation.

Two researchers find a secret history of self-destruction by following the footsteps of a clandestine group of French computer workers from the 1980s. The workers - who operated under the elusive name 'CLODO' - bombed computer companies in Toulouse, France, but were never found. Journeying through the cybernetic nodes of military, industrial, and socialist development, the film exposes how recording devices fail to collect the ashes of history. The film combines archival traces, a viral desktop choreography, and paranoid footage of nocturnal stakeouts into a philosophical investigation of self-combustion. The film is the debut work of the Destructionist International, and the first in a series of films on the appetite for abolition in ultra-leftism. It was first distributed through a network of self-erasing USB data sticks dropped outside corporate campuses.

The life of a buddhist nun living at a remote mountain temple is full of blessings, where she uses the bounty of her garden to prepare vegetarian cuisine for visitors.

A documentary about Hong Kong after the pandemic. It focuses on an opera singer and his journey.

Documentary revealing the history of the fast-food franchise, from its humble beginnings in 1948 to its world-conquering profile today.

Madre Drone was made at a period of crisis, that encompassed decades of political, economic, and environmental catastrophes in South America, including: the burning of Bolivia's Chiquitania dry forests and Amazon rainforests; mass uprisings in Santiago, Chile over low wages and the high cost of living; and eruptions of police brutality. Created while Domínguez was volunteering at an improvised animal shelter that cared for wildlife burned or maimed in the forest fires, the dreamlike video Madre Drone draws a line between environmental disaster and human political crisis. In it, imagery of a toucan blinded by flames merges with laser-clad robots, cosmic serpents, spy drones, and footage of protests in Santiago, during which hundreds suffered eye trauma from hardened rubber bullets and tear gas fired by Chilean security forces. [Overview courtesy of New Museum]

In this installation Alfredo Jaar meditates on the events of June 1, 2020, six days after police officer Derek Chauvin murdered George Floyd, a forty-six-year-old Black man. One of the many peaceful protests following Floyd’s death took place in Washington, D.C.’s Lafayette Square, near the White House. In order to facilitate a photo op for former President Donald Trump raising a Bible in front of St. John’s Episcopal Church adjacent to Lafayette Square, U.S. Attorney General William Barr ordered federal forces to clear the area. They subsequently fired on the peaceful protestors with tear gas, stun grenades, and rubber bullets. They also flew two helicopters so low to the ground that the wind created by their rotors broke tree branches and scattered debris.

In this series of three videos, American Indian women sing the history of a landscape, including its present, past, and future, where a conflict, displacement or massacre of their tribe took place. The songs reference the Navajo Long Walk, the Trail of Tears and resulting drownings in the Arkansas and Mississippi Rivers, and the removal of the Seminole people from their homelands. Chacon describes: “These songs of resistance, with only a snare drum as accompaniment, become a sonic testimony, an acknowledgement of shared survival, and a healing call in their mother tongues.”

Since 1978, Numbers Nightclub has been a home to the underground and LGBTQ communities in Houston, becoming one of the longest running nightclubs in the U.S. From its early days as a gay disco, to its evolution as an alternative music venue, Numbers has showcased such legendary performers as Grace Jones, The Cure, Ministry, Björk, Nine Inch Nails, and many more. Friday I’m In Love is told through the personal connection to Numbers by the film's queer filmmaker (Marcus Pontello), who reveals the club’s history alongside events like the AIDS crisis, police brutality against the LGBT and the rise in hate crimes during the ‘90s.

The renowned and challenging Argentine swimmer Enriqueta Duarte (91) is still as vital as in her best years. While swimming, she remembers her past achievements, her moments of glory and Enrique, her love with whom she could never be due to moral mandates.

This is a mash up of Vox Populi and recreations addressing stigma behind durags told from the point of view of Milwaukeean Justin Goodrum.

This documentary is centred on the relationship between a film director and her daughter, born when the filmmaker moved to Taiwan, during the first year of college. While fearing breaking the news to her family, the young mother did not give up on her film studies, even as the baby girl grew. Gradually, the director’s work began shifting, resulting in a few short films focusing on subjects like pregnancy, marriage, and women’s anxieties before childbirth.

This story takes on a group of Filipino domestic helpers, commonly known in Tagalog as ates (older sisters), who are prevented from traveling back home to see their families due to the pandemic restraints. How do they spend the little free time they have?

born at eighteen highlights the underrepresented yet common experience of a delayed youth within the LGBTQIA+ community. The documentary features interviews with two people from different generations as they share their own personal experiences with this phenomenon, as well as how it has affected them in their adult lives.

An animated documentary about the difficult but very fascinating life of a person and his pets

A young man lives and works in an abandoned bunker in a deserted post-Soviet interzone of industrial ruin. When he's not drinking, bailing floodwater or making techno beats, he's playing a video game that eerily mirrors his post-apocalyptic surroundings—hovering UFO included. Shown in complete isolation, he is the hero, the shooter and the zombie of his own moody game.

Who runs the world? With the recent surge of women in politics, director Chloe Sosa-Sims's timely feature debut focuses on three political stars in three countries. For Jess Phillips of the UK, Pramila Jayapal of the US and Canada's Conservative MP Michelle Rempel Garner, politics is a deep and committed passion. Positioned on different points along the political spectrum, they take on their jobs in government with bold determination, advocating for their individual agendas. Phillips is focused on combating domestic violence, while Jayapal has set her sights on a new bill to expand American health care and Rempel Garner is looking for ways to create jobs for oil workers in her home province of Alberta. With elections looming in all three countries, the women are working hard on reforming patriarchal political institutions from the inside, and despite their differences they each fight to rise to the occasion.

Returning to the familiarity of his childhood bedroom, provocative and impossibly stylish French-Cameroonian rapper Ichon is undergoing a process of artistic reinvention. Feeling pigeonholed in a hard-edged persona that he feels does not represent the real him, Ichon struggles to produce his first album as a singer-songwriter. Aided by beginner-level YouTube tutorials and buoyed by his close confidante and cheerleader, his mother, his turbulent process of regeneration is further complicated by the doubts and limitations imposed on him by his producing partners, who seem unsure of how to handle this rebirth. Captured in ethereal MiniDV, the vulnerability of his artistic practice unfolds between his recording and psychotherapy sessions. The road to artistic freedom is rarely smooth and For Real lets us in on the rocky parts of a journey that we seldom see.

Every spring for the last 13 years, Delroy has left his partner Sophia and their kids behind in the small hamlet of Top Hill, Jamaica, to do seasonal work on a farm in Canada. Sophia plays the lottery daily in hopes of changing their economic future, but above all, she dreams of escape. This year, after cutting his contract short, Delroy returns to his family with an engagement ring for Sophia—and an unexpected diagnosis of terminal cancer. Through a composed, empathetic lens, Andrew Moir chronicles the last days of Sophia and Delroy's relationship as she cares for her new spouse. The film quietly observes Sophia rise to the many challenges presented by her unknown future, in a rural society where women traditionally have little independence. Beautifully observed, Don't Come Searching presents a moving portrait of a resilient, contemporary Jamaican woman, determined to find her own way in life.

This TV documentary offers a poignant look at the partially destroyed bridge from Irpin to Kyiv, which has become a lifeline for people being evacuated from the war-torn city of Irpin. Irpin is a city in Ukraine, in the Kyiv region, located on the banks of the Irpin River, eight kilometers from the capital. As the war continues, Irpin has become one of the most dangerous places in Ukraine, while the partially destroyed bridge has become a lifeline for residents. People evacuated from Irpin are taken by car to the destroyed part of the bridge, while others walk across the river to reach the Kyiv side and continue on to safer areas. The day before March 13, when US and Ukrainian journalists were killed in Irpin, an LTV film crew was at the bridge. Currently, international media are no longer allowed into the city.

Mysterious images shot around a wadi (a waterway in North Africa or the Middle East, often dried up), perceived as too calm by the filmmaker and his brother hence the “windless” of the title, are the setting for excerpts of audio conversations. In these, three men painfully describe their unmentionable traumas, which they have buried since childhood.

While staying in Switzerland, a Dutch director is overcome with a numismatic passion at the sight of the one-franc coin. This coin, which has hardly changed in appearance in decades, bears national symbols that remain obscure to him and the Swiss people he encounters. The director weaves all these life stories and symbols into a hilarious investigation.

In the heart of the Mediterranean, the song of cicadas barely covers the noise of cars and summer hits. In this landscape lulled by sunshine and routine, a grandmother attempts to make the most of every minute she still has to live with her grandson Ariele. Marco Piccarreda creates a film full of poetry and tenderness, on the pursuit of happiness.

Epileptic collage-composed exploration of the potential of art and social media to create both an honest and superficial space for self-promotion.

Two men hunt through family history for answers that may save a little boy from ending up as knotty as themselves.

Yannis Lionakis, 87 years old, a persecuted and wanted guerrilla, on a farewell trip to the place that defined his life, tells us about an incredible 14-year (1948-1962) effort to survive, which begins with the end of the Civil War in Crete. The core of the film is unpublished material filmed in 2007, as part of the documentary Another Road Never Existed.

How much will I have when I retire? Will the amount be enough to live on or will I have to move, change my life? The future of our pensions is the number one concern of the Swiss, including the younger generations. The 2nd pillar pensions are inevitably melting, caught between financial markets that have become unpredictable and a life expectancy that continues to increase. We dive into the hell of pensions, through three generations.

A mind-expanding, cosmic sensory bombardment composed of 10,000 still images, linked together by Google’s artificial intelligence.

This film explores the history of lynchings in the United States, specifically Brooks County, Georgia. Students focus on the horrific murder of Mary Turner and how the Citizen's Arrest Law lead to the murders of countless blacks throughout history. The documentary concludes with a look at the Ahmaud Arbery case and how it finally led to the appeal of citizen’s arrests.

Look at the history and re-development of the Southside of Valdosta.

Tyler Keith plays punk-inspired rock and roll influenced by his love for Mississippi and Memphis musicians, authors, and filmmakers. Tyler's story is told through oral history and two of his songs performed in their entirety at the Lyric theatre in Oxford, Mississippi.

Malmö, Sweden, is a town that is famous for its pioneering skate scene. Some of Malmö’s most iconic DIY spots have become world famous in the skate community, but these cultural icons are gradually disappearing to make way for residential developments. Cue a crew of ex-pat skaters from France, USA, England and beyond who take up the DIY mantle and attempt to build their own space with their own rules. Pig Barrier stemmed from a mystery man called “Skater Pig” who built the small first part of a skate spot. This is where an expat crew comes in and attempts to expand on the efforts of Skater Pig. Do they have what it takes to build a real concrete bowl spot using just shovels, trowels and their collective will?

With some help from different characters and families, animals and plants, children are introduced to the concept of global warming, and given positive, easy ways to improve our impact on the earth.

A young girl reflects on her mother’s experience immigrating to the US.

Bright Spark: The Reconciliation of Trevor Southey follows the journey of artist Trevor Southey, a convert to the LDS Church from British Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) who dreamed of being a Latter-day Michelangelo and transforming Temple Square into a place where people came from around the world to look at the art. He immigrated to Utah in the mid-1960s and soon found a gang of like-minded artists at BYU. These artists formed a loose art colony in Alpine, Utah to pursue their dreams. It all came crashing down when Trevor's homosexuality was exposed and he was excommunicated from the Church. Thirty years later, as his adult daughter suffers a major health crisis, the Church steps in to help and he finds himself in the strange position of being fellowshipped and invited to rejoin the Church that rejected him. "Bright Spark" explores conflicts of personal freedom, religious belonging, and artistic expression with honesty and compassion.