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Exposure has multiple meanings in the senses of exposing something or being exposed (to) something: 1. Public appearance, notice, attention, mention, or discussion, especially in the media. 2. The total amount of light received by a photosensitive surface. 3. Exposing the camera sensor to light from the captured environment. 4. The degree of action of a substance on a living organism. 5. A putting out or deserting without shelter or protection. 6. Orientation of rugged terrain relative to light and sun. Exposure of first-year students of the Department of Documentary Production to the ethics of documentary filmmaking.

How aware are we that despite the constant flow of information, we only perceive our own clutter of information through which we form our worldview? And why are we so sure of it? Through all this awareness, how much do we really perceive that the news from our media space is just an approximation of real events? And isn't the real news just over the hill? … A report about a shepherd, sheep, and a radio in the high mountains.

At the beginning of the Spanish Civil War in 1936, much of Spanish territory was under anarchist rule for some time. This forgotten historical event is remembered through 3D animations of scans of demolished villages and moving photographs of anarchist supporters, which were “brought to life” with the help of the Deep Nostalgia™ tool.

The Guadiana River, which forms the link between Portugal and Spain and serves as a powerful source of water supplying vital energy to the entire southeastern Iberian Peninsula, may soon dry up completely. Like many other rivers, its very existence has come under threat by climate change, which is also, in turn, leading to the demise of the rhythmic cadences that have resounded along this water flow for centuries.

Using the method of pure observation, Viktor Németh focuses on depicting the life in ZONA (one of the last ghettos in Amadora, Lisbon), raising a lot of questions: is it an art group, community, or simply a lifestyle? Fragments of visually inventive pictures, shattering sounds of electronic music mercilessly flowing from loudspeakers and blurred frames of interactions, inaccessible to us, only intensify the mythicized character of ZONA.

This is a short film about Alice Guy-Blaché, the first female director of fiction in cinema history. Alice Guy was Léon Gaumont's secretary at the beginning of the last century and she was the first woman to ever direct actors in front of the camera. In 1895, the Lumière brothers introduced to the world the "Cinématographe", the first camera. Léon Gaumont decided to sell this revolutionary new device. Fascinated, Alice asked her boss for permission to use the camera to make her own films. Mr. Gaumont agreed only under the condition that she “would be able to keep up with her mail.” This short film is a poetic reverie that Alice Guy might have had in her time if only society at the time hadn't presented her with so many challenges.

Enjoy stunning views of the Sonoran Desert in this feature presentation, complete with sounds and music perfect for reflection and relaxation.

An audio-visual dialogue between two young people, Michal and Tereza. Four years after the break-up, they reflect back on their relationship through joint film footage. Will they turn documentary observations into a film with a story?

Colin is 9 years old and he is a little city dweller like the others. However, the activity of his grandparents, animal filmmakers, intrigues him. On his days off, he goes up to see them in the heart of Gran Paradiso National Park. It is then another school that awaits him. Colin learns to be discreet, to recognize tracks, to walk with crampons, to bivouac at altitude. A beautiful family bond is formed. But an animal is missing. To see it, the young boy puts his grandfather to the test.

A king. A reign. A life. A journey through the head of poet and provocateur Rui Reininho. From innocence to the discovery of sin, from anarchism to salvation through art and spirituality, this is a film that reveals the creative processes and worldview of one of the greatest living cultural references in Portugal. At the age of 67, Reininho takes on the throne, drops the cloak and and exposes his naked soul.

Jaedan has a long-distance relationship. This is what it means for him.

“After the death of my mother, I began a suite of women superstar portraits. They were scientists, poets and activists, a second family busy inventing new forms of relationship, even of social organisation. From alternative rockers to radical ecologists, their stories narrate a feminist overturning and resistance, swapping old he-roes for ecosystems and collectives.” Mike Hoolboom

This intimate, powerful film documents the inspiration for and construction of the Memorial to Enslaved Laborers at the University of Virginia. The Memorial to Enslaved Laborers acknowledges the work and individual lives of the enslaved African Americans who built UVA and sustained daily life from its founding. Utilizing interviews with students, professors, and Charlottesville community members, and many descendants of the enslaved laborers at UVA, The Lives Between the Lines illuminates the difficult history of an American institution and honors the legacy of the community in which it lives.

You work all week, yet struggle to make ends meet during a cost of living crisis. Broke tells the story of the people behind the headlines, doing their best to survive at a time of rising food, energy and housing costs.

Over the last hundred years, global water consumption has skyrocketed, but for most of the population in the poorest countries, access to drinking water is still a mirage. And the risk of wars breaking out between states to secure this precious resource is still very high. Piero Badaloni's documentary analyzes this global problem, highlighting data on current water use and consumption, the role of Italy and other countries around the world, the problem of water degradation and pollution, and the growing gap between the North and South of the world.

Documentary film about the German poet and publisher Michael Krüger.

What if someone leaves you more names of species than words? A fragmentary search for the fascination for naming animals and plants - or what remains of them.

On the 4th of August 2020, Beirut scored the second biggest non-nuclear explosion in the world. On that day, Anthony was few meters from the explosion. He describes his personal experience with unseen footage.

Cassoulet is a local story, a success story from the South-West, which has conquered the whole of France: it is the second most consumed prepared dish in France. Today on the menu of star chefs, in cans or in vacuum-packed trays, it can be enjoyed in all its forms. However, of the 85,000 tonnes of cassoulet produced each year in France by the food industry, only 22,000 tonnes are qualified as "high-end". The rest often has nothing to do with local products. From the high-end productions of Castelnaudary defended by the Cassoulet brotherhood to the industrial products which flood the shelves of mass distribution, from the recognized virtues of the "lingot" bean, to ready meals full of additives,

It's 1980 in a city in northern Mexico. A peculiar-looking man visits a bridal shop every day. Not to buy but to visit his beloved: a mannequin whose eyes awakened in him a memory of tragic love.

Is there a secret formula to happiness? We all struggle sometimes, but what does it mean when we struggle? We all experience strong emotions, but what should we do about them? We all want to be happy - but what is happiness and why is it so elusive? Positive psycho-therapist Marie McLeod takes on a group of volunteers with mental health issues and offers them interventions grounded in positive psychology, neuroscience and wellbeing science.

An in-depth look at electric cars, asking all the questions on behalf of motorists who are looking to make the switch from petrol to electric.

Exploring the American multinational chain of hamburger fast food restaurants.

With the fall of communism, the rules of the eternal chess game between right and left changed drastically. Since then, the ideological battle in certain countries has been fought more in the cultural arena than in the economic one. Argentinean political scientist Agustín Laje accounts his day-to-day life in the heart of the struggle.

Military commanders, fearful of the Base’s cold war secrets being compromised, attempted to control the protocols and procedures of the civilian fire fighters called upon to battle the1977 Honda Canyon Fire on Vandenberg Air Force Base. They intead offered up their own untrained personnel to fight a conflagration that, for all intents and purposes, should have never been fought and couldn’t be beaten.

Sergei Mayorov, a virtuoso balalaika player of the legendary state dance ensemble of Siberia, whose solo numbers were admired by half the world, was one of the first in the Siberian region to start making Russian folk instruments at the beginning of the 2000s. His kitchen in a two-room Khruschev- era apartment has turned into a workshop in which he and his wife have been huddled for more than ten years.

About the life of the parishes of the Russian Orthodox Church in Milan and Lombardy, about the spiritual patron of Milan – St. Ambrose of Milan and other Orthodox saints of Milan and Italy.

Manifold is an experimental anthology docuseries exploring the nuances of Black and Queer identity. This collaborative production platforms the creative works and visions of poets, performers, organizers, musicians, and more -- to express the real life experiences of Chicago’s Black LGBTQ+ community. Each episode unpacks a new topic, features different participants, and illustrates variable artistic storytelling styles.

Bare Feet Captures the Specious life of Ragpicking children. It explores the innocence of these children. As the film gets deeper into their lives it uncovers their Horrifying situation which is ruining their childhood with no hopes of the situation getting any better.

Long ago, when the sky was still green, the world was inhabited by giants. In San Ildefonso, Querétaro, their remains can still be found.

Somehow we are all birders and birds at the same time. We capture moments, but don't we live caged in our memories?

The film is an experiment. An apolitical film about a political event. After the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1988, Armenia has entered a new era of democracy after the independence movement and the victory of the Karabakh war. There was a terrorist attack on parliament in 1998. In 2008, there was a nationwide movement, which ended with the murder of ten people. In 2018, people finally stood up again. There was a decisive novelty. Everyone who had a smartphone was a cameraman. The film is based entirely on authentic footage shot by these willing cameramen.

Experimental film shot on the Miguel Bombarda Psychiatric Hospital

This documentary seeks answers to a question: The corona pandemic is extremely restricting the lives of people and companies – so why doesn't the media talk about the fears and concerns of these people?

History documentary. Over five thousand years ago in the Tyrolean Alps, a hunter was shot to death in a high mountain pass. His body would be covered by a glacier and preserved until its discovery in 1991. What can this unprecedented level of preservation tell us about not only Ötzi the Tyrolean Iceman… but the Copper Age world that he came from?

An encounter with the author's memory of his childhood related to the Marinera Norteña.

A young British filmmaker and his friends attempt to skate 3,000 miles across the US to raise money for cancer care. What could possibly go wrong?

Through various voices this film explores the experiences of some LGBT people in Cork in the 1970s and 1980s - the community spaces, parties, pubs, clubs and political activism.

Summer 2021: The Allianz Arena in Munich is to be lit up in rainbow colors for Germany's match against Hungary. UEFA forbids this - and Germany is in a rainbow frenzy in protest: landmarks are illuminated in color, rainbow flags are hoisted, and the country's own tolerance is celebrated. Germany, a paradise for queer people? Reporter Klaas-Wilhelm Brandenburg has had other experiences. "Die Story im Ersten" meets queer people in various phases of their lives: children at school, young people at work, senior citizens in nursing homes. We take stock after five years of "marriage for all": How equal are queer people in Germany? How tolerant is our society really?