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A short documentary following student filmmaker Ally Higgins as they create their senior thesis film, "Chameleon", over the course of the semester.

Above The Noise is a documentary short that explores how athlete Maja Kuczynska uses her sport to escape the chaos of the modern world.

Cyclist Anna Lena Kempen gave life to the idea for The Frigid Bitch Race over 9 years ago because there wasn’t a space for her in the male-dominated cycling field. She wanted to create an inclusive space for women. The race would be harder, longer, colder and more terrible and awesome than other races, and it would be just for us.

A neighborhood anecdote that occurred during the pandemic inspires this reflection on the space of violence generated by the scope of hate as a social construct in its relationship with the image and its representation. Confronting the forms that the hatred with which we live takes on through the images of the assault on Rodney King, George Floyd and two immigrant women in Madrid and in the Barcelona metro, this bold work proposes different languages to represent, think . and interpret the textures of hate that surrounds us and the emotions they produce.

Afghan beauty girl wants to be a model. But all his dreams are destroyed.

Renowned violinist, Kishi Bashi, traveled with filmmaker Max Lowe to the Northernmost point of the continent where the pair performed and recorded Kishi’s new single, Winter’s Eve. Their hope was to inspire the change needed to combat climate change through this beautiful song – a language universal.

In 2024, the largest dam removal project in history will be completed on the Klamath River (Oregon/California). It will be a monumental victory for indigenous communities who have been fighting to remove the dams for over a century. A group of native youth plan to lead the first descent of the restored river from source-to-sea in whitewater kayaks.

What are creative clusters, who creates them, why are they needed, and how can they help every creative individual in our country unleash their potential and earn from their hobbies?

Suspended in the air hundreds of feet above the Crooked River in Central Oregon, a group of highliners attempt to set the record for the longest highline in United States history – nearly a mile in length.

Adventure bike-packers Matt Schweiker and Luke Swab decide to take on three of the hardest gravel bike rides in the southeast in three consecutive days. These light-hearted and hilarious friends will almost make you forget how difficult these routes are.

The documentary is dedicated to the Strugatsky brothers, iconic Soviet writers who are still incredibly popular and relevant in Russia. There were queues for Strugatsky's books in the USSR, magazines with their stories were resold on the black market. The brothers were not dissidents: they began their writing career as convinced communists; the world of the future they described is the world of a communist utopia. It is all the more surprising that their entire creative biography is a fierce struggle against censorship. Which they lost.

In the spring of 2022, three music students stumble upon a treasure trove of old school recording equipment while helping to clear out a basement beneath the college they all attend. Inspired, they build a recording studio with their newly acquired hardware in a disused storage room on campus. The trio then plan to spend the next ten weeks cooped up in their claustrophobic studio in hopes of pioneering a new genre of music called 'Trout Jazz'.

When the Lord sends Connor to serve as parish priest in a small prairie village, the townspeople believe their luck has finally changed. Unfortunately, even McJesus himself may not be enough to silence the evil spirits of Halloween, Alberta.

Gregorio, Dolores and Zoila are three elders excited about the arrival of a new member to the family; Esteban, their great-grandson. Through the memories of their ancestors, they narrate themes of loneliness, love, union, loss, and hope. They search through their belongings for a special gift to leave to a future Esteban, who may never know them as an adult. The short film itself is a gift that will make them endure in their family history.

Ninety percent of the world's ancient oyster reefs have collapsed in the last thirty years. Oysters are the protectors of the oceans, and their disappearance would lead to mass extinction. It's not too late to save them if we act now.

Now I understand that the more completely the dinosaurs were annihilated, the wider their domain extended. They not only controlled the forests that covered the continents, but also penetrated into the depths of human thought that remained on Earth. Starting from the ancient, fear and doubt inducing ancestors, they continuously stretched out their necks and raised their claws, expanding their domain.（Calvino "The Dinosaurs."）

In Nic Kuklinski’s documentary short, a veteran’s service dog changes her perspective on closeness.

When her mother Wendy’s body was found in the Grand Canal in Phoenix, Arizona, in 2009, Katherine Clary had few answers about what had brought about the tragic end to Wendy’s tumultuous life. Mining her mother’s letters and a rich archive of family photos, Katherine and her co-director Emily Sternlicht weave an elegiac narrative about addiction, grief, and family.

There are currently 41 assisted reproduction clinics in the Czech Republic. Their annual turnover reaches billions. Is it still medicine or a business without ethical rules? Where does interest in fetal health end, and where does modern eugenics with its catalogue of babies on demand begin? Where does the urgent need for donated gametes end, and questions about what to do with "excess" embryos begin?

Freezing eggs today allows women to delay the ticking of the biological clock. In the Czech Republic, we already have almost fifty centres where these procedures are carried out. Moreover, after the pandemic wave, the number of women who have undergone this procedure has multiplied. It is therefore currently an unmissable demographic phenomenon that is making a significant contribution to population growth. In the long term, however, the statistics do not inspire much optimism.

Through the artwork of Billy X, this documentary delves into the taboo topic of the fetishisation of Black men. In this eye-opening exploration, take a journey through history, society, and personal experiences to uncover the roots and implications of this multifaceted issue.

Three different women talk about their relationship with makeup, its mundaneness, what it reflects, and how it affects them.

Lamine and his family recently moved to a farm in Senegal. There’s always a lot to do, but the afternoons are too hot. So it’s off to the beach with his new friend.

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Reform Rabbi Yehudit (60) embarks on a journey. The destination: an encounter with a distant Jewish community - the Abayudaya community in Uganda. This is Yehudit's first visit to Africa, and she invites her daughter, filmmaker Shira Green, to accompany her. For Shira, the journey raises questions of identity and contemplation on the relationship between man and God and man and his fellow. Thus, a journey that begins with the question "Who is a Jew?" evolves into an exploration of what connects us as human beings - is it religion, faith, a way of life?

Nobody likes to play tennis with Tyrano so he endlessly hits the ball against the wall – until one day he meets Brachi. Playing a match, however, doesn’t quite work out as Brachi keeps falling over. Tyrano tries everything to make Brachi stay and finds out in the end that all the other dinos have their problems, too. But hey, whatever!

In this documentary essay, Congolese artist David Shongo addresses the problems of knowledge production and asks the important question of how it was influenced permanently and systematically by colonialist power. Analysing historical photographs, he exposes the perfidious mechanisms of colonial historiography and contrasts them with conversations with traditional scholars. They represent an exploited culture confronted not only with the theft of economic goods. It was also robbed – in a historical dimension, too – of self-perception and self-determination.

In 1911, during the Universal Races Congress in London, the representative from Brazil presented a painting titled “Ham’s Redemption” (A redenção de Cam).

Artists call it “hand memory,” knowledge that isn’t stored in the brain but in the body, and is activated when you start painting, sculpting or drawing. Şirin Bahar Demirel sets out to get an understanding of it. She wonders what memories are passed on through the hands, and whether we can read the aggressive nature of a painter from their brushwork, or the desires of a textile artist from their embroidery.

A family of traditional film projectionists grapples with generational tensions and shifting traditions as they screen movies for gods and the forgotten at temple courtyards.

Drag queen Harmonica Sunbeam is an affable storyteller at a time where Drag Story Hour is a source of controversy and protests.

Nille Kjellberg left Stockholm and his career behind in the early 90s. In the Sörmland archipelago, among deers and Icelandic horses, he found a different way of life. In harmony with nature and the changes of the seasons. Without thoughts of status or what others will say. In the summer, his now 94-year-old mother helps with the tour rides. In the winter - then Nille lives alone on his deserted island.

In the first city in Ohio to ban abortion, a former city councilor questions how this will impact local residents in need of life-changing healthcare.

The new heart of the community is popping up in every neighborhood—in the shape of refrigerators.

Chuck is a devoted mentor and leader of a Los Angeles youth orchestra who empowers students through the art of music in this tender portrait.

In the rugged terrains of far-western Nepal, menstruating women face exile from their homes due to an ancient tradition.

Director Yaser Kassab followed in his father’s footsteps by emigrating as a young man from Syria to Europe, and like his father he also had the ambition to become a filmmaker. Now they are working together on this film remotely. From Syria, the father gives his son direction on the phone or in video calls, along with advice about future film projects or how to organize his life—loving conversations interspersed with well-intentioned parental advice.

An animation in which children tell the stories of their relatives who worked at the Satka Refractory Materials plant.

Batalha is the most emblematic venue in 'Invicta' (a common nickname for the city of Porto) and one of the most important in the country. It witnessed the entire 20th century in Portugal: born shortly before the regicide, it grew alongside the young Republic, resisted 40 years of dictatorship, celebrated the April 25th Revolution, and witnessed Portugal's entry into the European Economic Community. It survived censorship, experienced various revolutions, and technological changes, but succumbed to the lack of audience, even at the turn of the 21st century. Two decades later, Batalha is undergoing renovations and will reopen its doors in 2021. Will it be ready to face the challenges of the 21st century?

In the bustling city of Mumbai where life never stops, a couple decide to end their life, becoming India’s first couple to appeal for Euthanasia. Living together for over 53 years in a tiny space, in a 100-year-old Chawl, they are ordinary citizens seeking to get their voice heard in a world that doesn’t see them. We delve into their inner and emotional worlds to explore what lies beneath this profound choice, one that challenges societal beliefs in karma, afterlife. The film intimately follows their daily life as they await official response. Framed within immediate spaces, inside their room and the vibrant community outside their door, with its non-stop motions of life makes them feel trapped. This ethnic microcosm, reveals universal themes of love, loss, freedom, dignity, ageing. An unexpected crisis brings the couple to a crucial crossroad. Will they succeed in their quest?

Four people who know Marina personally share what they think of her. These people are the four circles of the film: friends, colleagues, and a neighbor. The stories of the heroes intersect; reality clashes with fantasy.

Millennials in the US discover their lack of legal nationality, sparking a search for recognition and belonging that unites them and offers hope for the future.

In 1989, television infrastructure was brought into the rural villages in Tunisia through the advocacy of Alain Decaux, then Minister for the Francophonie. The TV became the spot where families gathered and watched programs, and the broadcast images left a strong imprint on the villagers.

A forester living alone in the depths of Northern Poland knows every rock, notices every smallest anomaly in his forest. After many years of observing nature with great detail he discovers an unusual physical force. He measures it with his unique handmade instruments. For twenty years he’s been creating his own field of physics. The truth seems to be within reach, but with each answer, dozens of new questions arise.

After a traumatic failure at a competition, platform diver Farrah retraces and reconciliates with her past through a stream-of-consciousness journey across space and time.