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After nine great white attacks off South Africa's "wild coast" leaves locals reeling, scientists Ryan Johnson, Gibbs Kuguru and Andy Casagrande race to uncover the cause before there's another fatality.

What does it mean to leave one's home and head for unknown destinations? What does it feel like to be swept away by an uncontrollable current? Every year, millions of people in Africa leave their homes in search of a better future. Often they settle in neighboring countries; all too often they reach Libyan shores and attempt the sea crossing. But at that point there is no return; there is only moving on.

All amusement park enthusiasts (“Thoosies”) manage the dark, off-season months differently. Bay Village, Ohio natives Adam (Christmas Pets, Library Time) and Steph (Side Friction Podcast) share their visceral response to an absence of rollercoasters using the VHS format. These park-hopping coaster junkies take a multi-disciplinary approach to songwriting and arrangement. Subject matter includes the future of rollercoaster technology, standing in line for “credits”, and consuming park food exclusively. Join Thoosie Mob on their ride along America’s Rockin’ Roller Coast…

Inspired by filmmaker siblings Danielle and Lachlan Baynes’s own family story, House Divided explores the unique dynamic of intra-family footy rivalries.

From Riverdance star to pioneering choreographer, Breandán de Gallai charts one man's artistic and personal journey through five decades of Irish cultural transformation, blending tradition, identity, and grief into groundbreaking new forms of Irish dance.

An hour, an adress, a street.

A documentary that follows the lives and struggles of residents from the "Chico Prego Occupation" in Vitória, Espírito Santo, Brazil. - Winner of Best Sound at the Cacau UFES Festival 2025

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The German Fountain—located in the heart of Santiago, Chile—was a gift from the German colony to the new Chilean republic in 1912, in gratitude for the transfer of land in the Mapuche Walmapu territory. In the heat of January 2004, the fountain becomes a symbolic space. Although bathing is prohibited, families from the city’s marginalized outskirts visit it and transform it into a public swimming pool, thus redefining its political and social character.

A moving account of a young boy’s life on the mean streets of Cape Town’s ganglands, where he quickly progresses from selling drugs to getting involved in gangsterism, before being shot in the foot and sent to a home for ‘rude children’, where he suffers further trauma and violence.

Costco's success is based on encouraging customers to buy in bulk. This documentary looks at the corporation's rise and how supermarket chains responded.

Silvio "Chopper" Egüez, a worker at the La Esperanza Sugar Mill, relives the struggle that led to workers' control of the historic sugar factory in Jujuy. Through memories of his childhood, union battles, and collective dreams, the documentary reconstructs a heroic feat in which the workers took the destiny of their people into their own hands.

In the spring of 2018, a young woman and man went missing, and another young man was murdered in Bakersfield, California. A string of coincidences unearthed by the victims' mothers led to the realization that these three cases were entangled.

Sharon den Adel and Robert Westerholt of Within Temptation shine a light on the current state of wartorn Ukraine, while showing how music can provide a beacon of hope and unity in such dark times.

In 1990, artist Theo Jansen created his first strandbeest, a complex structure made of pipes that looks similar to an animal skeleton. Two decades later, Jansen is still perfecting his strandbeests, importantly the way they move over the beach, pulled by the wind. This documentary shows Jansen at work in his workshop, on the beach, and in his seaside apartment. He reflects on his creative process and life.

Set against the brutal backdrop of the Sinai-Palestine campaigns in WWI, this powerful story reveals the unbreakable bond between soldiers and their horses, trusted companions that offered comfort, courage, and connection in the face of unrelenting war. Through stunning visuals, raw interviews, and immersive reenactments, the film brings to life the emotional journey of men who found strength in their steeds.

Mercedes, a 92-year-old woman, has lived in Barcelona since she was 16, when she migrated there to work. Now she has dementia and cannot take care of herself. Marta is her caregiver. Through Mercedes and Marta, we will learn more about caregiving and the problems that affect older people, such as unwanted loneliness and mental health issues.

Carlos Oroza, a cursed poet and unique genius, was accused of everything and marginalized by a society that did not understand him. He made Café Gijón his refuge, with only one idol: himself. His contempt for the establishment was a cry for freedom and rebellion. "I learned to read from the city's neon signs," he said, turning his exclusion into a poetic act and his life into a mystery without a human trace.

Torajan People of South Sulawesi, Indonesia are deeply rooted in a culture where death is not seen as an end but as extension of life itself. This ethnographic film explores the unique approached to death among adherents of Aluk to Dolo belief system who have recently converted to Christianity. It contrasts the funerary practices of two families - one middle class and one upper class - both deeply devoted to honoring the deceased fathers. While the upper-class family held an elaborate funeral with sacrificing 170 buffaloes, the middle-class family struggles to gather enough buffaloes for their ceremony.

Grappling for Govan explores the story of Ravie Davie and Community Pro Wrestling. The promotion has become a vital part of Govan, an area of Glasgow often considered to be synonymous with depravation.

A documentary that tells the story of the Kuwaiti adventurer Youssef Al-Shatii about climbing Mount Everest without oxygen as the first Arab in history to achieve this achievement. The film will list the course of this challenge in all its details and make the viewer live the details of this dangerous experience in its smallest details.

Communitism revived an unused heritage building in Athens by fostering collectives and initiatives of the city that needed space to create. As they challenge preconceived notions on shared space in the city, the documentary follows the struggle of preserving their vision, while reflecting on their past.

A night of filmmaking with the lads

This film is a documentary on the archaeological excavation of the Snaketown Dig just out of Phoenix Arizona. Snaketown in Arizona is dated by some scholars to around 300 BCE., The site of Snaketown is positioned on the Gila River Basin near Phoenix AZ at the Gila River Indian Community. Both the Hohokam and the Ootam peoples have occupied the land and from what I gather there is some contention on who did what when. Isn't their always. This is a really great film on the excavation of Snaketown and is a valuable educational resource I am fortunate to have. The Pima Indian father of Ira Hayes makes an appearance.

A "documentary clip" about second-hand stores, with a declaration of love for the style of self-expression associated with them and reflections on how this interest goes hand in hand with concern for the environment.

New Port is a village on the Yamal Peninsula, surrounded by tundra. In 2024, it hosted its first street art festival, curated by artist Maxim Ima from St. Petersburg. This film is a kind of visual diary of the festival.

In 1805, Napoleon is planning his move against the Third Coalition of Britain, Russia and Austria. He is determined to finally defeat Britain, and if he can manage to get the French army across the English Channel, his huge and experienced land forces would surely capture the island. Only the formidable British navy stands in his way.

In today's world, soil is often treated as little more than a medium, to be moved around by bulldozers in the process of 'construction', or extracted of energy in the form of cash crops. Yet, for people still connected to land, to water, and to all human and non-human beings, soil is generosity itself. This is why generous people in Palestine are literally referred to as people of the soil, Ahl el Thara. This film charts a journey through the lives and terrains of people from around the world who share common attributes of warm-heartedness, generosity, and responsibility towards all living creatures.

A feature-length documentary that captures the poignant and powerful testimonies of the last remaining Holocaust survivors, particularly those who endured the atrocities of Auschwitz.

The Altiplano plateau is one of the most dangerous migration routes in Latin America. A teenager recalls the night she crossed the plateau and the feeling of being accompanied by a spiritual presence that wanders like the wind.

A very short film on the exploration of textural nuances through the city of Dublin. Shot on iPhone. Accompanied by a score.

In a tropical paradise turned dystopian by the Drug War, a struggling Colombian family of Orthodox Jewish converts attempts making Aliyah to Israel, putting their family and faith to the ultimate test.

For almost three years, a foreigner installed in different sites in Chihuahua (northern Mexico), a small trailer called "La cabina de los sueños" (The cabin of dreams). An installation open to anyone who wanted to share a dream. One of those that remain engraved in the memory, with the same intensity of a recollection. With the aim of starting to finally recount the story of humanity in its sleep. And to find in that journey, the key to his own story. A story that has tied him, mysteriously, to that place.

An experimental work exploring the lasting effects of trauma, and the process by which lost childhood memories can be reclaimed.

Short film of a sunset.

The Sinking Fringe is a documentary about Amsterdam’s quirky Baaibuurt-West neighborhood, set to vanish by December 31, 2024. This vibrant community of free-spirited, close-knit residents will be transformed as part of an urban renewal project aimed at addressing the Dutch housing crisis. The plan involves raising the sinking land with seven meters of sand to prepare it for conventional housing, earning the area its nickname, 'The Sinking Fringe.' Through interviews and archival footage, the film offers an intimate portrait of a hidden neighborhood caught between hope and fear, grappling with an uncertain future while fighting to secure its rightful place in Amsterdam’s evolving urban landscape.

A woman scrolls through google maps in Beirut, her father´s homeland, while searching for her dead brother. The river and the sea share the common theme of loss. A poem by Nuria Suaya.

A celebration in sound, colour and symphony, this concert film captures Brooke’s greatest hits spanning her beloved, three-decade catalogue. With orchestral arrangements by leading New Zealand composers, performed by Brooke alongside the Auckland Philharmonia and guests TEEKS, Georgia Lines and Ny Oh, Brooke Fraser - Live with the Auckland Philharmonia lets you join a sold-out, 10,000-strong Spark Arena crowd as one of Aotearoa’s most recognised songwriters takes a final bow under her “Brooke Fraser” name.

The picturesque village, with its red sand, lakes and ponds surrounded by forest land, is nature's gift.

Deep in the sacred Tirumala Hills, where millions walk in devotion, one man walks with a different purpose. This documentary introduces Shivaji Paleti - an unsung hero who has dedicated his life to protect the hills from plastic pollution. With bare hands and endless patience, he cleans, he preserves, and he teaches what true devotion towards Mother Earth means. His perseverance never faded away despite numerous hardships. A true modern-day warrior who led the "Plastic Free Tirupati" movement with an example, turning personal conviction into a collective awakening. The "Eighth Hill" stands as a reflection of our own atrocities. An unsettling mirror showing how what we dismiss as a single piece of trash can grow into a mountain of consequence. Through Shivaji’s story, this film explores not just environmental preservation, but the deeper meaning of responsibility, faith, and humanity’s bond with nature.

Artist Sandra Kosorotova’s short film observes the ubiquitous wild plant Warty Cabbage, drawing parallels between "human" and "natural" worlds—in the context of socially and economically segregating Tallinn.

The film presents Ho Chi Minh City's sonic legacy from traditional Vietnamese folk music to the contemporary music scene. V2X takes viewers around Saigon through the eyes of the artists that live there, experiencing the city that informs and plays canvas to their music. Beginning with traditional nhạc Dân tộc Việt Nam in its many permutations, V2X explores the converging environments shaping modern Vietnamese music from experimental at home in white-walled galleries to densely packed clubs scattered around Saigon. Along with co-curators Rắn Cạp Đuôi, Vietnam's premier experimental outfit, and a lineup consisting of a mix of HCMC's best-rising talent and audio pioneers, V2X aims to show the diversity and energy of an art scene burgeoning with talent and innovation.

A documentary about animal-assisted psychotherapy and the process of gender transition. The client we follow is Charlee, a 25-year-old transgender college student who moved to Colorado to escape gender persecution and seek legal rights to gender marker and name change as well as gender reassignment surgeries. The Healing Animal is unique in that it combines several topics into one story: actual psychotherapy sessions filmed over the course of a year, the legal, physical and emotional process of gender transition, LGBTQIA+ rights, and exploring the science behind animal-assisted psychotherapy.

Kings for a Day: Football’s Giantkillers is a thrilling documentary that celebrates the greatest underdog stories in football history. From lower-league teams shocking elite clubs to unforgettable FA Cup upsets, this film captures the magic, passion, and drama of football’s biggest surprises. Relive legendary moments where the impossible became reality and see how these teams etched their names into football folklore.

Filmmaker Jack Bramley spends a day with Jethro The Clown, filming him at one of his clown gigs to see what clowning looks like up close. They discuss what got Jethro into clowning, the reputation of clowns over the years, his advice to aspiring clowns, and how his Christian clowning is different than typical clowning.

In an old stone village on the outskirts of Paris lives one of the most prolific reggae musicians in the history of Jamaica. Vin Gordon, the 75-year-old reggae titan, chooses to live an unassuming life. He spends his days walking in nature and teaching the trombone to young students, a world away from the hustle and energy of Jonestown in Kingston, Jamaica, where he made his name as one of the most impactful brass musicians to ever hail from the island.

A short journey starting from the filmmaker's place of birth all the way up to where he resides currently. Instead of focusing on specifics, he discovers a workplace of solitude: the public library. In the end, wherever we wind up in life, all we need is some peace of mind, to rest, to live inside a few minutes of silence.

1970, Argentina under military dictatorship. A guerrilla warfare militant is captured by government authorities. After being tortured, he attempts to escape his fatal destiny using a salami sandwich.