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Amor Fati seeks out parts that complete each other. These are portraits of couples, friends, families and pets and their owners. They share the intimacy of daily life, habits, beliefs, tastes and even some physical traits. From their faces, from the choreography of their gestures, we unveil the story that binds them.
In summer 2003, when the heatwave hit in Europe, in Switzerland, the glacier below the Schnidejoch pass, released a mysterious object: a piece of a Neolithic quiver.
Is it better to suffer the consequences of a lockdown or of Covid-19? That’s the harsh choice facing 11 million migrant workers in India when they have to leave their workplaces in the cities without warning. The country’s prime minister Narendra Modi sees a lockdown for India’s 1.3 billion inhabitants as a collective sacrifice that’s necessary to combat the spread of the virus, but his call to suffering only serves to outsource the miseries of the pandemic to the poorest of the poor.
After industrialization, human dominance over animals has changed in another way. The film portrays the world shrinking beyond the "Orwellian" era of questioning exploitation and establishing another revolutionary dictatorship, with dictatorships unrecognizable or isolated defenses.
The discovery of an ancient music score in the Louvre sets researchers on a mission to recreate the music as it was originally heard by the Greeks 2,400 years ago.
During 1944-1946, more than 480,000 Ukrainians had been forced to leave the territory of modern northeastern Poland— Kholmshchyna, Nadsiannia, Pidliashshia, and Lemkivshchyna. The eyewitness tells the story of deportation and recalls terrible conditions in which she and other Ukrainians were taken from Poland to the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic.
Would you like to travel to the world behind the mirror? A behind-the-scenes look at the special episode of "Bia: A World Upside Down", where the universe of the series is turned upside down. We will take a look at the challenge of creating totally different characters, looks, dialogues and new situations, plus all the work and fun of the shoot.
A documentary that chronicles the twenty years of Pride parading in Iceland. Filmmaker Hrafnhildur Gunnarsdóttir has shot the parade from the beginning, with all its pride and power, beauty and sometimes ugliness. She mixes old material and new interviews with activists who reminisce about their participation in the parade, it’s impact on society in general, and what Pride means for the LGBTQ+ community.
In her new documentary, Elisapie Isaac takes us on a visual and musical jaunt across the country, meeting the people who inspired the songs on her latest album, The Ballad of the Runaway Girl.
In the mountains of Portugal, amidst the timeless vineyards of the Duoro Valley a yearly ritual begins every September: the harvest of the season's grapes. A Wonderful Kingdom is an homage to these hardworking folks. Narrated by Malcolm McDowell, this hypnotic, observational documentary unfurls across the epic beauty and austerity of both nature and humanity.
Maybe you've seen or heard these phrases on Instagram, in a coffee shop, at an event, from friends, maybe you even use the app and already provide your grandparents with food baskets every month. Just six months ago, no one knew about "Help" and how easy it really is to help. But thanks to a group of people who have decided that they will talk about helping others in the language of technology and modern media, we are increasingly seeing a circle held by two brackets in different cities of the country. This film contains a brief history of "Help" for those who do not know anything about it, an introduction to the team that is mad in its bravery, as well as the cycle of events that is happening with "Help" now. A trip to Sasha Gudkov's hometown, a trip and a performance of the team at the Avaz festival in Kazan, where they work in a car, on a boat, walking around the city, coming to concerts and talk a lot about "Help".
Go behind the scenes of "Happier Than Ever: A Love Letter to Los Angeles."
The documentary "In Search of Cruzeiro's History" explores the beginnings of Società Sportiva Palestra Italia, a team founded in Belo Horizonte by Italian immigrants in 1921. From its origins to becoming Cruzeiro Esporte Clube and winning the first Brazilian championship in 1966, the documentary features interviews with former players, historians, and fans, among others. The film is a production of the Palestra Italia Institute in partnership with the Vivas Institute and lasts 60 minutes.
On 5th September 1981, a group of women came together to change the world. These women marched from Wales to Berkshire to protest over nuclear weapons being kept at RAF Greenham Common. The Greenham Common Women’s Peace Camp that followed, challenged world leaders, altering the course of history and went on to inspire millions as the world’s first and biggest female-only demonstration, preceded only by the suffragettes.
A group of filmmakers arrives in Santiago de Chuco, a town in the Peruvian highlands where the poet César Vallejo was born. With the excuse of a casting, the filmmakers appropriate the theater and the inhabitants of the place arrive, revealing little by little some lives embraced by the aura of the poet, who died in Paris seventy years ago. All of them, inhabitants and filmmakers, are confused between verses, stories and poetry. Fantasy emerges and characters like the blind Santiago-who rings the bells always warning something-; or the young musician Elder - whose desires loom like a cornucopia-trace a liminal path between fiction and reality.
The special leverages cutting-edge aerial cinematography to portray the UAE as never seen before. Featuring breathtaking drone footage at its centerpiece, it also tells the stories of local inhabitants, who share their insights and unique perspectives on the UAE and its many achievements.
HISHÉ (Remember) is a meditation on alienation, confusion, grief and the burden of remembering. These four elements frame my relationship with the Nagorno-Karabakh region now more than ever.
A study of the comedian and actor based on interviews, TV appearances, and stand-up performances from his career, revealing his journey from a childhood of mother abandonment in Glasgow tenement blocks to the pinnacle of worldwide showbusiness.
"Maestro do Rock" started when Andre Matos himself authorized recording interviews where he would talk about his life and the different phases of his career. Directed by Anderson Bellini and produced and scripted by Thiago Rahal Mauro, the document had it starting point in a long interview where Andre Matos spoke for over 5 hours about all sort of different subjects. With his sudden passing in 2019, the family yielded this material as well as hundreds of other ones from his personal archives so that this film could be finalized.
The decision to move to Holland doesn't sound like a wise idea. Why move to a country that could be flooded at any moment? For the last 25 years, the political climate has shifted. The public debate on migration has become harsher, more heated, and polarized. What would have been considered right-wing xenophobia back then, is now considered mainstream. Populists simplify complex realities into good and evil, victims and perpetrators: ‘us’ versus ‘them’. Their rhetoric often consists of dehumanizing words and metaphors. One of these is ‘water’. In reality, water is not an immediate threat to the average Dutch person; but it is a huge threat to the thousands trying to reach the Netherlands. People trying to survive the Mediterranean Sea in rubber boats. Trying to survive winter on the Aegean coast in primitive tents. To them, water really is deadly.
LUDO tries to reflect the social value of videogames and the potential of the media as an educational instrumental.
Set in Charlottesville during the early 1990s, "Pride" follows an aspiring writer as she finalises stories for the latest issue of "Pride", a student run newspaper at the University of Virginia. Over a hectic two-day period, she puts the finishing touches on the upcoming issue. Despite the looming deadline, she moves with a calm confidence.
Raudel has been haunted since childhood by the sight of a strange light. Now, at the age of 27, he dedicates himself to scrapping ships in Bahia Honda, Cuba, a place where the line that separates the living from the dead is almost invisible.
Joining Oscar-winning producer Jeremy Thomas on his annual pilgrimage to the Cannes Film Festival, filmmaker Mark Cousins gives an intimate glimpse into the life of the legendary icon behind some of the most controversial and acclaimed films of all time.
Bird lover?, tired after a hard day?, sit down, grab a drink, put your ear buds on and relax. Sixty species of birds in wetlands and forests, no technical talk, only music and direct sounds, want to know more?, switch on the captions
Live from the Liv Ingroom Theatre in Los Angeles, CA...it's Trixie Mattel: One Night Only!
The incredible true story of America's bloodiest family feud told through a combination of documentary interviews and traditional Western scenes tracking the fallout between the Grahams and Tewksburys which led to a ten year battle and cost up to fifty lives.
A group of teenagers looking for meaning and feeling a lot during a few beautiful days in March away from the real world.
He was at the centre of a bloody battle, founded a monastery that became a beacon of civilization. He's even said to have taken on the Loch Ness Monster. But who was Colmcille, the Irish abbot, known in Scotland as St. Columba ?
Seminarians compete in the Vatican's football tournament known as the Clericus Cup. A film about religion, sport, and why young men choose to become priests.
Stars of Netflix's "Shadow and Bone" discuss the show's epic combat scenes, answer some fan questions and play an "Army vs. Crows" trivia game.
A comprehensive and fascinating behind-the-scenes look at the restoration process of restoring 3-strip Cinerama for the 1962 film "The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm".
"Where the last house faded away in the wheat, there lived a little girl, who walked at night out in the fields, with a bucket of water to mirror the moon." It's a true story based on Tonino Guerra's poem, about a girl who lives in a remote Lithuanian village. This single farm holds her entire world: family, beloved animals, and the watchful moon.
Weaving together new, insider stories and archival video, several key players from the 2003 recall election of Governor Gray Davis look back at this one-of-a-kind political moment: Why it happened and what happened once it qualified.
Never before in Australian sport has a club’s story been told so comprehensively or so openly. Screening from October 19 on Fox Footy and Kayo over a four-week period, The Bombers: Stories of a Great Club is an eight-part documentary series that was commissioned for the Bombers' 150-year celebrations in 2022. Production for the landmark series began in late 2019, with the broad-ranging tale completed despite the challenges of COVID-19 restrictions. The Bombers appeals to all sports fans, peeling back the triumphs and turbulent times, successes and failures, defining moments and disasters that beset even the greatest of clubs. More than 90 players, coaches, officials, supporters and icons from Essendon and rival clubs have been interviewed for this series, giving their answers without fear or favour.
People throughout the world believe in life after death and that spirits are trying to contact the living. In this compelling documentary the Science of paranormal investigation is put to the test as as four ghost hunters ask the big questions: Is there something after death? Are ghosts real? Can we communicate with lost family?
Explore the life of William Randolph Hearst, the pioneering media mogul and inspiration for Orson Welles’ "Citizen Kane." Wielding unprecedented power, Hearst forever transformed the media’s role in American life and politics.
Delving into the existence of Bigfoot, also known as Sasquatch, considered one of the most mysterious creatures on Earth.
The film is an attempt to show the specificity of being a Polish Jew, often incomprehensible to people outside this circle. The history of Poland is exceptionally difficult. It was full of events that had a huge impact on the sense of identity among the Jewish community.
An intimate and personal reflection on the conditions of work in the 21st century, seen through the eyes of a bike delivery person. From nostalgia to frustration with Swedish punk running in the background, this film immerses us in the universe of one of many workers in the so called gig economy.
"Tanks is a household name for most Russian—speaking people. This is no longer just a game, but a special way of life and view of the world, which after August 12, 2010 was divided into before and after. Andrey Loshak's documentary explores why World of Tanks has become not just a popular "shooting game", but a real cult for millions."
Every year, around 3000 Indigenous students receive scholarships to attend some of Australia’s most prestigious boarding schools. It is an immense opportunity, setting many of the youngsters on a path to a bright future, but it also means they must leave their homes and communities. Over the course of a year, Off Country follows several such students, who, despite hailing from distinct nations and having vastly different circumstances, each share a commitment to doing themselves and their families proud – no matter the difficulties.
The experience of 2nd generation immigrants, people who are born and raised in a country different than the one their parents were born in. The identity issues they face within a multicultural country.
Moscow, January 1996. Boris Yeltsin gets ready to run for a second mandate of the presidency of the young Russian Federation. Polls are in the single digits. A painful economic transition, war in Chechnya, and the rise of criminal groups have left the majority of Russians dissatisfied with Yeltsin… and willing to vote for the communist leader Gennady Zyuganov. Yet six months later, Yeltsin won the election with nearly 54% of the vote. How did that happen?
How US politicians and diplomats, over the past 25 years, have come close to achieving something almost impossible: securing peace between the State of Israel and its Arab and like-minded neighbors, mired in a struggle both dialectical and violent since the early 20th century, due to historical and religious reasons, entrenched offenses and prejudices, and the invisible and tyrannical hand of third countries' geopolitical interests in the area.
In the middle of the French Alps, some adventurers balance themselves on slacklines high above the ground.
Docudrama that recounts the astonishing life story of a forgotten genius, English poet Alexander Pope, who lived from 1688 to 1744.
Explores the fantastic highs and unsettling lows of 8-time All-Star and slam dunk champion, Vince Carter, as he looks back on his record-breaking 22-season professional basketball career.
Darious Britt breaks down the creation of his debut feature film 'Unsound' - a project which took seven years to complete - from start to finish, shot by shot.
By immersing themselves in a Taliban village, and after gaining very rare access to major institutions, the directors shed a disturbing light on today's Taliban society, and on the workings of this ultra-conservative parallel state. whose leaders have just symbolically moved into the presidential palace, to assert a stranglehold that foreshadows the Afghanistan of tomorrow.
Christiaan Van Vuuren goes on a journey exploring the frightening extent to which money has infiltrated politics.
“Pablito” is a documentary tracing the remarkable journey of Argentine footballer Pablo Martin Batalla, from the streets of Cordoba to legendary status in Bursa. More than just a playmaker, Batalla became the beating heart of Bursaspor during one of the club’s most iconic eras. Through heartfelt interviews and archival footage, the film explores his deep bond with the club, his influence on and off the pitch, and how a foreign player became a hometown hero.
This provocative consideration of the lasting influence and draw of Hitler provides insight into the resurgence of white supremacy, antisemitism, and the weaponization of history.
Atlantic Ocean, off the coast of Iceland, July 9, 2016. The surprising discovery of a canister —containing four reels of The Village Detective (Деревенский детектив), a 1969 Soviet film—, caught in the nets of an Icelandic trawler, is the first step in a fascinating journey through the artistic life of film and stage actor Mikhail Ivanovich Zharov (1899-1981), icon and star of an entire era of Russian cinema.
The independent documentary produced and directed by fans about 15 years of the Colorado World Cup