5,121 Matches Found
Before YouTube, Lavender Lounge lit up public access TV with a ’90s queer and trans dance party and groundbreaking show, capturing San Francisco’s first Dyke March and the first official Pride video. Thirty years later, creator Mark Kliem brings rare footage to light, reuniting the original crew with younger generations when queer history is again under attack.
Poet, performer, and local legend Eva Hrubá is a woman of contradictions, sparking both devotion and public outcry. This documentary dives into her dual existence of vibrant joy and silent suffering. Moving beyond her reputation as the "eccentric lady on a purple bike," the film explores how she transforms loneliness into art and pain into a shared celebration of life. The film explores the world of a remarkable woman, seeking the boundary between her persona as an author and her performance.
In De Indische Tafel, men in their nineties, who meet weekly for an Indonesian lunch, reflect on their Indonesian childhood, a childhood they never spoke about, but which profoundly shaped them. Using never-before-seen footage from Japanese propaganda films, they revisit their youth in the Japanese camps during World War II. Born in the colonial Dutch East Indies before the war, they reflect on how their lives changed during the Japanese occupation, their existence in the camps, their liberation by the atomic bomb, the struggle of young Indonesian freedom fighters, and how the old colonial power returned in the form of new capitalist companies that were more profitable than ever.
Claire was my childhood love. I heard Yonatan, a kibbutznik, lecturing on Marx and Tolstoy the day we both enlisted. Jacques was a painter; the sergeant major ordered him to smear the cannons with grease so they would shine in the parade. I met Hanoch after the army; every morning I would wake to the clatter of his typewriter—he was then writing "Solomon Grip." With Shmuel I played chess; I loved the quiet that accompanied the game. Era, the editor, was my cinematic conscience. My friends are no longer here. But I still speak to them through the memories.
At Home is an intergenerational documentary exploring queer friendship as a way of life. Through the voices of a 29-year-old trans musician and a 79-year-old lesbian archivist, the film weaves together stories of self-discovery, chosen family, and community building - from jam sessions and shared gatherings to the legacy of the Brick Hut Café and the Bay Area Lesbian Archives.
Hosted by horror aficionado Kim Newman in front of a live audience, hear 'horror' stories from Caroline Munro, Virginia Wetherell and sons of the legendary Brian Clemens, Samuel & George Clemens.
KATSEYE: WILD HEARTS is a captivating journey into the group's bold new era while celebrating the fans who helped make it possible. Featuring never-before-seen footage, EYEKONS fan videos, and intimate interviews from the group members, the film explores the powerful bond between KATSEYE and their global fandom. A love letter to the EYEKONS who helped build this movement, KATSEYE: WILD HEARTS reveals why this group's story is only just beginning.
Blending candid interviews, experimental moments, and reflective narration, this 55-minute personal doc explores what it means to grow up when the people who love you also struggle to accept who you are. Through screen-recorded calls with friends, street interviews, and distant footage of everyday life, I examine my upbringing as a queer non-binary trans person—where love, expectation, and shame often coexisted—among a sea of other stories about adolescence. Anchored by a conversation with a close friend and fellow artist, the film sits in the tension between care and rejection, asking if anyone is even really special—or maybe all of us are.
Five dancers take the audience on a sensory and historical journey through the physical world of 20th-century Western culture, bringing to light overlooked aspects and forgotten perspectives to help us understand not only who we are, but also who we are becoming.
EPK with quite a few interviews and some fun candid footage
Follow Hamza Choudhury in this feature-length documentary as he returns to Bangladesh for international duty, balancing the demands of elite football with a journey that carries deep personal meaning.
In France, individuals facing social distress are welcomed into a support structure providing assistance and emergency accommodation. For them, even a peaceful little town becomes a war zone if there is no shelter, no landmark but the threat of « wolves outside ». They struggle for their survival and dignity, with the help of determined social workers.
In the summer of 2021, young people from Hungary and Transylvania embark on a horseback pilgrimage following the traces of Saint Ladislaus, King of Hungary. Along the way, pastors from churches across Székely Land help uncover the hidden messages, symbolic meanings, and deeper spiritual truths encoded in the frescoes that preserve the legend. The journey unfolds on horseback along the border between past and present—reaching all the way down to the deepest layers of the soul.
Julián Castillo's life left its mark on various aspects of Santa Fe. His death, too. Through the stories of family and friends, we explore Juli's history, activism, and art. This documentary is a tribute, an exercise in memory, and a collective call that still demands justice.
What happens when you put two Cornish fools in a Dacia Duster on a volcano and tell them to keep themselves busy for a week?
In Benidorm, a Harry Styles tribute struggles to separate who he is from who he performs as every night.
How do artists keep creating even in the darkest of times? How did the life-altering events of World War II shape our musical landscape up to today? This documentary uncovers the poignant stories of Mieczyslaw Weinberg and Erich Wolfgang Korngold: Two 20th-century composers of profound artistry, whose legacy is only recently being rediscovered after having been overshadowed in the aftermath of the Holocaust.
After leaving the ultra-Orthodox world, 21-year-old Sarah finds herself pregnant and alone. With no permanent home, she drifts between temporary apartments as her changing body reshapes the course of her life. Motherhood forces her to face the past she tried to leave behind and confront the woman she has become. Over the course of five years, Sarah struggles to build a new identity and find a place where she can finally feel at home.
As Taylor Swift prepares to tie the knot, this documentary traces how the love life of the world’s biggest pop star has influenced her music and her irrepressibly successful career
The story behind the production of "Il Kapitano: Una dedica a Francesco Silvestre" (2025)
A filmmaker arrives at a remote farm in northern Canada, where an old school bus conceals a massive rock believed to be a priceless meteorite. The search for truth blurs the line between fact and fiction.
On 23 March 2025 in Tel al-Sultan, Gaza, Israeli forces massacred fifteen Palestinian aid workers travelling in clearly marked humanitarian vehicles, later burying their bodies and vehicles in a shallow mass grave. Earshot and Forensic Architecture worked with the Palestine Red Crescent Society and survivors of the massacre to reconstruct the incident with unprecedented precision. The Last Responders is an investigative documentary about this massacre. Anchored in the situated testimonies of two survivors, the film draws on firsthand video and voice recordings captured during the night of the attack by the Palestine Red Crescent Society. Through these materials, the film probes acts of execution and concealment, while reconstructing a fuller account of what unfolded in Tel al-Sultan in the hours and days that followed.
Explores what it's like to come of age in a world plagued by systemic institutional failure. Rohan (23), a victim of the Dutch childcare benefit scandal, shows us what happens when the system turns against you. As a whistleblower, Ruben (25) pushes against the boundaries of the system. Sam (27) takes it even further and finds herself on trial for civil disobedience. All three become entangled in the system and its institutions in their search to change things for the better. Underscored by protest music, their individual actions combine in one urgent plea: Do better.
Put Your Records on is a student documentary about the state of physical media in our modern digital world. Diving deep into our personal relationships with physical media.
Over the course of five years, The Road to Fenix follows the transformation of a historic harbor warehouse in Rotterdam into an art museum about migration.
A Facebook conversation between a father and daughter defined by time and distance.
During a routine visit to Grandpa, who has lived in the same small, cramped, and neglected apartment for 54 years, Grandpa declared emphatically - "I will never move!" Grandpa suffers from compulsive hoarding, which is rooted in the displacement of his family from their home in Baghdad, Iraq, without names, possessions, or dates of birth. A year passes, Grandpa's health changes, and suddenly - there is no choice but to move him to a new apartment with an elevator.
Short Documentary discussing the effects of the current cultural landscape.
A journey through the history of paper in Fabriano, where the Giano River nourishes the fibers that give rise to culture. From its medieval roots to the historic Miliani paper mill—now the Fedrigoni Foundation—the film explores a universal material, a symbol of knowledge and art, which here became Italy’s first true industrial system.
A day inside the charming hair salon of Veronique Gizard, on the corner of Rue de Bagnolet and Rue Planchat in Paris’s 20th arrondissement. Owner, stylist and client shyly gaze into the lens of legendary Viennese filmmaker and photographer Friedl vom Groller. The salon’s distinctive character lives on in 16mm – it closed its doors in mid-2025 after 20 years, and the shopfront now houses a cafe.
After recovering from leukemia, Jang Juhee, who once dreamed of becoming a filmmaker, begins working at a center for independent living for people with disabilities. There, she meets documentary director Bu Seongpil, disabled and bedridden Seon Cheol-gyu, and In-sook, who lost a family member in the Sewol ferry tragedy. Shaped by childhood memories of domestic violence and years of illness-induced isolation, Jang’s gaze and inner world begin to expand through these individuals.
Beyond those never-ending fields where there's nothing but blazing sun and quiet nights, only thing reliable is the sky is blue, the grass is green and eyes are red.
13-year-olds are to be imprisoned at Kumla. The prison director has protested – but is preparing the cells. Come with us to the high-security prison where the children will be held.
After the body of his father is found in a tent in Amsterdam, Marcus searches for an identity through a man he never knew. Tracing parallels with a father who lived outside the system, his own unease with authorities and institutions begins to take shape. As that unease deepens, Marcus pulls the film toward himself, drawn to male voices that promise clarity and strength and to a future he believes he can still redirect.
The work of one-of-a-kind funeral director Hayley as she help families make their personal farewells in her own unique way. Filmed over 10 months, the documentary tells the story of three families navigating loss - a daughter mourning the mother she never got to say goodbye to, a family burying their father a year after losing their sister and a woman in her 40s planning her own funeral.
In autumn, in the Vésubie valley, a small farm prepares quince paste and nougat. The film adopts direct cinema to follow these artisanal gestures, and allow the intimate relationship between time, nature and work to emerge.
Through some notes and thoughts of a soldier in service.
Account admin and followers of the viral Instagram meme page @ilovethettc102 reflect on how to maintain hope in a chaotic, online-driven world.
The school at the temporary housing facility for migrants in the small town of Ivry-sur-Seine is the center of the world for the children who live there. To them, the school is not just any old place; it´s where they make new friends and find a home away from home. This heartwarming documentary gives children the space to portray their lives in exile from their own perspective.
Filmmaker Michael Höft and his team travel to Kyiv during the coldest winter of the war. There, experts from the Ukrainian military intelligence service present the ARD team with surprising findings: downed Russian drones contain numerous components manufactured in the West, including electronic parts from German companies.
In a tattoo studio in Medellín, Sandro, a non-binary artist and rapper, sits down to get a new tattoo. As the needle moves across their skin, Sandro recalls their past: the murder of their brother, the years of anger and violence that followed, and the moment of transformation that came in prison.
Felicia Schröder is 19 years old and one of Europe's most sought-after football talents. We follow her behind the scenes as offers from the big clubs start piling up — a journey that ultimately takes her to Real Madrid as the world's most expensive women's football player.
The refracted gaze on Mianhua Islet, Taiwan's eastern de facto border, turns the concrete landscape of physical territory into a mirage of topography and politics. The fragmented image of the frontier reflects the ambivalent state of Taiwanese subjectivity. The camera slowly sweeps over the contour of the islet as if touching the country's body to ensure its existence. The ever-imaginary border that eludes, obscures, and fictionalizes the construction of a nation confronts us with its external mirrored image, as a subject and as a site, where the process and paradox of forming national subjectivity are materialized, embodied, and caught in a liminal space.
If the world doesn’t accept you and your kind, trailblaze a world that does. Inspired by the Black and Latinx underground Ballroom culture of New York, Sun, Teddy, and Xyza create Ballroom communities in Southeast Asia as safe havens from homophobia, transphobia, color discrimination and HIV stigma.