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The aim of this film is to talk about the history of LGTBIQ + activism in Cantabria, what has been achieved and what still remains to be achieved by interviewing supporters, pioneers and faces of Cantabrian activism .

A visual poem dedicated to the families of the 3,500 homes lost in the 2019/2020 Australian bushfire season. In contrast to the widespread media coverage this natural disaster received, this is a reflective and topical piece, an interesting firsthand account of a tragic event depicted through wonderfully detailed imagery of almost total devastation.

After the Civil War, between 20,000 and 30,000 Spaniards went into exile in Mexico. This was the country that welcomed the most exiles, after France.

Twenty six Israeli women directors of narrative features are sharing their personal experiences of sitting in the director's chair. From Ellida Geyra - Israel's first female fiction filmmaker, to contemporary female directors, the film weaves together a conglomerate of women's voices, as they echo each other, clash, and come apart, then culminate in a fiery speech by Ronit Elkabetz. Their stories create a diverse and cinematic patchwork quilt of female directors, providing us with a multifaceted reflection of any woman who wishes for her story to be heard. This is a moving documentary, that will motivate you to get up and do something about the glass ceiling, both the real one, as well as the imagined.

Grandfather, scientist, professor, playwright, writer, environmentalist and zoologist, scholar of dragonflies and butterflies. A intimate and multifaceted portrait of Ângelo Machado; directed by his granddaugher.

Patsy Dan Rodgers is the last King of Ireland, who lives on Tory Island, Ireland’s most remote inhabited island. A small rock in the Atlantic with a hundred and a fifty strong Irish speaking community. Diagnosed with cancer, the King leads the islanders’ constant efforts to secure their rights and unique way of living.

“We transgender are the revolution!” Indianara Siqueira, trans activist and politician, admonishes her political party for ousting her days before the 2018 Brazilian national elections. In the same election cycle extreme-right candidate Jair Bolsonaro is a forerunner for President of the Republic. Indianara is the ‘mother’ at the head of a homeless shelter and community center for trans sex workers called Casa Nem in Rio de Janeiro. Casa Nem is a squat, and facing the threat of eviction, Indianara occupies a colonial palace nearby to bargain with the city to save the house.

Walking through the ruined streets and houses of Belchite and Corbera d'Ebre is like revisiting the summer of 1937 and 1938, when German aviation and Franco's artillery devastated the cities. Today, the ancient cities are a silent witness to the violence and brutal consequences of the Spanish Civil War.

A retrospective of the career of dutch defender Ron Vlaar

The city of Nova Gorica was designed as an example of modernism based on the idea of shared public space. The documentary short follows preparations for the renovation of a neighborhood where playgrounds with unique concrete equipment now stand deserted, falling into ruin. What will become of them? Has our relationship with the world and others changed, too, in addition to children’s play?

The daily life of an ill man is constantly interrupted by television advertisements. They promise some change to his life. He finds himself as a part of the adverts, but soon the empty promises become demonically possessive. The truth sets in.

a post quarantine short documentary

The 100 year anniversary of the animated character Felix The Cat. His stories is told by three animators who created him: Otto Messmer, Joe Oriolo and Don Oriolo. Along with them, there are interviews with well known animation historians and clips and stills.

A film shot in quarantine that explores the new normal in a world affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, told through a personal lens in an autobiographical narrative.

Connecting the Dots takes on the subject of mental health through the voices of young people around the world.

Charting the recovery of wildlife in the aftermath of Australia's catastrophic bushfires through stories of hope and resilience.

”Unite In Laughter’ is a documentary film that explores the uncomfortable side of the Singaporean identity, through the lens of three comedians who take a leap of faith in their own identities.

Pakistan, ‘Land of the Pure’, remains a country of contradictions. A bastion of radical Islam trying to change to a modern state. We examine some of the undercurrents threatening the stability of this Atomic nation. Up in the Himalayas, at an altitude of 6,000 meters, a bizarre sort of war is being waged. 1,000 Pakistani soldiers face off against 3,000 Indian soldiers for control of the Siachen Glacier, biggest reserve of fresh water available. With 70% of the population of both India and Pakistan depend upon this water supply any change to its status could be catastrophic. We filmed an exclusive report with Pakistani Special Forces.

A son makes a surprising discovery on his elderly parents' answering machine after his father's passing.

In 1946, shortly after the atomic bombings, an American army team shot a documentary about ‘defeated Japan’. Reel 11004 concerning Hiroshima and Nagasaki would be classified top secret for 36 years. Mirabelle Fréville has found it and edited it to denounce the first censorship in nuclear history.

A versatile man whose career as i.a. songwriter, composer, hit artist, comedian and host made him one of our most famous and beloved Swedes. This portrait tells the story of his life and his almost six-decade-long career.

Michael Jackson is remembered as the King of Pop, and is a renowned incredibly talented singer and dancer. His style, music and dance moves are celebrated worldwide. He was a one of a kind performer and once in a lifetime entertainer, but few people really know the man he was behind the mask and and the man that the media portrayed him to be. From the age of 5 and up until his last days, the pressure that was put on him was enormous and it had serious repercussions on his physical and mental health. His success was overshadowed by child abuse allegations, and his addiction for prescription drugs and plastic surgery. The show reveals who was the real Michael Jackson, the deeply conflicted man, the man that never really grew up, the man in the mirror.

Perro and his grandmother fear for their homeland in southern Nicaragua, an area which is threatened by the planned construction of the 300-km-long "El Gran Canal". The documentary accompanies the silent and nature-loving boy amidst the inevitable farewell to his old life in the jungle and his new beginnings in the city.

A Desktop Film exploring the story of David Lynch's online persona and digital essence.

In July 2018, a fire broke out around the villages of Mati and Neos Voutzas, in Attica, Greece. People lost their lives. What remains are memories of sounds and sights of a black land.

Orachon Chernyim, a transgender comedian, with an interview about her identity, the love she has for those around her, and playing the role of a woman in the entertainment industry.

Planting Earth Week follows a radical climate activist who tells the story of a splitting decentralized movement that made headlines in 2019.

The dullest A-list film festival in the world takes place in Berlin every February. In this experimental film in smartphone format, Jochen Werner takes a look behind the glamor, at Potsdamer Platz and other locations, in-between and non-locations in and around the Neue Mitte.

On August 30th, 1974,a time bomb set by the "Wolf" brigade of the East Asia Anti-Japan Armed Front destroyed the Tokyo Headquarters of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries. "Fangs of the Earth" and "Scorpion" soon followed with more bombings. Unlike other leftist groups at the time that sought to seize the Japanese state to build socialism, the EAAJAF were explicitly opposed to the Japanese nation-state, understanding it as an imperialist power in East Asia and a junior partner to American imperialism. Over 50 years have passed since the Mitsubishi bombing; some EAAJAF members have passed, others are still incarcerated, and some have been recently released. In the intervening years, a group of friends and family members stepped forward to support their incarcerated loved ones, answering questions about how to provide long-term prisoner support for people incarcerated by the state and condemned by society.

Follows an eclectic group of full-contact female football players for one season as they fight: fight to balance their lives as mothers, daughters, wives, partners, and employees; fight to raise funds for training and equipment fees, fight through injuries, and, ultimately fight for the National Championship title.

“The Fight for the Soul of Seattle” examines the role of Seattle’s City Council in allowing the situation to reach what many experts consider epidemic levels under the guise of a compassionate approach to people who suffer from substance addiction and who commit crimes to feed their habit. It documents the heartbreaking condition of people on the streets, and the crushing decisions Seattle entrepreneurs are forced to contemplate as their life savings and dreams are destroyed by theft, vandalism and a dwindling customer base. This documentary also explores potential bold solutions to treat those living on the streets and pair them with agencies and assistance that can provide a clear path away from the endless circle of addiction and crime.

At the beginning of the year 2020, a relentless plague sweeps the planet and, as a consequence, a global lockdown is gradually decreed: how did people from very different latitudes, living necessarily very different situations, experience this shared solitude? How did people adapt to the restriction by decree of their personal freedoms and the transformation of many bustling metropolises into ghost cities?

In the footsteps of a top Tajik officer who rallied to the Islamic State, an investigation into the jihadist temptation in the former Soviet republics of Central Asia.

After composing the theme that gives its name to her second solo album, “Madre baile”, Vivi Pozzebón becomes interested in the ethno-musical origins of the cuarteto and the figure of Leonor Marzano, who knew how to mix the tarantella and the paso doble on her piano to give rise to the characteristic rhythm of Córdoba: the cuartero. From here comes this record about the origin of the cuarteto from the 1940s to the present.

In the heart of the city of Ouagadougou, a huge granite crater imprisons men who try their best to get out of it. In the end, only their image will emerge.

South Bend is in the midst of its most dramatic shift since the collapse of Studebaker in 1963. Today, it is at a turning point and still trying to find its footing. We held conversations with people around South Bend to capture how residents were experiencing its changes, embracing its new life, and confronting its enduring problems - thinking about it all as the mayor ran for president.

As Genesis and I were working on the documentary film "Change Itself” (released in 2016), we agreed that it would be great to also have Genesis reading poetry in the film. One clip was eventually used. "Write Your Own Code" contains all of the material we shot in Oslo, Norway, 2014. These sessions also became the creative ignition for the spoken word album we made together in 2017, and which was released in 2019 by Ideal Recordings: "Loyalty Does Not End With Death." I have left the casual tone of the sessions, including some mishaps, as untouched as possible. Write Your Own Code! – Carl Abrahamsson, 2021

Thorbjörn Steingrimsson is an unusual shepherd. He does not have sheep or goats but ramshackle cars from which he extracts working components for his spare parts business.

Examining Donald Trump’s love affair with social media. Using his tweets and first-hand testimony from White House insiders, this documentary for BBC Three explores how the president of the United States came of age on Twitter and documents the impact of his tweets on politics in America and across the world. With unprecedented access to people in his inner circle and interviews with experts, journalists and some of his most avid Twitter followers, this documentary tells the story of how Trump weaponised Twitter and used it as a tool to shape policy, conduct diplomacy and wage war on the establishment. Trump in Tweets features interviews with, to mention but a few, Anthony Scaramucci, former White House director of communications, who reveals what it is like when the president turns his Twitter feed on you, Sean Spicer, Trump’s first presidential press secretary, who got caught between the president’s tweeting and the press, and Rudy Giuliani, Trump’s personal lawyer.

A documentary about famous actor Adel Emam, compiling a series of interviews with him and other actors talking about his career and character.

An unflinching documentary of those dealing with mental illness in the criminal justice system and a profile of families who tragically fell victims to that system.

'The Peanut Butter Solution' has stayed dormant in the collective minds of a generation, not because it was beloved, but because the film left a nightmarish scar on the minds of most of the children who experienced it. This documentary explores the origins, creation, and infamous legacy of the 1985 Canadian family film.

Filmed at Benning's home in Val Verde during the first month of the pandemic, the film is a portrait of that time.

The film is an exploration of the various ways of mitigating the catastrophic effects of marine plastic waste as seen from the perspective of different surfing communities in the Philippines.

A peek behind the curtain of Britain's first all-Black touring strip dancing group, revealing what motivates the men to bare all, and what brings audiences flocking to their saucy performances

Three young men, two brothers and their cousin, meet on a dense summer night to feel the "high" of a dozen "Hasiklidika" songs, Rebetiko songs from the beginning of the 20th century which celebrate the effects of Hashish. But beyond the pleasures of drugs, it is here question of love, joy and sadness, search for freedom and political commitment - Little by little yesterday's counter-culture, made out of poverty and violence, and built on the pains of exile, reverberates the one of today.

A year in the life of a dying shopping mall.