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"The Italian Jobs: Paramount Pictures e l'Italia" tells the story of two men, two Italian-American executives, Pilade Levi and Luigi Luraschi, who came to Italy at the end of the Second World War to recreate the Italian film industry; their work went on to have a significant influence on cinema worldwide. The idea of producing European films financed by American funds, in fact, originated in Italy with Paramount Pictures. Masterpieces such as Nights of Cabiria, Romeo and Juliet and The Conformist, to name just a few, were created precisely thanks to the work of these two men. The exclusive testimonies of Gioia Levi and Tony Luraschi, the children of the two executives, describe how their fathers were not only businessmen but how their lives were dedicated entirely to cinema.

Crossings is a four-channel video and sixteen-channel sound installation shot in metallurgy plants in Lavrion and Skouries, Greece, as well as in refugee camps in Lesbos and Piraeus. It is a documentary work that engages with the social dimensions and historical continuities of the region’s economic and civil wars.

This documentary focuses on the artistry of director Bill Morrison, who leverages decaying film stock from years past to tell new stories that are relevant to today's audiences. The decaying film lends brilliant visuals which add to Morrison's concept of storytelling.

Documentary on the women's movement in North Kurdistan/Turkey.

In Portland Oregon, eight artists come together to participate in Scott McCloud's 24 Hour Comic Challenge, attempting to write, draw, and complete a 24 page comic, in 24 hours. With the smell of coffee and doughnuts lingering over a table filled with pencil shavings, director Milan Erceg delves into the personal lives of each of the participating artist to examine how and why they got into an industry that rarely rewards their passion with fame or money. Further exploring the business of comic art, Erceg peppers in interviews from an impressive list of nationally recognized comic book experts including, Scott McCloud, cartoonist and author of “Understanding Comics”, Paul Guinan creator of “Boilerplate”, David Chelsea, acclaimed graphic novelist, Mike Richardson, founder of Dark Horse Comics and many others. An inspiring look into the art world’s version of a marathon, 24 Hour Comic leaves the audience with a deeper appreciation for the artists who spend a life creating.

Michael Smith discovered the delights and perils of true adventure in a solo circumnavigation in his tiny amphibious flying boat, Southern Sun.

League of Legends: Learning to Lead looks at the increasing popularity of this competitive game as an e-sport. From university students to avid professional gamers, players of all levels share their personal views on League of Legends and the strategies they use in-game, looking at the risks they are willing to take to perform on a professional level. Featuring the UK's biggest e-sports competition at Insomnia Festival, the documentary follows the intricacies of game play that go beyond winning, focusing more on the journey of learning, participating, and growing both in and outside the game.

This country is home to educational institutions with a long and storied history. For centuries, they have weathered countless events and embraced change after change. These institutions are rooted in religious tradition, yet closely tied to local culture with its diverse customs and heritage. They have always engaged in dialogue with their surroundings and have become part of global civilization. One such institution is the *Pondok Pesantren*, the popular name for this type of school. Guided by the principle, “Preserve good traditions and adopt better innovations,” pesantrens continue to live, grow, and serve their communities. It is no surprise that along their journey, pesantrens remain strong in tradition while constantly innovating. Nor is it surprising that they have become woven into many aspects of life—spanning religion, the arts, social affairs, and even nation-building.

"Almost 10 000 voters" is a documentary, presenting how does democratic process work in today's Ukraine. However the director is not focused on the works of the government or the strike on the famous Maidan, but on an average small town, where the most important decisions are made. She carefully observes locals discussing politics on the street market, kids being thought how democracy works by their teacher; and young men, dressed in uniforms, going to war, not knowing if they will return. The film is a perfect example of how small-scale story make a big impact on the audience.

Traces the lives of the Hartings, a blind Montreal family of three who make their living singing in the city's subway stations. The Hartings lost their only sighted child Hassan in a tragic drowning accident, and have since turned to the teachings of Russian mystic Grigori Grabovoi, hoping to resurrect their son. Resurrecting Hassan is an exploration of this family's legacy of grief, tragedy and abuse; the film will follow them on their path to redemption.

Until the restoration of independence of Estonia in 1991, a collective farm operated in the village of Pähkla in Saaremaa, which employed almost all the villagers. Lembri Uudu also worked there as a tractor driver. After the collapse of the collective farm, most of the villagers lost their jobs and Uudu died. Sometimes, however, it happens that a person's real life force comes out only after his death.

New work by singer Samuel Mariano, recorded live at the PE 60 Convention Center - Cabo de Santo Agostinho - PE.

Guitarist Lanny Gordin was one of the fundamental characters in the transformation of Brazilian music from the 1960s onwards. He electrified Gal Costa, Gilberto Gil, Caetano Veloso and Jards Macalé, among others. Lanny reveals his libertarian process of composition and current thinking, embarking on an unusual odyssey through China, his birthplace, and Brazil, the country where he lives.

What can thousands of electric energy workers do after being laid off from one day to the other? 16,599 workers reinvent themselves in order to resist, to go back to their jobs and also avoid that electric energy in Mexico be privatized. Four years of amazing stories of resistance and of confrontation with the Mexican government, in the midst of an acute global labor crisis.

From the Nazi 'super' cows that still roam the woods to CIA-trained killer dolphins, the work of some mad scientists has led to the birth of strange creatures.

Blind singer Yüksel is expecting some respectable customers, however the best musicians of the town are engaged to leave to another city for a folk dance competition, therefore Yüksel needs to locate new musicians. Hairdresser Kazım, takes photographs of people who resemble the characters in the novel Snow by Orhan Pamuk as well as streets and objects to print as postcards, but he has a hard time convincing the towns people who are not fond of the novel which is set in Kars. Three imaginary musicians, two apprentices and a child chasing a goose accompanies the searching of these two protagonists.

This documentary brings together a small assortment of genre fans and scholars to discuss the lasting legacy of "Suspiria," which everyone seems to recognize as the pinnacle of Dario Argento's career. The gang discusses story origins and influences, cinematographic achievements, the film's thematic reach and dream logic, casting issues, murder sequences, Goblin's scoring accomplishments, the oddball marketing push in America, and the picture's continued hold on viewers 40 years after its release. (Blu-ray.com)

Documentary of musician Mikael Kosmos' journey into Tuva to taka part on a throat singing competition.

A documentary about privilege, economics, justice and injustice via a class taught at Dartmouth College that mixes students and incarcerated women.

A film documentary about the Commodore 64 (and Amiga) cracking scene in the 1980s and 1990s. In the early years of the commodore 64 cracker feed the masses with their cracked versions of computer games. In this sequel to The 8-Bit Philosophy we dive deep into the minds of famous C64 cracker like Bacchus of Fairlight or Injun of Triad. Witness their story, why they cracked protected computer games, were hated by the software industry, and hunted by the police.

They are the most successful pop band in Germany: PUR from Bietigheim-Bissingen. They have been thrilling their fans for over 30 years. They made history with their hits and still play in the country's biggest halls and arenas today. More than ten million people have already attended one of their concerts. The SWR documentary tells the whole story of PUR: their beginnings as a school band, the long struggle to develop their own sound, the unconditional will to succeed and the background to their big breakthrough in the 90s.

Departing from material records of the early colonial “scientific expeditions” and “taming campaigns” led by the French colonizers in North Africa, the story follows a community of young nomads and wanderers as they form an imagined utopian society. Reenactments, improvisations, and interviews performed and conducted with the inhabitants of Algiers, Kythira Island, and the Prosfygika community in Athens inform this work as instances of alternative temporality and autonomous space.

CEMENTO lived for nineteen years that spanned three key decades for the democratic history of Argentina. How much of relevance is the rock in this adventure of living in real democracy is difficult to estimate, but rock denounced, rock was containment, rock was a source of pride. Rock is culture and had a house where it developed, CEMENTO. We make CEMENTO - The Documentary - because we think that a people that forgets its milestones is a people destined to fail. We want to reflect in audiovisual format what CEMENT was, its origins, its facilities, the public opinion, its anecdotes and its imprint in the culture, narrated by musicians, producers and workers who gave it life.

The Magic Lantern was an projector of information and stories than preceded the cinema. How did its visual style translate into the moving image? This film traces the aesthetic narrative from the 19th century up until the 21st, calling in at the Victorians, Melies, Welles, Godard, Spielberg and Carly Rae Jepsen. It also shows how these techniques can inspire your own creativity.

Take an epic voyage over the remote island nation of New Zealand, the last habitable landmass to be discovered on the planet. No bigger than the state of Colorado, this small country offers an incredibly diverse landscape view that changes dramatically with each mile. From snow-capped mountains to sandy beaches, and from the glacier-carved Fiordland National Park to the crater lake of Mount Ruapehu, New Zealand is a land of extremes. It's a place where fire clashes with ice and people are always pushing the limits.

It was a scandal that shook the British establishment to its roots. In June 1951, the government was forced to admit that two Foreign Office diplomats had disappeared. One of them, Donald Maclean, had slipped through their fingers three days before he was due to be questioned for passing secrets to the Russians. The other, Guy Burgess, was a total surprise. He was a charming, clever Etonian, with powerful friends everywhere. And lovers too - at a time when homosexuality was illegal, Burgess made no secret of his sexual tastes. He turned out to be the most flamboyant of a ring of privileged Cambridge students who had secretly joined the Communists in the 1930s, disgusted by their own government's policy of appeasing Hitler. With the help of newly declassified documents, George Carey's film shows how the most celebrated spy ring of the 20th century grew out of the class system, sexual hypocrisy and the sheer incompetence of some people who then ran Britain.

A happily married aged couple flee to the countryside and begin farming. They are average people, but something quite special is needed to achieve this normal life. The power of the ordinary leads to Korean democracy: as seen in the outcome of our candlelight protest.

A look at how the Maasai tribe's traditions have changed. Instead of proving their courage by killing a lion, young men now compete in a different physical test, the biennial Maasai Olympics.

Based on Angela Nagle's acclaimed book "Kill All Normies," this documentary traces the white supremacist 'alt-right' movement to its origins in obscure online subcultures populated by sexually frustrated young men.

A self-taught Roma musician from a village called Beska in Serbia, Dragan Petrovic, together with his three underage sons founded a band, not only to make a living out of it, but to, first and foremost, keep his family together.On the way to their dreams, from playing by ear to reading music, this unusual ensemble will have to overcome many obstacles of life, and the oldest son, Radovan, will have the hardest task - he will have to leave his village, enroll at the music school in a big city and share his knowledge with his younger brothers, so that one day, all three of them could become professional musicians.

Ramsey Denison investigates a terrifying pattern of police corruption and discovers that behind the shimmering surface of Las Vegas lies a police department with individuals willing to go to any lengths to cover up crimes.

The comparison of two realities: Lent of Capuchin Friars and Queeresima Association Arc. On one side the Christian rites followed by a large audience and devout; on the other side young and old people passionately trying to carry on an idea of civilization. On the same floor there are men and women of modern Italy, who, through a concrete commitment, are trying to change things for the better.

Ebony narrates the history of the forests and plants of Mauritius. From Dutch, French and English slave trading colonies, to the current homogenization of land by the tourism industry, the project investigates how Western economic ambitions and the perception of islands as utopic paradises have shaped the landscape. Early colonists, writers and poets describe the country, whilst the distant drums of the marooned slaves beat in the forest.

The gulls on the junkyard are feeding on human trash. The whiteness of their bodies is completely opposite to the garbage beneath them.

There's a new detective agency in Dallas, Texas, started by three exonerated men, with decades in prison served between them. True Conviction is a character-driven documentary that follows these change-makers as they rebuild their lives and families, learn to investigate cases, and work to support one another.

The mysteries of the balls in Basque Pelota: each ball is a unique creation with which the players have a special relationship.

Shot in the murk and fog of a breakdown. Friends jam, a body lies on the ground, James Baldwin visits his father for the last time. Inspired by Black Lives Matter. Remembering Charlie 'Africa' Keunang. (Mike Hoolboom)

A charcoal animated documentary about an ex-homeless man, and the changes he has made as a recovering alcoholic.

Correspondent Lisa Ling manages to penetrate its border by travelling undercover, pretending to work with a Nepalese eye surgeon on a humanitarian mission. Lisa’s time in North Korea offers a rare glimpse of everyday life in the country and some of the issues its people face.

Interpersonal relationships in a dysfunctional family under the microscope of the camera.

The incredible story of Buffalo, NY lounge singer Lance Diamond.

A Short Documentary about womens football

After hitting rock-bottom, a newly sober paraplegic attempts to save his gang-banger nephew's life by bringing him along on a 3,100-mile wheelchair trek across the United States.

Paisley, Scotland's biggest town, was one of its wealthiest when local mill owners J & P Coats were at the peak of their powers and one of the world's three biggest companies. This social history tells the story of the company, its workers, and the rise and fall of their town as the centre of the world thread industry. Narrated by leading actress and one-time 'mill girl' Phyllis Logan.

The town of Zhili accounts for 80 percent of China's output of children's clothes. 15 Hours was shot in August 2016. Zhili, part of the city of Huzhou in the province of Zhejiang, is home to around 18,000 small factories for children's clothing, manned throughout the year by over 200,000 migrant workers. In the 1980s, Zhejiang saw the emergence of a private capital-based garment industry open to any and all operators prepared to invest in flexible business models based on mutual credit or leasing. This film documents one day in the lives of the workers of 68 Xisheng Road in Zhili.

For decades, Margaret Atwood has been universally acclaimed as Canada's greatest living writer. Fearlessly outspoken in life and in her work, Atwood has always been an unrelenting provocateur. Now at the age of 77, her star shines brighter and bolder than ever with an explosive television adaptation of her best-known work The Handmaid's Tale, which was first published in 1985. It is a dystopian work of speculative fiction set in the future, which has drawn comparison with aspects of Donald Trump's leadership, in particular the charges of misogyny which have inflamed anti-Trump campaigners across America. Alan Yentob meets Margaret Atwood in Toronto and discovers how a childhood spent between the Canadian wilderness and the city helped shape her vision of herself and the world, set alight her imagination and set her forth on a path to literary success.

"Todo" (Everything) gathers the impressions of the filmmaker in her new surroundings, where she watches, classifies, and re-organizes everything that catches her eye. From a place of curiosity and amazement, she organizes an inventory of objects, characters, and situations. A tireless flow of images of the popular, the eccentric, the traditional, the new, the beautiful, and the ugly of the Matta Sur neighborhood of Santiago, Chile. An exercise of reflection on the destiny of images, their accumulation, classification, and order, modes of structuring the material, and the filmmaker's gaze.

A savage journey into the heart of underground Tokyo rock and roll, a look at the people who make it thrive, and stories of their dedication to keeping DIY culture alive.

The greatest explorer of the Americas, German scientist Alexander von Humboldt, narrates his voyage to New Spain in 1803 as he prepares his magnum opus Cosmos for publication from his library in Berlin. During his journey, he discovers Mexico’s extraordinary biodiversity; its mineral, volcanic, architectural, and pre-Hispanic richness; and its profound inequalities.

Documentary about the jurors in a murder trial who handed out the death sentence to the defendant, and how their attitudes have changed 20+ years later.

Following the routine of Roseli, the film aims to expose the adversities that impregnate the daily lives of black women from the outskirts of São Paulo who struggle to provide sustenance not only for themselves but especially for their children.

It started with an order to land something on Mars - cheaply. In NASA's new era of "faster, better, cheaper," this mission had to create a radically different way of building a spacecraft. "The Pathfinders" tells the story of a small group of JPL'ers who dismissed warnings that a cut-rate mission to Earth's distant neighbor would cut short their careers. With a Martian parachute that could not be tested in Earth's atmosphere, and the last-minute addition of a remote controlled vehicle that would not look out of place in a toy store, the Pathfinder mission was a doubter's dream. Vet the future prospects of JPL and of a Mars program in its infancy, depended on bouncing successfully onto the rocky Red Planet and releasing a curious six-wheeled wanderer, in hopes of starting a revolution in space exploration.

In 1921, the Tulsa, Oklahoma neighborhood of Greenwood was one of the most affluent all-black communities in America. Known as the 'Black Wall Street,' it covered 40 square blocks and boasted more than 600 businesses and 15,000 residents which was demolished, scores killed, and thousands left homeless. This is the retailing of this story through a mix of mediums and performances as well as spoken word.