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Ying, the son of a Chinese fisherman, devotes his heart and soul to contemporary dance. After founding his own company in Beijing, he is confronted by the challenges of the pandemic and the harshness of urban life. He eventually returns to his village to stage a monumental performance in honor of the ocean gods, in the very place where he danced for the first time.
The celebrated British comedian Frankie Howerd’s six-decade-long career in showbusiness is the subject of this documentary narrated by his long-time fan, David Walliams.
Two young women join the director. The three of them become one to break the silence and tell a story about incest. Between reality and traumatic flashbacks, the narrative transcends genre barriers to explore pain and resilience.
Antoine has taken over his parents’ farm. His partner, Élise, who is totally committed to the project, is careful to define her role as precisely as possible.
First documentary about La Renga, legendary Argentinian Rock band, based on their 2022 tour for their 30th Anniversary. This film records an important moment in the history of Argentinian Rock, showing the journey of a group a friends on the road that keep writing their endless story. Mountains, valleys, rivers and deserts are the setting behind their motorcycle road trip, just like it has been for the last 30 years.
A mysterious forest in early fall echoes with birdsong and the sound of a river. Fallen leaves speckle gold on the blue stones. Two weary travellers make their way on foot – the painter Meng Huang and writer Ma Jian. When, as if after a long journey, they finally reach a cabin, they eat and drink, but the mood is not one of contentment. Their gaze is dark, haunted by memories of the China they have fled: persecution, resistance and the treatment meted out to those who fight for human rights. With the forest arousing painful thoughts and existential considerations, they talk about art. For the two artists, whose world view has been upended by the Tiananmen Square massacre, creation offers an answer to oppression and lies. But what kind of life remains for the exiles?
Sudanese youths, under siege from their own government, mobilise virtually and embark on the non-violent protests that eventually oust the sitting president.
In this thrilling documentary, indomitable women fight back against the nuclear industry to expose one of the biggest cover-ups in US history: the 1979 Three Mile Island meltdown and its aftermath. The film reveals the never-before-told stories of four intrepid homemakers who take their case all the way to the Supreme Court, and a young female journalist who's caught in the radioactive crossfire.
An authentic 8mm documentary filmed in 1978, Nepal, Kathmandu captures the rich cultural heritage of Kathmandu and a remarkable trek across the Thorong La Pass in the Annapurna region. Showcasing untouched landscapes and traditional mountain communities before the rise of modern tourism, the film serves as a nostalgic visual record and a tribute to Nepal’s timeless history, culture, and Himalayan beauty.
Gerard Ortín Castellví concludes his trilogy on the food we eat and the major transformations it continues to undergo. By delving into the gleaming workings of the distribution chain, "Bliss Point" elegantly eviscerates the well-oiled machinery of an industry for which nothing matters more than optimisation – certainly not human beings.
Set in past, present, and future South Africa — an invitation into a poetic, memory-driven exploration of love, intimacy, race, and belonging by the filmmaker, who grew up during apartheid but didn't know it was happening until it was over.
FRONTLINE investigates the lives and views of Sen. JD Vance and Gov. Tim Walz as they run for vice president. Drawing on interviews with those who know Vance and Walz well — friends, advisors, journalists and political insiders — the documentary traces how these two men from the middle of America found their opposing political voices and explores the ideas and influences they would bring to the White House.
British documentary filmmaker Liz Smith and American ethnographer Noelle Cook embark on a road trip from DC to Idaho with January 6th insurrectionist Yvonne. They set out on the trip just after Yvonne has been sentenced to two and a half years in prison for her part in the storming of The Capitol and has been told she must self-report to prison in 6 weeks time. En route they visit friends of Yvonne and hear about their respective journeys of “awakening”. Yvonne takes Liz and Noelle on an intense journey into her labyrinth of conspiracy, but is disappointed when, by the end of the trip, she has not succeeded in her mission to elevate them out of their 3D world and help them to see the truth.
Hiding behind the shiny Instagram façade of Brandy Melville, the go-to clothing brand for young women, is a shockingly toxic culture that lies within the global fast fashion industry.
Ruslyk, the president's personal film director, tries to save the world while battling mental illness. During his one-day odyssey through the city of Minsk he encounters doctors, politicians, propagandists, artists, drunks and lowlifes.
'Water Brother' is a feature documentary that follows the life of Sid Abbruzzi, an East Coast legend and culture icon.
The documentary shows how the park's teams have created a new coaster, explored water, and debuted Luminous The Symphony of Us, the next legacy in nighttime spectaculars.
An amateur archaeologist obsessed with e-waste records images and sounds over ten years. His research takes the form of a personal, playful and musical diary, crossing borders and archives. One day, he arrives at an electronic recycling workshop where the ghost of a working poet manifests itself. The search takes an unexpected turn and he sets out, in the company of his cat Pendrive, to explore the links between technology and memory. In times of environmental crisis, overproduction and acceleration of consumption, he wonders: how will history be written in the future?
Tony Merkel and his film crew venture to the scene of the terrifying Bigfoot encounter that launches Wes Germer's massive podcast Sasquatch Chronicles and uncover a mystery far more shocking than anything they could have imagined.
A look inside the ADHD brain and how it processes information.
The Building Bridges project brings together perpetrators of crime with the victims of crime. Behind the walls of the prison in Jiřice near Nymburk, one such group tells stories that have fatally affected their lives in a conference room over the course of eight weeks. So-called restorative justice sees crime primarily as harm and the disruption of interpersonal relationships. It is in partnership with victims that offenders are encouraged to take responsibility for their actions. Not only is the will to listen to the other person necessary, but also the ability to consciously reflect on the causes and consequences of one's actions in a complex web of social contexts.
Stud Country is the largest queer country western line dancing night in America, continuing a little-known fifty-plus year tradition in Los Angeles. Despite its success and fiercely committed community, due to gentrification, the event is set to lose its venue.
A fan-edit in the style of a documentary/music video hybrid telling Pink Floyds history after releasing the album Meddle, featuring the masterpiece, Echoes, as the background track.
In the Company of Kings follows a fight fan's unforgettable journey into the dark heart of American boxing to talk to eight former World Champs and those closest to his hero, Muhammad Ali, about race, struggle, victory, defeat and picking yourself up off the canvas. Features Larry Holmes, Bernard Hopkins, Tim Witherspoon, Earnie Shavers, the Spinks brothers, Bob Arum and more.
In the immediate aftermath of the Sri Lankan insurrection of 1971, while the leadership of the JVP, the insurgent political party, was incarcerated, some JVP activists made attempts to revive their movement. A young Catholic nun in a convent in Colombo, exposed to these activists, develops an empathy with the JVP cause, fired by her sense of injustice. Her engagement with these revolutionaries, soon joined by their leaders who were released from prison in late 1977, takes her on a tumultuous spiritual and political roller-coaster where she finds her loyalties leaning more towards party activism than her religious obligations. Finally, she reaches a crisis point and is compelled to make a choice between the two, but she continues to question her own decisions in the context of a rapidly changing political landscape in the 1980s and a resultant dramatic shift in the JVPs outlook and strategy.
Ruby Franke's rise as a "momfluencer" with millions of followers hid a nightmare; when her son fled and alerted a neighbor about the abuse, police raided her home, rescuing her children.
Denis Ten made history when he became the first ever Kazakhstani figure skater to win an Olympic medal. Years later, the decorated athlete was murdered in his home country, setting off protests after years of unrest and generating new movements among those who want to challenge the political regime and make them take notice of their citizenry.
More than a year after fleeing Iran, young filmmaker Sara Fattahi faces a great void. Where could that feeling come from, as if some part of her is missing? She reaches for her phone to find answers.
In this modern, coming of age documentary, Naomi, Jojo and Arham grapple with economic divides, gender roles, and family dynamics while competing in the fastest growing high school sport in the country: girl’s wrestling.
Shopping center customers list their purchases for the day in the parking lot. Item by item, their lists merge into a meditative flow of merchandise, where shopping is explored not in the light of consumerism, but in the light of existentialism.
In the family of photographer-turned-filmmaker Misha Vallejo no one ever talks about his grandfather. He only hears about him for the first time as an adult, thanks to an abandoned photo collection. Who was this shadow? And what legacy looms over the family? In his debut film Light Memories, Vallejo shows how the effects of neglect can persist across generations.
Axel Kahn died on July 5, 2021, at the age of 76, following a battle with cancer. During the three months leading up to his death, he chose to share every day of his final days with tens of thousands of French people.
The film Sugnu Sicilianu unfolds like a series of flashbacks through time, connecting memory and dreams. This film is a journey through inheritance, where histories are both confronted and reshaped. Sugnu Sicilianu questions heritage, family, and identity through a return to the places that once tied me and my family to our roots.
Over 50 years since the production of Hollywood 90028, the 1973 cult thriller directed by Christina Hornisher, a camera revisits many of the film’s Los Angeles locations.
Billy is a film buff who films himself non-stop. During a film shoot, he meets Lawrence Côté-Collins and the two become friends. One night, he assaults her. Years later, in prison for the deaths of two people, Billy is diagnosed with schizophrenia. With the help of the filmmaker, his only remaining relationship apart from his family, his personal archives become an invaluable resource for understanding his illness. A formal deconstruction of schizophrenia through a remarkably open-minded gaze.
A young man, animals, the choice on the border with society. Stefano Cappellaro plows through the mountains following his goats. A nomad of places, he has a center within himself, but he is not antisocial. He found a way to support himself by getting milk from animals, water from rocks, food from the garden, and a little money for flour, rice and newspaper from some manual work. It is made of the same substance as the grass, the moss and the stone that frames the Valle Cervo, in the Biella area, where it lives all year round along the course of the stream of the same name. He doesn't accept this society; he longs for another one made up of authentic relationships. In the meantime, he does his part by giving an example of how it is possible to live with little, smiling.
Pianeres de Rio is a group of pianists that lives in the Tigre Delta, where there are no cultural spaces that have pianos. Upon receiving the donation of two pianos, they move them on the deck of a ship and perform a floating concert for the island community. Upon disembarking, they intend to take one of the instruments through a walkway to the Itekoa cultural center, located in the middle of a huge grassland.
A small mining community in South Wales and a group of gay activists from London forge an unlikely alliance at the height of the miners' strike in the mid-1980s.
A film in red, a film in pain.
"Reptilians" explores the captivating world of the theory of Reptilians, delving into the beliefs that ancient extraterrestrial beings with reptilian attributes secretly control human affairs globally. This documentary navigates the origins, cultural impact, and the psychology behind this intriguing conspiracy, challenging viewers to question the line between fact and fiction in our quest to understand the mysteries of the cosmos and our place within.
Ouka Leele, photographer of the Movida Madrileña, broke the mold with her unique way of creating painted photographs. Rebellious and feisty, she overcame cancer at the age of 20 and raised her daughter alone while her career took off. She is an essential figure in photography and broke new ground in art.
As a deadly US-backed war raged in the 1980s, tens of thousands of Salvadorans made the Washington, DC, region their new home. This mass migration gave birth to a new artistic movement. Columbia Road in Adams Morgan became a hotspot of Salvadoran resettlement, where artists brought meaning to a uniquely Salvadoran-Washingtonian identity. In the process, they shaped the city’s vibrant, longstanding, and thriving cultural scene.
50 years of French swimming, from the popular "1000 pools" program to its long-awaited Olympic medalists, here is how a public policy turned France into one of the best swimming nations in the world.
This short documentary follows the life of Carmelita who once thrived by gathering shells, crabs, and small sea creatures from the hunasan (tidal flats) of Baybay City. As the reclamation project altered the coastline, her livelihood vanished. The documentary contrasts her past, where the sea provided for her family, with her present struggles in a heavily polluted and industrialized environment.
Ten young adventurers journey through the wilderness of Northern Manitoba. An homage to the North, the film seeks to summon an immersion familiar to canoeists—one seldom put into words.