Here is an actor, one who has been asked to dwell in the perilous gap between text and image. In the voids where traces of the past have been erased by an unknown error, she begins to assemble her own script.
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Here is an actor, one who has been asked to dwell in the perilous gap between text and image. In the voids where traces of the past have been erased by an unknown error, she begins to assemble her own script.
Dermagic, a new facial cream marketed as revolutionary skincare that explodes in popularity because it induces intense orgasms, starts being the most used product in the market until its revealed that anyone who used it also suffers from infertility. As protests escalate and the CEO becomes the most hated man on the planet, he flees, abandoning his empire and attempting to erase his identity.
High above the Yesa reservoir lies what was once a village, now nothing more than memories: Tiermas. There, where families and dreams once thrived, wild vegetation now reigns, along with a silence that embraces the passage of time. Yet, if we look closely at what were once streets, houses, and churches, we can sense the whispers of the lives and memories of a community forced to flee its very essence. Tiermas is a limbo between oblivion and nostalgia, where the water has advanced and the trees have grown, but the stories refuse to fade away.
Five top-ranked high school oratory students spend a year crafting spellbinding spoken word performances with the dream of winning one of the world's largest and most intense public speaking competitions.
Five years ago, Hélène Huby founded The Exploration Company—a startup based in Planegg near Munich that builds space capsules for space stations and is giving Elon Musk’s SpaceX a run for its money. Portrait of an extraordinary entrepreneur who proves that cooperation and humanity go further than power play.
The filmmaker follows a girl, Roosi, for 10 years from age 8-18. She grew up as the child of an activist. She struggles to cope with climate grief and guilt. Roosi is torn between the path of activism and that of creativity and teenage ecstasy, while her complex and often tense relationship with her parents unravels. Struggling to find her place in the world, she navigates uncharted landscapes, revealing unlikely facets of contemporary cosmopolitanism through the eyes of a generation coming of age in an increasingly fluid reality.
A Palestinian grain miller in a Jordanian refugee camp safeguards her culture and shares her people’s history through food prepared with love, longing, and sumud—the Palestinian spirit of steadfastness.
The documentary film produced by Croatia Records brings a combination of top artistic heritage and timeless melodies that have marked generations. For the first time, ten great songs by one of the most prolific authors of popular music, Đorđe Novković, were performed by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra in the legendary Abbey Road Studio One.
A Jakarta neighborhood rebuilds after a fire, seen overtime from a single angle.
Running in Kenya is more than just a sporting competition; it is an escape from poverty, a form of cultural expression and an opportunity to transform lives through discipline and sacrifice.
With Ukraine's sovereignty and cultural identity under perilous threat, punk icons Gogol Bordello, are using their music as a rallying cry for a nation. Through never-before-seen photo and video archives spanning two decades - including concert performances, backstage moments and intimate interviews - this film follows the epic journey of Eugene Hütz, Gogol frontman and one of the greatest storytellers of our time. A Romani born in Ukraine, Hütz fled his homeland during the Chernobyl disaster. Now, after years of exorcising demons through his music, he is going home to face down the biggest demon of all. A wild punk-rock-doc that explodes off the screen, Scream of My Blood is a testament to the power of speaking your truth, no matter the cost.
Filmmaker Maarten de Schutter attempts to reconstruct the lost memories of their mother, AIDS activist and feminist anthropologist Martine de Schutter. Ten years after she was killed by Russia in the Donbas War, Maarten tries to assemble what’s left behind of her life and their shared past.
Male prisoners speak out. They question the figure of the father through the creation of a collective film. Personal stories and fiction intermingle to question the foundations of patriarchy and the construction of masculinity.
A film-portrait of a sacred place for Yakutia — Kharama Khayata — and its residents who are trying to preserve the heritage of their ancestors, through legends and oral folk art to instill a love and respect for the unique Yakut culture. Will they manage to keep their sacred mountain and own history?
What if giants had built the pyramids? Created using artificial intelligence, this video has gone viral on social media. Between archaeological “fake news” and fantastical mythology, why do the mysteries of ancient Egypt continue to captivate us?
Ngatiyem and her grandson Okta live at Lentera, an orphanage in Solo for children with HIV. After the orphanage is relocated to a secluded cemetery, Okta and friends are expelled from school. As Okta's health declines, Ngatiyem becomes overwhelmed, struggling to provide the care and attention he desperately needs.
Portrait a girl who has been living in Poland for some time with her blind parents and four-legged friends. Although the family seems to be settling in well in their new country, actively participating in events organized by the Ukrainian community, they still long for their homeland.
A mother and her homeless son’s last line of communication–cement walls, electrical cabinets and dusty windows.
Coroner to the Stars chronicles the extraordinary journey of Dr. Thomas Noguchi, the former Los Angeles County Chief Medical Examiner-Coroner whose groundbreaking autopsies forever shaped American culture. From Marilyn Monroe and Robert Kennedy to Sharon Tate and Natalie Wood, Noguchi’s outspoken expertise pushed forensic science into the spotlight—even as Hollywood elites and political adversaries sought to silence him. A Japanese immigrant who unwittingly rose to fame in a city driven by stardom, Noguchi’s fearless pursuit of truth often placed him in the crosshairs of controversy.
Jeff Minter has remained an extraordinary independent video game developer in an industry dominated by corporations. Heart of Neon maps Jeff's unique career and the shifting landscape of the video game business, and shines a vivid light on the bond between artist & audience that has sustained Jeff for four decades.
Three generations of Kariri-Xocó indigenous people are set on an expedition to recognize the memorial territory of this people, stolen from them over the course of centuries of painful colonization. Their language, their knowledge and even their sacred rituals have been hidden as a survival strategy. Now, armed with cameras, drones, pipes, headdresses and maracas, they travel through the geographical landmarks of their territory in a road movie that is the preparation for new land retakes.
Don Quixote is resurrected in Marseille and sets out to fight fences, gates, private property rights and general segregation with his faithful squire, an ex-criminal pizza delivery man on a scooter.
Between notes and photographs from a baby album, this short film investigates what lies outside the frame. Starting from the director's mother's written records and childhood images in which her presence appears only in fragments — a hand holding, an arm supporting, a shadow on the edge — the film proposes a reflection on absence and the traces left in the visual narratives of family life. By weaving together facts and fabrication, the work reveals how family albums function not only as repositories of memory, but also as coming-of-age stories, full of choices, silences, and inventions. Between delicacy and humor, the film questions who appears and who is erased in these stories, exploring the invisibility of care work and its discreet permanence in the materiality of photography.
Witnesses 2025 is an omnibus of two short documentaries. 1948, 사라진 병사들 traces the truth of the Yeosu–Suncheon Rebellion, which began on October 19, 1948, when soldiers of the 14th Regiment refused orders for the Jeju April 3rd suppression, declaring they “could not kill their own people.” 얼굴, 얼굴들 follows the life and legacy of a friend who dedicated himself to uncovering the truth behind state-sanctioned suspicious deaths.
Narrated by Viola Davis, The Ebony Canal is a documentary that delves into the disparities of infant mortality among Black women, weaving together powerful stories of healing, and the hope of solution-driven practices
The 2015 referendum sealed the country's modern political history. Ten years later, the protagonists of the era recount all the revealing details that led to the decision to hold the referendum and its implementation, as well as what happened after the deafening result of July 5.
Journalist Max Arian retells his experience as a survivor of the Holocaust in the Netherlands while contemplating on why more Jewish people were deported from the Netherlands than from any other Western European nation.
To leave or to stay? Anaïs, a 17-year-old deeply connected to her native region of Gers in southwestern France and her friend group, is faced with this dilemma. With her high school diploma in hand, she must leave behind her family and rural life. During this final summer, Anaïs becomes acutely aware of everything she will have to give up: the music, the village festivals, the beauty of the sunflower fields… But how can one build a future in the 'empty diagonal'?"
The smart people are the reason there are dumb people.
Rainer Langhans – the old hippie with the long, white hair – is preparing for his death. The self-proclaimed last of the ‘68ers, co-founder of Commune 1, self-promoter, and contradictory outsider lives with his companions and rehearses dying. Through interviews with companions, siblings, and confidants, previously unpublished archive material, and offbeat, fictional scenes, a multi-layered portrait emerges – sometimes serious, sometimes ironic, always contradictory. How can this flamboyant media figure be captured? And what remains when the pose fades? A final look at an eccentric dreamer who always only wanted one thing: to be human.
The revolutions that swept Latin America in the second half of the 20th century owe much to the participation of millions of Christians who engaged in political struggles in the name of their faith, paying a heavy toll for undermining the traditional relationship between the Church and power. Driven by Liberation theology, they challenged military regimes and oligarchies, risking their lives. Far from Marx's idea of religion as 'opium of the people', here the people fought for the advent of the Kingdom of God on Earth, rather than in Heaven.
Victoria Clay Mendoza follows Benjamin Pech in his final year as principal dancer of the Paris Opera Ballet. Between them, a friendship emerges in which they mirror each other: she faces the need to return to Mexico to care of her mother diagnosed with Alzheimer's, while he confronts a hip injury that brings an end to his stage career. A visual essay on the loving acceptance of what comes to an end.
A young trans woman travels back to places she visited as a child with her mother, reflecting on memory, loss, and grief.
Still images juxtaposed with scenic palms. An ominous score plays over this story of immigration and manufactured paradise.
In kiss kiss bang bang, a cinematic love portrait composed of home videos, photographs, diary entries, audio recordings and interviews, director Ollie Launspach explores the impact of his gender transition on his girlfriend, Sterre Mulder. As he attempts to make sense of her emotional world, the chaos within his own mind becomes increasingly apparent.
Everything about the Quebec visual artist Lyne Lapointe reflects the grip of art on her life. Lesbian and feminist, she tirelessly highlights in her work the challenging position of women in society and in the art world. This concern is the common thread in the story of her life and projects. Despite a serious accident that ended her first series, revolutionary urban creations that earned her international reputation, she reinvents her approach with the tenacity that characterizes her, ultimately becoming the subject of significant exhibitions in Quebec, Canada, and abroad.
A challenging and innovative hybrid film about prejudice and uncomfortable truths.
A collage made of memories, family conversations, songs, found footage, and attempts at other films. While a film student shoots his first shorts on Super 8, he laments not having a single moving image of his parents. “Only the rich make films.”
The love story of Gloria Clayborne and jazz pianist Junior Mance as they face Junior’s diagnosis of dementia.
CBD Nation examines the real research and evidence surrounding one of the safest, most therapeutically active medicines known to humanity. The documentary features the world's leading experts in the field of cannabis scientific research, and follows the emotional stories of several patients who bravely took control of their own medical journeys - often in the face of powerful resistance - to significantly improve their quality of life.
Documentary about the life of Luis Mariano Rivera.
For the past seven years, every day, Sara has walked along the bus stops on General Osório Street in Pelotas, Brazil, selling candy to those waiting for their rides. Her constant presence on this street has earned her a kind of fame among the people traveling between the city center and its outskirts by public transport.
An exploration of Falmouth’s vibrant DIY music scene, capturing the community spirit, resilience, and creativity that keep grassroots music alive in a small university town far away from big cities.
Their feelings remained where their homes were - in Lugansk, Donetsk, Mariupol. There are no homes, no feelings either, it's impossible to even dream. But at least they need to be made to laugh. They are children! A landing party of "fools" of the highest order from the charity fund "Doctor Clown" is traveling around temporary refugee accommodation centers in the Rostov region and . It doesn't take much to be happy!