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An intimate portrayal of a local music scene, capturing the incredible diversity of cultural activity happening in Limerick City.

Janet Guardiola, together with her two daughters Sophia and Samantha, form the group of naturalists Mariposas Azules, which originated due to the need for environmental protection for the Cerro del Topo Chico in Escobedo, Nuevo León, Mexico. Seeing that her work observing nature is giving good results, Janet fosters her model at the Ojo de agua Jardines del Canada, with little Jazmín.

In the face of the climate emergency, so-called "green" finance is multiplying ethical, sustainable, and ecological investments, often veiling outright deception. A biting investigation into the inner workings of a cynical system.

My Father's Journey explores how an individual of 82 years of age built his own spiritual castle to protect himself and his precious culture against constant political upheavals and the assimilation of the dominant Chinese modern culture.

Zanzibar: Trouble in Paradise depicts a group of women who gained financial independence and stability in an otherwise male dominated culture through seaweed farming, until climate change killed the seaweed. The film follows the women, whose ingenuity led them to a new crop, more resistant to climate change: sea sponges. However, new challenges occurred; combating bacteria and climate change threatening their new product as well. In bringing the story of these women to light, the film demonstrates their resiliency and individual struggles facing the effects of climate change. While many documentaries focus on the science, Zanzibar shines a light on the disaster's impact upon those least likely to be heard.

A cold storage worker's job follows him around.

Jews were called "the main secret of the Soviet Union." For seventy years they existed in the zone of silence, but this silence attracted a burning and constant interest. Some were sure that the Jews had penetrated everywhere, up to the top of the Soviet power, and ruled the entire USSR. Others looked for Jewish allusions in popular books, songs, films. Still others saw Jewish secret signs everywhere and everywhere. Where are the real facts, and where is the fruit of a sick imagination?

A making of documentary about THE BIRDS II: LAND'S END.

A peep into the mind of a genius as the To Do List - Short Film director Daniel Melville finally speaks out on the secrets behind the creation of this controversial film.

Vello moved to a secluded swamp island 30 years ago. He left his career and city life to live in harmony with mother nature. Vello makes a living from beekeeping and hunting, his life flows in the same rhythm as the nature around him.

"Sobre vivir" is a documentary about suicide. It aims to make visible the problem and what it represents for a society like ours; it also aims to help break the taboo and stigma surrounding mental health and suicide. As it is a multifactorial issue, we wanted to make a photograph as complete as possible and we have testimonies from up to 60 people, including survivors, family members, psychologists, psychiatrists, associations, politicians and journalists. Some faces are familiar, but most of them are people who have told their story for the first time in this documentary. Suicide is a reflection of the society in which we live and its multiple problems: loneliness, precariousness, stress...

Commander Antonio organized two armed groups and was betrayed, tortured and imprisoned in a maximum security prison, where he took his case and defended himself.

Every year since 1980, I have filmed the Good Friday ceremony reconstructing the Passion of Christ in Burzet, a remote village in the Ardèche area, where for seven hundred years, the local people have dressed up to celebrate and perpetuate this religious rite. (Gérard Courant)

Six years after the closure, the workers of a glass factory walk the grounds where they once worked. Little by little, their memories awaken, they rediscover the gestures of the past, their recollections, until they relive the day when everything stopped.

How an indigenous group once slaved comes back to their original culture and finds a way how to thrive? For the Huni Kuin people at the Amazon forest, the answer is ayahuasca.

A young man from Odense becomes a YouTube star with the channel ‘Ask Casper’. But where does the (self-)ironic staging end, and who is the real Casper when the webcam is off?

Take a look behind the scenes at some outtakes, and bloopers from Spend Some Time off the Phone PSA!

Something stalks the Pine Barrens of New Jersey. A demon said to inhabit the dark forests of these lands has stalked and terrified the locals for centuries, but what is the story behind its dark origin?

World explorer Willi Weitzel embarks on an adventurous journey through Egypt, Bolivia and Panama to research the habitats of frogs. He is inspired by his 11-year-old neighbor Luna, who is fighting for the frog pond in her village.

A documentary about mothers who protect, mothers who molest, and mothers who do neither.

Ridho Hafiedz and Marcello Tahitoe's journey in Central Java, took them to Borobudur Temple located on a plateau called the Kedu Plain. The temple, known as the world's library and built since the 8th century AD, captivated the two musicians to witness for themselves the various musical instruments engraved on the temple's reliefs. A real proof that since the beginning of civilization, the archipelago has known music and various other forms of art, including dance.

Wagner does not exist. At least not officially. However, after months of investigation and for the first time, Alexandra Jousset and Ksenia Bolchakova plunge us into the heart of this secret army. This film is an investigation into the Russian private military company Wagner. Deployed on all the hot spots of the planet. Its thousands of mercenaries are the armed arm of a Russia that dreams of being great again, applying the recipes learned by Vladimir Putin at the KGB: destabilize and disinform.

Introducing Gunner, a Cheetah born amidst the merciless killing fields of Botswana's Linyanti, where Africa's most formidable predators reign. In this treacherous realm, Gunner emerges as the runt of his litter, his playful nature overshadowing his instinct to hunt. Safeguarded by his vigilant brothers, fate deals a devastating blow as tragedy befalls them, leaving Gunner to face an unforgiving reality. Time is of the essence, for a ruthless coalition of cheetahs sets its sights on seizing Gunner's territory, sparing no expense. To endure against impossible odds, this underdog must swiftly forge a solitary path to survival.

Right after the Russian invasion of Ukraine, many Russians who openly opposed the regime fled to other countries. More than 30,000 have found themselves in Georgia as they sought to avoid political pressure and sanctions. Their arrival, however, has not been universally welcomed as Russia occupies 20 percent of their host country's territory. Mitya, a young Russian activist, provides insight into a newly formed Russian community in the Georgian capital that is trying to establish itself during these uncertain times. Mitya and his friends have to prove they are victims of the Russian government, not aggressors...

A caterpillar crawling on a sidewalk somewhere in Riverside, California.

Sand greens golf courses helped bring the game to many of those who could not otherwise afford it. Today, in rural Kansas, a small handful of those courses still remain.

A self-taped single camera exploration into the life of Mr. Wonderful; a drug fueled gay convicted felon that believes he is an inspiration to others.

Sri Lanka's lowlands are home to one of the highest leopard populations on Earth; it's in these lowland jungles the Sri Lankan Leopard, the apex predator of the country, resides.

A simple nurse's aide and mother of three children, Sonia is committed to fundamental rights. She is convinced that the crisis that France has been experiencing since the beginning of the pandemic is more political than sanitary. Sonia founded the Blouses Blanches, a collective working for fundamental freedoms, and is opposed to the mandatory and systematic vaccination of caregivers and children. From her point of view, both have been sacrificed on the altar of the pandemic. For several months, Maga and Ariakina Ettori met with scientists, doctors and politicians in order to understand what this health crisis reveals about our health system, our society, our collective values and our democracy. A balanced and nuanced journalistic investigation.

A teenage girl who appears on a TV show as an idol singer's fan calls herself a ‘seongdeok’ (successful fan), because her idol appeared on the same program. Years later, the same idol singer is arrested on charges of gang rape and illegally filming and distributing sex tapes. The seongdeok, who has suddenly become a criminal’s fan, decides to meet with other fans of the criminal singer in a confused state of anger and sadness.

Athens, humans, animals, everyday life, coexist with the desperate and furious voice of Panagiotis, and the disregarded gentle speech of Apostolis.

The film focuses on a bizarre state of affairs in the northern city of Valmiera where the corpse of a man has lain for nine years because of complex and contradictory communications between the relatives and various responsible institutions. The situation could easily have come from the pen of Gogol or Kafka, but is all too real and prompts questions about the more general problem of bureaucracy in Latvia.

Helena is 17 years old and studies in Finland. Her father, a Swede, and her mother, indigenous Kichwa of Sarayaku, live at the heart of the Amazon in Ecuador.

Explore the hidden life of grey seals, captivating bear-sized creatures that hunt, eat, sleep, and mate mostly below the surface of the ocean.

Photographer Anja Niedringhaus was 26 when she came to Sarajevo in 1992 to report on the war. It's bitterly cold there, there's no electricity, hardly any food, and everyone's lives are constantly in danger. Spanish photographer Sergio takes her under his wing and shows her how to survive in a war zone. Anja reported on the scene with interruptions for almost three years, later she worked in Kosovo and Afghanistan, among other places. In 2001 she switched to the most renowned photo agency in the world, the Associated Press . Her photos end up on the front pages of the major international newspapers, and in 2005 she received the Pulitzer Prize for her reporting from Iraq. In Kabul, she meets the AP's chief correspondent, Kathy Gannon, and the two soon become an inseparable team. But then a devastating attack took place during the Afghan presidential elections in 2014.

Pierre Crom reports. In 2014, the photojournalist traveled to Ukraine to document the imminent conflict on the eastern border. Juri Rechinsky shows Crom in an extensive interview, which together with his haunting photos and an unnerving score quickly develops an extremely grim pull.

A documentary about the greatest soul singer you've ever heard--even if you've never heard of him.

The special takes viewers inside the hotel room at the Essex House hotel in New York City where current and original co-host Joy Behar, the show’s first moderator Meredith Vieira and original panellists Star Jones and Debbie Matenopoulos auditioned 25 years ago.

A glimpse into the everyday life of contemporary Latvian car enthusiasts through the experiences of two young people. Maksis is determined to pass the technical inspection of the Jigig, which he has been trying to restore for years. Pauls has bought another BMW e36 and plans to use the legendary model to enjoy the lifestyle of a proper Bembist. The film places the viewer in real situations and interactions between similar young people, creating a collage of fragmented experiences and revealing the beauty, tension, love and fun of the automotive world.

Afflicted by various ailments and symptoms, François, Suzanne and Lorraine adapt or take refuge, challenged by the torments imposed by electrohypersensitivity.

For 46 years, Ken Sparks devoted his life, despite the sacrifices it demanded of him, to coach the game of football in such a way that it led players and fans to Jesus and in so doing made the man a legend.

150 years have passed since the first thoughts of organized leadership in the High Tatras. The ancient tradition has basically not changed. Even today, mountain guides help fulfill the dreams and aspirations of those for whom the highest peaks would be inaccessible. However, this craft is not only about freedom, romance and adventure...

On January 26, 1950, a US Airforce troop plane left Anchorage for Montana with 44 people on board. The crew of the Douglas C-54 Skymaster #2469 was supposed to check in every half hour along the route. As the aircraft crossed into Yukon, they radioed the tiny outpost of Snag to say that there was ice forming on the wings, but otherwise all was well. After that, the Skymaster disappeared. And to this day no sign of the aircraft or its passengers has ever been found. This fascinating Yukon-shot documentary tells the stories of the victim’s families and an intrepid group of Yukoners striving to give those families closure by searching every summer in hopes that the Skymaster will finally turn up.

This is not a documentary about documentary film-making.

Pedro Urraca, Spanish policeman and Gestapo agent led the persecution of numerous Spanish Republican loyalists exiled in France during the Nazi occupation. The portrait of a sinister character through the testimony of his granddaughter.

Mothers and daughters flee their country of origin and travel through Mexico carrying their fears, dreams and a hopeful future.

The Senegal River forms the national border between Mauritania and Senegal. In 1989, war broke out between these countries, along and around the river. Both sides committed atrocities. Senegalese filmmaker Alassane Diago was just a young child at the time. Now he brings together his “Senegalese and Mauritanian family,” all victims or witnesses of the bloodbath, so they can talk in detail about their traumatic experiences. He wants to find the truth, and to bring about reconciliation. Why did they slaughter each other, and why were so many people “deported”? Was there systemic racism involved, under the white and Arab elite? Was it a case of ethnic cleansing?

A group of uniformed Japanese schoolchildren make their way to class. But what they will be taught when they get there is a subject increasingly under government scrutiny. EDUCATION AND NATIONALISM traces growing government intervention in Japanese history and social science education over the last decade — a process embraced by the late Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.

Author of "Sunny Karukera, stranded Guadeloupe" (1980), Elzéa De Aventurin indulges, in 2017, in a series of interviews with her granddaughter. Together they trace, not without malice, a family history, sailing from one end of the black Atlantic to the other. A story for lack of silences, pride and revolt.

In the early 1970s, Pompidou-era France, and soon Giscard d'Estaing's France, began to break free thanks to a few irreverent figures. Daniel Prévost, Pierre Desproges, Jean Yanne, Bertrand Blier, Patrick Dewaere, Gérard Depardieu, Miou-Miou, Coluche, Michel Polac, Professor Choron, and many others: all contributed to a culture whose influence still resonates with today's comedians. This documentary delves into this bygone era that gave birth to the new French irreverence.

How the grand sets of Elvis were built and designed in Australia

Silvi is one of the last Estonians to keep two cows in her home farm for her own use. Unfortunately Silvi sees no future in keeping the cows, so the time has come to send her two beloved animals away.

You-Turn is a short documentary that follows three menopausal women as they embark on a journey of reconnection and self-acceptance. After the damage that menopause has caused to their body image, this film explores the proces of speaking your truth, recognizing it’s worth, and being proud of it.

Diana, Ilana, Rona, Shelly, Rucha and Liat openly speak about their life in prostitution: from the initial lure, through learning the rules, to survival strategies. They present stories of independence, resourcefulness, pain and trauma, expressing an extreme feminine and human experience. Michaela (pseudonym) – a young woman currently engaged in prostitution, sounds off on the struggle to survive, turning her cellphone camera into a weapon. The women challenge what is expected of them – to be ashamed and conceal themselves.

A documentary film that interweaves the lives of two main characters: Sergey and Anna. Sergey is an entrepreneur who provides military tours to foreigners. His story is about the rise of his small empire, from a small company made with the help of friends to a huge money machine that becomes the most successful firm for extreme tourism in Ukraine. Anna is a volunteer who had to escape from Donetsk (her hometown) at the beginning of the conflict between Ukraine and Russia. She teaches art and games to children and often travels to Donbas to provide them dresses and toys. This life gives her meaning and fulfillment, but after meeting Alex on a night train, she falls in love with him and abandons her ideals. Unfortunately, Alex leaves her when she gets pregnant with his baby. She's alone in Kyiv with no money and no place to live, facing an uncertain fate. Will their paths cross? What do their stories tell us about modern Ukraine?

Rising to fame amid the 1980s alternative comedy boom, Ian Cognito was one of the UK's most popular comedians. His performances left audiences in hysterics - but behind the laughter was a troubled and often controversial figure. This is the story of the comedy scene that nurtured a comedic genius, and the real life of a man famed for his outlandish sense of humour.

It happens every summer in Aulnay-sous-Bois (93). Here, the CAN is the Aulnay Nations Cup. France, Haiti, Algeria, Mali, Ivory Coast, Rest of the World... The city's neighborhoods are passionate about this "street football" competition. In good humor and “chamber”, Driss, MD and Bryan defend their team. Who will win the CAN this year? The bets are open…