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Two young and queer friends from the Faroe Islands have left their home but still live in its shadow. The film is a firework of poetics and tells the story of friendship, polarization and belonging.

February 24, 2022 — the invasion begins. Ukrainian museums vanish from Google Maps, and art goes underground. As cultural centres in cities like Kharkiv and Kyiv come under threat, volunteers rise to protect Ukraine’s heritage from annihilation.

The image of “snow monkeys” submerged in a hot spring as snow falls around them is iconic. These are Japanese macaques, the northernmost population of monkeys in the world. Highly adaptable, they are the only primates to inhabit environments that range from low coastal plains to mountainous areas 3,000 meters above sea level, with temperatures that can drop to -30 degrees Celsius. How is this single species of macaque able to thrive in such widely diverse habitats? Shot in beautiful 4K UHD, the cameras travel through Japan to capture unique monkey groups displaying different localized food habits, including a world-first footage of monkeys catching live fish as well as how such new behaviors spread among individuals in the pack.

Susana Rinaldi has earned a place of honor in the world of tango. Her love for literature and words led her first to the theater and then to tango and its poets. We travel through her life through archival images, while her voice guides us with readings of selected tangos and authors.

Once a symbol of Yugoslavia's progress, Sava Centar was left to deteriorate since the country broke apart. Piece by piece, the interior elements that resided in this cultural and congress centre since the 70's are torn out. Like many of the younger workers on the reconstruction, Nenad is here for the first time.

Thirty years after Srebrenica, a filmmaker who fled to Switzerland as a child embarks on an intimate journey to the roots of his identity through the story of Hasan, one of the few survivors.

In 2016, journalist Del Bigtree issued a challenge to the head of infectious disease at one of the most prestigious medical institutions in the world: conduct the most thorough vaxxed vs. unvaxxed study that has ever been done. The expert took up the challenge and ran the study to prove Del wrong. That study never saw the light of day... until now.

Thirty years after the Cold War ends, a former political prisoner of the East German secret police searches for the truth after learning his brother spied on him for the regime, and discovers the lasting effects of living in a surveillance state.

Follows five contenders, ages 8 and 9 years old, as they compete in the Beginner Box Stock class, against better funded competitors from leading NASCAR families.

Ramón Rivera Moret remembers Puerto Rico at a utopian moment through the films produced in rural communities in the 1950s and 60s by the Film Unit of the Division of Community Education alongside stories from his own family.

Kostas spent years sailing the endless oceans as a ship engineer. Now retired on land, with the marks of time growing deeper, he lives between memories of the past and the singing of his canaries.

Three regulars at a village store seek love and understanding in conversations with a dog.

A deeply moving portrait of an architect tested by the impossible choices between career, country and motherhood

Massimo Bacigalupo, in his house in Rapallo, talks about his cinema, which passed through the festivals of the FEDIC circles and then in the lively and active Rome at the turn of the 1960s and 1970s. Massimo talks about his films and recalls his encounters with Mekas and Markopoulos, the fundamental one with Tonino De Bernardi, Pia Epremian and the Turin group, the vicissitudes of independent cinema in Italy and the relationship with the USA.

In her daily hustle, rushing in all directions, Ieva maintains a positive spirit and lets her bubbly personality be a beacon of light and hope for those around her, even in tough situations. Alongside her work in the church congregation, running the soup kitchen, and supporting those in need, Ieva is accompanied in all her endeavors by her granddaughter, Anete. Where can the source of Ieva's inexhaustible energy be found, and what are the boundaries of her unconditional kindness?

Nearing the end of his life, Adolph Gasser looks back on a seventy-year career as a world-class camera repairman, WWII veteran, inventor, and best friend of nature photographer Ansel Adams, contributing developer of the first Nikon camera and a sales/rental/camera repair store owner who empowered other prominent Bay Area visual artists and inventors to succeed. As eminent domain, the internet and changing technologies threaten everything he has built, he struggles to find a way to keep moving forward. Inspired by his unique stories and abilities, filmmaker and professor John C. Aliano follows him over the course of several years and reflects on his own career trajectory.

Leaf Architects unveils bats as you’ve never seen them before—tiny, furry, bright-white creatures that transform rainforest leaves into extraordinary living architectural designs. Through the eyes of biologist Bernal Rodríguez, who has dedicated decades to studying these hidden home builders, the film reveals astonishing behaviors captured on camera for the very first time: from delicate construction techniques to the vital role bats play in regenerating tropical forests. Blending breathtaking imagery with a story of passion and discovery, Leaf Architects invites audiences to witness the secret lives of bats and the wonders of nature they sustain.

Twelve-year-old Jools dreams of dancing with self-confidence. Together with Yorrith, a choreographer, she learns to shake off the gaze of others and dance freely.

Weaving animation and live action, Northlore delves into the transformational stories of people living in Canada’s North and their deep connection to the land and its wildlife.

Alongside André Kertész and Man Ray, Germaine Krull invented the New Vision in photography, an innovative way of seeing and revealing the modern world. Recognized by the art world as one of the greatest photographers of the 20th century and a pioneer of photojournalism, Germaine Krull remains little known to the general public. Portrait of an artist, a great lover, and a free woman.

Thousands of travellers have visited Shikoku Island to complete the 88 Temple Pilgrimage. For more than nine centuries, they have walked a route of approximately 1200 kilometres following in the footsteps of the Buddhist monk Kukai.

“Bald Women” delves into the life of women with alopecia who fight for the normalization and visibility of their bodies. Living in a society in which women are slaves of their own image, their viewpoint is found as a unique cry of self-development, revindication and freedom. After being hidden and forbidden during history, their existence will be an example for every woman.

Mending the wounds of forced assimilation, Indigenous elders, healers, and activists from the Esk'etemc, Gitxsan, and Wet'suwet'en territories share a legacy of resilience and ancestral wisdom.

A music teacher from the ancient Russian city of Galich unexpectedly begins collecting and restoring old harmoniums that sound at a frequency of 432 Hz. She is trying to preserve this frequency for younger generations. This lost frequency brings light, joy and harmony to people.

Nima Shirali’s subtly humorous film follows a community tucked between Uganda’s Katwe Salt Lake and a national park. Through the eyes of an enthusiastic teacher, a jaded caretaker and a sharp-witted mother, the salt lake is seen as a vital lifeline. Between harvests and floods, the lake transforms from a role that is central to local identity and offering a promising industry, to become a symbol of failed development. The low price of salt adds to the woes of toxic labour conditions. And yet, for many in Katwe it remains the only path of opportunity. As a flamboyant, retro-styled local politician pushes grand plans onto a crumbling mine and community, the local population reflects on what the future holds.

In track and field he’s remembered as The Greatest. Athletics' first commercially global star. Away from the spotlight, his is a life often misunderstood. Carl Lewis did it his own way - unwilling to conform to what the US expected from its athletes. Lewis won nine Olympic gold medals across four Games and was voted “Sportsman of the Century” by the International Olympic Committee. Yet he refused to be pigeonholed and, in doing so, he inspired change on and off the field. I’m Carl Lewis! delves into the consequences of his uncompromising drive.

The marks of the violence of the Chilean state, against its own compatriots. Flicker Film. 35mm B & W Still Photography. Silent.

This installment of Land of Opportunity explores the impact of real estate and federal policies on urban communities. Inspired by Richard Rothstein’s ‘The Color of Law,’ this film focuses on Kansas City’s Highway 71 project and reveals how the city’s urban renewal efforts displaced 10,000 families.

Stories about extraordinary people from North Ossetia with different professions, views and culture, but they definitely agree on one thing - in the boundless love for the place where they grew up and live.

Using archival iPhone footage of both the places my father and I call home and our childhood photos, this work collages time and space, traveling from 1975 to 2022 and from Havana, Cuba to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and in between. His home is my home, and my home is his.

Against the backdrop of the sixth mass extinction, an all-woman team of biologists set out to save bats from a deadly fungal disease, but when the COVID-19 pandemic interrupts their work, they are sent down a path of discovery that illuminates the connections between bat conservation and the spread of infectious disease.

When Andrew Logan founded the Alternative Miss World in a jigsaw factory in Hackney in 1972, he didn’t expect that his celebration of transformation would take him from the Croisette at Cannes, to the highest court in the UK.

Why is social trust breaking down, and how do we find it again? This is the question at the heart of Leviathan. Directed and produced by Alexander Beiner, it draws on sociology, myth, psychology, economics and systems theory to delve into the deep code of culture and make sense of the times we live in. It’s a journey that invites the viewer to confront the shadows lurking at the heart of our systems, and points the way toward hope, healing and action.

Two long-time friends, Makahi and Yannick, reflect on their respective journeys as artists in different disciplines—visual arts and music production. The two delve into their experiences as young Black artists in Ottawa, sharing insights into their paths and creative growth.

Six friends reunite under the full moon to eat steak, drink beer, and smoke, an ongoing tradition captured on a camcorder. A raw, unfiltered look at friendship, ritual, and time passing.

Prost takes you inside Bavaria’s Upper Franconia—home to more breweries per capita than anywhere else in the world. From ancient cellars to bustling beer gardens, this two-part film explores how beer shapes culture, tradition, and community in the region proudly known as “BierLand.”

On the evening of March 12, 1981, in the Rai Due studios, Marina Morgan announces that the program A.A.A Offresi, a film about prostitution, it will never be broadcast “at the formal invitation of the president of the parliamentary steering and oversight committee.” This time, however, his announcement is interrupted by a group of military men, wearing ski masks, who barged in the studio to read live on national tv the script of the censored film, convicted as the “body of evidence”.

Four Indonesian female caregivers, each from a different generation, share their lives in Taiwan. On their days off, they gather at Taipei Main Station, reclaiming their freedom while facing the struggles of migrant women. This film unveils their stories, highlighting resilience, identity, and empowerment.

Escaping the extreme heat, K takes a vacation to a highland retreat, only to be disappointed by a landscape far from what he saw online. To kill time, he takes photos with his smartphone and unexpectedly encounters a mysterious woman in his hotel room. He begins photographing her in earnest, and what began casually turns into deep immersion. Through the lens, the scenery transforms into unfamiliar yet beautiful images, and K becomes captivated by a world he had never truly seen. In a place detached from his expectations, his quiet journey unfolds—gently questioning the boundary between imagination and perception.

Mark Briscoe and the Pugh family share the story of how The Briscoe brothers built a dynasty over a 20+ year career filled with barbed wire, love, and tragedy.

What stimulates, inspires, worries and disappoints rock singer Milena Slavova over the years? How does an artist go through time through barriers, walls, prohibitions, breakdowns, compromises – all reflected in her songs as music and lyrics. What survives? This is a film about the search and creation of meaning. The echo of a soul that asks why some are silent and others scream.

An art curator is told about a past visit to Searles Lake, a salt desert near California's Mojave Desert, and the nearby town of Trona, while pulling out a burned pharmaceutical encyclopedia. Trona's borax serves as a raw material for film developer, becoming becomes a link between the memory of the place and the act of filmmaking. Long-held memories of conversations with the filmmaker's mentor James Benning, colleagues, and other mentors about the book found in front of a burned house in this borax-mining village are restored as script.

Javier Espada's documentary about the making of Bunuel's masterpiece "Los Olvidados".

The body of Cissa Martins has always been part of the carnival of Artur Nogueira. After more than 25 years of being called the queen of the party by the revelers, the first transsexual woman from the interior municipality decides to move away from everything that made her famous. Away from the stages and the avenue, Cissa finds a new way of relating to her body, rediscovering the meaning of her life.