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One year: this is the time left to the employees of the Ascoval steel plant to save their factory and their future. During these months of sacrifice, doubt and hope, Eric Guéret, author and director of the documentary, accompanies the management and employees in a race against time to increase productivity and try to find a buyer. For many, this steel mill, which was the story of a lifetime, becomes a matter of survival. A personal struggle that is also symbolic of a problem intrinsic to this documentary: French deindustrialization. Can we still have heavy industry in France today?

For rent or sale, prosperity counts. I’m still waiting. Noise of construction continues. I’m falling asleep. Bright future is coming. Leader says.

A little book, three girls and a big game. In 1975 Jan Harper wrote a children’s book Girls Can Do Anything featuring three girls who wanted to play Aussie Rules Football. With the recent establishment of the AFL Women's League footy continues to be a metaphor for female participation in contemporary life.

Searching for Winnetou explores the controversy surrounding cultural appropriation of Indigenous culture in an innovative, hilarious, unnerving, yet inspiring way. For years Drew Hayden Taylor, prolific playwright and author of dozens of Canadian-Indigenous books, has noticed a high proportion of German tourists visiting Canada, many who have come looking for a real "Indianer" experience (what Germans call the North American Native lifestyle). Inevitably, almost every one of these Germans will relate stories of Winnetou: Germany's most famous, but mythical, Apache warrior. Winnetou was their childhood hero. As one museum curator explained: "Winnetou is like Superman for the German people". Fascinated with this phenomenon Taylor spent last summer in Germany trying to uncover the over 100-year roots of its Winnetou obsession. There Taylor revealed camps where thousands of Germans dress and attempt to live like Indigenous people.

Juan José Valdivia has dedicated his life to music. He is a teacher and director of the "Big Band Jazz UDG", in it, he teaches aspiring musicians who want to learn how to play jazz while they prepare to play in the next event nearby.

The perception of a photograph is demystified by the study of its landscape – the landscape of a hill marked by the standstill of the several real estate projects that intend to transform it (between two sides of a municipal border, on the outskirts of Lisbon).

Unable to understand why parenting seems like a constant uphill battle, an emotionally exhausted mother who can’t connect with her two young sons courageously confronts the events of her own traumatic childhood.

Stand-up comedian Rhod Gilbert presents a documentary in which he confronts his painful shyness, looking at why he suffers from it and what can be done.

Filmed over the course of an entire school year in Aulnay-sous-Bois, in France, this documentary follows a group of teenagers as they gradually assert their voices and shape their ways of thinking.

Explores the daily life of a group of marathon runners from the Central Highlands of Peru who seek to break more than just their own records. Around the practice of athletics, many stories of overcoming challenges are woven in the Andes. One of them is that of Inés Melchor, multiple Pan American champion, who in the last two years has experienced unexpected defeats and the need to rearm herself.

An exploration of the world of the secret organizations and free masonry. A two - minute - epic revealing what the world has become with morals' absence in every aspect of life.

This film focuses on the "Out in Japan" project in which over 1,000 portraits of Japanese LGBT+ individuals were taken by photographer Leslie Kee and exhibited around the country. Many of the subjects share their stories and come out for the first time in hopes of normalizing the community and adding awareness to closeted Japanese through this project.

This documentary follows four friends who hunt for crystals together and make an exceptional discovery in the Mont Blanc mountain range.

In Summer 2008, a mysterious submarine, German U-boat U-455 is discovered off the coast of Italy at 120 meters deep. For Lorenzo del Veneziano, an underwater marine archeologist, it's an amazing sight. The U-boat is intact! It stands almost vertically at the bottom of the sea, it's hull stuck in the sediment. What is the story of this ship? The history of U-455 & cause of the sinking are revealed.

Holy Ghost is a short film covering the resurgence of Architects after the passing of lead guitarist/songwriter Tom Searle. The film features band interviews, footage of the Holy Hell sessions, and the band’s sold out show at London’s Alexandra Palace.

The journey continues. The best things in life are free and usually right there in front of your eyes.

Toronto artist Sarah Keenlyside's re-creation of Ferris Bueller's bedroom at the Gladstone Hotel was one of the most buzzed-about art events of 2016. This brand-new documentary follows Keenlyside as she travels to Chicago to mount Ferris Bueller's Bedroom as part of celebrations for the 30th anniversary of John Hughes's classic comedy. Get a glimpse of her process as she tracks down replicas of Ferris's prized possessions and works against the clock to get the installation ready in time for the big day. Along the way, she faces unexpected challenges, meets super fans who keep the spirit of Ferris Bueller's Day Off alive, and reveals how art (whether it's a nostalgic installation or a lighthearted film) brings us together.

From the age of 16 he used alcohol and drugs to keep anguish away. In the shape of an animated hedgehog he tells about his fights against voices and shapes. Art helps him out of the worst.

Richard Rhodes, AKA Cookie MonStar, has been in the drag industry for 21 years. This Documentary follows the highs and lows of his successes and failures. It focuses on following your dreams, what it is to be a man and the pressures of life within the industry. This is an insight into the entertainment industry; shows you the underground and commercial drag scenes; asks you what it is to dream and inspires you to question yourself and your beliefs.

The film follows journeys of observational tours solicited by the Palestinian Museum and conducted by two professors from Birzeit University to collect photos of and information on the Palestinian Flora. The title is adapted from a collection of 123 images (circa 1900 to 1920) of wild flowers in Palestine found in the Matson Collection in the Library of Congress. Despite the tendency to trace the wild plants, the text in general aims at questioning the territorial extension of what is meant by the term “Palestinian”, while standing on insignificant topographical features of the (postcolonial) landscape in West Bank. Furthermore, it addresses photography as a practice and a tool of distributing and restricting information at once.

Zain Khan embarks on a journey in Pakistan to discover the revival of one of the most celebrated sport in Pakistan. Within his journey, Zain Khan discovers the hardships wrestlers in Pakistan have to face to keep the sport alive.

Driven by the problem of marine plastic pollution, two designers collect nets from the bottom of the sea and, with 3D-printing, transform them into symbols of marine beauty.

A figure art model is challenged when she works with a photographer for the first time.

In January 2011 Paul Crane discovered a tent city in downtown St. Louis, along the Mississippi River. He was curious as to who these people were, how they ended up there, and what life was like for them each day. He initially thought he would simply go down during the day and capture footage when possible, but he quickly realized that if he wanted to truly capture how these people lived and the full reality of their collective and individual existence, he would have to be there full time and become a part of the place, so he moved in with them.

A behind-the-scenes documentary charting the creative rise and development of Studio Rosto A.D and Thee Wreckers through their art, music and films.

Münster – we love you! Embark on a breathtaking journey taking place above the roofs of the most beautiful city in the world. Unique shots show the city of Münster in its full diversity, grown over centuries. Marvel at the detailed ornaments on church towers, the beauty of the meadows and woods along the Werse river, ambitious modern buildings and the world-famous Prinzipalmarkt. For more than 6 years, the guys of German Rotor Cam and Münster 4 Life took shots of their home town from a bird's eye view and created an exceptionally wonderful image. They created a testament to Münster which, in its making and story, is surely singular.

Doctors, nurses, patients, hospital managers, and health activists review the impact of the flat rates introduced in 2003, which arguably created an environment in which speed is valued over quality of diagnosis.

Daniel Pérgules, known as “Kilos” is a turtle rescuer and animal rights activist. On his journey searching for turtle nests in the most remote parts of the beaches of Tecolutla, Veracruz, he remembers the day it all began, and how his work saved his life.

Viewers go inside the new world of futuristic conventional warfare and journey through the modern development of the U.S. and worldwide arsenals, highlighting the critical technological turning points of the post-WWII age, the most fearsome weapons in circulation now, and the mind-blowing armaments in development that will soon eclipse anything seen thus far.

Iceland has been ranked first in gender equality by the U.N. nine years in a row and was the first country in the world to democratically elect a female president. Tag along with world champion snowboarders Anne-Flore Marxer and Aline Bock as they explore the unique surf, snow, and sky of Iceland, and enjoy inspiring conversations with the women they meet along the way.

The film tells about the Second World War, when the Norwegians and Russians fought side by side to expel the fascists from their native land. About those who won the war, but lost the world. This is a tape about wounds inflicted by wars, about people whose fates turned out to be broken in the millstones of big politics. This is a story about how a son is trying to find out the truth about his father's past.

Ephraim Kishon is perhaps best known for directing Sallah Shabati, a film that garnered multiple awards and put Israeli cinema on the world stage. But Kishon is first and foremost a satirist and writer whose books and plays have been translated into over 40 languages and have earned him the Israel Prize. This documentary paints an intimate portrait of the legendary artist - a Hungarian Holocaust survivor and immigrant to the fledgling state of Israel - through interviews, archival footage, animation and in-depth conversations. The result is a captivating film that highlights Kishon’s acerbic wit, playful approach to language and above all, his zest for life.

Todd “Speech” Thomas, a member of the iconic hip-hop group Arrested Development, spends 10 days working as part of a unique rehabilitation program in Richmond, VA, working to allow prisoners to write and record their own songs.

You've always wanted to sing in a choir. But what if you can't sing? Isabella, Avery and Tyler can help.

Part time capsule, part folk song, Phantom Cowboys follows three teenage boys as they approach adulthood in vastly different parts of the United States. Moving fluidly between the deserts of California, the valleys of West Virginia, and the sugarcane fields of Florida, the film explores the lives of these young men during two formative periods - transitioning forward and backward in time over a span of eight years.

Two women faced different housing problems. One lives in a barrack, where all ceilings have rotted and the ceiling is about to collapse - but the house is not considered emergency. Across the road is another quarter. In it - strong houses, walls in four bricks. But they should be demolished. One of the residents does not agree to move. She intends to fight for her house to the end. The film is about how, in modern urban policy, profit increasingly begins to prevail over logic and justice.

In this era of Facebook privacy breaches, "fake news" and filter bubbles, this essential film trains its sights on the relationship between the internet and democracy. Tracing the internet's history as a publicly funded government project in the 1960s to its full-scale commercialization today, the film traces how the revolutionary, democratizing potential of the internet has been radically compromised by the growing and unaccountable power of a handful of telecom and tech monopolies.

Jobs? Never!! is an intimate glimpse into the soul of the 40-year-old legendary skater and iconoclast Jim Greco. Shot on Super 16mm & 35mm, this short-film follows Greco as he navigates through his days: living, skating, falling and dreaming in Los Angeles.

Social hotspots can be found everywhere. Recognizing this, rapper Carlos Zamora started his project Rapflektion in Braunschweig and the surrounding area, to educate teenagers to communicate responsibly, respectfully and without violence through rap. For the past seven years he has been travelling to Latin American countries known for their drug cartels and violence. Other than church initiatives, Zamora's rap workshops for disadvantaged youth are frequently the only projects available for these teenagers.

At the age of 63, Masato Hara becomes father to a pair of twin sisters, and for the first time in his life must work part-time jobs to make a living.

Mysticism and nature. A phenomenon that rides between myth and reality. The abstract, the intangible, the incomprehensible. What is previously and we are unable to define by allusive. Does it exist or does it not exist?

An inclusive dance company seeks to create tension between aesthetics and the reconstruction of symbolic spaces in Argentina's history.

Artist Peter Hristoff teaches painting the ay a filmmaker or theater director commandeers his actors, with the class as his playground, his stage. The students surround a field of models in handmade costumes who dance, pause, create emotions, and stage the scenes that Peter invents.

Kamilla has a long sports career behind her as a handball player on the elite level. But it was in a life as a man, and today she lives as a woman.

UCLA undergraduate student David Yun challenges the dominant narrative on North Korea’s defectors. Based on interviews with a human rights attorney and North Koreans living in Seoul, this short film interrogates the reliability of defector testimony as accurate depictions of life in North Korea.

Exploring the life and career of one of the UK's most successful songwriters - the man behind the much-loved songs of The Housemartins, The Beautiful South and latterly Paul Heaton & Jacqui Abbott. The film also explores the causes that matter to him the most - including the miners' strike and the related community in the present day.

No warheads, no jackbooted soldiers, no statues of the god-emperor – instead, this is a poetic, evocative snapshot of everyday life in North Korea, the country ruled by the world’s most paranoid and secretive regime.

Documentary about the making of Brave, the seventh album by Marillion.

Every year, thousands of Quebecers flock south to escape the harsh winters. Using a quirky Wes Anderson–inspired aesthetic, Snowbirds examines their hibernation destination: the French-speaking community of Hallandale Beach in Florida. There we meet characters like Agathe, affectionately nicknamed "Aunty" by the other seniors, an 88-year-old Quebecoise who eats chocolate bars and drinks Pepsi for lunch. Her secret to a pill-free old age? A fanatical worship of the sun. Many others come for the same reason, and together their days at this campground community are dictated by English conversation classes, jaunts to the beach and afternoon lawn bowling. With lots of tenderness and good humour, the film considers the joys and woes of aging, the importance of community and American-Canadian cultural differences.