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This experimental film is made with a fast cutting technique that’s often used for music videos. Strictly speaking, it is a video to a rap track mixed from a recorded monologue of an 86-year-old Holocaust survivor Janine and complemented with couplets by a young American rapper Kapoo. The symphony of life and memory, of rhythm and words, performed by means of radical montage, tells about a mysterious person by the name of Edek.

Norbert Pfaffenbichler pieces together clips from 160 James Mason films to examine the eternally urbane star's career.

Charles Watson and Rebecca Taylor are Slow Club. After four well-received albums and 10 years of touring, conflicting perspectives on success and Slow Club’s future have pushed the two apart. Could this be the end of the Sheffield-based indie band and the two musicians’ longstanding friendship? If so, what will the future look like when they leave something behind that has defined their lives for over a decade? And why can it sometimes be so difficult to simply enjoy doing what so many would-be musicians dream of? A remarkable, bittersweet portrait of what may have been the band’s final tour, filmmaker Piers Dennis joined Charles and Rebecca on the road, capturing the frailties and brilliance of their musical partnership and documenting what friendship looks like from the back of a bus.

An inter-caste couple from India that had to break with their families in order to get married, a Japanese couple that was forced to marry and struggles with love, a knobby german postwar couple and two gay men from the United States, who were only allowed to marry after five decades, solving the associated legal problems by adopting each other. They all open up about their relationships, which have all lasted, remarkably, longer than fifty years. In frank and funny interviews, each pair reflects on life before and beyond the moments that brought them together, and how they’ve grown as partners.

Bachir dreams of swimming in the sea, but he lives in a refugee camp in the desert. Despite the fact that he has no passport, he is offered the chance of a lifetime: he may be allowed to go on summer camp to Spain. Will his wish be fulfilled?

Matsuchiyo - Life of a Geisha’ is a documentary about one of the last surviving true geisha in Japan. The story begins with Matsuchiyo’s wartime childhood. She and her mother were the only two surviving members of the family. Matsuchiyo joins an “Okiya” (a traditional geisha agency), to pay the family debts and support her ageing mother. In her adulthood, Matsuchiyo becomes one of the top geisha in the city of Atami and experiences romance, tearful farewells, being a mistress of married men, motherhood and tragic deaths. Today, in her 80’s, Matsuchiyo the geisha, is as motivated and inspiring as ever. She still delivers a mesmerising performance on stage. ‘Matsuchiyo - Life of a Geisha’ is narrated by her own son and film director, Ken Nishikawa, and it is adorned by hundreds of beautiful pictures from Japan’s bygone era. This film illustrates the trials and tribulations of the ultimate Japanese cultural enigma that is - The Life of a Geisha.

A 92-year-old man, having outlived major historical events such as war, peace, communism, the revolution and post-revolution, opens up about his life and old age.

A dark and visceral journey. A language that tears apart the morbid nature of the dead-old primal human eyes. No warning was given. No mercy was shown.

Investigation that uncovers a plot of international abuses around the production of the new Superfood, tiger nuts, by European and American companies exploiting African resources, while cheating millions of western organic driven consumers.

An ultra-Orthodox Jew, a couch surfing custodian, and a personal injury lawyer - risk everything to find their voices on the cutthroat New York comedy scene.

The story of Omar Samra and Omar Nour's 3000 nautical mile journey across the Atlantic Ocean and their fight for survival.

“Robberies, shootings, fights, burglaries, weed plantations.” Jose sums up life in his neighborhood in the southern part of Rotterdam. He longs to ride with the notorious stunt bike group known as Team Domina on their illegal “ride-outs” through the city. There are sometimes more than 100 riders, doing extended wheelies and other stunts amid the busy traffic. The riders set off from the southern suburbs and head for the wealthier north bank of the river. In a ride-out, the kids from the south manage to get themselves seen by the northerners—but also by the police, who crack down on their dangerous stunt riding.

A darkly comedic, personal testimony about birth control side effects and navigating the inadequacies of women’s healthcare.

This is the story of 75-year-old Magnum member Harry Gruyaert. Coming from a repressed and grey background he discovers the lights and colour of Europe. Driven by the irresistible desire to be a photographer, he becomes a pioneer in European colour photography. It is the story of a restless vagabond, a questing soul who never stops hunting for images.

Long before there were fast food and burger chains, Goody Goody® captured Tampa’s hearts and taste buds. From 1925 on, generations loved it. First dates and marriage proposals. Pre-work coffees and post-game meals. A community connected over an unpretentious diner, its signature hamburger (with secret sauce!) and some butterscotch pie. This sweet documentary by the award-winning team of Lynn Dingfelder and Larry Larry Wiezycki (JFK in Tampa) chronicles the reimagining and rebirth of Goody Goody® in 2016 after its closing in 2005. Come hear stories from longtime customers. Discover what’s in the restaurant’s “secret sauce.” Savor all the interesting ingredients that make up this iconic Tampa eatery. Goody Goody®: Past Present and Future … the documentary for people with good taste.

A New York Times documentary mini-series revealing the dark and troubling history of Soviet and Russian misinformation campaigns on foreign governments.

This documentary follows a group of Belgian citizens in Brussels as they search for the funding necessary to open a facility to allow homeless people to have a shower and regain some dignity.

The end of Bob Knight’s storied tenure at Indiana. The film will focus on Knight’s downfall at Indiana and an incident in which Knight allegedly choked former Hoosier Neil Reed. Knight was ousted from Indiana in the fall of 2000, a few months after CNN ran a report about Reed with video of the incident. Knight began coaching the Hoosiers during the 1971-72 season, and he won 662 games and three national championships with the program.

130 years after he was created, Sherlock Holmes is a literary character who exceeded his author's expectations and is known throughout the world. Find out the true story behind the author, Conan Doyle, and his struggle to come to terms with the phenomenon that is Sherlock Holmes.

Time and tide is a cinematic essay on the stilling of nature. Film maker Marleen van der Werf closely observes the pace of the ever-changing coast. Following the tides of the wind, her camera slowly encounters the void of stillness. The natural scenery evolves into a simile for an emotional landscape.

A tribute to Nikos Kazantzakis, the great writer and thinker. Researchers, university professors, who dealt with the great Cretan and world creator, but also ordinary everyday people, tell stories they lived and heard, outlining his life and work. His relationship with God, travel, love, philosophy, friendship, love, music and dreams are recorded in filming that took place in Crete, Aegina, Thessaloniki and Athens. The tribute is the truth of his personal path, a path that is identified with his life and work.

A frenzied on-the-go account of the 2015 Targa Baja California, a classic car rally run annually through the deserts, mountains, and cities of Baja California, Mexico. High speeds, hard partying, and tense drama are all part of the journey.

The TEŠ 6 case has become a synonym for a corrupt megalomaniac project in the public and politics. But to this day, after eight years since the beginning of the police investigations, there has been no court verdict for corruption or abuse of power. On the contrary – Teš 6 is still under investigation. This was the key challenge of the TVS Investigation Group: why are things standing, what is happening at the Celje District Court, which is handling the TEŠ case?

While walking with her camera on a random street, the director experiences a casual encounter with a stranger who asks her to be portrayed. After several interviews, the mysterious disappearance of that woman becomes a source of obsession for the artist behind the camera..

After the demonstration in winter 2013 and the subsequent toilet brush revolution, the Davidwache police station needed a new face. To everyone's surprise, the police chose a woman who soon found herself in a museum: as a policewoman in the tiny Sankt Pauli Museum, in good company with burlesque performer Eve Champagne and other strong women from Sankt Pauli. Rasmus Gerlach recorded their stories for the museum, collecting documents about business feminists, a toilet attendant, and the legendary pub owner Ille, who served drinks in the documentary film “Christmas Eve in Sankt Pauli.”

The growing popularity of Japanese animation has a large female component, with filmmakers such as Mari Okada and Naoko Yamada and cartoonists such as Lolita Aldea (Virtual Hero, the El Rubius series). There is a proliferation of Spanish singers who are successful in Japan (idols) and the "otakus" have "come out of the closet." Experts, YouTubers and professionals from the world of manga and anime such as Diana Calleja (RamenParaDos), Manu Guerrero (Selecta Visión), Lolita Aldea, Marc Bernabé (translator) and Isabel Espada (Norma Editorial) talk about this.

In anticipation of the most talked-about nuptials of the year, Savannah Guthrie and Hoda Kotb of NBC's "TODAY" take viewers to London to reveal exclusive insights on the wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle.

Stories of ancient, lost civilizations deep in the Amazon have endured for centuries. But what if they were true? In 2008 Nat Geo followed two archeologist who proved such cities were in fact right front of our eyes. Now, in 2018, even more discoveries show how extensive and populous these Amazon civilizations once were.

Documentary about a man who starts bodybuilding to start anew and make his sons proud of him.

Intimate true stories from St Kilda's Gatwick Private Hotel. Meet the incredible characters including sisters Rose and Yvette who dedicated their lives to caring for the forgotten.

Étienne Boulay’s story is anything but ordinary. Raised in Montréal-Nord, he went on to play football in the CFL and NFL, with lots of road bumps along the way. Boulay is a genuine and engaging personality who never fails to make an impression wherever he goes.

Short experimental documentary film about Azar, an Iranian computer engineer who, in the winter of 2017, failed to see her ill sister in Isfahan (Iran) for the last time because of the Executive Order 13769, commonly known as the travel ban.

On June 12, 2016, Pulse Nightclub in Orlando, Florida was the site of one of the deadliest mass shootings in the history of the USA. Lifeline will take you behind-the-scenes to see how the blood center and hospital raced against the clock to save the victims' lives. Hear the emotional stories from both the survivors and the blood donors themselves who unknowingly saved their lives. Hear the emotional stories from both the survivors and the blood donors themselves who unknowingly saved their lives.

From the personal to the political, the experiences of diverse women speak of how masculinized and violent the streets still are nowadays. In three insightful conversations with female friends, collaborators and high school students, the director looks for a discourse about fear that is not fearsome, a discourse on violence that is not violent. Direct cinema, horizontal process, self-criticism and narrative breaks. Mostly, this is a tale of universal sorority.

Max, Emre, Jash, David and Hilson. Five friends from school, all born in the Netherlands, but each with different origins; Turkish, Surinamese, Syrian, Chinese and Dutch. For the close-knit group of friends, these differences do not matter, their daily environment is the same. They live at Heijplaat, a working-class district hidden in the immense port area of Rotterdam, literally between the sea containers and the huge ships. Here they spend all their free time. There is not much to do and this makes their friendship extra important.

Renowned journalist and jazz critic Nat Hentoff tells the story of his longtime colleague, pioneering TV writer/director/producer, Robert Herridge. Herridge, working closely with Hentoff, was the key force behind the making of some of the most important music productions in American television history, from "The Sound of Jazz" (1957), featuring Billie Holiday, Thelonius Monk, Lester Young, Count Basie, Coleman Hawkins and Roy Eldridge, to "The Sound of Miles Davis" (1959), with Davis, John Coltrane and Gil Evans ... to a pair of folk and blues shows, featuring Joan Baez's first national TV appearances (1960), which Bob Dylan says enticed the then 19-year-old Minnesotan to move to New York City and begin his extraordinary career. "The Jazz Television of Robert Herridge" offers Nat Hentoff's video-rich celebration of one of the great musical collaborations of the 20th century.

Experimental film

The poet and publicist Yury Mikhailovich Kublanovsky has many places on Earth that are dear to him. To the poet for seventy, and his flash-memories, being experienced anew, “close” times: what was experienced once and lived now. The film is about the fate of a man for whom the Motherland, wherever he is, is always there.

The formation of a city named Tehran goes back to 200 years ago. Before that it was a small village resting between surrounding mountains. Many political and social events have happened in this course of time that all have left their trace on the walls of this city. Nevertheless, since the inception of the Islamic revolution in 1979 to now, written slogans on the walls and murals have experienced different forms and concepts. These events range from Revolution, Iran-Iraq war, economic reconstruction period to Reform and 2009 uprising.

A group of activists try to increase voter turnout in their neighborhood.

On 02.05.1998, the fateful match between Hapoel Beit Shean and Beitar Jerusalem took place, which received the nickname "the shoelace game". Over twenty years have passed, but many still remember it as the most scandalous event in the history of Israeli sports.

Documentary short film capturing a reflection of a grandmother headed towards the end of the autumn years of her life.

A fantastical cinematic journey from a woman's childhood re-enactment of a false Pompeii, through decades, decline and obsession, to the Sibyl's Cave wherein she discovers Vesuvius symbiosis with cinema, memory, and Giambattista Vico’s spiral of time.

A tiny porpoise finds itself in a battle for survival against the forces of fish mafias, drug cartels and a Chinese black market.

The heroes of the film, a father and a son, seem to have lost their sense of time. Their life flows day by day, from one year to the next. They are separated by space and united by love. Two individuals, who may never see each other again.