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Bushkida is a documentary film about Judeo-Spanish, also called Ladino. Ladino was the language of the Sephardic Jews, who were expelled from Spain in 1492. It is a miracle that this language is still spoken, despite the many tragedies throughout the ages. With our film we try to understand this miracle by searching for Ladino-speakers and their culture.
Two parallel stories. The same problems.
An eye has a fatal encounter with a hammer and a block of wood.
1998. A child taps with his pelvis on each corner of his desk. Aloud, he lists multiples of 5. It is the space between the desk and the wall that obsesses him. He is not as he should be. And leaving things as they are, accepting a slight shift, would be putting his world at great risk. In the world, in fact. 2019. Mathieu is 33 years old. Sometimes still, his pelvis seeks the corner of the office. But he learned to give it less importance, to accept the slight shift, thus discovering that between the desk and the wall, indeed, there was indeed the world.
Explore a unique hippopotamus colony that has perfectly adapted to its biodiverse environment on an island off the coast of West Africa.
'Habitar' is a walk through the places and non places of Madrid during the summer. The film explores the rythms and patterns that populate the metropolis in the XXI century, starting from its suburbs towards its historical heart.
At the age of 13, Hận left his family to work on the River Mekong. He has held a variety of jobs and his life is written like a chronicle that flows with the river.
Islands, cities, beaches, the world is invaded by pollution in various forms and dangers. From plastic to smog, from microparticles to toxic fumes, we live surrounded by an enemy, which we helped to win.
Weight is a post-apocalyptic short film covering the year long journey of a drifter, Adam, surviving after the collapse of society in the United Kingdom. He stays alive by following instructions left to him by his father who raised him during the collapse.
now i close my eyes the world i see is so beautiful samples lines from Taiwanese New Wave film Yi Yi, in which a young girl speaks to the ghost of her grandmother. These intergenerational whisperings inspire April Lin to follow their own adventures with their grandfather, pondering how ancestors and descendants create bridges across time, and if you’re diasporic – across global space.
After a lifetime of feeling fat, a young man realises that maybe his issues with his body aren’t actually about his body at all. This short, biographical mini-documentary is a tiny story about the big problem of not opening up, the pressure we put ourselves under, and learning to be kind to ourselves.
My (former) neighbour, Samer is a trained translator & interpreter between Arabic and Chinese & would like to work as such. A visual exploration of the gap between what systems expect & reality & a human stuck in between. Negative developed in black tea.
Mélas de Saturne is set in a fictional space where the oceanic abyss and the Darknet merge. We are introduced to ‘Persona’, a fictional character who embarks on a journey to discover their algorithmic origins, which they hope to find among the ‘Meta population’ living in north-east Cameroon.
There is a Belladonna in every woman, but some try to hide their face.
The work is constructed from shots of tidal seawater running over rippled sand and the blister pack for Amlodipine, a blood-pressure reducing drug.
These bodies make every camper's heart beat faster: Individually designed and extravagantly furnished long-distance motorhomes are the latest craze on the caravan market - at least for those amateur campers who can afford the unusual models. The off-road companions and rolling luxury suites have no upper price limits. Who are the owners of the most expensive caravans in Germany, and what about the hoods of their rolling homes?
In the German Allgäu, the gigantic Center Parcs Allgäu holiday park was built on an area of 184 hectares. Around 5,000 guests can spend their vacation there in a thousand holiday homes. But it was a long way to go before the plant at the foot of the Alps opened: 1,100 construction workers, plumbers and technicians toiled to get it completed on time. In the end, the roof of a giant slide was missing and the TÜV checked the park attractions. In our documentation we have accompanied the construction workers in the last few days during the completion of the holiday park
Higher, stronger, more robust: crane builders outperform with superlatives. Loads are getting heavier and have to be lifted to hard-to-reach places. One of the largest crane companies in Germany is the Knaack Krane company in Hamburg. The company currently has around 60 different cranes in stock, the largest of which can lift up to 750 tons. It is a long way through planning and assembly until the machine is used for the first time - the report accompanies the creation of a mega crane.
Part 2 of the Bethanien Tetralogy.
From the series Transient.
How did the life of the famous Spanish violinist and composer evolve and what inspired and influenced him to compose the works he created?
Diane and her best friend, Mathias, are waiting for Mathias' train for Nogent le Rotrou. They are talking each other of banalities but really, Diane wants to confess her feelings to Mathias before he leaves... She has no idea that Mathias is going to make an unexpected revelation to her : he is going to marry... Philippe !
Joe has a nightmare experience as he struggles to write his exam paper. Will he be able to finish his paper on time? Or will his nightmare last forever…
A documentary about the experiences of different people from the LGBTIQA + collective. Making homosexuality public, considering oneself non-binary, wanting to freeze eggs before starting hormone treatment are all situations that have posed a challenge for the protagonists. The film captures the struggle of the collective in Galicia throughout recent history and takes a look into the immediate future.
What goes moo moo. Study #3.
A documentary film interrupted by a virus. Prolong forever the shortest of walks and return home at every step, such is the nature of our wandering intimacy. Interior and exterior are synonyms. The border is an open window.
Celia Bendecido de Tenerte tells the story of 4 elderly people who share their day to day in a nursing home, each one tells the part of his life that impacted him the most and an unexpected ending