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Primario is a documentary that addresses Catholic Education in the City of Buenos Aires, during the first government of Carlos Menem. To do so, the director narrates in first person what he experienced in his Catholic elementary school between 1989 and 1995.
"Accompanied by a pulsating sound, distorted visuals and a reading of Sappho's "Ode to Aphrodite", "Anagenisis" is a sensual performance piece which reflects the artist's own exploration of his Greek heritage and Queer identity." - Nottingham Contemporary
Humans are the intersection between architecture and nature.
HANSA BOY ETWAS DAS KOMMT NIE WIEDER VOR addresses the Bürgermeister-Smidt-Brücke's namesake Mayor Johann Smidt directly. The film seeks to reveal the fate embedded within the unspeakable history inherent in the structure’s name.
The company Brabus from Bottrop transforms SUVs of the G-Class models into fully armored special protection vehicles. As a result, the cars receive the certificate of the protection class VR6, which is prescribed, among other things, for state sedans. To get this safety standard, the car refiners give the bodies a full armor of hot-forged steel, and a robust glazing. (Text: WORLD)
The fjords of Norway are associated with a magnificent and untouched nature. But here, too, huge amounts of plastic accumulate, some of which are already firmly anchored in the ecosystem. The Norwegian environmentalist Kenneth Bruvik has set out together with researchers in search of the effects of this plastic flood
An abstract film.
Every year, Radio France celebrates contemporary music with Présences Festival. The Radio France Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Kent Nagano takes over the Philharmonie de Paris to perform works by Thomas Lacôte, Unsuk Chin and Yann Robin. Chapters: -- Jean-Sébastien Bach / Thomas Lacôte - Ricercare a 6, extrait de l'Offrande musicale -- Yann Robin - Requiem Æternam - Monumenta II
Susan Philipsz hums Brian Eno’s »Music for Airports« from a small aircraft while it is flying in a circle around Tegel airport. A short Super 8 film taken during the flight.
A personal essay film which explores a street in London called The Cut where the director herself lives.
The film centres around the work of Cathy McCormack, a housing and anti-poverty activist from Easthall in Easterhouse. A collaboration between residents, architects and technical surveyors saw an innovative method to cut the dampness and hi fuel costs that were plaguing the residents.
Today, women account for only a third of jobs in the sciences, and sometimes less than 15% in sectors such as mathematics or digital technology. Why and how did it come to this? With everyday life becoming increasingly scientific and technological, are we ready to accept that tomorrow's world will be shaped mainly by men and for men?
A pair of unlikely scientists looking for success try to fish out a dark creature from the waters of a toxic lake. Not exactly a great idea.
An octopus is exposed to radioactive products.
A fish-man struggles to adapt to the human world of work. His outlook changes when he meets someone like himself who has successfully adapted.
David Godman has extensively written on the life, teachings and disciples of Ramana Maharshi, an Indian sage who lived and taught for more than fifty years at Arunachala, a sacred mountain in Tamil Nadu, India. He first visited the Tiruvannamalai ashram of Ramana Maharshi in 1976. And for 8 years, between 1978 and 1985, he was the librarian of the ashram. In the last 30 years he has written or edited 16 books on topics related to Sri Ramana, his teachings and his followers.
The farmer has a thing for his hen, Joséphine. A good egg overall and exceptional egg-layer, it’s almost as if Joséphine is the barnyard sweetheart. One day, the farmer brings back a strange object, a sharpened ax, that stirs up the hen’s curiosity.
Russian President Vladimir Putin described the collapse of the Soviet Union as "the greatest geopolitical catastrophe of the 20th century". It was a noiseless collapse. Since then, the 15 countries between the Baltic Sea and the Pamir mountain range have gone their own way. Ruslan Semjonowitsch Grinberg, a renowned economist and trusted confidant of Gorbachev, believes that all successor states act on the same principle: maximum economic cooperation with Russia and minimum political dependence. But Russian President Vladimir Putin does not only have to deal with the former "sister nations". Most Russians perceive the fact that NATO is practically on their country's doorstep as a threat. In this conflict, Putin, nostalgic for the Soviet era and on the basis of internal repression, wants to raise Russia to a new greatness. This documentary shows what has become of the legacy of a world power, in Lithuania, in the Caucasus, in Kyrgyzstan and in Russia.
'Al-Nisāʾ' documents a group of women gathered in a workshop space in Berlin. They are together to work on issues around integration, human rights, and homeland. Common for them all are questions and wonderings about issues faced by a woman in a new country. Common for them is the homeland of Syria.
A poetic journey along the Bzhuzhi River guides us through six villages in the Georgian region of Guria. The film shows us the relationship the inhabitants have with the Bzhuzhi River and how everyday life revolves around it.
A fake advert promoting ‘Kenneth Juice’.
All Is Grace is formed by five reels-units that explore the idea of repetition and in-camera montage and want to be a subtle study of the expressive qualities of the super 8 cartridge and an evocation of its ecstatic potentialities. Colour, light, texture, movement, repetition.
The story of a journey to meet the latest republican voluntary fighters veterans of the Spanish Civil War.
Shot over three years during the Matakan Project’s cultural transmission camps in the Atikamekw community of Manawan, this documentary attempts to demonstrate the urgency of taking action to ensure the preservation of Atikamekw heritage and culture.
