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Following the suicide of a nobody actress in a dying arts scene, the six struggling musicians who saw her last confront their own mortality in this lo-fi exploration of suicide, depression, gender identity and punk rock.

In the early 1990s, the future of basketball belonged to a young Dominican immigrant named Felipe Lopez. Featured on the cover of Sports Illustrated at the age of 17, Lopez's story is the ultimate profile of the American dream.

A nurse journeys to discover the truth behind a disease so bizarre, patients who suffer from it are regularly written off as delusional by doctors and loved ones.

What is a true punk band? We sit down with St. John's punk band, Banana Vacuum, to explore punk culture and question what it takes to be punk in today's world. This new band has gained some notoriety in the past year for it's unusual lead singer and themes throughout the album. This film explore the people behind Banana Vacuum and the music that has made fans all over Canada go wild for their unapologetic true punk identity.

Prominent Aussies reflect on the Moon Landing - the triumph of human achievement. Using footage not seen since that momentous day, John Barron documents the aftermath as Apollo 11 astronauts made their way around our nation.

Separated from her mother by smugglers at the border, a determined 12-year-old sets out across a desert with only a plastic sack for protection from the cold, survives starvation on the streets of Ciudad Juarez, and escapes kidnappers to find her mother and a place where they can be safe again.

Collection of tech-related short films marking the 30th anniversary in 2019 of the World Wide Web.

Profiling the American Indian reservation alongside the Palestinian refugee camp, Spaces of Exception was filmed from 2014 to 2017 in Arizona, New Mexico, New York and South Dakota as well as Lebanon and the West Bank. It is an attempt to understand the significance of the land—its memory and divisions—and the conditions for life, community and sovereignty.

A plus size actress whose search for a higher purpose leads her to an unexpected new life working at one of Hollywood's top agencies for famous dogs.

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Two young gentlemen living in 1890s England use the same pseudonym ('Ernest') on the sly, which is fine until they both fall in love with women using that name, which leads to a comedy of mistaken identities.

Cara is given the ultimatum to uncover a twenty year old missing person case or else her and her friends are going to die.

A man struggles with his faith and is perennially caught between ascension and fall. "Ascending Double Helix" explores the boundaries between the mythologized and the visceral body, blending sculpture with the sublime, and taking as its cue the motif of ascension and the format of the passion play.

It is nighttime in Amsterdam, canals, hotels, and restaurants are aglow in the evening light. A man strolls lonely through the streets, sits down on a bench by the water, and plays a tender melody on his trumpet. Sketches in Blue Minor. Then it happens. The trumpeter dissolves, climbs a ladder, and disappears through a window in the sky.

An hour-long animated film, following the story of a willow tree, as it searches for its place in the forest, meets fellow trees, and survives against the forces of nature and humankind.

In a classic tale of guilt with a sinister twist, a mundane office worker starts his night like any other, watching the same show, eating the same food and just waiting for it to end. But tonight is different. Our protagonist awakens from a blackout in a mysterious room. The inside could be the secret to his wildest dreams or worst nightmares.

Tic is a live-action short film about a serial killer, a detective, an online-shopping addiction, and speed-dating.

A non-narrative documentation on the humanity of youth in their early 20s, the situations they find themselves in, the way they look at their futures, in years to come will they look back at these days?

In the midst of Will's withering confidence, his fiancee Audrey starts to slip from his finger tips. When Ephemeral Solutions scientists reveal the creation of "Proxys", clones of oneself that are the definition of "perfection", Will seeks to be cloned so that he can run away from all of his worries and self-doubts.

Plootinum, Stowyman, and Jaymee go on an epic adventure across the Scratch World to stop Eevil Pershun and his friends from taking over Kristmus.

Celebrating Walt Whitman’s 200th birthday, and his poem “To a Certain Cantatrice.” This multigenerational female family reading honors Whitman’s point that basic needs belong to everyone. Food, nature, creative expression, art. Yes, they belong to everyone. Original music by Edie Herrold.

A boy discovers missing posters of people he once knew, and is being haunted by something sinister.

Almost 50 years after Lionel Rogosin made Arab-Israeli Dialogue, his son revisits the same topic. Following his father’s footsteps, his first journey leads to friends and co-workers of the participants in this unusual shooting. His second journey guides him to places where the historical and contemporary disputes, discussed in the film, took place. Here the director tries to document the development of the complex situation since Amos Kenan’s and Rashed Hussein’s discussion in New York, and find out if their bold words about peace and friendship between the two nations sharing one state became the reality.

As drummer for the Foo Fighters for over 20 years, he's drummed his way through everything from Reading Festival, to Live Lounges to sell out stadium shows. In this programme Taylor takes us on a guided tour of the drums, talking us through his childhood, his influences, the sounds of his drum kit, & what it’s like drumming with both Alanis Morissette & Dave Grohl.

For almost two decades, Yo La Tengo have put on an annual eight-night Hanukkah concert series in New York City. With help on Night One, 2019, from guests Fred Armisen, William Tyler, Jon Glaser and Greg Hetson, it's total musical "mishegoss" -- and it's all for charity.

A distinctive, delicate yet powerful documentary depicting Hydebank Wood Facility in the Northern Irish countryside, which currently houses 104 young male offenders. From the periphery, we observe Ryan who after four years is still coming to terms with the cause of his imprisonment. The unlikely catharsis to his inner demons? A flock of sheep living inside the prison walls.

A short poem from the perspective of a non-believer, that questions the realism of religious creation, using basic emotions as a motif.

A man haunted by his past, a woman seeking grace, and the event that brings them together.

Katie, like most of the kids, has been receiving the idea of a couple suppose to be composed by a male and a female from her parents, Bill and Carol. However, as Katie grows up, she finds out that she is a lesbian. In order to fits into the “society”, Katie hires a boy, James, to pretend to be her boyfriend and to satisfy her parents.

We get up, go to work, eat and go to bed. Is our life about daily rituals or is there a deeper, more inscrutable meaning of life? Kjeld lives surrounded by nature in his small house and soon becomes a father. He seeks satisfaction in the simplicity of life in nature. Anna is a young artist looking for answers in her poetry and music. A philosophical documentary essay in which the search for the core of life is central. How should we live if there are no answers anywhere?

Two underage girls get busted for drinking. But when a routine arrest takes a sinister turn, both girls must use their wits to survive their encounter with the CREEP COP.

Was collusion between Donald Trump and the Russians to capture the U.S. presidency fact or partisan conspiracy theory? This film attempts to find out.

Japan's Imperial system is said to have over 2,000 years of history. A closer look at the history reveals how the Imperial institution has shifted with the times, and with the people. At a time when there are only three heirs to the throne, a look is taken at what this could mean for the people of Japan and their Imperial system.

After being pursued through the snow by a masked stranger, a woman becomes entangled in a dark year-end ritual.

Cops from the future investigate an unsolved murder mystery. The case? A Halloween party in the desert crashed by monsters, ghosts, and creepy killer guys.

Performance of Puccini's opera performed/streamed from Vienna on the 22nd February 2019

After living in New York City for 20 years, Nelida Silva (from Soy Andina) returns again to her Peru birthplace — this time with a dream of helping rural women start businesses. That’s a daunting challenge in the Andes, where many women are marginalized. But few things deter Nelida, and she succeeds in organizing cooperatives around skills like weaving and quinoa. Then the unexpected happens — she’s invited to run for mayor by a new political party. Fed up with the region's decline and corruption, she accepts the challenge. Can she become the first woman to win, running on a platform of sustainable development and anti-corruption?

If Christmas in July wasn't a nightmare already...this is no ordinary mall Santa...

50 Liters Life is a feature length documentary about the severe drought in South Africa between 2015 and 2018. Since 2015 more and more irregular rainfalls have dried up dams’ level, forcing the Local Government to ask citizens to reduce drastically water consumption. Each citizen should not use more than 50 liters of water per person per day. Whilst strategies carried out by the most ingenious citizens in order to save water have led to good results, on the other side the destiny of agriculture and of the poorest fringe of the population are still unknown. Is it possible to live a 50 liters life?

The end of Autobiography.

This short film explores the intersections between identity, sexuality, mental health and the many alleys through which women negotiate freedom and dignity. It interweaves the stories of Swati and Ray, as they redefine the boundaries of intimacy, desire and relationships.

It was becoming clear in 1939 that direct U.S. involvement in World War II was only a matter of time. Training approximately five hundred pilots a year, the United States Army Air Corps was severely outmatched by the warring powers of Europe and Asia. What could be done to ramp up U.S. air power and train two hundred thousand pilots to take on the Axis powers? The answer could only be realized in the United States of America. —James Willis

Rome - The Big Nest

"12 seconds of gunfire: The true story of a school shooting" is a powerful virtual reality experience produced by The Washington Post, based on an unforgettable front-page article by 2018 Pulitzer Prize finalist John Woodrow Cox. The story is illustrated by award-winning animator Wesley Allsbrook ("Dear Angelica") from an original script and audio from The Post's team. The short film recounts what happened to Jacob Hall and Ava Olsen, who were first-graders at Townville Elementary School in South Carolina when a 14-year-old boy opened fire on their school playground at recess. Jacob was killed and the movie follows Ava as she struggles to deal with the aftermath of the shooting - from her friend's funeral to the anguished letter she sends to President Donald Trump asking him to keep kids safe from guns.

Rocketman is a hilarious glimpse into the true story of Michael "Mad Mike" Hughes, a flat Earther who made headlines around the globe with his attempt to prove the flat Earth by building a homemade rocket to launch himself into space.

Narratives are tales that unintentionally define our personality. In the case of women, being beautiful is the only way. The film shows how we learn to be obsessed by the visual itself, and how the highest compliment to a woman is always beauty.

At the eastern edge of Canada, small fishing communities fight to survive. While teenagers see exile as their only option, the older generation refuses to accept the fate of the region. A Place of Tide and Time is a conversation between young and old about identity, opportunity and happiness.

A free-spirited compulsive liar struggles to connect honestly with the love of her life when devastating news drives her to pursue a renegade solution.

Sarajevo during the siege in 1992: A group of armed men walks along the banks of the river Miljacka. One man is led away, and the group crosses the river. The neighbouring Grbavica district is about to be taken by the Serbs. The footage was shot by a man from an apartment in an adjacent skyscraper without knowing who the armed men were. Are they Serbs, Bosniaks? His camera wobbles, searches, pursues and retreats. The artist Clarissa Thieme finds the man who shot the film and has him once again recount how it happened.

To try to mend a broken relationship, James and Janet Willabee go on a couples' retreat. When one of their friends brings along a new fling with a secret, the Willabee's weekend of retreat turns deadly.

More than six years ago, Dr. Sanjay Gupta set out to investigate the science behind medical marijuana. A year later WEED, the first documentary in the award-winning series aired on CNN with an accompanying op-ed penned by Gupta: “Why I Changed my Mind on Weed.” Now, his fifth documentary WEED 5: The CBD Craze, will premiere on Sunday, September 29th at 8pm ET/PT, with Gupta returning to Colorado where he started his journey and introduced viewers for the first time to the word few could even pronounce – Cannabidiol (CBD).

A wayward young man, recently released from prison, struggles to reconnect with his son and Hawaiian heritage.

The universe does not care. The abyss is stupid. Narrated by author Bracken MacLeod, this Herzog-inspired fever dream uses 100% stock footage to reflect on the banality of existence.

Michael plans a surprise marriage proposal for his girlfriend Kelly on her 30th birthday, but soon discovers that Kelly also has a shocking surprise for him that's going to turn his world upside down. Will Michael's surprise finally give Kelly what she wants or be the catalyst that destroys their relationship?

Entertainment program where a top 25 counts down to the most hilarious TV moments of all time.

For four years, the Jicarilla Apache Nation's Johnson O'Malley program, led by Lynn Roanhorse, and Holt Hamilton Films have joined forces to encourage, motivate, and empower Jicarilla Apache youth by providing hands-on learning and mentorship in the filmmaking process. Follow this exciting journey as Native American youth show the world they can do great things when EMPOWERED.