Refilmed scene by scene of the short film "The Perfect Human" (1967), by Jorgen Leth, to resignify from the recognition of diversity and the multiple intertwinings with the body, affective-sexuality and mental health.
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Refilmed scene by scene of the short film "The Perfect Human" (1967), by Jorgen Leth, to resignify from the recognition of diversity and the multiple intertwinings with the body, affective-sexuality and mental health.
"Thank you Soma - شكراً صوما" explores the relationship between Nour, a young Lebanese woman, and Soma, the migrant domestic worker who’s played a large part in her upbringing. It is a reminder to us not to become complacent in the comfort of our daily lives and to continue to question the complexity and injustice inherent in being a migrant domestic worker today.
Jodie lives and breathes motorcycling. But the road to reaching the top is paved with difficulties, if it wasn't for her dad's unwavering support.
Alexander Armstrong looks back on the coronation for the 65th anniversary, and introduces some of the best quality colour footage of the event that survives to this day. Trevor McDonald, Len Goodman, Michael Crawford and Alison Steadman share their memories of the festivities, while royal insiders including Prince Michael of Kent recall being directly involved in the historic moment.
Following the death of his young wife, a widower has isolated himself from the outside world. He lives solely for her memory, until one day he encounters a dancer who looks remarkably familiar. Working together with the General Music Director Ainārs Rubiķis, Canadian star director Robert Carsen stages his production at the Komische Oper Berlin with Korngold’s musical psycho-thriller, one of the greatest hits of the 1920s.
Ryan, with the aid of his friends tries to craft the perfect message to send to his crush - it's not as easy as it seems.
A look at the impact of one woman's life in the municipality of Cataño, in Puerto Rico.
An emotionally repressed and traumatised young man is challenged by disruptive outsiders to face up to his delusion, and risks losing the final bond to his dead mother.
Germany in the year 2030: the conflicts surrounding the "working droids" have reached new heights: left-wing activists protect the slaves of the new world, while right-wing vigilante groups use violence against them. Ika also detests the artificial intelligences. On the run from state power, he meets the enigmatic Iox. Together they seek shelter in the labyrinth of Munich's sewers. But when Ika uncovers his new girlfriend's secret, a fight breaks out.
In a world where we share pictures through Snapchat or Instagram every day, nudes are a new way of flirting and experiencing one's sexuality. "Send Nudes" explores how young people find political and artistic discourses in this pictures, and in which ways they use them to defy beauty canons and boosts their self-esteem.
Short silent film filmed on Super8 in a Greek backyard.
Following the steps of Oumar Seye, first black African professional surfer, Cherif, Paké, Assane and Mbabou, childhood friends from Ngor village in Dakar, make a living with their passion, surfing. They’ve been qualified to form the Senegalese national team for the first time at the ISA World Surfing Games in Biarritz, France. A crucial stake for these worthy ambassadors of the "Teranga" spirit.
The poems of the Bavarian King about love and death and the beauty of Italy.
A short film documentary about the reconstruction of Lac-Mégantic following the 2013 railway tragedy.
The Newcastle & Carlisle dates right back to 1825, one of the earliest railway schemes in Britain. It opened in stages from 1834 initially to carry minerals. The railway roughly follows the course of Hadrian's Wall, marking the northernmost border of the Roman Empire in 122 AD. The railway has become an important link between the East and West Coast main lines.
Following Shiro's Story (Pt.1), Kyle has gone ghost with Kira and Kyla and has not been seen or heard from in the past year, leaving Shiro no choice but to give up hope in reuniting his family. But with a price on Kyle's head, Shiro repays The Plug before getting back to work on his own weight after leaving his day job. One day Shiro's ex-girlfriend rings Shiro and says she misses him and begs to be taken back. Shiro subsequently agrees but with one demand, she sets Kyle up to die. She then agrees, and the plan is hatched for Shiro's young G's to take the hit on Kyle allowing Shiro to take Kira and Kyla away and rebuild the family that was once torn apart. But with the planned hit on Kyle unsuccessful, and Shiro still hung up and angry with Kira setting him up and taking everything he had away in the first instance, the move away isn't so straight forward.
"Why are we Colombians who live in Antofagasta afraid?" Filmmaker Angélica Valverde seeks to answer this question by reconstructing her experience in this city, with Rafaela and Carmenza, immigrant women who, like she, came to the north of Chile to realize their dreams. To try to overcome it, to observe how each copes with the fear, this rejection produced.
"An encounter between He and She, two almost thirty-year-old urban, torn between the need to laugh at everything, a certain prescription of enjoyment, and too much texting." In subjective camera, integrally.
Warehouse employee by day, Elvis impersonator by night, Sandro's performance at a nightclub makes such a big impression, that an unlikely manager offers him a tour of China. Torn between the dream of a lifetime and his emasculating Neapolitan mother, Sandro will have to face the most difficult thing for him: making a choice.
This film tells the story of the economic war between the four main companies of the large retailers. This war symbolizes the transformation of the economy of the consumption over the last 50 years. It also questions the present and future stakes: how to imagine the 21th century's consumption style.
On August 5, 1928, after 2 hours and 32 minutes of racing, the 71st rooster wearing the bib entered the Olympic stadium in Amsterdam. Ahmed El Ouafi Bouguéra wins the gold medal and becomes the first Olympic champion from the African continent. He achieved his feat under the tricolor flag. The start of his real marathon is underway. The history of sport extends to the history of Algeria and France. This documentary retraces the different stages of the life of this great champion, not only the history of sport but also the great story. Archival photographs and interviews mingle with the painted paintings. The series thus once again gives voice to this forgotten hero, one of the great heroes of immigration who defended France for more than a century.
Bereaved garage owner Karen wants to express her thanks to care worker Ana who is proud and reluctant to accept. Karen persists and is eventually presented with an opportunity.
Born in 1929 in Brussels, Audrey Hepburn was abandoned by her father at 6. Sent in an english boarding school, she immersed herself into classical dance, a school of grace and discipline which will leave a mark on her whole existence. Just after World War II, her career rose underneath Colette's support : in 1951, the french author chose this « treasure found on the beach » of Monte Carlo to incarnate her Gigi in Broadway. Since then, offers came tumbling out.
Researchers have created photoluminescent nanoparticles, quantum dots, which emit light. When observing them under the microscope, one has the impression of looking space through a telescope.
A child and a teenager, Souhil, wait for their mother in the car while she prostitutes herself. Souhil gets out of the car and goes to see the bar owner, his mother's pimp, to offer him a deal... Short film made for the 2018 Nikon film festival on the theme "I am a gift".
Cyborg presenter James Young journeys across the world to meet the makers and users of sex robots who have plans for a Westworld-style future where sex bots live amongst us.
Luisa loves her teaching profession and is popular with her students because of her fresh teaching methods. But shortly after she refused to give a student a high school recommendation, a nude photo of her appears on her school's website. Her life becomes a gauntlet. Nowhere is she safe from sexual reprisals, her elementary school leaves her on leave and the police investigation leads nowhere. Then the young woman disappears. Traces in her house indicate a violent crime. Was Luisa the murder victim after the infamous slander?
"Village of the forgetful" (original title: "Das Dorf der Vergesslichen") tells the story of European Alzheimer's disease patients who are being taken care of by natives in a small village in Thailand. The movie illustrates the intercultural encounter of its' protagonists within the traditional thai village athmosphere in a tragicomical way. "Village of the forgetful" is the first feature-length documentary of director Madeleine Dallmeyer.
Assembling a vast range of footage from every single past event and putting together dozens of interviews, the result is a warts-and-all look at the people behind FrightFest and what makes the UK’s best genre festival tick.
The concert took place on August 11, 2018 during the Summer Breeze Festival in Dinkelsbühl. Originally a black metal band, they were then considered traitors to their own genre. Nowadays Norwegians are mainly one thing: cult. Satyricon has been around since 1990, this veteran of Black Metal, which was originally supposed to be a quartet. But since their band members left for various reasons, Sigurd "Satyr" Wongraven (vocals/guitar) and Kjetil "Frost" Haraldstad (drums) have been rocking out on their own, bringing guest musicians into the happily rotating lineup.
Saying no to a job is never easy, especially if your family and the company's boss show more excitement than you. Pedro faces his first job as a wedding and events disc jockey at the Sin Pausa (Non-Stop) company.
Yves has accepted to plant an experimental cornfield on his farm. This decision allows the couple to be more financially stable. As they have a baby on the way, everything seems to be on the up. That is, until one day, when Yves discovers some strange sap flowing down an ear of corn.
Lazzaro spends his nights cleaning up and managing pest control inside old and dirty industrial plants, and often making dead bodies disappear on behalf of unsuspected local criminals. During the day, he doesn't sleep, and likes to follow people around instead. Most of all, a lady for whom he has deep and tangled feelings. He doesn't suspect anything about her, but she's somehow connected to the same criminals Lazzaro works for.
A taxi driver has always had a fantasy about a nun, until one night, a real nun gets into his car. And that's when the action begins.
In Benoît Jacquot’s production, Manet’s Olympia dominates the stage of the Opéra Bastille. In 1863, the painting caused a scandal: the prostitute awaits her client, her expression proud, her demeanour assured. Is this Violetta? Like Olympia, Verdi’s most celebrated heroine surrenders to the spectator just as she surrenders to love, going so far as to die on stage, a woman’s ultimate sacrifice for her lover. Or might it be the spectator who strips her bare and intrudes upon her privacy, in the image of this milieu of social voyeurism? Whatever the case, these two women regard us with defiance and subjugate those who cannot help but look at them.
Emma is addicted to chewing gum and in the middle of puberty, but doesn't really want to admit it. She doesn't want to do anything with her sandpit friend Lasse other than swinging, playing with her father's railroad world and chewing gum - nothing should change. But Lasse suddenly has a girlfriend and, even worse, he's also interested in sex.