A short documentary about the history of the fishing industry in Leigh-on-Sea which also raises concerns as to how it will survive in the future.
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A short documentary about the history of the fishing industry in Leigh-on-Sea which also raises concerns as to how it will survive in the future.
Chloé, an old lady, organizes screenings in a subterranean space. She shows to a journalist her galleries where her collection of silver films is stored. As we go down, we dive with her into her altered universe.
Judith is a doctor who is very committed to her profession. Aiming to become a cardiologist, she performs part of her residency in a chronically understaffed hospital emergency room. During a particularly difficult shift, she makes a mistake that causes the death of a patient. Judith is devastated and doubts whether she is suited to the profession. Her fellow doctors, including her partner Mark, advise her to just carry on as before. While Judith’s actions are investigated, she is assigned to ambulance duty. Being in a new environment and having some distance to the clinical routine allow her to see things in a new light.
South-West of France. Each year on winter holidays, truffle thieves immerse the area into a paranoiac atmosphere. The inhabitants gather themselves, spy on their neighbors, accuse their friends... And sometimes in this general confusion, a scapegoat is easily found.
Somewhere in the Ukrainian hills, near the Romanian border, Gigi celebrates Malanka, a pagan festival whose bears are heroes.
For two years we traveled through Latin America and the Caribbean, and lived amongst the people who with their multitude of voices talked to us about social issues. With camera and pen, we recorded their struggles for a better world. Traversing through the territories of eleven countries gave birth to Tras Las Huellas del Che (Following the tracks of Che), a documentary about Ernesto Che Guevara, whose birth completed 90 trips around the sun this year. - Vocesenlucha.com
It shows the circumstances that shaped the thinking of the journalist and writer Rikardo Arregi, who died in a car accident at the age of 26.
Documantary film on the dispute for the hegemony of the Latin American continent between conservative forces and popular movements.
"A Postcard from Pyongyang" is a journey into a deeply enigmatic and completely isolated country that keeps the world in suspense: North Korea. Friends Gregor Möller, Philip Kist and Anne Lewald visit in 2013 and 2017 and do what is strictly forbidden and for which they might have ended up in a forced labor camp: even though accompanied by state watchers, they secretly film their travels, accompanied by state watchdogs. We get an extraordinary insight into one of the most closed societies in the world and experience the 'beautiful new world' as the state propaganda machinery displays it.
John Pilger unearths the hidden agenda behind the NHS crisis.
The documentary "Juanas, bravas mujeres", by Sandra Godoy, portrays the life of Juana Rouco Buela and her fight for women's rights.
What happens when bodies defy the norm on a daily basis; when existing, breathing or showing yourself becomes an act of rebellion? A film that reflects on the traces that sexism, heteronormativity, transphobia, racism, ableism and fatphobia have left in their lives and the strategies they have developed to resist.
Miguel, a great undisputed fan of the king of pop, fights for his dream of being the best imitator of his idol, for this he will have to compete against important opponents at the most important festival in the area.
After separating from Lisa, Jiri has to fight not to lose his son Victor. In his desperation, he has no choice but to kidnap him and sells the escape to him as an adventure trip based on a jointly invented story about two little animals on their way to the magical land of Padulim. Victor goes along, but wishes his mother was there.
Two siblings go to Vigo to see a movie. In Cangas the cinema closed a long time ago.
A miserable Argentine troupe of actors, dancers, musicians, filmmakers and a girl embark on a theatre tour to some country, probably in Latin America.
Paraguay, 1933. A woman is waiting for her husband to return from war when she's disturbed by a strange whistle that warns of the arrival of a famous Paraguayan myth: El Pombero.
A dying man hires professional actors to impersonate his real life family ,with chaotic results, in this quirky comedy drama.
Abel arrives at a village by the sea and meets a fisherman who offers him a job in an old house where three women live. First he seduces Leticia, Pia's mother, and then Pia, while the grandmother observes everything.
He's been waiting for dad all night, but what's come home is not what Jack expected...
Three wives, very devoted to their patron San Girolamo, when they learn that their church will be closed and the saint's statue transferred to a museum near Naples decides to steal it. But they will have a surprise...
A director starts making a film about his grandfather. Or maybe not.
A couple in love finds themselves ready to take the next step.
A documentary about the life and the work of the Costa Rican artist Guadalupe Urbina, one of the most important Central American singers and poets. Her songs and reflections explore the meaning of love, eroticism, nature, and the sacred; helping to strengthen an endangered communal identity.
This short film brings light to the reality of transsexuality during childhood and aims to emphasize the importance of the role of grandparents.
Fifty years ago, on Sunday, 2 March 1969, Concorde flew for the first time. Starting from this inaugural flight, the film goes back in time to the origin of the conception of Concorde.
Cold times, people are looking for a place to sleep. A car rambles through the night, to bring out of the dark, what could get lost in there. The film tries to grasp the perception of people who are constantly on the run, who can't remember the last time they've slept in a real bed. The things we witness are turning into inner landscapes. Fragments of conversations become collective thoughts and somewhere in the distance, Kepler 452b is orbiting a sun that is warmer than ours.
One was a Black human rights leader who had achieved global notoriety. The other was a young Marxist Oxford student from Pakistan looking to bring radical change to the British establishment. When they met in December 1964, Malcolm X's life of activism was about to come to a tragic end, but Tariq Ali's journey was just beginning. This is the story of a brief but impactful friendship that, 50 years later, still ripples through England today, told by Ali, civil rights historians, and rarely seen footage of Malcolm X's overseas visit.
Nas is a young woman from a neighborhood in the Parisian suburbs. Since the death of her parents, she has been forced to take care of her family (her two little sisters). As fate is against her, she must assume this new responsibility alone, her husband Mehdi being incarcerated. Fortunately Nas can always count on the support of his best friend: Alyssia. The young woman with a joyful and explosive temperament is an unwavering support for the one she considers her own sister.
A documentary about Tonino Delli Colli, a man of cinema and cinematography, and one of the greatest performers of the Arte della Luce and of photography in movement.
Granting unprecedented access, Joan Armatrading tells her life story, both as a songwriter and as a performer. Features key performances from Joan and many of the musicians she has influenced.
An untold story in the realm of Nargual Review. Now unveiled - A Pengle Pongli Story
Fifty kilometers from Berlin, there was once a secret Nazi labor camp, but today there is no trace of it. The witness of those events, three restorers and two diggers are invited to go in search of this place. Comparing the prisoners ' diaries with the findings suggests that the culture of memory is gradually losing its power.
In a poor neighborhood crisscrossed by a polluted river, Tati, a 14-year-old girl, is forced to grow up alone in a troubled and confusing context. While learning to sail on the river, she dreams of being a boat rower. A job only ruled by men.
Germany, as seen from the water. The landscape passes by in epic tranquillity as the audience immerses itself in the world of barge shipping. The top permitted speed for smaller watercraft is specified in the inland waterways regulations as a maximum of 15 km/h. A woman is along for the ride on Germany’s rivers and canals, with plenty of time to explore this little-known cosmos. In the end, the director dreams of a life on board and endeavours to find her place in the predominantly male domain. Welt an Bord is a hybrid of documentary and narrative film. The basic conditions are set by the limited space on the barge and the work that must be done. Kathrin Resetarits embodies the alter ego of director Eva Könnemann, while she herself takes charge of the cinematography. Together they accepted the captain’s invitation to join in this other life. What kind of life is it anyway? Resetarits/Könnemann listen and work their way through fiction and reality.
Exclusive behind-the-scenes access to legendary game creator Hideo Kojima's new studio, Newsbeat shows the making of Death Stranding - the first game from Kojima Productions in Tokyo.
In this emotionally charged contemplation on the glory and the tragedy of the Mekong River, different levels of real and imaginary worlds are brought together. Khmer folk tales, local lore and stories about reincarnation are told through vibrant watercolour animations and observations of daily life. Imbued with a sense of ecological responsibility toward the agricultural realities of the Mekong delta, they reveal a poetic but nonetheless biting consideration of Vietnam's troubled history.
For 13 years the quartet Long Distance Calling, which is based in Münster, has been praised and celebrated for its equally weightless and colossal music. After returning to their instrumental roots, Long Distance Calling planned the next step. Under the perfect tour title 'Seats and Sounds', the band performed in front of a seated audience.
We are facing a nuclear disaster. Some penitents walk naked on a road waiting for the fall of the deadly bomb.
A giant robot wakes up from an age-old sleep to fulfill the task for which it is programmed. But he soon realizes that his assignment cannot take away the loneliness in his heart.
Four Corali dancers have chosen artworks from the galleries at Tate Britain and developed individual dance responses to them. Together with Tate, they show what happens when people have the freedom to enjoy the gallery however they want, and how this can open up new ways of responding to art. Dancing to Art showcases the creativity and talent of the dancers, but also invites you to have a go yourself.
In this documentary, fourteen people across the world reveal their unique connection to water. We the Bathers holds up an intimate lens to a series of disparate lives, leading us to consider how our bathing rituals might be shaped by our identities. Through a startling juxtaposition of stories from a grieving East Londoner, to a Sicilian sex worker, to a Japanese Buddhist monk, each person is given a platform to speak candidly about their experiences without restraint. Water is life.
Former district administrator Georg (89), a Prussian through and through, has been living with Alina, a Polish woman 45 years his junior, since the death of his wife. The housekeeper looks after the sprightly old man and brings a new lease of life to his everyday life. Fatih, a 28-year-old Tunisian, completes the trio. Alina met him over the internet and after a quick wedding, he also moves into the former politician's house. The result is an unusual flat-sharing community that challenges each of the three, but is ultimately crowned with success.
A man tries to make a film but gets sick.
An angel trapped between the world of light and the world of the flesh, lost in a hell of avid and insane souls, a prey to their desires. A movie in five acts. The path of humanity, between birth and death, in the dark ocean of sin where we aren't but castaways clinging to the madness of our choices
Ardal O'Hanlon looks at what started the showband era in Ireland, the people involved, and how it came to an end in the 1980s.
A bourgeois couple, like so many others. It is clear that after a few years of marriage a bit of boredom may come, and it is their case: especially boredom in bed.