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Nuno is a man working at a hot dog stand, who also invented a machine which promises to revolutionize the shoe industry- a foot scanner. In the middle of a gasoline embargo and finding himself in a strange predicament, Nuno becomes mysteriously confined to his car, finding his life suddenly embargoed.
Alphonse is a 70 years old man, born and raised in Benin, left his country and his people with the promise to come back home… But he never did. When Alphonse receives the news that his sister Veronique is ill, it seems to him that time has past too long and that he has to go and see her. Alphonse will have to face the past and the present of his homeland. He will have to talk and explain 40 years of silence, shame and disillusion. To his sister who has been waiting for him, also to his mother, who died without seeing him back. “The door of no return” is a journey from north to south and south to north, from the present to the past, from here to beyond. An adventure back to the starting point. An open reflection about all the questions arising from the personal conflict of a man divided by the emigrant who has gone and the immigrant who has never returned. It is the unique and universal story of Alphonse Zannou.
Documentary which, through the letters of Frances Wilkinson, an English woman who lived in China between the unsettled 30’s and 50’s, takes us on a journey to today’s China, comparing the letters’ point of view with that of the documentary-maker. A game of contrasts video-diary style involving the intimate reading of the letters by Frances’ granddaughter.
A group of Nazis meet in a house to revive Hitler's black magic, but unleash through the wrath of specters that end up torturing and harassing them.
The world as seen through the eyes of a plastic bag.
Haunted every night by monsters of unknown origin, an isolated woman finds a stranger in the woods and struggles between her safety and her sexual desires.
It was Thursday when we met her at Puerta del Sol. Sandra is a seventy three years old woman who’s life is dedicated to fight injustices, towards others and the ones she suffered herself. Everytime we meet we learn something new that she once was not allowed to say.
For time immemorial, the indigenous peoples of Latin America have used and venerated the coca plant, affording it the same respect as a person. Jiíbie is the Uitoto word for the powder made from the plant, which is produced here in the domestic setting of a Muiná-Muruí family (in the Colombian Amazon). A spiritual guide, a healer, a teacher and a communicator: these are just some of the roles assigned to this “plant of power”.
Paper Voices is a creative documentary about art, exile and movement, which tells the story of the great epic Eresoinka from the hands of the last survivors, as well as contemporary Basque artists and their different disciplines.
You usually leave me, is the tale of David, a guy from Caracas that goes on a date with his girlfriend Matilda, to break up with her.
Unable to fly the nest due to the economic crisis that grips Spain, a penniless, young couple have trouble consummating their fledgling relationship in their parents' homes.
This animated documentary about the vision of the Colombia war by displaced children using their original drawings and their testimonies.
A group of residents from Coria del Rio uncover a key figure in their town's history -- a samurai on a quest for redemption.
Julio and Sophie celebrate their fifth anniversary together during an unexpected storm. But things will twist much more when someone knocks on your door. Someone willing to change Sophie's life forever, once and for all.
In Bolivia, in a small mountain village, the daily rhythm seems marked by a time that no longer exists, by nature’s invisibles forces, by the will of the gods. In this place where there is no longer a difference between dreams and reality, during the festival of the dead, one can almost hear the voices of those who are no longer there, creating an invisible bridge between past and present.
Life sometimes is slippery. Clay and paint on glass Experimental animation film.
The bumbling police Freire and Salinas are accused of a crime they did not commit and become the most popular men in the country.
Segundo works as a janitor in a city building. In the morning he receives an unexpected call and is forced to spend the afternoon with his daughter. The two know each other, but do not maintain contact.
An abandoned film screen in the middle of the forest.
A look at the rebuilding of Chechnya since the end of the Second Chechen War in 2009.
A young couple in love wakes up making love, however...
It’s the story of two twins. One of them is ready to spend an afternoon on the riverside with his mates until he is confronted with an extreme situation that will force him to decide if he will fight for his friends or for his brother.
Two astronauts arrive on a strange planet and tour it in search of intelligent life; but when the encounter with the local civilization finally takes place, the mission of the travelers suffers a new and unexpected setback.
After the latest Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip, once the bombings cease, the reality of the conflict disappears from the media. The documentary is a trip to Gaza, where through various characters we know the violation of human rights they suffer daily and the post-war blockade and situation that the Palestinian population is trying to survive in the Gaza Strip. A journey through their cities, their people and also, somehow, their history under the occupation of Israel.
“Luis, El Sabio del Éxito” reviews with unpublished images the triumph of Spain in the Eurocopa of 2008 with Luis Aragonés as key protagonist. Emotional speeches, moments of tension, tactical talks, situations of euphoria, make this documentary a unique opportunity for the public to enjoy success from within.
JM is a young DJ with an intellectual disability, which makes him live unaware of the marginal world surrounding him. One night he will witness a brutal beating.
A young filmmaker travels back home to Basque Country to follow three friends on a surreal nautical voyage. Riding a second-hand paddle boat, they pedal over 150km along the entire Basque coast from Hendaia (French Basque Country) to Bilbao in an attempt to rediscover their country's shoreline. However, as a paddle boat is not made for the rough Basque sea, things don't go as planned. The journey becomes a delirium with unforeseen accidents, folkloric parties, hangovers, a shaman, a funeral... Documenting the expedition of these 'sailors' on his own, the filmmaker finds himself on a parallel inner journey.
A group of movie professionals go into a studio to, over a single day, read / test/ count / live the story of 'The Silly Ones and The Stupid Ones'. Sitting around a table and following the directions of the director, the actors show us the evolution of the creating process and how the characters through the trials, indications, lighting or props, that at first were just a story captured on a script becomes a film, in cinema, the great optical illusion, the visual lies that allows us to enjoy the stories we see on the screen.
The three protagonists play, eat and argue together. In this, at least, they are no different from other boys their age. But they are different in one crucial way, because nine-year-old Daniel and Habtom and Yohannes, both aged 12, live on the street, sleeping in an abandoned car on the side of the road. Without money or any form of adult support, they struggle to survive in Addis Ababa, the capital of Ethiopia. And there are around 270,000 other street kids like them. The film records the three boys’ daily lives without being overly sentimental.
Punk spirit and archive footage: a visual discuss on the Spanish Transition, a supposedly exemplary stage with many flaws when is looked at closely. A thinking jumble in which the works of dissident filmmakers fit just as well as newsreels, teen criminal gangs movies, erotic screwball comedies, social dramas and television freakshows for children. A visual avalanche, an exquisite corpse that radiographs a beloved country named Spain between 1975 and 1982.
In 2016, four mummies of the National Archaeological Museum of Madrid left their showcases headed to a well-known hospital in the capital of Spain. The objective: to study them with the most advanced radiological technology in the world. However, no one could imagine that, under the bandages of the so-called Golden Mummy, there would be a secret with more than two thousand years old. A hieroglyphic enigma that hid the identity of one of the best preserved Egyptian mummies in the world.
A documentary on the painter Antonio López and his day-to-day work.
Leidi lives with her mom and her baby. Her boyfriend, Alexis, hasn't shown up in days. That sunny morning, after she bathed her baby, Leidi was sent by her mother to buy plantains. She meets a guy that tells her he has seen Alexis with another girl. She forgets about bringing home the plantains and embarks on a journey to find him. Leidi won't return home until she finds the father of her child.
A look at the daily life of Samya and Adrián, two teenagers assisted by local authorities; a tough existence full of obstacles, precariousness, and loneliness. Only a trio of good angels, Carlos, Mario and Bea, much more than social workers, protect them.
An independent filmmaker wants to make a movie… Why is it so difficult? What stands in the way? Who is stopping him? And: how many movies can there be in a single one? Complex and fragmented, this is Eduardo Quispe’s sixth film, which, according to the director, brings a cycle in his filmography to a close.
In the Amazonian jungle, the village of Palma Real resists the modern world. Carlito, a silent young man, decides to leave. On the muddy bed of the immense river, an encounter reveals the secret that Carlito has hidden from his community.
Alicia and Damian are ghosts occupying a large empty house on Lake Riñihue. Unable to assimilate their condition as dead people, they wander the house during an eternal day, gradually discovering the rules of this strange world and the reason for their presence.
The documentary delves into the intimate, labor, and political life of diverse characters to testify to the problems of inequality, exploitation, and instability in the work relations of some labor sectors.
Four friends go hunting and "accidentally" one kills another. The argument over what to do with the body will get to unsuspected heights.
After years of working on an 'estancia' in Patagonia, the Old Foreman is forced to retire and a younge'r man takes his place. The change is difficult and challenging for both men. Each one must survive the oncoming winter.
Carlos Saura, a living legend. Félix Viscarret, a director who wants to make a film portrait of the great master. He draws up a plan. He thinks it's brilliant. He will show the intimate side of Saura through conversations of the genius with his 7 children. Everyone accepts. But Saura does not like talking about the past.
In November 1936, a few months since the beginning of the Spanish Civil War, the government of the Second Republic moves to Valencia. In this situation, several Valencian artists and intellectuals decide to build four fallas — satirical plasterboard sculptures created to be burnt — to mock fascism.
A woman must make the most important decision of life: to fight for living or for giving life.