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Solastalgia
Edda has been overcome by solastalgia: anguish over the destruction of our planet. Seeking refuge on the North Frisian island of Pellworm, she meets Sophie, a young farmer who is suing the German government for her right to a future, in this artistic, veracious immersion in the lives of the Fridays for Future generation.
Contents Inventory
Every lamp, every cup, every gadget—insurance companies often require homeowners who have lost their homes in a fire to take an inventory of every object they owned. But of course this list can never show what is really of value and what is not. This is precisely what filmmaker Irene Lusztig asks about.
Russia vs. Russia
More than twenty years after Vladimir Putin came to supreme power in Russia on May 7, 2000, Russian society is deeply divided. A young, modern generation opposes the growing repression by the regime, which still retains the support of many members of previous generations. Who are these ordinary citizens who dream of living in a different Russia? What price will they have to pay to achieve the freedom and justice they so desire?
Miss Betty's Calling
For 25 years, Betty Thompson — who was lovingly referred to as “Miss Betty” — dedicated her career to Jackson Women’s Health Organization where she helped countless people who walked through those doors. In 2004, Jackson Women’s Health Organization became the last remaining abortion clinic in Mississippi, and in 2022, it was forced to close as a result of the US Supreme Court decision to overturn Roe v. Wade. At StoryCorps, Betty reflects on her decision to help these women, and the experiences as a teenager in the 1960s that brought her to her calling.
Castro vu par ses fidèles, l'homme derrière le mythe
Molière and the King
The life and work of Jean-Baptiste Poquelin (1622-73), the greatest French-language playwright, Molière, who revolutionized theater by bringing to the stage, with lucidity and dazzling modernity, the themes of his time and who had a special relationship with Louis XIV, the dazzling Sun King, that allowed him to develop as an artist while using his talent, like that of many other artists of his time, to enhance his personal glory.
Freedom
Four students from Texas offer their own perspective on what Freedom means to them, how it relates to their struggles, interests, and identity.
Perspective
A kilometer of film, three old cameras, a year and a half of filming. The documentary portrait of the Moscow photo laboratory "Perspektiva" is a story about enthusiasts burning with their work and faith in analog photography.
Nicolae
The late dictator Nicolae Ceaușescu, who died in 1989, resurrects in 2021 as a hologram to address the contemporary inhabitants of a small Romanian village. What happens next is captured in a hybrid documentary, observing the effects this unusual encounter has on the people involved, many of whom are first-hand witnesses of Ceaușescu’s rule.
Dikiy's High
Timur dreams of being a special rapper — like his idol Morgenstern, with whom he recently struck up a real friendship. But he is a special "Wild" without that: because of the terrible diagnosis, he has been in a wheelchair since childhood, and doctors give him few chances. While relaxing by the sea, Timur and his mother receive an invitation to shoot a TV show on one of the federal channels. The editors promise that it will be a positive program about overcoming life's difficulties. Timur, inspired, together with his mother and a couple of friends, fly to Moscow. But the reality turns out to be tougher than their expectations of the trip.
Au-delà du désert flou, plus aucune sauvegarde n'est possible
I’m tired of playing the cowboy. But by cheating, it is possible to slip past impassable mountains and bottomless rivers. Where no cowboy has ever gone before is a vast desert, filled with strange shapes and inexplicable phenomena. In this place, death is final, but it is possible to rewrite history to change the fatal outcome.
How shall we comfort ourselves.
The tragicomic tableau vivant documentary "How shall we comfort ourselves." explores the endless human search for meaning. Using repurposed church buildings as the theater and everyday events as the play, we take a step back and observe humanity's absurd ways of dealing with life. From hardcore parties to yoga sessions, and from a morning mass to a gym. Hopeful coping-mechanisms we use to escape the emptiness of life. Captured within the walls of that which used to provide us with fixed frames of reference and collective meaning: the church.
born at eighteen
born at eighteen highlights the underrepresented yet common experience of a delayed youth within the LGBTQIA+ community. The documentary features interviews with two people from different generations as they share their own personal experiences with this phenomenon, as well as how it has affected them in their adult lives.
Plateau
On the Jos Plateau in Nigeria, the British mined tin and columbite which sustained local generations until the end of the 20th century. Mining is now an artisanal activity. Karimah Ashadu portrays the harshness of manual labour while questioning the harm caused by the uncontrolled extraction of natural resources.
The Family Statement
Using messages from their family WhatsApp group, "The Family Statement" constructs a conversation between the Sacklers and those afflicted by the opioid crisis, bringing the notoriously private family into dialogue with those living the consequences of the opioid epidemic and offering a commentary on capitalism, corporate accountability, denial and pain.
Secte du temple solaire - Vercors londe de choc
On December 23, 1995, the discovery of sixteen charred bodies in a small village in the Vercors region of France caused a real trauma that marked the inhabitants and, more broadly, the French. It was the first time that followers of a sect, in this case the Order of the Solar Temple, committed suicide in France. This led the authorities to create an interministerial mission to fight against cults, which would become Miviludes. The investigation of the tragedy avoids another tragedy in the Canary Islands and shows everyone the danger of cults.
Vicente Ruiz: A tiempo real
It traces the work of Vicente Ruiz and his creative process, the emotional impulses behind his work and the constant search for change. With archival footage and testimonies, the documentary explores the social role of art through one of the leading figures of Chilean counterculture in the 1980s.
The Earth Is Spinning
In Spring 2020, Ukraine is in lockdown. Returning to the family household after three years away, Olena Kyrychenko finds a depressive mother and an ill father, who is drowning his forced unemployment in alcohol. Her film chronicles with precision an extimate territory, located on the edge of the lost world of childhood and the disenchanted reality of adulthood.
First Time Home
When they learn their grandfather has become gravely ill, four cousins travel from their Indigenous Triqui immigrant community in California to their ancestral village in southern Mexico to meet their relatives for the first time.
07:15 - Blackbird
Jean lives as a hermit in a forest. From his cabin, he listens to and records the sounds of the animals that inhabit the surrounding area. One night, he hears the cry of an unknown animal. Along with Mana, a young girl who sings with the birds, he goes in search of the mysterious creature.
The End of Valley of Tears
The inhabitants of the village of Tichilesti in eastern Romania live far away from civilization, in the quiet among dogs and cats that roam the streets. However, this tranquillity portends death as Tichilesti was where lepers were sent years ago.
The Stigma of the Durag
This is a mash up of Vox Populi and recreations addressing stigma behind durags told from the point of view of Milwaukeean Justin Goodrum.
How I Became a Besermyan
The film is a journey consisting of random meetings and conversations with representatives of the small Fino-Ugric people. The director is interested in seasonal rituals, household magic and dreams of besermyans, but as soon as it comes to spaces of communication with supernatural forces, the guest is sharply given to understand where his place is.
Birder
In the last 20 years, Daniel Garza has managed to photograph 850 of the 1107 species of birds that inhabit Mexico. Through his observations he has realized the urgency to preserve them.
Up There
Nino was a bricklayer and lived in the outskirts of Palermo with his family. Now he lives alone on top of a mountain and is a prophet. He calls himself Isravele – and the name must be read backwards to understand its meaning. Up there, on a barren mountain on the edge of the city, is his home: an old abandoned observatory that in twenty years of solitary work he transformed into a portentous naive temple. Traveling up and down the mountain on a daily basis, Isravele takes with his backpack loaded with pebbles and concrete. His idea is to bring the bottom to the top in order to purify it. He transforms neglect into beauty, through constant work, bordering on the inhuman, which he calls prayer. But for some time more and more tourists and onlookers have been threatening the peace of this place, where a mysterious man is said to be alive, who announces the coming of the Apocalypse. Over there, in the city, they call him the hermit.
The Bitter Root
David Ocitti was just a boy when the rebels attacked his village, forcing him to become a soldier in their brutal army. After surviving a narrow escape, David returns home, only to be ostracized from his family. A testament to radical forgiveness and restorative justice, David ultimately embraces the very perpetrators who ripped apart his family and helps them find a second chance at life.
Food For Thought
A young woman, struggling with anxiety and ADHD, reveals how she finds inner peace through the experience of cooking.
Like People, They Change Too
Told through episodes, the filmmaker describes the places where they used to go with their late grandfather. As they revisit these places, they notice that the lands are no longer the same.
Whitney Houston, 10 ans déjà le destin brisé d’une étoile
Katanga Nation
In the district of Katanga, in Addis Ababa, Amele and her makeshift hostel welcome young people seeking refuge in the Ethiopian capital. Every day sees the arrival of a new person, a new experience, a new story. The filmmakers sensitively paint the portrait of a place and its residents.