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Self-Portrait: 47 KM 2020
As coronavirus begins to sweep the globe, Zhang returns to her father’s village with her camera, seeking to understand where the extraordinary phenomenon might sit in the grand palimpsest of China’s history. As with all of Zhang’s work, this is a committed, reflective, formally assured non-fiction film, grounded in collaboration and blessed with an uncanny sense of unhurried time.
Tales of the Honey Island Swamp Monster: Bigfoot Beyond the Trail
In this latest installment of Bigfoot Beyond the Trail, Aleks takes a deep dive into the stories of the infamous Honey Island Swamp monster in Louisiana.
The Perfect Meal
A food-loving and scientific tribute to the Mediterranean diet and, not least, the liquid gold: olive oil.
Excursus of Memories
The person in the photo is my grandma. She passed away… After developing this roll of film, I found out this is the only portrait. My grandma is blurred in this photo. I neither knew the reason what happened to me back then. The distance between me and Grandma has always been so far, and the closest one. It's the moment when our eyes meet in the camera.
Zakros
Zakros, a tiny dot in the map of Eastern Crete, bathed in sunlight and harnessed by the wind. Fading glances and attempts to wonder in the labyrinths of time, history, memory and daily life.
Sarah Bernhardt - Pionnière du show business
On the centenary of Sarah Bernhardt's death, we take a look back at the whimsical life of the whimsical and eventful life of "la Divine", who defied theatrical theatrical traditions.
Antihero
Antihero is a documentary about the life and works of José Manuel Domínguez and the world of people with disabilities. He is a blind Cuban writer, actor, and director who produces plays through his organization Antiheroes Project which emphasizes inclusion. His artistic work transcends raising awareness about people with disabilities, their challenges, achievements, and shortcomings, and their right to inclusion.
Bellezza, addio
In the mid-1990s, news broke that poet Dario Bellezza - who was friends with Sandro Penna, Alberto Moravia, Elsa Morante, Anna Maria Ortese, and Pier Paolo Pasolini - had AIDS: this was the beginning of the end for him. Today, friends, poets and literary critics tell the story of the first openly gay writer of Italian literature, one of the symbols of a thriving cultural scene. They called him 'Italy's poète maudit', to which his snarky response would be: "If anything, I was blessed, blessed by the Muses".
L.C.D.B. - El documental
In the geographical center of Buenos Aires, a group of friends establish a self-managed space free of prejudices under the premise of the Buenos Aires Anti-fascist Action and the SHARP (Skin-Heads Against Racial Prejudice) culture, called La Cultura del Barrio (LCDB). La Cultura gathers all street cultures and promote various aspects of counter-cultural music, literature and other arts. Within this context, they open a boxing school as well, proposing another form of playing sports in response to a selfish, racist and homophobic system. LCDB thus becomes the first and only anti-fascist sports and social club in Latin America.
Across
This autobiographical film, standing on the borderline between reality and fiction, explores diverse forms of faith and spirituality. Director Irene Dorigotti guides the film dressed in a Boy Scout uniform – a reminder of her family heritage – as she travels through her native Italy and remote areas, meeting spiritual leaders and ordinary people. For her, these encounters mark decisive moments in her spiritual journey and in her discovery of the role that religion can play in the life of contemporary man. Poetic images of landscapes, dreamlike passages and fragments of personal history, together with poignant music, create a powerful statement about the nature of humanity.
A Different Score
Ngbanzo’s directorial debut is the first documentary devoted to the life and work of the late composer, pianist, singer, and pioneer of musical minimalism Julius Eastman. Previously unseen interviews and recordings from Eastman’s archive reveal the political dimension of Eastman’s practice, while extensive footage of Devonté Hynes rehearsing and performing a selection of Eastman-penned pieces offers an exhilarating showcase for the work of this still-too-little-known 20th-century master.
Pai Niang Niang: The Last Osmanthus Blossom
Pai Niang Niang (1972)—was thought to have not been captured on film and faded into obscurity. This work used the Broadway musical model to adapt the famous Chinese myth Legend of the White Snake. Bringing together Eastern and Western theatrical styles, the production combined Chinese traditional music, dance, costume and stage design with modern Western concepts. Despite this bold attempt, the resulting work was ahead of its time and was not a commercial success. This year in April, however, a partial film record of the performance was miraculously discovered. The restored surviving footage has become the finale of this documentary, Pai Niang Niang: The Last Osmanthus Blossom, bringing the saga to a flawless conclusion.
Safe Space
Following the lives of Queer creatives behind Norwich’s queer collaborative ‘Stripped Sets’. We discover the reasoning behind the need for safe spaces, and the stories that come with them. Through live events, photoshoots and history, we see the process in creating such an important event.
Vatel, Carême, Escoffier : à la table des rois !
The Bloodline: The Complete Story
Watch the entire saga of The Bloodline, featuring moments and matches from Roman Reigns, The Usos, Solo Sikoa and even Sami Zayn that made The Bloodline the most dominant group in WWE.
Hardwicke Circus: The Prison Gig
A short, low-budget documentary that follows a small jobbing band from the north of England called 'Hardwicke Circus' as they perform a gig and music workshop at 'Standford Hill HMP', a men's prison on the Isle of Sheppey in the south of England. Shot in Ben Archer's fly-on-the-wall 'gonzo' style of filmmaking and taken from the band's late-2019 tour of England's south coast, this documentary focuses on the joy of performance and music in an environment that does not often allow such expression. Bookended by short commentary from the band's lead singer Jonny Foster, 'Hardwicke Circus: The Prison Gig' is an uplifting ode to the power and necessity of art, even for those that society have deemed not to deserve it.
Omar and Cedric: If This Ever Gets Weird
A film that charts the artistic and personal relationship between two era-defining artists, Omar Rodríguez-López and Cedric Bixler-Zavala (At the Drive-In/The Mars Volta), told almost entirely through hundreds of hours of self-shot footage filmed by Omar over the last 40 years.
Days
Marie-Philip is a PhD student and part-time professor who loves cats and Harry Potter. But one week before her 29th birthday, she is diagnosed with breast cancer. For a year, without false modesty, we follow her through each step as she confides in us with shocking honesty. An ode to life, to courage and to the resilience of all those who fight every day against disease.
2G
Agadez in Niger has long been the starting point for people smugglers moving migrants through the desert to Libya. Under pressure from Europe, the Niger government has been trying to combat people smuggling, but the local economy offers few alternatives. Those who give up smuggling usually end up in gold mining. But it’s hard and dangerous work, and only a few make their fortunes.
VHS Found Footage - September 27, 1990 - Close Encounters from Beyond the Stars
While traveling to pick up his brother, Tommy Pryer recounts an encounter with a U.F.O. in the sky.
Alphane
Dive into an epic journey with Simon Lorenzi, a climber who made history by opening the world’s second 9a boulder. After overcoming various injuries, Simon returns to the limelight to take on a new and equally ambitious challenge.
Kill Or Be Killed
The story of a mother of two called Nikki Addimando, who was admitted to police that she shot and killed her partner, beloved gymnastics coach Chris Grover, in their home. But did she pull the trigger in self-defense after enduring years of physical and sexual abuse at the hands of Grover, or did she stage the crime scene and murder her partner in cold blood?
Lesbiennes, quelle histoire ?
From her personal experience, Marie Labory sets out on the trail of the lesbians who lived in Europe in the twentieth century. One hundred years of fighting for freedom, told through archives and testimonies.
Saturday Night Takeaway: Behind the Screens
An exclusive TV special that goes deep behind the scenes to reveal what goes into making the happiest ninety minutes of the week.
A field that no longer smells of flowers
In the municipality of Villa Guerrero, State of Mexico, flower growers and their families live together with the hope of better times; meanwhile, they live every day in a field that no longer smells of flowers.
A Man, When He Is a Man
What are the social climate and cultural traditions in Costa Rica which nurture "machismo" and allow the domination of women to continue in Latin America?
Loop Route Bus No. 26
Through the squelching snow, through reminiscences and farewells, lies the path from the bus stop to summer.
Polar Tour
A film about the difficult life of a female stoker. Working from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. in a boiler room that heats apartment buildings, Zinaida – who weighs just 38 kg – has to shovel hundreds of kilograms of coal along with her coworker, Alexander.
Mama America
This film is a memoir about a missing mother. The uncertainty with which the author has lived for their whole life is interrupted by sudden news.
Traces
A journey back to the darkest years of the military dictatorship, where Valeria Sarmiento, using for the first time in her career her own voice, reflects on the traces of the political violence of that period and summons the testimony of victims and privileged witnesses, but also the opinion of scientists, memory theorists and researchers of genocides of other times. The result is an intimate account of how these traces have impregnated our life stories, our bodies and also our landscape.
Love You to Death: Gabby Petito
When a young couple goes missing, witness sightings, social media tips, and details about a domestic dispute fuel the public’s concern that something has gone terribly wrong.