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Gideon
Gideon is a short documentary I made on my Dad and where he grew up. Starring Eric Dell and his mom, Carolyn Dell, Gideon explores what it was like growing up in a small town and looks back on fond memories of growing up there.
Glimmer
The steel industry once put Luxembourg's economy on its feet. After the industry died out, what remained of it was deserted, colossal buildings and lives scarred by unsafe working conditions. However, for many, these hazardous jobs still represented a daily beacon of hope and financial security. This monumental film stands in the memory of the labor that went on behind four factory walls, documenting in “memento mori” fashion the vanishing world of industrial workers.
Gnosis Iluminada
The former 17th-century convent of Santa Mònica in Barcelona, today the Centre d’Art Santa Mònica, housed a library of which more than 500 volumes are currently preserved at the University of Barcelona. The study of a selection of these books served as the beginning for this artistic project.
Esmeralda
It's 1980 in a city in northern Mexico. A peculiar-looking man visits a bridal shop every day. Not to buy but to visit his beloved: a mannequin whose eyes awakened in him a memory of tragic love.
How to Watch Pornography
A movie essay using theory fragments from porn studies pioneer Linda Williams, radical gender theorist Paul Preciado, feminist theorists Hortense Spillers, Karen Barad and more. A variety of hazy, lo fi clips rub up against an isolated digerati immersed in temporary pornutopias. Why not name it a small collection, a modest archive of sexual imageries and pleasures? The relationship between monopoly capitalism and sexual imaging is laid bare, along with the production of a gendered subject, the question of post-pornography and its new identity formations.
Lend Me Your Voice
Akili, a young refugee in Rwanda who has endured a long and painful journey, sits with strangers and invites them to read her story.
Pin
A portrait of 14-year-old Wen Bin and a Sri Lankan monk. They walk different landscapes of their residences - a temple, a home, a body.
Salted Lake
A short journey exploring the relationship between nudism and sexuality in the Limanakia beach of Vouliagmeni.
Tell Me My Story
Magda grew up in an orphanage. She never met her parents. Entering adulthood, she finally decides to find them.
Owambe
Cultures live on through traditions, and in community halls across Britain, nigerians created a spirit of celebration. Welcome to owambe – the life and soul of nigeian party culture
Susan & Leslie
A slice-of-life documentary following a visually-impaired married couple as they prepare for a trip to the grocery store.
A Life of Honor
When Joseph Patton joined the Navy in 1955, he recalls serving in silence, as the LGBTQIA+ community could not be open while in the military. Despite being the “perfect sailor,” Joseph was kicked out of the Navy for being friends with gay service members, under the assumption that he was homosexual. Due to the status of his “undesirable discharge,” Joseph was unable to receive any benefits for his service in the Navy. Years later, Joseph came to StoryCorps to reflect on his journey and share his resilience, as he fought and successfully changed his status to “honorable discharge.”
Going Alone
Every year, five to ten percent of all deceased Berliners are buried by the authorities because no relatives are found. Most of them are put into the ground by mortician Bernd Simon going alone. But sometimes companions do turn up and say goodbye in their very own way. An observational documentary about an undertaker who actually wanted to become an entertainer, a bizarre city portrait and a mirror of how we deal with death, mourning and commemoration.
Bring It To The People
As the pandemic raged throughout NYC, many vulnerable communities were faced with a dilemma: Get the COVID-19 vaccine or remain unvaccinated?
Antoine Kombouaré, la force paisible
From the young Kanak recently arrived in France to the talented footballer hailed by the entire profession, the film "Antoine Kombouaré, une force peaceful" takes us back to his journey as a player and coach. Beyond the performances, discover the intimate portrait of a nomadic athlete who has never forgotten his roots.
Buenas Tempestades
A fisherman in the last stage of his life, is reunited in front of the sea after an accident that took him away from his beloved waters for more than a year, to find the joy and pain that he left in sea.
Hierba La Sangre
In 1961, the disappearance of ancestral medical practices was predicted as a consequence of the profound social and economic changes implemented by the recent Cuban Revolution. In 2021, the source of ancestral knowledge is kept alive through the universe of four characters and their relationship with nature.
Jeffrey Smart
The story of one of Australia's greatest 20th century painters, incorporating rich archive material including rare interviews with Smart and his long-term partner Ermes De Zan.
La quemada
12 years later, a failed school short film is resignified to share the multiple experiences that exist in the creation of a film.
Isabel Meyrelles: O Dragão Que Fuma
Active at 93, Isabel Meyrelles, the first Portuguese woman surrealist artist - sculptor and poet - talks about herself and her work.
The Youth Service
A short film about a Youth Service in England and the struggles they have been through
Marco inedito: Dagli ultimi 100 giorni di Pannella
The last days of Marco Pannella’s life - indomitable and disruptive protagonist over 60 years of Italian political life - shown through never before seen repertory materials, as well as unpublished interviews and illustrious interventions. A deserved portrait, dedicated to one of the most independent figures of the 900 Italian.
Tierra Fértil
A bittersweet love letter to a small village up in the mountains of Zacatecas, Mexico, where the droughts can be as intense as the love of the people who live there. Their community members share with us how they got there and what made them stay despite the struggles they go through to access water.
SKYLiGHT
Captured with breathtaking clarity over a period of two years, SKYLiGHT is an observational documentation of the urban and natural landscapes of Singapore that evokes a sense of the celestial.
Xatastujut Tekit: Tiempo De Trabajo
The film is a portrait of the daily life of the Maseual and Tutunakú people of the Sierra Norte. Describes the diversity of work that maintains and sustains families and communities, narrates in depth one of the most important activities; the care and preservation of bees meliponas, an endemic species at risk, of great importance in the biodiversity of the territory and the health of the people.
upon all the living and the dead
Images from the present; sounds from the past. A cabin destroyed by mold but memories remain. The filmmaker returns after years of reconstruction to build memories for the future.
Ishim
How long do feelings last? To find out the answer, the director persuades his parents to meet in the city of their youth, Ishim, where they parted 16 years ago. Mutual claims, unspoken resentments and old feelings return to the lives of former spouses traveling to memorable places of their relationship.
Seeing Thunder
A documentary that threads on the hidden conundrums in the deaf world. Within the deaf and the hearing world is a fine line - so what's it like to live within as an in-betweener?
La Misión
Two Catholic priests in a village in the remote region of Mexico seek to bring the word of G-d to the indigenous residents.
Liturgy of Anti-Tank Obstacles
Reality in Ukraine was divided into two periods - before the war and after. Every citizen tries to be useful in this national resistance. Ukrainians change their professions and adapt to the needs of wartime. In art workshops, sculptors make anti-tank obstacles. Silent figures of Ukrainian figures, angels, Cossacks and multiple copies of Jesus Christ, like a terracotta army, froze in anticipation of new creations. Masters weld metal defenses for the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
El muro de las constelaciones
María Laura is a woman who undertakes a struggle against the symbolic death implied by the invisibility of being trans. She reconstructs her identity while rescuing the history of her ancestors from oblivion.