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The Alexander Complex
The Alexander Complex unravels a bizarre tale of intrigue, politics and money as an international group of ‘gentlemanly explorers’, all with pseudonyms to protect their identities, come together in a quest to solve the mystery of the missing tomb of Alexander the Great, one of the most significant figures in human history. An Algerian ex-soldier, code-named The Inventor, who practices amateur archaeology, claims to have found Alexander’s tomb in Jordan, and claims that it is filled with thousands of tons of gold and precious jewels.
Building Me
This film was shot over the course of one month, on a 10 year old camera, documenting empty construction sites. Through this, the filmmaker explores the beauty in humanity, growing up and the world of architecture.
The Forest and The Sea
A short film featuring a coastal forest and the rocky coastline of downeast Maine.
Dorival Caymmi - Um Homem de Afetos
An irresistible journey through the universe of the singer and composer that revolutionized the song in Brazil and influenced generations of musicians, paving the way for movements such as Bossa Nova and Tropicália.
Man versus Ferry
A short bicycling race on the New Waterford/South Bar Highway along Sydney Harbor, in Cape Breton Island, NS, Canada.
What the Hands Do
Mariana Mendoza and Miguel Casar are attracted to proud, challenging boulders and approach the sport with passion and dedication. At the same time, they believe that climbing hard is not the only thing that matters. As lifelong social justice advocates, they ask: How can we use climbing to cultivate joy and connection in our communities? Can climbing create opportunities for meaningful growth? How can we use climbing to shape the world we want to see?
The Railways: Engine of Progress
When the first railroads were built some two hundred years ago, they brought about a revolutionary change for mankind, linking cities and countryside, driving the industrial revolution and irrevocably changing the landscape: a history of the railroad from its beginnings to the present day.
Moving A Body
Moving A Body is a single-channel black-and-white video with diegetic sounds. The video depicts a person trying to move an immobile body, a performance about carrying or trying to navigate something that is bigger than all of us.
Roberto Baggio
A filmmaker investigates his childhood memory of Brazil’s 1994 World Cup win, reflecting on capitalism and pop culture through a moody ’90s aesthetic.
When the Gifts Arrive
A night in the life of Felipe, a man who travels Mexico's state of Chihuahua dressed as Santa Claus, delivering gifts to public hospitals. The story explores every aspect of the gift-giving process, from the physical to the emotional.
Beyond. Above the Water
More recently, in the middle of the last century, a group of enthusiasts began to develop a sport unique to Russia: water skiing. Very quickly, riding on the water behind the boat became popular: tricks became more complicated, new champions appeared. And a few decades later, water skiing was replaced by modern wakeboarding — with its own unique path and bright characters.
I wasn't born for this
The mandatory military enlistment process brings with itself a determination that cannot be avoided, forcing many young people to serve against their will. But certain calls are permeated by a complex game of forces, which involves desires and prejudices, in relation to those enlisted with behavior outside the normative standards from a social, racial and sexual point of view.
Bliss Point
Gerard Ortín Castellví concludes his trilogy on the food we eat and the major transformations it continues to undergo. By delving into the gleaming workings of the distribution chain, "Bliss Point" elegantly eviscerates the well-oiled machinery of an industry for which nothing matters more than optimisation – certainly not human beings.
Mauritanie, à la rencontre des femmes du désert
In Mauritania, travel writer Blanche de Richemont explores life in the sands by meeting the women of Adrar, a mountainous region where nomadic culture remains very present.
Strike! The Women Who Fought Back
In their own words, this is the story of six women from the South Wales valleys and how they helped sustain the bitter year-long miners' strike, changing their lives forever.
Cambodian people's party, L'ex-terra nova di Polpot
A documentary about the effects of Polpot regime on the 2023 Cambodian people's.
Born at Home
The Born at Home documentary explores and uncovers the empowering journey of homebirth, shedding light on the often overlooked and misunderstood option that has transformed lives. Born at Home dives into real stories of women navigating birth trauma and examines how a shift in environment and informed choices can reshape the birthing experience. Wisdom is shared from homebirth families, interwoven with evidence-based information from midwives, medical professionals, doulas, researchers and maternity advocates.
Xixi
An unexpected and joyous exploration of womanhood, autonomy and self-reinvention, told through the video diaries and personal archive of the free-spirited XiXi and the evolution of the friendship between her and the filmmaker.
Suspended In Space
Two skiers are suspended in space and time as the frozen winter Scape of the Yukon Territory awakens their souls.
Rowdy Flock: a daughter, her dreams, and a sheep farm in Norway
"When Rakel took over the last farm in her Norwegian village, she was not only taking responsibility for a flock of accident-prone woolly animals, but also a way of life at a crossroads."
The Birth of Naikee
The film follows the trajectory of Naikee, a black transwoman activist, in her quest for identity and freedom. In addition to revisiting key elements of Naikee’s journey, the film aims to question the overwhelming heteronormative standards of a society too binary to erect an ode to diversity. By re-interpreting Boticceli’s painting The Birth of Venus, Naikee asserts her right to exist differently.
Between The Lines
2017 - I am travelling to Russia with a German tour group. I take the diary of Wehrmacht soldier Buff, killed in action in 1942 when he tried to give first aid to a Russian soldier, as my travel reading. Our itinerary intersects with places where he fought. I grew up in Russia. My grandmother toiled in Stalin's camps. 2022 - the conflict that Russia's attack on Ukraine triggered in me runs through the film. The journey to Russia was characterised by encounters between people whose parents' or grandparents' had common experiences - those of the Second World War. In brief moments of rapprochement, many questions remain unanswered - especially about the purpose of war.
Gwangcheon-dong, Mr.Kim
Gwangju is known as a key city of democracy in Korea. Kim Hwan-gyung, a young media artist, begins to live in a typical slum, Gwangcheon-dong. The residents share stories about the lives of the early urban poor, the first Gwangju democracy movement, and concerns about rapid redevelopment. Gwangcheon-dong is scheduled to be demolished and disappear entirely by 2024.
Domingo de Chuva
It portrays a Sunday in a typically Brazilian home, where food serves as a link to family ties, guided by conversations of all kinds, ranging from memories to gossip.
Revolução Na Serra
Documentary short film that captures the album release event of Zepelim e o Sopro do Cão's debut, "Caranguejo de Açude", which took place at Farofa na Praia de Campina, featuring special guests Escurinho and Banda Labacé.
EPCOT Becoming: Inside the Transformation
The documentary shows how the park's teams have created a new coaster, explored water, and debuted Luminous The Symphony of Us, the next legacy in nighttime spectaculars.
Memories Of a Dream
Norma recounts her father's dream of a life fulfilled by taking to the skies.
The Search for the Palace Letters
This remarkable documentary tells the story of Professor Jenny Hocking, the historian who took on the Australian Government and HM Queen Elizabeth II in a landmark legal battle - and won.
Unmasking a Killer Serial Arsonist
The story of how investigators unmasked the most prolific American arsonist of the 20th century.
É o Boi
"É o Boi" is a documentary that narrates the origins, portrays the present and discusses the perspectives of carnival in the city of Porto Ferreira/SP. Celebrating a tradition that already is already 90 years old, the film is mainly made up of images taken during the Porto Ferreira's carnival and interviews with people who fight daily to keep this unique and at the same time typically Brazilian cultural manifestation alive. Made over almost a decade, "É o Boi" also portrays critical moments of this carnival in the countryside of São Paulo, including disagreements with public authorities that almost led to the carnival being banned and the impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic on the organization of celebrations.
Bloodhound
A woman wakes up with the urge to film blood. In Paris, her city, she meets a blood conveyor, a transplant doctor, a chimaera… And she remembers a trial she followed a long time ago: the contaminated blood trial. Yamina Zoutat has constructed a moving quest about transmission, drawing on the hidden matter from which our bodies are made.
The Cigarette Surfboard
After a young designer realizes that a surfboard – which he crafted from thousands of littered cigarette butts picked up off California beaches – could captivate the eyes of millions across the globe, he decides to use it as the impetus to do something more. The Cigarette Surfboards become a platform to spark ocean stewardship and the symbol of a campaign to hold Big Tobacco accountable for their toxic waste.