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Lines
Lines
Blanka is a woman in her 50s, alone in her apartment and in her life. Matuš, a young and motivated activist, hopes to become a councillor of his municipality despite his lack of marketing savvy. A cool real estate agent sells the notion of a happy life through Bratislava apartments. Two collegial road workers paint road markings and when their shift is over, they drink beer in their boarding room and ponder the indifference of the city inhabitants. Danko, a queer music composer, lives in the city centre with his mother in a modest flat. He takes long walks, listening to urban sounds, trying to capture the rhythm around him. Lines is a visual essay, a tangle of stories and observations, set in the exemplary post-socialist city of Bratislava, a place experiencing dynamic transformation.
Lines 2021
A História do Maior Best-Seller de Todos os Tempos
A História do Maior Best-Seller de Todos os Tempos
A História do Maior Best-Seller de Todos os Tempos 2021
Launch! On the Sea with Scotland's Lifeboats
Launch! On the Sea with Scotland's Lifeboats
This film dives into archive film and video of RNLI crews, with an immersive soundtrack from some of the UK's most exciting contemporary musicians.
Launch! On the Sea with Scotland's Lifeboats 2021
the Mountain Goats: The Jordan Lake Sessions (Volume 3)
the Mountain Goats: The Jordan Lake Sessions (Volume 3)
the Mountain Goats, recorded live in studio at Manifold Recording in Pittsboro, NC, on February 27 & 28, 2021.
the Mountain Goats: The Jordan Lake Sessions (Volume 3) 2021
Caledonia
Caledonia
On the secret like-mindedness between old Caledonia (the Latin name used by the Roman Empire to refer to most of the land area of Scotland) and New Caledonia (the French territory comprising dozens of islands in the South Pacific).
Caledonia 2021
Ashita o he guru
Ashita o he guru
This documentary records the lives of people in a mountain village surrounding the kozo (paper mulberry) tree, a raw material used to make Tosa washi paper.
Ashita o he guru 2021
Bob Marley & The Wailers: The Capitol Session '73
Bob Marley & The Wailers: The Capitol Session '73
In 1973 Bob Marley and the Wailers found themselves stranded on the West Coast of the United States after being asked to leave the Sly & The Family Stone tour for outperforming them every night. To make the best of the situation the band made their way to Los Angeles where they performed this recording session at the famed Capitol Studios. Bob Marley, Peter Tosh and Joe Higgs lead the Wailers in a seminal performance filmed with four cameras at the Capitol Records Tower on October 24, 1973. Meticulously restored and long believed lost, the previously unseen live session documents the reggae legends at a crucial moment in their career.
Bob Marley & The Wailers: The Capitol Session '73 2021
Coming Soon Last Days
Coming Soon Last Days
Palma de Mallorca, Spain. The workers of Cine Ciutat, a cooperative cinema that screens auteur films in original version, struggle to keep the business open, despite their own psychological exhaustion, economic difficulties, lack of spectators and aging equipment.
Coming Soon Last Days 2021
Life from Life
Life from Life
The film explores the hurdles facing organ transplant recipients in Bulgaria, once among Eastern Europe’s leaders in the medical procedure, but now ranking last on the continent for the number of transplants performed.
Life from Life 2021
Antarktis
Antarktis
Javier is a young filmmaker, grandson of Mario Raúl Arcaro, a scientist and inventor who, in 1953, was part of the first Argentine expedition to Antarctica. They were the first to enter the Snow Hill shelter, where the crew of the Swedish expedition led by Otto Nordenskjöld was stranded in 1903. A few years after Mario´s death Javier discovered a small wooden box that belonged to a Swedish expeditionary, so he decided to go on a journey following his grandfather's footsteps. He´ll also have to face unexpected twists, though.
Antarktis 2021
Le procès - Prague 1952
Le procès - Prague 1952
The new documentary made from the Slánský trial film and audio archives found by chance in 2018 in a warehouse in the suburb of Prague served as a starting point for the film. The director tells the trial through the descendants of three of the condemned: the daughter and grandson of Rudolf Slánský, the son and granddaughter of Rudolf Margolius, both executed after the trial, and the three children of Artur London, sentenced to life imprisonment.
Le procès - Prague 1952 2021
American Oz
American Oz
Explore the life and times of author L. Frank Baum, the creator of one of the most beloved, enduring and classic American narratives. By 1900, when The Wonderful Wizard of Oz was published, Baum was 44 years old and had spent much of his life in restless pursuit of success.
American Oz 2021
María Luisa Bemberg: The Echo of My Voice
María Luisa Bemberg: The Echo of My Voice
María Luisa Bemberg was born into the highest echelons of Argentina’s society. Her family founded Quilmes, the nation’s biggest brewery, which expanded into a multinational. Bemberg, home-schooled by the best teachers and tutors, grew up in a social bubble. And she never made a secret of this, in as far as many of her films are set in the upper classes of different eras and narrate the politics of their respective periods through the prism of female opportunity, or the lack thereof – what could a woman do, behaviour in extramarital affairs included? Class, more often than not, was a trap, even if it might offer opportunities that many are denied. With María Luisa Bemberg: El eco de mi voz, Alejandro Maci paints a detailed and multifaceted picture of Argentina’s greatest female filmmaker, in which family and colleagues get their say as much as Bemberg herself, thanks to myriads of private and public recordings.
María Luisa Bemberg: The Echo of My Voice 2021
My Mohamed Is Different
My Mohamed Is Different
After living full lives in their home countries in Europe, Sarannah, Neeljte and Monica travel to Egypt in hopes of exploring a new chapter of their lives after retirement.
My Mohamed Is Different 2021
Barcos. Doce cartas náuticas
Barcos. Doce cartas náuticas
Barcos. Doce cartas náuticas 2021
Note di viaggio: Il film
Note di viaggio: Il film
Note di viaggio: Il film 2021
The Ibiza Video: A Journalistic Crime Thriller
The Ibiza Video: A Journalistic Crime Thriller
From the first conspiratorial meeting to publication: gripping documentary about the story behind the scandal video that brought down the Austrian Vice Chancellor Heinz-Christian Strache in 2019.
The Ibiza Video: A Journalistic Crime Thriller 2021
Legacy of a Superpower: 30 Years After the Collapse of the USSR
Legacy of a Superpower: 30 Years After the Collapse of the USSR
Thirty years ago, in 1991, the Soviet Union, founded in 1922, disappeared, giving birth to fifteen new states, located between the Baltic Sea and the Pamir mountain range, which went their own way. How many of these republics have succeeded? How much real influence does Moscow exert over them? What role do NATO and the European Union play in this very complicated economic and political maze?
Legacy of a Superpower: 30 Years After the Collapse of the USSR 2021
This Is How We Roll
This Is How We Roll
YouTuber Coaster Studios presents a feature length documentary about the roller coaster manufacturer Rocky Mountain Construction! This documentary tells the story of Fred Grubb, a humble man from a small town in Wyoming with a big sense for adventure. He’d go on to develop a new way of building roller coaster track that would change the industry forever. This story goes into all of the challenges, hardships, and experiences that went into bringing these incredible thrill rides to life.
This Is How We Roll 2021
Cortina de Fumaça
Cortina de Fumaça
Cortina de Fumaça 2021
When Time Stood Still
When Time Stood Still
In a year without concerts, 40 musicians found a vital breath of inspiration on a secluded beach near the sea. Creative Camp turned out to be a revelatory experience whose effects are still being felt today.
When Time Stood Still 2021
Delicadeza é Azul
Delicadeza é Azul
Delicadeza é Azul 2021
Adagio...
Adagio...
Eight Filmmakers of different culture, nations and sensibilities collaborate for an anthology centred around music.
Adagio... 2021
Father of the Cyborgs
Father of the Cyborgs
Phil Kennedy made history and headlines when he connected the brain of a paralysed man to a computer in the 1990s. He became known as The Father of the Cyborgs - but the neurologist’s quest for knowledge didn’t end there. In 2014, he stunned his peers and his family when he agreed to have his own brain implanted to continue his research. This Irish production follows his remarkable and unprecedented journey.
Father of the Cyborgs 2021
Native Rock
Native Rock
Pedra pàtria (Native Rock) is an autobiographical reflection on Menorcan identity. From a collection of letters, Macià, a filmmaker living in the city, delves into the personal history and sublime landscapes of Menorca, which he shares with his little brother, Lau, who decided to be a farmer on their home island.
Native Rock 2021
The Living Witnesses
The Living Witnesses
The Living Witnesses is a film tying the past to the present: from antisemitism, racism and the Holocaust of the Second World War to the new wave of racism emerging throughout Europe today. Following three living witnesses from the Second World War, survivors of deportation or concentration camps and three students from Luxembourg either born here or immigrated from Syria or the Ivory Coast. With the deportation and the extermination of Jews in mind, the six living witnesses discover how crimes against humanity still play a considerable role in the consciousness of our societies today. We are still living in the post Second World War era, but the “never again” statements seem to fade away.
The Living Witnesses 2021
Harald Naegeli - Der Sprayer von Zürich
Harald Naegeli - Der Sprayer von Zürich
The Swiss artist Harald Naegeli became known around the world as the “Sprayer of Zurich” in the late 1970s. With his graffiti he criticized the monotonous, inhospitable cityscape of Zurich, but also the politics and the handling of the environment. In her sensitive portrait, director Nathalie David shows Harald Naegeli's multifaceted personality - as a visionary, argumentative artist, rebel, philosopher and astute, humorous person.
Harald Naegeli - Der Sprayer von Zürich 2021
Philosopher King -Lee Teng-hui's Dialogue-
Philosopher King -Lee Teng-hui's Dialogue-
A suicidal Japanese girl gets a lesson in Taiwanese history from the spirit of former Chinese leader Lee Teng-hui.
Philosopher King -Lee Teng-hui's Dialogue- 2021
D'Ale Para Sempre
D'Ale Para Sempre
Almost every story has a beginning, middle and end. But this is different. We live a lot from the reception at the airport to the final tango of our conductor. What we built together was unique. And it will never end.
D'Ale Para Sempre 2021
Media Mafia: a Tale of Two Newspapers
Media Mafia: a Tale of Two Newspapers
The 100 years of history of the Chosun Ilbo and the Dong-A Ilbo show that wrong press can be a social weapon.
Media Mafia: a Tale of Two Newspapers 2021
Walls For Women
Walls For Women
In the summer of 2020, a Tennessee public art program launched their month-long mural initiative with one goal in mind: to transform walls in rural towns with just a coat of paint. The catch? These walls were for women.
Walls For Women 2021
Saxifrages, Four White Nights
Saxifrages, Four White Nights
« In the shadows of Low Life, a secret ceremony dedicated to thirteen guardians of humanity’s common treasures, love and resistance, youth and poetry, equality and difference, insurrection and revolution. Saxifrages … These rootless plants’ windblown destiny is a soft perseverance doubled by an imperceptible intransigence, which, in time, imposes on the hardness of stones a patience that can break them. » – Saad Chakali
Saxifrages, Four White Nights 2021
The Healers
The Healers
Dr. Hildbrand is about to retire as other young doctors take over. At the intersection of generations and practices, Les Guérisseurs questions the vocation and profound meaning of caring for others.
The Healers 2021
The Last Horns Of Africa
The Last Horns Of Africa
Long a target for poachers, the rhino has been hunted for their horns across Africa. In The Last Horns of Africa, debut documentary feature director Garth De Bruno Austin follows those who are putting their lives on the line to protect the animal, from a hidden rhino orphanage to the Kruger National Park. With unparalleled access the filmmakers have created a compelling documentary that explores conservation, the illegal wildlife trade, and rhino poachers.
The Last Horns Of Africa 2021
Freedom Swell
Freedom Swell
Freedom Swell highlights a surf program designed to empower African Nova Scotian youth to connect with the ocean. The film explores the lack of diversity in the East Coast surf scene, stemming from complex historical barriers such as racism, segregated beaches, and generational fear of water. Co-founder LaMeia Reddick, volunteers, participants, and community members share their stories about the healing nature of water. Freedom Swell beautifully represents the spirit of North Preston Surf, a flagship program designed to inspire for years to come.
Freedom Swell 2021
Picture Stories
Picture Stories
Documentary about the life and legacy of Picture Post, the revolutionary magazine which shaped perceptions of British life during and after the Second World War.
Picture Stories 2021
The Subharchord – A Future That Never Happened
The Subharchord – A Future That Never Happened
Some years ago, director Ina Pillat discovered the story of an early synthesizer from East Berlin. She is herself from the DDR, but lives in Norway. This early electronic sound generator was far ahead of its time. She gets curious, what is the story behind this unique invention?
The Subharchord – A Future That Never Happened 2021
DeRosa: Life, Love & Art in Transition
DeRosa: Life, Love & Art in Transition
Chronicles the extraordinary life of artist Felicia DeRosa, who came out as transgender at the age of 41. With her life, career, and marriage potentially at risk, Felicia embarks on a journey towards authenticity and self-acceptance.
DeRosa: Life, Love & Art in Transition 2021
Builders, Housewives and the Construction of Modern Athens
Builders, Housewives and the Construction of Modern Athens
A documentary about the most distinctive Athenian building type, the polykatoikía, and the reconstruction of the city through the life of the anonymous regular builders. Who were the provincials who came to Athens with their wives after the Civil War and ‘cemented’ the city? Who ‘demolished’ the neoclassical buildings and filled Athens with apartment buildings? Ηow did they learn and develop their craft? How did they communicate and negotiate with the architects, the ‘educated’? In other words, what was the story of their encounter with the ‘project of modernity’? The documentary is based on Ioanna Theocharopoulou’s book sharing the same title, revised and published in 2021 by the Onassis Foundation.
Builders, Housewives and the Construction of Modern Athens 2021
Boundary: Flaming Feminist Action
Boundary: Flaming Feminist Action
After the Gangnam Station Toilet Murder Case in 2016, my friends and I started a new campaign by moving from the labor movement to the women's movement. We make Flaming Feminist Action projects that promote feminist movements with women's bodies and sexuality, such as "Liberation of armpit hairs" and "Liberation of nipples". Four years after our feminist manifesto, we open the diary of those four years that were hot, bitter, and damp like a sweltering summer.
Boundary: Flaming Feminist Action 2021