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Seed of Fire
Mexican documentary short film that portrays the importance of the self-management process of communities in the republic around the cacao seed, not only in its production but in its cultural and collective importance.
Altai Women
Altai is a sacred place, a concentration of special energy. There you can meet yourself and hear the true voice of your soul. The four heroines of the film embody all the wisdom of this extraordinary place, preserve its traditions and are the conductors of its power. Their sincerity, honesty above all with themselves, their vision of the world and their huge connection with this land are healing, as is Altai itself. They will show this place as they know it themselves — a place of power.
Roommates at First Sight
Steven and Martin are the best of friends. They used to live together, but Martin moved out. Will Steven get his best friend back?? Will his cries for Martin be answered????
Simon Reeve's Return to Cornwall
Simon Reeve returns to visit one of Britain’s favourite counties to discover what life is really like for the locals after the summer crowds have gone. Filmed as the energy and cost-of-living crisis began to take its toll, this is an eye-opening look at why Cornwall is one of the most desirable parts of the country and an iconic holiday destination but also one of the poorest counties in England.
Beast From The East: The Big Freeze Of 2018
A look back on the extreme weather event caused by a brutal Siberian weather system in 2018, which lasted for 10 days and saw temperatures plunge to -10 degrees Celsius.
Alif. Do. Re. Mi
The hero grew up in an orphanage, entered a music college and became a music teacher. His daughter and grandchildren also became musicians. And he started learning to play the piano at the age of 63.
Covenant of the Salmon People
Covenant of the Salmon People is a documentary portrait of the Nez Perce Tribe’s ancient covenant with salmon. The film follows their efforts to uphold this ancient relationship as dams and climate impacts threaten one of the cornerstones of their culture.
Radio Jammer
A fragmentary 16mm portrait of the lonely lives that haunt Chicago's underground rap scene. Alienated youth seek transcendence amid chaotic crowds, deafening noise, and the allure of occult aesthetics. The gaze of surveillance, both real and imagined, affirms their indignation.
Se crasher pour exister
On a speedway in Comines-Warneton, Alizée is a bangers driver, just like her whole family. On Sundays, they unplug their brains and press the accelerator in a great release of speed and destruction. But the circuit that has brought the community together for 40 years is due to close…
Teeth
Escalators are everywhere in the urban environment. An accustomed user and walker does not really pay attention to them, but what if they are a gate to the beyond?
Looking Back Before You Leap
A collection of memories from a tumultuous time at University.
Peace and Silence
Leevi Pienihäkkinen’s tight experimental short documentary Peace and Silence dives into the Helsinki night, exploring the darkened city with fresh eyes. The familiar spots of the city centre flash in the images, but something is different. The everyday becomes weird, details vanish, lights shine taking over everything around them. Humans remain anonymous and faceless, silhouettes against the backdrop of the dark city.
An Bhabóg Bheo
A compelling insight into the life of drag queen extraordinaire Danielle James
Raise Me a Memory
A pastoral village that lies on a borderland. Its current residents speak about their dreams, and from these recollections emerge their own personal loss. Their dreams also overlap with those of the director, who has learned of his grandfather’s unknown past.
The Vigilant Villagers
This is the story of three Filipino rural communities that live in harmony with the land, even when it threatens to take everything away.
Texas, USA
A documentary film exploring what it takes to build a new, hopeful vision for democracy against enormous odds. It’s an underdog story, told through the lives of candidates and organizers during the statewide 2022 election who tell an unexpected story of persistence, community, and progress in an unlikely place.
Hoveyda
Documentary about Amir-Abbas Hoveyda, Iranian economist and politician who served as Prime Minister of Iran from 27 January 1965 to 7 August 1977.
National Geographic Investigates: Legal Marijuana in America
The U.S. war on pot is not over, as penalties and jail time are still a threat.
Mother Eve
A family’s difficult but endearing journey that re-defines motherhood: is it through nature or nurture? Yasmine is a young woman forced to raise her 3 younger siblings after being struck with life’s difficult circumstances. Trying to provide for their stability, she begins working random part time jobs to make quick and easy money and is constantly trying to balance between her personal life and work life. This family’s journey is difficult, but it is surely heartwarming. Throughout the film, we discover why Yasmine has to be responsible for her siblings despite her age.
Chasseur de Fantômes : LE MAUVAIS ENDROIT / malus locus
The Witness Tree
As Sridhar prepares for his coming-of-age celebration, his grandfather tells him a shocking story about his family. As he pushes for the truth, his mother is caught in a dilemma between wanting to protect him and wanting to be honest.
Body-Soul-Patient
The medical profession requires not only detailed knowledge of diagnostic and treatment procedures, but also personal qualities or communication skills. Can these be taught? Jindřich Andrš' observational film shows new ways of teaching at the Second Faculty of Medicine of Charles University. We follow medics who find themselves in challenging simulated and real situations - for the first time in the role of a doctor.
VALE TUDO
Lucia "Pretty Beast" Krajčovič is a 34-year-old professional MMA fighter and mother of two children. Shortly after giving birth, she is determined to become a champion in both disciplines - sport and motherhood. With a baby in her arms, she is preparing for her next fight. Under the immense pressure of her two identities, exhausted from lack of sleep, she wrestles with a question to which she had a clear answer not long ago. How to be both Pretty and Beast and for how much longer?
Stacey Dooley: Ready for War?
Stacey follows three Ukrainian civilians training with British soldiers to fight Russia. In just five weeks, a florist, a welder and a jeweller learn to 'survive and be lethal'.
Craving Earth
In the essay film Craving Earth, the filmmaker and visual artist Anna-Sofia Nylund tries to explain the indescribable feeling one can have towards nature and its beauty.
Children’s Game #38: Ellsakat
Neither indoors nor out, but on the doorstep, where you might play a quick game while waiting for someone. Girl and boy pile up candy wrappers, face down; elsewhere, for the game is widespread, it could be cards, tokens, any flimsy object with a front and a back. A lightning round of scissors-paper-rock decides who slaps first. The aim is to make the colourful, ‘right’ sides appear, and these wrappers can be claimed, yet are soon back in play. The siblings have identical profiles, and sometimes positions, like one person playing in a mirror. When the door opens and the someone appears, they rush off into their day.
Teams and Dreams: Spikeball 2023 College Nationals
Some of our fave college roundnet players lead their squads into the fire of Spikeball's 2023 Roundnet College Nationals for the last time. Coming in second at last year's College Nationals, will University of Texas's Andrew Christmas and Shachi Patel finally take home the trophy for their squad?! Or will the leadership of Sunny Gu and Grant Klapwijk get in their way?
Genoveva, spirit of wind
The daily life of a woman in her eighties, who rides her bicycle to sell her products
Arrabal the panic explosion
Celebration of Fernando Arrabal, 90 years old, poet, playwright, member of the transcendent body of satraps of the college of pataphysics and founder of the panic movement with Alejandro Jodorowsky and Roland Topor. With Alejandra Chulia Jordan, Arrabal specialist. With the contribution of François Naudin. Moderation Wanda Mihuléac. Caroline Corre for bibliophile books.
Ricky Tomlinson Remembers... The Royle Family
Ricky Tomlinson sits back in his chair and takes a fond look back at the much-loved comedy series The Royle Family, sharing his memories of playing head of the family Jim Royle and his experiences working with the show’s co-creator Caroline Aherne, who, as well as writing the show with co-star Craig Cash, also played Jim’s daughter Denise. Ricky talks about how a chance encounter helped him get the part of Jim, recounts what it was like filming some of the show’s most iconic moments, and tries to get the bottom of the origins of Jim’s famous, below-the-belt catchphrase.
Somorrostro en tres actes
Through three different moments, between the sixties, the nineties and the present, the director portrays an emblematic place in Barcelona that has gone from being a marginal corner to becoming one of the epicenters of mass tourism. Somorrostro, now the beach, before the neighborhood, is the object of this dialogue between archival and current images that is also the reunion, between frames, of a granddaughter with her grandfather.
Muohtačalmmit
The experimental documentary depicts the flow of water as a metaphor for Sámi people under pressure in modern times. The film deals with water as a sacred element, pathway and daily source of sustenance for the Sámi people. The poetic essence of the narration comes from Pedar Jalvi, Finland’s first Sámi writer, who describes the connection with water in his poem Muohtačalmmit.
Phase-to-face: A New Chapter of Learning
During the pandemic, online meetings become a new platform for education. This film follows the students and teachers adapting to that new form of learning.
Posture
Through interviews with two local members of sexual minorities in Macau, the work introduces the real life situation and social acceptance of members of sexual minorities in Macau. The work is also unfolded by the organization they founded, which introduces the development of ballroom culture in Macau, as well as the current situation and difficulties of local organizations of sexual minorities in Macau.