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Mrs. Iran's Husband
Gender apartheid is front and centre in this pointed exploration of family and labour in Iran. Sultan Mohammad proposes taking a third wife as a way to maintain and expand his free labour force, to the consternation of his current wives.
The Art of Lute in Crete
The "Thyrathen" museum, for 10 years now, continues the journey to the culture and musical tradition of Crete and the entire Mediterranean. Hosting eight recognised artists of the lute, they weave its history, its evolution and its formation within the area of Cretan music.
5-3-0
After a disturbing taxi ride, and an even worse party, a teenage girl must return home with a menacing taxi driver who insists on her sitting next to him.
Waiting for the Bus to Arrive
A short film about the things I experience when I wait for my bus in the morning.
Germano Mathias - O Catedrático do Samba
A white man, yet forged in the samba de engraxate that had its main stronghold in downtown São Paulo, Germano Mathias became an icon of a musical style that mixed a lot of "malandragem" and poetry. We follow Germano as he recounts his life, journey, and brings us memories of a city that, while it no longer exists, is still hidden from our distracted gazes.
Rising Above
This anidoc depicts the story and feelings of a woman who became a victim of rape and attempted murder. Her severe trauma is symbolised by a broken mirror and her futile effort to put the pieces back together. A deep probe into her mind maps the way to come to terms with this experience – at least partially.
Lumumba, return of a hero
61 years after his assassination, Patrice Lumumba returns to his country. "Congo returns to Congo" as one of his children said. Lumumba was a nationalist leader who intended to use his country's enormous wealth for the benefit of his people. He became the first Prime Minister in the history of Congo on June 30, 1960, when the country gained its independence after 80 years of Belgian colonial rule. Seven months later, he was assassinated in Katanga province with two of his best political allies: Joseph Okito and Maurice Mpolo. Their bodies were dissolved in sulfuric acid and only one of Patrice Lumumba's teeth remained. This "relic" was taken from Lumumba's corpse and kept in secret by a police commissioner until his death in 2000. The assassination of the nationalist and anti-colonialist leader was followed by the advent of the dictator Mobutu, who was able to remain in place until 1997, thanks to Western support.
Radio Shimo-kajiro—The Songs That Led Us Here Today
Shimokajiro Housing Complex is a public reconstruction housing complex for people evacuated from Namie, Futaba, Okuma, and Tomioka, as a result of the disaster at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant. In this housing complex, where people gather from different places and where many elderly dwell, they began making and distributing CDs on music they remember, also putting on a show as if they were running a radio program, and even forming a band to play along with the rhythm of each singer. This film is a record of these unusual support activities for the disaster-stricken areas, connected by music to transcend the times and the COVID-19 pandemic.
Return Of The Creeps
Athens 1982. Somewhere between Kypseli, Patisia and Exarchia districts, Creep Records was born. In its four year run, Creep Records featured some of the most important bands of the Greek New Wave, Post Punk and Dark Wave scene on its roster. Creep released a series of iconic records that are, to this day, music works of inestimable sentimental value. A documentary about one of the first and most influential independent record labels in Greece which gave shelter to several underground bands of the 80's, such as Yell-o-Yell and many others. Besides the personal narratives of the founder of Creep Records Babis Dallidis, the film also features members of the bands who recorded with the label, such as Angelo and His Egos, Art Of Parties, Clown, Cpt Nefos, Headleaders, Metro Decay, Rehearsed Dreams, The Reporters, South Of No North, Villa 21 and The Vyllies.
Harry & Meghan: What Next?
Exploring how the couple's fairy-tale romance pitted the Windsors against each other.
Exit Within
A painting workshop brings six people closer to art. Their living conditions lead them to seek a way out through this activity, even though they cannot share their works with the audience. A narrator who has gone through the same experiences accompanies the images and sounds that populate a six-week journey, until the moment his works are completed.
Blood Money: The Curse of Brink's-Mat Robbery
In November 1983, a gang of armed robbers stormed into the Brink's-Mat security depot near Heathrow and got away with 26 million pounds worth of gold. Now nearly 40 years on, police officers and key witnesses, many speaking for the first time, reveal the inside story behind Britain's biggest gold robbery.
Aonaracht
January, this year, saw the release of Belfast harpist Úna Monaghan's debut album Aonaracht. Coming from the traditional Irish music background, it finds the musician, composer and Gaeilgeoir expanding beyond her native hinterland to explore the possibilities that might arise by combining the latest technological tools with the element of chance. Her journey is captured from its onset in August 2021. Along the way she is joined by a variety of collaborators, amongst them, Iarla Ó Lionaird, Kevin Murphy, Paddy Glackin, Saileog Ní Cheannabháin, Pauline Scanlon and Jack Talty.
Aerial Landscape and Soothing Music
Enjoy the stunning views of Banff National Park from above in this relaxing video. Fly over majestic mountains, serene lakes, and lush forests as you listen to soothing music.
North Korea: The Insiders
For more than three years, North Korea has sealed its borders. Three people have risked their lives to tell the BBC what is happening. What they reveal is shocking.
You Can't Shrink Love
Artist Lucy Francis creates miniatures of dogs to show their spirit and feed her passion for man’s best friend.
The Collectors: Original Six
Visit six impressive collections gathered by hockey fans to preserve the jerseys, trading cards, and other memorabilia from the sport they love.
Diomysus
An experimental film where a group of mice (voiced by members of the UK polyamorous community who's identities are masked using puppetry) discuss their experiences of polyamory. Diomysus asks the question - are we (the audience) more open to taboo ideas if unconscious bias is eliminated?
Their Own Life
The LGBTQ+ community has long struggled with the “scourge” of suicide. Data from the Dutch crisis hotline - 113 Suicide prevention - show that nearly half of all LGBTQ+ adults in the Netherlands have entertained suicidal thoughts at some point in their lives, a figure five times higher than that for the country’s adult population in general. The number of people who have actually attempted suicide is four times higher than average. For transgender people,the figures are even more shocking. Yet within the rainbow community as a whole, the topic of suicide still seems to be taboo.The filmmakers want to break down this taboo. For the past two years, they have been following three individuals as each of them went through a jet-black period. Will they manage to get their lives back on track? Can they set an example for others in mental distress?
Record of Life: Those Who Fought in the Okawa Tsunami Trial
On March 11, 2011, Okawa Elementary School in Ishinomaki City was engulfed by a tsunami, and 74 children, or 70% of the school's children, were killed. 51 minutes elapsed between the earthquake and when the tsunami reached the school. The school was informed of the tsunami and a school bus was on standby, but students did not evacuate. Okawa Elementary was the only school that suffered a large number of casualties in this earthquake. This documentary follows the lawsuit that followed the disaster, where the parents sought the truth behind the tragedy.
Bound
Raneem uses shibari as a way to process pain and desire, and as a vessel to hold all the complicated feelings of being alive. This video explores pain, pleasure, and power through the safe and loving environment of kink.
Long Haulers
All truckers are either running away or running to something.” In Long Haulers, through experimentation, direct observational filmmaking, and performative play, filmmaker Amy Reid rides and films with women truckers who have fled domestic violence, the stigmas of being formerly incarcerated, and mental health issues. Weaving together the stories of three truckers, Sandi, Lori, and Tracy, Long Haulers shares how each woman started trucking and what keeps them trucking.
What Really Happens in a Gay Sauna?
Gay saunas are places where gay men meet strangers to have sex. With exclusive access to one Nottingham business, this documentary enters the notorious, secretive world of the gay sauna for the very first time. We meet the people who go there for sexual pleasures – from teacher to plumbers to Tory councillors - and the staff who clean up after them…. There is thought to be a gay sauna in almost every city in the UK. But what exactly happens inside?
Zoran
The story of the circumstances in which Zoran matured as an artist, learning from the best. Zoran is a master at turning every seemingly difficult situation into an opportunity. And it does it all with incredible ease. His sculptures are alive. That is why the North American Indians gave him the Indian name Tunka Kitka - The man who awakens the stone.
NCT 127: The Lost Boys
In the form of "neo essays," the nine members of NCT 127 share never-before-heard stories from their childhood through an eclectic mix of theater, animation, dance, song, and performance art.
An Kamaturan
Mythology has always been rooted in Bicol; and its people in turn have always grown from these roots. One has always shaped the other. This relationship has created diverse but uniquely Bicolano interpretations of their mythology and its values. The documentary puts Oryol, a Bicolano Deity, into frame and captures the distinct interpretations of the character through the lens of the locals in the province of Albay.
There is no Thread Thinner than Life
The film is dedicated to the fate of children evacuated from besieged Leningrad. Orphanages were created at the expense of collective farms, in which hundreds of orphaned children were brought up. Not a single film has been made about how children lived in these institutions. There are fewer and fewer eyewitnesses of those events, only from them you can learn the truth.
Golden City
In the early 70s of the twentieth century, a gramophone record called "Lute music of the XV-XVII centuries" arrived in music stores. She was a truly stunning success and was in almost every Soviet family. The first number on it was the work "Canzone" by the composer Francesco da Milano (1497-1543). To the tune of the "Canzone", the poet Henri Volokhonsky composed the poem "Over the Blue Sky", using biblical images from the Old Testament Book of the prophet Ezekiel. The song "Under the Blue Sky" became the most famous ballad, and the aria "Ave Maria" became a worldwide opera hit. And suddenly, twenty years after the release of the record, it turned out that the withered Italian composers on the cover do not have such works, and their author is the Hero of our film – self-taught Vladimir Vavilov. In the film, Andrey "Ryusha" Reshetin, a violinist, researcher of Russian music and language of the Baroque era, discusses the secrets of music.
Man of Arran
"Man of Arran" is a cinematic exploration of the beauty of Ireland's coastline, juxtaposed with the inner strength of 83-year-old Paddy Conaghan, a man who refuses to let age define him. Embarking on an extraordinary adventure: circumnavigating Ireland, diving into winter seas, literally immersing himself in Irelands rugged coastal beauty, and promoting the cause of mental health awareness. Through, stunning visuals, heartfelt interviews, and Paddy's captivating storytelling, Man of Arran aims to transport the audience into Paddy's world and his mission.
Marx Enters the Confucian Temple
This documentary series borrows from Guo Moruo's short story "Marx Enters the Confucian Temple", and lets Marx and Confucius, two thinkers separated by more than 2,000 years, meet in a virtual Yuelu Academy. Guests and students ask questions as well. Zhang Guozhu, director of the China Center for Cultural Soft Power Research, Zhao Dongmei, professor of Peking University, Guo Jicheng, associate professor of China University of Political Science and Law, Zhong Jun, president of Hunan Academy of Social Sciences, Chen Yuxiong, party secretary of Yuelu Academy, Zhang Mingming, dean of the School of Marxism at China University of Petroleum, and Wang Lei, research fellow of Shenyang Academy of Education, participate in the se discussions. This documentary series analyzes an important aspect of Xi Jinping Thought, "The 2nd Combination" aka combining Marxism with traditional Chinese culture.