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Flesh And Bronze
A documentary that traces half a century of history telling the two mysterious warriors who emerged from the sea of Riace in 1972, after two thousand years spent underwater. Interviews and unpublished documents, direct testimonies and the story of a present in turmoil are the heart of this journey.
Juchic: Path of the Master
A look at the martial art "Juchic" in Chile and its founder, master Luis Edgardo Pacheco, in more than 50 years of career training disciples and developing his "contact game".
Over het Wildrooster
In Over the Cattle Grid you follow to Robert, Rinke and Ytzen, who spend every day in the woods between the villages of Odoorn and Exloo. Ytzen and Rinke because they live in the middle of the woods, Robert because he cycles through the woods every day to get to work. Behind the grid time seems to pass in a different way. Or as Ytzen says "there is no time, there is just being". They also see things they have never seen before, such as trees that lose their leaves in September and plants that want to start growing in the middle of winter. You will also see Wietse de Haan and Evert Prummel, they build instruments from dead trees. All the music you hear in the film was played on these tree instruments and recorded in the forest. Okki herself also occasionally passes by. She has been coming to this piece of forest all her life, which is a kilometer from the house where she grew up. Not only has she known the forest, but also Robert, Ytzen and Rinke for most of her life.
Ocupar e Resistir - O coração do Centro Histórico
Caught Out: Crime. Corruption. Cricket.
The sports documentary examines India's biggest match-fixing scandal, the icons caught in its web and the journalists who uncovered the corruption.
Everybody Against the Wall
A take on the Valparaíso's graffiti scene through the eyes of "Quirón", a local artist.
Between Fabrics
A look at the work of five independent costume designers and their approach to the world of fashion in Chile.
Thacker Pass: Mining The Sacred
In Nevada’s remote Thacker Pass, a fight for our future is playing out between local Indigenous tribes and powerful state and corporate entities hellbent on mining the lithium beneath their land. Vancouver-based Lithium Americas is developing a massive lithium mine at Thacker Pass, but for more than two years several local tribes and environmental organizations have tried to block or delay the mine in the courts and through direct action.
The Catskills
The Catskills is a humorous and nostalgic tribute to what became affectionately known as the Borscht Belt. Stand-up comedians share their best shtick while former waiters, entertainers, and dance instructors recount tales of the family-run resorts and bungalows that inspired films like Dirty Dancing. Featuring home movies, publicity photos, postcards, and menus, this time capsule provides an overview of Jewish immigration to New York going back to the early twentieth century. Director Lex Gillespie (The Mamboniks, SFJFF 2019) maps the development of the vacation destination, from a refuge for working-class Jews seeking a respite from poverty in overcrowded New York City tenements to a lavish summer playground for the affluent.
Asog
This unique narrative incorporating documentary elements follows Rey, a 40-year-old non-binary teacher and typhoon survivor, on a roadtrip to fame. With surreal comedy and social portrait realism, filmmaker Seán Devlin explores climate change, LGBTQ+ issues, and the impact of colonialism on contemporary Philippines.
Mexican Dream
Malena had her tubes tied after an abusive relationship and fled to Mexico City seeking a better life, but her ex-spouse took custody of her children despite her fierce fight. Today she has a new partner and is finishing the house where she dreams of living with her three children and a new baby. She needs IVF treatment if she is to have a second chance now that she's older and wiser. Malena decides to quit her job as a domestic worker and return home to set up a business and have the family she always dreamt of. Feeling abandoned, her children punish her while her partner threatens to leave if the IVF fails. Can she pull everyone together and make her dreams come true?
Permanecer aqui: Relatos dos Moradores da Casa do Estudante UFRGS
Founded in 1971, the Casa do Estudante Universitário (CEU) at UFRGS is one of the four student residences at UFRGS. Six residents report their experiences at CEU, revealing the challenges and adaptations along their trajectories.
Niall Horan – The Show: Extended Play (Short Film)
Welcome to the final show. For the past three weeks, Niall Horan has been bringing songs from his third studio album, The Show, to life in intimate live performance settings as part of Vevo’s newly-launched Extended Play series. He started with fan-favorite “You Could Start a Cult” before working his way through “Meltdown” and “On a Night Like Tonight.” For a fitting end to his quartet of performances, Horan sat down at the piano and closed the curtains with “The Show.”
a landscape of survival
An observational documentary follows a pack of canines inhabiting the dynamic crossroads between the urban landscape and the natural world along the banks of the Sabarmati River, Ahmedabad.
Caroline Aherne: Queen of Comedy
The unique life and talent of Caroline Aherne is celebrated in a new Arena film, featuring unseen photographs and contributions from a cast of her lifelong friends, including Steve Coogan, John Thomson, Craig Cash and producer Andy Harries.
The Game of Crowns: The Tudors
From the real life stories that inspired Game of Thrones, delve into a world of dynasties, blood feuds and civil war, where brother battles brother, uncle kills nephew, and cousin executes cousin in the race to decide who wears the bloodstained crown of England. The Tudor dynasty spans little over a century, but it is filled with big personalities and even bigger battles for power and influence. Trace the Tudor bloodline from Henry VII to Elizabeth I in a family drama like no other.
All You Hear Is Noise
A fearless documentary portrait of three athletes with intellectual disabilities navigating life beyond the international spotlight of the Special Olympics World Games.
Hummingbirds
In Texas, on the Mexican border, best friends Silvia and Beba dance through long summer nights. Stuck in the immigration process in a politically divided America, home seems fragile. But their bond is not. The half-light is a space for poetry and dreams.
Wo die wilden Bienen wohnen
Wild bees live solitary lives and coexist with one plant for which they are morphologically equipped. When humans introduce domesticated honeybees into this ecosystem, they threaten to displace the wild bees.
The Psychopath Life Coach
The journey and life story of criminal turned life coach Lewis Raymond Taylor.
Short Hike
A boy named Matt finds him self in at the base of a great hill. It's not a question of if he will get to the top, but how.
Pacheû
The Mont-Blanc massif, in three chapters, three ways of looking at the melting glaciers and the thawing permafrost. A dialogue between informed knowledge and sensitive perceptions.
American Journal
A cinematic essay interweaving private archive images and a mixture of reflective, speculative and poetic intertitles that, like “an old movie from the 20th century”, invites us to meditate on what Des Pallières once liked to call “our old homeland”.
Tom Cruise: Impossible Missions
The stories behind the most memorable stunts from the film franchise, from the genre-defining Langley Heist to the jaw-dropping Plane Hang
Ron Delsener Presents
Now well into his eighties, Delsener shows little sign of slowing down. At one point, the camera follows him as he ping-pongs across New York attending multiple concerts in one evening. His love for the work of putting on a show shines through as he drags the filmmakers through crowds and backstage so he can chat with artists and crew members. Interspersed with these present-day adventures are looks back on the highlights of Delsener’s career, reflecting his own intense nostalgia. It’s rare that a documentary so completely embodies the personality of its subject.
Green Gold
The increasing price of avocados leads to a study on the socioeconomic impact of monocultures and the monopolization of water in Chile.
Icons Unearthed: The Fast and the Furious
It showcases interviews with cast and crew members from Fast and the Furious franchise to find out exactly what makes it run: heart and stunts - lots and lots of stunts.
to Crinkle their Wrist, Perfumed Splendour
An omnium-gatherum of film, poem, and song excerpts contextually juxtaposed in an attempt to explore masculinity, alienation, and identity in a post-industrial society.
E 9 10 22 - 9 10 23
E 9 10 22 - 9 10 23 is a series of films created by E.C. Lewin over the course of one year. Each film was created in a single day, using archival footage and original filmed content. Cinema is a time consuming medium, where an individual projects completion typicaly consumes e several months to years. Though painting and scluptres are no stranger to the prolonged creative process, the traditional visual artist owns one tool the filmaker doesnt. The sketch book, the visual diary, the access to experimentation on a minor scale. This film is a collection of “cinematic sketches”, documenting the themes, editing techniques, aesthetics, and personal journey of the filmmaker from the 10th of October 2022 to the 10th of October 2023.
I Have To Do This
Content creator Ethan Nestor battles personal and artistic crises as he races against the clock to develop a live show under increasingly-heavy pressure for his impending, sold-out, first-ever North American tour.