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A Great Trip to a Small Country
Through the years and from a very intimated point of view, this is the story of the adaptation process of two Syrian refugee's families to a faraway country called Uruguay, they completely disown.
Sexual Alphabet
The film portrays André’s current love affair with his boyfriend Hudson from a set of pornographic and psychedelic experiments that forge both the couple and their doubts regarding the very conditions of the romance they are experiencing.
Pandemic Tour Belako
Madrid was one of the hardest-hit regions in the world by the pandemic of Covid-19. When the state of alarm was declared in March 2020, awarded filmmaker Hernán Zin grab his camera and went out to portray it from all fronts: hospitals, ambulances, nursing homes, funeral homes, fire department, police and army operations.He got exclusive access to places and situations that few filmmakers in the world had due to the effort of the politicians to keep the press out of the hospitals and nursing homes.
Queen Elizabeth's Last Battles
Elizabeth II is History in flesh and blood. At 93, the Queen of England still defies time and carries with her the memory of our modern world. Her reign is officially the longest of British monarchy, but her life has never been a long calm river. Between the Brexit earthquake, the hospitalization of Prince Philip, Harry and Meghan renouncing the crown, and the sexual accusations against her favorite son, Andrew, she has recently faced many painful challenges. But the iconic queen remains steadfast. And she is ready for the next round: to manage the successful passing of the Crown. Thanks to archive footage and a few dramatized scenes, together with interviews of those who know the Royal Family best, this history documentary takes a look back at the key milestones of the Queen over the recent years.
Naughty Books
As sexy as it is smart, Naughty Books examines the steamy world of erotic romance, following three self-published authors who go from living at the margins to making millions by transforming their fantasies into best-selling fiction—and wrestling with the stark realities of what comes after sudden success.
Uncovering The Naked City
In this short documentary and personal essay, Bruce Goldstein, founder of Rialto Pictures and repertory director at New York’s FIlm Forum, tracks down many of the 100+ New York City locations—from the Bronx to the Lower East Side—used in his friend Jules Dassin’s classic police procedural THE NAKED CITY, while also spotlighting the contributions of producer Mark Hellinger and cinematographer William Daniels.
We Were Not Born Refugees
Eight people from very different backgrounds cross paths in Barcelona, Spain. Lawyers, musicians, translators, security guards, call center agents. They are all immigrants. Some have just arrived, others arrived years ago, leaving behind a war, a dictatorship or some sort of social or cultural discrimination. They all chose exile over submission.
Promised Lands
People only know where one country ends and another begins because people have said it is so. The land doesn't know. The land probably doesn't care. Words kill.” So begins the narration of Promised Lands, as the artist tries to make a film but is interrupted by family conversations in rural Uganda.
Ecstasy
Racked with anxiety in the chaotic political landscape of 1990s Brazil, Clara finds solace in starving herself, experiencing both rapture and torture. In this elliptical non-fiction film, anorexia becomes a way for Clara to challenge womanhood and find a place in an uncertain, surreal, and brutal world.
One Man Makes the Difference
Vladan Vasev aka VaXz, is a lover of basketball and all kinds of team sports from Bosilegrad, who completely single-handedly restored faith in the hardcore music scene in Serbia. When the performers on stage noticed his jumps and the way of dancing specific to hardcore music and inquired about the most loyal member of their audience, they learned an incredible story. In order to attend the concert, VaXz travels from Bosilegrad to Belgrade sometimes up to ten hours, and then returns, sometimes immediately after listening to the gig. In this film, we meet Vladan and what it is that inspires him about hardcore, but through his portrait we also get to know life in a small town like Bosilegrad, as well as the history of hardcore music in Serbia and how bands came together to honor their most loyal fan.
Moving City
A city person discovers twelve paths with a different sense of time. What makes us come alive? Will we go on the same way?
Modigliani et ses secrets
Sometimes reduced to the image of a cursed artist, Amedeo Modigliani, an admirer of the masters of the Italian Renaissance, has traced an unparalleled path in modern art.
L'Arrière-Pays
This short piece is an autobiographical fable at the cross-section between SCI-FI and memory film. It explores the journey of two dreamers trapped between past and present, between dream and reality. It combines excerpts from an immigration journal, found text and images suspended in a dystopian dark space.
Mona Lisa identity
All the different identities of La Gioconda portrait are finally explained in a new compelling docufiction. Four women, four leads that we will follow to shed light on the real name of the figure that inspired Leonardo da Vinci. A journey through the Renaissance of Italy that will touch the four ladies’ hometowns: Florence, Milan, Urbino and finally Basilicata, the never-seen site of the Monalisa’s burial. With the support of historians and researchers, we will analize exclusive materials and recent excavations to sketch the features of the figure who still fascinates millions of people.
La Honte noire : chroniques de l'occupation de la Rhénanie
The Toymaker Hidden Heirloom
Sabahattin Parlar makes old Ottoman figures from electrical cables in his house on the island of Avşa. He travels to the memories of his childhood days by making these figures, which can be played like toys, in his small workshop at home, whenever he finds time.
A Tribute to Club Penguin
A Tribute to Club Penguin is a short documentary to celebrate the 15th anniversary of Club Penguin, an online MMO game that was bought by Disney and that was shutdown in 2017. Including special interview with Chris Hendricks one of the original artist and music composers for the game.
#BLESSED
C3 is an Evangelical church that opened in Toronto in 2013, quickly amassing a large following amongst the city’s young, hip and tattooed. #BLESSED offers an intimate look inside this fast-growing millennial church and follows the process of selling salvation in the 21st century as Pastor Sam and his team grow the church from two locations to three, living out their mission to save as many Torontonian souls as possible.
Strike or Die
In October 1995, Forbach witnessed one of the most violent strikes in the history of contemporary France. A thousand or so miners took to the streets for a merciless struggle against a reform in their rights. Twenty years after the mines shut down, people’s will to fight is still alive, just hidden away somewhere.
Inside Kilian Jornet
The behind the scenes film will show Jornet out of his usual environment and follow the athlete’s world tour last year. It will also look at an unusual year in the life of Kilian Jornet, who suffered two injuries and managed to complete some sports projects he had had in mind for a long time, in addition to receiving great news: his future fatherhood.
Buenas noches Malvinas
In April 1982 Dalmiro Bustos and Elena Noseda faced one of the most difficult moments of their lives, when their eldest son, Fabián, was sent to fight in the Islands, along with hundreds of conscript soldiers. Almost forty years after the events, Dalmiro, Elena and their two youngest children, Javier and María Elena, tell what they could not say at the time, in an attempt to follow Fabián's footsteps and put into words the anguish and pain that still remain.
The Campaign Against the Climate
The eye-opening story about how the oil industry for decades fooled the world and misrepresented the climate crisis.
The Okrestin Sisters
The Okrestin Sisters is a Belarus Free Theatre (BFT) and Creatives Politics Hub production, shot and directed by a film-maker and BFT ensemble member, Kolya Kuprich. This short captures the first moments upon the release and the immediate witness accounts of three BFT members who were arrested in Minks on August 9th 2020, following the Presidential Election. BFT's General Managers, Nadia Brodskaya and Svetlana Sugako, along with the BFT actor Dasha Andreyanova were rounded up and detained while peacefully waiting for the results of the election at a local polling station. What followed their detention, was a surreal cascade of a Kafkaesque, bureaucratic judiciary system met by brutal, Gestapo-type assault on innocent citizens of Belarus. All happening away from the cameras, behind closed doors, inside authoritarian prisons. The creators of the film want the shed light on what took place in Belarusian prisons during the detentions of August 9-14.
The Big Scary “S” Word
What do we talk about when we talk about socialism in the US? The Big Scary “S” Word explores the rich history of the American socialist movement and the people striving to build a socialist future today.
Idyll
Everyone has their own buzz. For him, the high is war. He was in love with the war as a woman, and the feelings did not go away. He can't go back into battle. All he has now is the house of mercy, the monastery on the next street, and the desire to start a different life.
Guy Sebastian: The Man the Music
A behind-the-scenes look at the life of Guy Sebastian, one of Australia's most successful male solo artists.
Masks and Men
The passage of time during the pandemic has grown to become my character. The world froze, together with the camera on my balcony. I’m watching a shard of the world in a frame and a unique slice of time we have all found ourselves in. I listen intently to abrupt silence. But life that has slowed down continues under my balcony. New characters are moving along like on the stage. I’m asking people questions I cannot answer myself - what will come next?
The Brightest Blue Experience
Ellie Goulding performs at the V&A Museum in London, England, UK for her streaming concert. The Brightest Blue Experience, will find Goulding delving deep into her new album and performing many of the songs for the very first time, in addition to a selection of fan favorites from her catalog. Ellie will be accompanied by “a special ensemble of live musicians and very special guests". In addition to becoming Goulding’s third No.1 record in the UK, Brightest Blue also captured the hearts of critics.
Las cruces
In September 1973, 19 paper mill workers were imprisoned and taken to the Laja police station. Six years later, their bodies were found in Yumbel’s cemetery. After almost 40 years, one of the policemen involved broke the pact of silence they had made the night of the killing, revealing the participation of the Paper Manufacturing Company (CMPC) in the murder. Today, the case is still open and awaiting sentence.
Citizen of Moria
When Ahmad’s life comes under threat by the Taliban in Afghanistan, he leaves his family behind for survival, without saying good bye, and ends up in Europe’s worst Refugee Detention Camp, Moria. Ahmad joins forces with Canadian filmmaker Jawad Mir (Only 78), to document his journey in the detention centre, with hopes he will eventually be granted asylum in Europe or Canada. Through the stress of leaving his family, and the anxiety of not knowing how many years it will take, Ahmad strives to maintain his determination while making the lives of those around him better if he can.
Brazil is thee Haiti is (t)here
On March 16, 2020, in Brasília, an anonymous and unknown Haitian challenged the head of the nation: “Bolsonaro, it’s over. You are not president anymore.” This film poem counterpoints this situation with two military operations of Minustah (United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti), commanded by Brazil, on july 6, 2005, and december 22, 2006, in Cité Soleil.
Up Close: the War in the 1950s
A propaganda documentary for the 70th anniversary of the Korean War.
Laguna negra
To their faithful inhabitants, Peru's mountains are a sacred space full of mystery. Nature is the focus, from juicy greenery to shiny mud, from biting winds to silent mist. In their midst, a healer who recommends not letting unimportant, worthless things distract you.