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2021

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Dance or Die
Dance or Die
"Dance or Die" is a moving documentary about a young Syrian dancer who escapes the war and finds a new life in Holland. But the ghosts of the past won't let him go. With the war and the advance of the Islamic State in Syria, the young classical dancer Ahmad Joudeh lost everything – part of his family, his home, but also the right to practice his art. However, he will use dance as a weapon against Daesh. Three words adorn the neck of Ahmad Joudeh: Dance or Die. The tattoo is a declaration of war against IS if it takes him over. (Text: arte)
Dance or Die 2021
Kubra
Kubra
Short film about designer and performance artist Kubra Khademi and her works.
Kubra 2021
The Herd
The Herd
Karolina Poryzała and Monika Kotecka follow the rise of a women’s amateur equestrian vaulting club, led by the energetic Natalia, who dreams of turning it into a professional national team. The camera fluidly captures the relationships between the riders, in a documentary melodrama that reveals the strength of the bonds that this adventure forges between these passionately anachronistic teenagers.
The Herd 2021
Behind the Mask - Stories of the COVID-19 pandemic
Behind the Mask - Stories of the COVID-19 pandemic
A look behind the scenes revealing the courage and resilience of caregivers, patients, and their families during the COVID-19 pandemic. It is ultimately a story of hope and healing.
Behind the Mask - Stories of the COVID-19 pandemic 2021
Into the Fog
Into the Fog
Malmö's lonely shadow figures take us on a hypnotic journey into the fog, where intoxication is the main cure for darkness. In this hybrid between documentary and fever dream, we meet the cleaning lady who has worn out both her body and her dreams, the friends at the pub who are haggling over the next round and the man who, like a fallen hero, rambles along the streets of an empty town.
Into the Fog 2021
This Is the Way We Rise
This Is the Way We Rise
An exploration into the creative process, following Native Hawaiian slam poet Jamaica Heolimeleikalani Osorio, as her art is reinvigorated by her calling to protect sacred sites atop Maunakea, Hawai`i.
This Is the Way We Rise 2021
Pedja Bajovic: The Balkan Brain
Prime Video
Pedja Bajovic: The Balkan Brain
Balkan comedian Pedja Bajović leads his first English language comedy special.
Pedja Bajovic: The Balkan Brain 2021
Jun Kasai Crazy Monkey
Jun Kasai Crazy Monkey
A hard and unsparing look at the work of wrestler KASAI Jun, nicknamed Crazy Monkey, who competes mostly in so-called death matches, a brutal style of wrestling focused on bodily harm. At times fun and exciting, at other times brutal and melancholy, the film shines a light on a subculture that has long remained in the shadows.
Jun Kasai Crazy Monkey 2021
HRVY: Behind Closed Doors
HRVY: Behind Closed Doors
Join HRVY 'Behind Closed Doors' on the 25th April 2021, live from the Royal Albert Hall and be part of the 150th anniversary celebrations direct from London's most iconic venue!
HRVY: Behind Closed Doors 2021
Street Heroines
Street Heroines
Follows the personal experiences of three emerging Latina artists from New York City, Mexico City, and São Paulo as they navigate the male-dominated subculture of graffiti and street art.
Street Heroines 2021
Raise the Bar
Raise the Bar
A girls' basketball team in Iceland push against societies expectations under the guidance of an unconventional coach, Brynjar Karl Sigurðsson. The team are ready to change the world, but is the world ready for them?
Raise the Bar 2021
The Round Number
The Round Number
In his signature personal style, David Fisher asks deeply unsettling questions about six million – the number of Jews killed during the Holocaust – which became an iconic numerical figure. As a second-generation Holocaust survivor, Fisher’s first-person historical investigation takes him on a 12-year journey, far beyond statistics, to explore why and how this number was written into the canon, and what its meaning can teach us about the Holocaust.
The Round Number 2021
Jean Lapierre : homme de coeur et de paroles
Jean Lapierre : homme de coeur et de paroles
Through never-before-released interviews, this documentary provides an opportunity to (re)discover Jean Lapierre: the colleague, the politician, the friend, and the family man. We follow his journey as a child growing up on the Magdalen Islands to becoming a well-known one-of-a-kind politician and commentator...to just before the March 2016 airplane crash that took his life.
Jean Lapierre : homme de coeur et de paroles 2021
10 mai 1981, le jour du grand soir
10 mai 1981, le jour du grand soir
10 mai 1981, le jour du grand soir 2021
Libres !
Libres !
Fellatio cements the couple, female bisexuality is trendy, the sperm improves your complexion... : we are overwhelmed with injunctions, preconceptions and standards. Enough with sexual diktats !
Libres ! 2021
Der Fall Assange: Eine Chronik
Der Fall Assange: Eine Chronik
Der Fall Assange: Eine Chronik 2021
Arctic Summer
Arctic Summer
ARCTIC SUMMER is a poetic meditation on Tuktoyaktuk, an Indigenous community in the Arctic. The film captures Tuk during one of the last summers before climate change forced Tuk's coastal population to relocate to more habitable land.
Arctic Summer 2021
Happiness Is a Journey
Happiness Is a Journey
A glimpse into the real lives of warehouse workers on the desolate streets of Austin, Texas, in this dual-screen documentary.
Happiness Is a Journey 2021
Biography: Ultimate Warrior
Biography: Ultimate Warrior
Biography: WWE Legends presents “Biography: Ultimate Warrior.” The film shares the story of Ultimate Warrior, a WWE Hall of Famer who inspired an entire generation of fans living by his mantra of “always believe.” With his colorful face paint and equally colorful interviews, Ultimate Warrior is perhaps best remembered for defeating Hulk Hogan at WrestleMania VI to become both the WWE Champion and the Intercontinental Champion.
Biography: Ultimate Warrior 2021
Being Thunder
Being Thunder
Sherente Harris, a two-spirit genderqueer teenager from the Narragansett tribe in Rhode Island, boldly challenges the status quo of what it means to be a queer Indigenous person in a world bound by binary gender roles.
Being Thunder 2021
Between Fire and Water
Between Fire and Water
Camilo is the adopted son of an indigenous couple of the Quillasinga tribe. He is the only black man in his community and has always felt different. That is why he embarks on a journey in search of his origins. With the truth revealed, Camilo manages to find his identity.
Between Fire and Water 2021
Planet Without Apes
Planet Without Apes
Planet Without Apes 2021
Chacrinha: Eu Vim para Confundir e Não para Explicar
Chacrinha: Eu Vim para Confundir e Não para Explicar
Chacrinha: Eu Vim para Confundir e Não para Explicar 2021
Jugend, Sex und Internet - Wenn Teenager Pornos gucken
Jugend, Sex und Internet - Wenn Teenager Pornos gucken
Jugend, Sex und Internet - Wenn Teenager Pornos gucken 2021
Cantata de la guerra civil
Cantata de la guerra civil
Cantata de la guerra civil 2021
100 Years
100 Years
As the Communist Party of China celebrates its 100th anniversary, this documentary looks back at the party’s history, from the 1920’s, to the Civil War, the Great Leap Forward, the Great Famine, the Cultural Revolution and the reforms by Mao Zedong and Deng Xiaoping. Did the Great Famine cost more than 15 million lives? How does the Cultural Revolution continue to shape Chinese politics today? What was capitalism like after Mao’s death? Through rare and never-before-seen historical footage, expert interviews and eyewitness accounts of the Great Famine, Tiananmen incident, and the Cultural Revolution, get to know how one party has so profoundly shaped China.
100 Years 2021
Berg
Berg
A journey at high altitude seen through the eyes of three mysteriously connected hikers. After their coincidental meeting we follow these three on their personal odysseys. The levels of concentration they exhibit in trying to avoid mistakes makes their experience of the overwhelming landscape even more intense.
Berg 2021
The Spark
The Spark
Ten years ago, activists wanting to experience a collective way of life besieged a wooded countryside near Nantes in order to block the construction of a new airport.
The Spark 2021
The Wakeful Sleeper
The Wakeful Sleeper
B., a film-maker and insomniac, decides to rescue his hours of insomnia from the void by filming his quest for sleep. The insomniac asks questions about these different states of consciousness and about the difficulties humans have in synchronising their social rhythms and biological ones.
The Wakeful Sleeper 2021
Bosco
Bosco
Bosco is an Italian town of 13 inhabitants, surrounded by chestnut trees that devour it day by day.
Bosco 2021
The Benevolents
The Benevolents
The Benevolents (Les bienveillants) takes us into the world of Tel-Aide Montreal call center, as we follow a group of future volunteers. Through an intimate treatment, the film seeks to recall the importance of vigilant ears in a society of loneliness.
The Benevolents 2021
VadeMecum
VadeMecum
VadeMecum is a new short produced by the Palme d’Or-nominated animators Stephen and Timothy Quay. The film shows the life and works of Polish poet Cyprian Kamil Norwid, and offers a great introduction to his legacy ahead of the bicentennial of his birth in September 2021. The Brothers Quay say: ‘We took the challenge to make this film for an audience who will have probably never ever heard of Norwid; however, in the briefness of this film, we had hoped that we could still ignite the gentle curiosity of the imagination of the viewer towards the legacy that this man left in writing and in art that was simply never validated in his lifetime’.
VadeMecum 2021
Whirlybird
Whirlybird
Soaring above the chaotic spectacle of ‘80s and ‘90s Los Angeles, a young couple revolutionized breaking news with their brazen helicopter reporting. Culled from this news duo’s sprawling video archive is a poignant L.A. story of a family in turbulence hovering over a city unhinged.
Whirlybird 2021
Adieu l'URSS !
Adieu l'URSS !
Adieu l'URSS ! 2021
La cigüeña de Burgos
La cigüeña de Burgos
The stork of Burgos
La cigüeña de Burgos 2021
Holgut
Holgut
The Siberian permafrost is melting. Ancient bones rise up from the ground and wild animals seem to have disappeared. Three Yakutians venture into the vast wilderness on different quests. Villager Roman and city boy Kyym hunt for a rare reindeer while not so far away, scientist Semyon scourges the permafrost for a viable cell of the mammoth, which he needs to clone the extinct animal.
Holgut 2021
Silvio Santos: Especial 40 Anos SBT
Silvio Santos: Especial 40 Anos SBT
Silvio Santos: Especial 40 Anos SBT 2021
Platform
Platform
A meditative film that explores modernist architecture in Norway, spanning from the late fifties to the early nineties.
Platform 2021
Nie mehr erste Liga? Traditionsvereine nach dem Absturz - Teil 2
Nie mehr erste Liga? Traditionsvereine nach dem Absturz - Teil 2
They've got history and loyal supporters. But that doesn't guarantee success on the pitch. Documentary about three former powerhouses of german football, that fell from grace.
Nie mehr erste Liga? Traditionsvereine nach dem Absturz - Teil 2 2021
Auschwitz, la machine de mort nazie
Auschwitz, la machine de mort nazie
Auschwitz, la machine de mort nazie 2021