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Il respiro di Sarajevo
The extraordinary story of Sanja and Zoran, a couple who in 1993 fled and survived the siege of Sarajevo, the longest war in 20th century history, to find refuge in Italy, in Turin. In their life experience, past and present come together to give voice to friendship and hope, reflecting on war, prejudice, tolerance and acceptance.
The Last Day
A visual essay by filmmaker and critic David Cairns. Recorded for Arrow Video in 2023. Included as a special feature on the 2024 Limited Edition Blu-ray and DVD release of The Shootist.
My Memory Is Full of Ghosts
Like a visual elegy, My Memory Is Full of Ghosts explores a reality caught between past, present and future in Homs, Syria. Behind the self-portrait of an exsanguinated population in search of normality emerge memories of the city, haunted by destruction, disfigurement and loss. A deeply moving film, a painful echo of the absurdity of war and the strength of human beings.
Radical Creatives
There is no ready formula for changing the world. “Radical Creatives” recognises the potential of creativity as a force for global change towards a more attractive and nuanced future. The 1-hour documentary explores the underutilized power of radical creativity. It's a story of overcoming self-doubt by using a collective creative force. The film weaves a compelling narrative that captivates the world of Finnish oddity at Aalto University and beyond, where tradition meets rebellion. Creativity is courage and action; it belongs to everyone and lives in all of us.
Party Queens
Hard rock and chicken farming have a common denominator spelled Hampus Klang – a middle-aged man who, with his dedicated commitment, makes it to the big rock stages as well as to the podium for the best-looking hen.
Panellinion
Panellinion is an out-of-place-and-time chess coffeehouse in the center of Athens; a refuge for people who suffocate in everyday life, who despise and fail to adapt in the conditions of modern life. Giannis, the owner of the traditional coffee-house, hates chess and views chess players as creeps. On the other hand he looks upon the regulars as his children:Scientists, artists, retirees, workers who seek outlet and consolation -or obsession that ruined their lives- in chess, make confessions, recall old stories of legendary eccentric customers with tears in their eyes, roister, drink and sing.
Naturopathie, un peu, beaucoup... à la folie
Treat yourself naturally and without drugs: that's the promise of naturopathy. Fasting, essential oils, plants, massages... More and more people in France are falling for these techniques for staying healthy. Naturopathic practices are springing up all over France. The health crisis, the mistrust of drugs and the public's growing interest in natural remedies have encouraged the growth of this practice, which is based on diet, physical exercise and stress and emotional management. There are currently almost 6,000 naturopaths in France.
The signs are invisible
“The signs are invisible” reveals the University of São Paulo from the perspective of 5 black students, in 2015, a moment of boiling in the fight for quotas, within one of the most elite institutions in the country.
Tell Them About Us
A group of delightful teenage girls who have all fled to Germany find their own creative ways to overcome hidden discrimination in a film about friendship, sisterhood and living your dreams.
closed boxes open boxes
Galician writer Xavier Queipo is getting ready to move back to his homeland after more than 30 years of living in Brussels. He empties his house and puts his memories in boxes the removal company loads onto their truck to take them to Spain. Another Galician man, the filmmaker Hugo Amoedo, who is based in Brussels, too, wonders whether and when he’ll be back in his homeland. In the meantime, he teaches his son to ride a bike, wonders, dreams, struggles to unravel ideas for films, and argues with the clerks of the Brussels post.
I'm Not Gonna Let It Stop Me
Chloe Pelletier shoots a movie alone in three hours in her local park, with just a camera, a microphone, and a title in mind.
Non succederà più
Non Succederà Più tells a page of Giovanni Vestri's life, divided into chapters, a prologue and an epilogue. Non Succederà Più is an intimate and personal work that I hope will make me smile in a few years, the film explores the passion for cinema, the love for the places of the heart and the complicity of the special people who surround my life.
The Flats
A run-down Belfast housing estate becomes a haunted inner landscape in a dark, cinematic film where the echoes of the conflict in Northern Ireland still reverberate in the corridors. An aging man on his final, existential mission confronts the ghosts of the past.
Қаңтар. Көтеріліс
Kantar is a documentary film by Kazakh journalists Lukpan Akhmedyarov and Raul Uporov. The events shown in two parts of this film happened in Kazakhstan in January 2022. The first part of the film tells how the power of Nursultan Nazarbayev finally fell in the country due to mass protest of citizens.
Grow Wings and Fly
Documentary following King Gizzard and The Lizard Wizard’s 2023 14-show U.S. residency tour. The Australian rock band has gained somewhat of a cult following and are seen by many as the most prolific, exciting, and dynamic band of our time. This DIY-style documentary follows fans traveling around the country on tour and includes concert footage from each show. It was created independently (not officially endorsed by the band).
My Own Landscapes
Within the French and American armies, virtual reality prepares soldiers for their future battles just as it treats post-traumatic stress disorder after their baptism of fire. Antoine Chapon meets Cyril, former military video game designer and a veteran, who is dealing with the return to civilian life and loss of identity.
I Want to Violently Crash into the Windshield of Love
A heartbroken Mexico City rapper seeks solace in freestyle sessions, finding support in her community. Embracing unconventional healing, she rediscovers her lyrical prowess, achieving liberation through transformation.
Gas Station or the Pigeons of Lahore
The parallel stories of four Pakistani immigrants in Greece become the trigger for the director to explore the story of his father, a worker in the Perama Shipyard. The background unfolds a most deadly shipwreck, Libyan immigrants found in limbo, as well as a (possibly racist) crime, which was committed during the shooting of this film.
You Have No Idea
One family's journey with autism through the lens of community in a small town in southern Arkansas.
Emma and Eddie: A Working Couple
Emma and Eddie live two lives: one on social media and one in real life. The webcam couple is out to save their marriage by starting their own adult web-studio in Eastern Europe.
Golden Era
A look into the history and tradition of Queen's Football in it's golden era, featuring never before seen footage of the university in the 1960s.
At Averroès & Rosa Parks
Averroès and Rosa Parks: two units of the Esquirol Hospital, which - like the Adamant - are part of the Paris Central Psychiatric Group. From individual interviews to «carer-patient» meetings, the filmmaker focuses on showing a form of psychiatry that continually strives to make room for and rehabilitate the patients’ words. Little by little, each one eases open the door to their world. Within an increasingly worn-out health system, how can the forsaken be given a place among others.
Delhi minus Umar Khalid
In light of jailed activist Umar Khalid withdrawing his petition from the Supreme Court amid repeated adjournments, journalist Ravish Kumar captures the contours of Delhi in a video letter addressed to him. What comes out is a critical piece reflecting on the cowardice and the deafening silence of Delhi on the whole matter.
Lili
A heartwarming story about a precautious, 8-year-old girl exploring the world with her globetrotting father and growing up in an unconventional family.
Sold City - Teil 2: „Enteignung statt Miete für die Rendite“
The Undergrowth
Three sisters on the Canary Islands, their everyday lives infused with a magical, meditative lyricism. Three life strategies without a breadwinner, narrated via the body, a mix of staging, observation and memory. Before the volcano, serenity arrives.
Sue Bird: In the Clutch
In her 21-year professional career, WNBA basketball legend Sue Bird has won five Olympic gold medals and become the most successful point guard to ever play the game. Alongside her fiancée, U.S. soccer star Megan Rapinoe, Sue confronts her next challenge: retiring from the only life she’s ever known.
Todd & Super-Stella
Todd talks to his sister Stella about his worries and the fear of leaving kindergarten to start school. But Stella is too little to understand his complicated words. In Todd’s eyes she seems carefree, but she soon misses him when he is not in kindergarten anymore. She wants to understand what he is talking about.
Depression is a Beast
An actor who typically battles evil forces in horror films confronts her darkest struggle, a real-life fight against depression.
All Things Metal
Three brothers run an iron forge together where they smith and also make heavy metal music. Their creative impulses come from a unique childhood marked by a shared disability.
Meraviglie d'Africa - Namibia
Alberto Angela accompanies the public to the African continent with a long special entirely dedicated to Namibia. A country with extraordinary landscapes and wild nature, one of the last places where it is possible to see the most authentic Africa.
Walls
A camera in a prison. The inmate. An everyday discussion with the outside world. In the confines of a prison, Walls delves deep into the introspection of an inmate's journey, exploring dreams, hope, and the harsh truths of existence.
Forgetting Lenin
For many Finns, Lenin is to thank for Finland’s independence from Russia in 1917. But with Putin’s aggression in Ukraine, citizens of the town of Kotka have to re-evaluate their views about Finland’s last remaining Lenin statue.