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Camps of Dependence
Camps of Dependence is a short documentary looking at the COVID-19 pandemic as an instrument of eugenics against disabled people in Britain. The film looks at the political economy of disability, the nature of dependence as a relation of repression, disabled people's resistance, eugenics as an ideology and the nature of the process of barbarism today underway in the British care sector.
Air Racing
Orlando, an olympic athlete with mental dissability, is trainning daily dissability for the Special Olympic games. Nevertheless, in his category, the medals only have a simbolic value.
The Agency
A look at the work of a group of reporters and photographers from EFE, a Spanish news agency founded in 1939, which is celebrating its eightieth anniversary. A journey around the world —Mexico, Congo, USA, Libya, France, Spain, China and the Chilean Patagonia— with the purpose of honoring all people who work in the shadows, tirelessly seeking the truth in the era of social networks and fake news.
Free Days
Among the Indian elephants, the German service, calendars with kittens and Stalin - hundreds of little things. The true story is difficult to discern. Life, told over a cup of tea, is like a mosaic coming together in the terrible history of the country. A country saturated with a cult of personality and rejection of memory. Volunteers of the Gulag History Museum go to witnesses and victims of the Stalinist repressions in order to reassemble the evidence of the time and understand something about themselves.
Space Clouds
How do you keep someone's memory alive after they die? A mother and son try to figure it out together, taking a circuitous journey through archival photos, collage, and uneaten avocado.
Zero Mark
At the end of June 2019, a flood occurred in the city of Tulun in the Irkutsk region. Hundreds of homes were flooded, and some were swept away by the current. Residents were not prepared for such a scale of the disaster and managed to pick up only the documents and take out the children. Many remained on the roofs of their homes to protect property from looters. But the water level rose higher than expected, and people were evacuated on their boats, picked up neighbors, and later rescuers joined the evacuation. There are fatalities among the population. The authors of the film chose four families and watched their lives for six months from the moment of the disaster. The filmmakers are trying to figure out what caused the flood. How helpless is a person before the elements? How to find the strength to start life with a clean slate?
Bread and a Blanket
On December 13 of 1943 the Nazi occupation army in Greece executed all the male population of the town of Kalavryta while burning it to the ground. Three men who witnessed these events as kids remember.
Park
Scenes of people in motion. Some are working, others spend their leisure time. The sound of airplanes and subways reminds us of the city behind the piece of created nature.
The Right to Sexuality
Paul and Hava met at a performing-arts social event for people with intellectual disabilities. With the assistance of their parents, they went on a few successful dates. The connection was immediate. After some time, they decided to make their strong, loving bond official. The couple made each other so happy that their parents saw no good reason to deny the proposal. The group homes where Paul and Hava lived, however, stood in the way of the couple’s union. “They want us not to get married—not to live together,” says Paul in a new short documentary.
Atlântida
This time, in “Atlantida”, Puertas wanders through stories based on memories he keeps from his hometown, Póvoa de Varzim, wondering what happened to the aura of this city he remembers so nostalgically.
Ils etaient une fois... des petits nez rouges
It's a small object with magical power - Behind a red nose everything becomes possible: laughing, being moved, including answering the question: "Why are we alive? " Here is the story of those behind this red nose. The story of two troupes of the NGO "Clowns sans Frontières". Two different countries, two cultures, two shows to put on in record time. One and the same goal: to bring joy, for an hour, to orphans, street children, prisons - And give back the taste of childhood, find the essence of humanity, the meaning of human relationships .
Die Wächterin
In a dilapidated village in south-eastern Turkey, a Syrian Orthodox nun endures alone with her animals. However strong the hostility of her predominantly Muslim neighbourhood may be: she won’t be driven out, for she has sworn to protect the church and not to leave the sacred place. This quietly filmed observation of everyday life focuses on an isolated woman who carries the pain of a whole community inside her.
I Walk
Documentary about Danish filmmaker, sports journalist and poet Jørgen Leth who struggles after surviving a major earthquake in Haiti.
Rematriation
For generations, Indigenous peoples have asked humanity to raise its consciousness for our Mother Earth. Now, Indigenous women are raising their voices to demonstrate what living in balance looks like, by sharing gifts given to them by Creation. Rematriation Magazine centered the voices of 10 Indigenous women to share stories of resilience, leadership, spirituality, healing and honoring life. Led by an all women team, director, Katsitsionni Fox (Mohawk), producer, Michelle Schenandoah (Oneida) and cinematographer, Marie Cecile Dietlin. Rematriation Magazine’s film series furthers the current national dialogue about dismantling social injustice through a spiritually grounded lens.
Hip-Hop e Mercado: O Rap
Have you ever stopped to think about the power of the Hop Hop industry? This documentary shows the economic and social impact of this style that continues to communicate with millions of consumers.
El Gran Fellove
Chronicles the musical career of Cuban scat singer and showman Francisco Fellove and the recording of his last album.
Raymond Pettibon: A Collection of Lines
An unprecedented look at the prolific and elusive Raymond Pettibon shows the artist as he toils day and night in his Venice Beach studio on dozens of unfinished drawings, and ruminates on the risks involved in creating works of such stinging satire, erudition, and tenderness.
Margarita's Memories
This is a picture of my grandmother, this is my reflection on her story, and this is the way I tried to overcome the pain of losing her. Going through my grandmother's home films, taken when she was around my age, I search for an echo and an answer. We were born on the same day, so I wonder… if looking throughout her memories I can learn something about myself.
Prophecy
Three young friends of Moroccan origin travel on a lost island, sing, dance, and take us into the shelter of an uninhabited lighthouse. They discover this unknown land like the explorers in a tale of adventures. Following them around in this strange place, Julieta Juncadella carries us away, like a wave, in the movement of a fantasy film. – Elena López Riera
Lumen
"Lumen" (meaning "light" in Latin) is a sensory film shot on Super-8 that portrays a young girl with oculocutaneous albinism. Despite the hypersensitivity caused by this genetic disease, the depigmentation of her skin and eyes gives her an extraordinary aura.
Revival
In the spring of 2017, four older women and men started the monumental task of choreographing dances with a diverse group of New York seniors, most of whom had never danced on a stage before. Over a few intense months, these choreographers, including the first black artist to have won a Tony for choreography and a 92-year old former dance partner of pioneer Martha Graham, brought to life their ideas and sparked immense joy in the senior dancers. The film documents this unlikely event and, in the process, reveals the heroic dedication and determination of the choreographers and dancers, for whom age does not impede but molds.
The Great Mother
This vérité documentary follows Nora Sandigo, legal guardian to over 2000 US-citizen children of undocumented immigrants, as she sacrifices everything to keep American-born children with their undocumented parents.
The Donut Dollies
Two women bravely return to Vietnam after 46 years to remember their intense and transformative experiences as Red Cross Donut Dollie volunteers, boosting the morale of battle-worn soldiers on the frontlines of the Vietnam War while negotiating their own unforgettable emotional journey.
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Walking in a Circle
The film tells about a man living with a diagnosis of "Paranoid schizophrenia with an episodic course." Despite everything, he does not give up to this day.
Anakonda
Pedestal, gold medal, flowers, and applause of fascinated spectators. We see the beautiful tip of the iceberg when the winner gets everything: recognition, sponsorship contracts, glossy photo shoots. But what really stands in the way of the title of the youngest two-time world champion in judo? What efforts were needed every step of the way to conquer Olympus, and who is the main rival? The short documentary "Anaconda" tells the story of one of the best athletes of today, Daria Bilodid. Who is Daria's main rival, what challenges does she face every day and why is the film called "Anaconda"?
S.W.A.L.K
Maison Margiela presents the Artisanal Co-Ed Collection for Autumn-Winter 2020. Creative director John Galliano detects a desire for transparency: a new consciousness clarified by the illumination of the creative process and the human values it represents. Through the format of film, the Artisanal practice is captured by image-maker Nick Knight.
Guardians of the Kingdom
Two mothers-one human, one whale- are bound by the history of the Kingdom they share and the future ahead.
An Act of Affection
While making a portrait of a single gay man in Lisbon, a Vietnamese filmmaker offers his character a little gift from the bottom of his heart. This is a film about the act of filming.
Buromsky Island
Off the coast of Antarctica, in the southern ocean, there is a small island. No one knows about it, except for polar explorers who winter in Antarctica, and their relatives. On the island, right on the rocks, there are sarcophagi. People who are not written about in geography textbooks are buried here. But without them, it would be impossible to develop Antarctica. More than 60 years have passed since the first burial. During this time, the cemetery has never been completely renovated. Our team of 8 people went to Antarctica to make it for the first time.
The Seven Villages
A conversation about their fate as refugees, who were granted Lebanese citizenship in 1994, takes place over a video call between Farah, who recently moved to Prague, and her grandmother, who lives in Lebanon. Both generations touch on topics that are filled with emotions, memories, and hope.