A Cuban-born balloon seller dreams of mastering magic, questioning his place in the world amid his underground journeys.
This documentary experiences the humble yet profound world of cheesemaking in Cantal, where rural life and filmmaking i…
In this short film, Gay men engage in candid conversations about their shared experiences and identities.
Is it absolutely necessary to abandon our artistic vein when society pushes us to find economic stability? This documen…
This is an intimate film, that explores the Italian maestro Riccardo Chailly's life, revealing his unique approach to m…
Embracing her true self, Natasha forgoes her former life as a beloved husband and father, undergoing a transformative j…
Set amidst the rugged mountains of Northern California, The End Of Weed is a short homage to a passing California way o…
Five hopeful migrants, trapped in Ceuta, a Spanish outpost in Morocco, grapple with mounting anxiety as they stand just…
Google's project to digitize all the books in the world at the beginning of the 21st century brought enormous consequen…
In the early years of the Franco dictatorship, Clara Pueyo Jornet, an active militant in the Communist Party, escapes f…
In Old Havana's Roma building, Fernando and Teresa's stale relationship faces an unexpected challenge as Teresa's inexp…
Through years of exploration and introspection, the filmmaker seeks to understand the elusive concept of freedom, not j…
In this Documentary, a reserved photographer, Beto Pêgo, embraces his alter ego, the flamboyant drag queen Betina Polar…
This Documentary explores the inspiring story of Sergio Cezar, whose inventive artwork breathes new life into discarded…
Departing from Berlin, French multidisciplinary artist Golden Tuna embarks on a creative odyssey, embracing Montreal's …
Unraveling the threads of diverse lives intersecting amid Madrid's shifting cultural landscape.
Discover a world where every sight and touch unfolds into the irresistible essence of "Vanilla", transforming your sens…
In the wake of a crippling stroke, a tenacious jazz legend fights to regain his drumming prowess, mentor one final prot…
The award-winning filmmaker João Botelho creates this gem of a film, a kind of cinematic tribute to his main inspiratio…
In this short documentary essay, filmmaker Antoine Fontaine delves into a forgotten archive of 16mm film belonging to a…
Filmed over 9 years, I, AFRIKANER is a challenging and intimate portrait of a filmmaker’s white South African family tr…
In 2005, a suicide bomber walked into Ashraf's wedding, killing 27 people. Now he is on a quest to confront terrorism a…
The people of Visaginas, a Lithuanian city created in the golden age of the USSR, face an uncertain future because of t…
Trapped in a gray and monotonous country, a girl dares to think of crossing the wall that separates her from what is ou…
In this short film, the voices of workers in the Argentine textile industry cooperatives tell their stories of belongin…
From Mumbai to Quebec, this eye-opening documentary takes us around the world to show us how people on the margins are …
Filmmaker Arsenio Cadena points the camera at his father, a 73-year-old tailor who has an obsessive passion: climbing t…
Set in the suburbs of Cairo, this short film follows a man dedicated to pigeon fighting. His dilemma lies between embra…
This hilarious short film shows us a side of Gibraltar that we would never get to see if it weren't for documentary fil…
This short film follows filmmaker Heilika Pikkov's grandparents. They both renew their vows as a couple in their old ag…
Daughter and mother arrive at a Buddhist monastery in a land very far from their own. Both are victims of a complicated…
Tiina and Ülo live among various colorful objects accumulated throughout their life. This film tells the story of a dee…
This film follows filmmaker Laurent Hasse as he embarks on a journey from the French Pyrenees to the coast of northern …
What was the world like before human kind set foot in it? This short film contemplates the apparently unspoiled landsca…
Through a walk through a cemetery, a narrator reflects on how society and politics impact the individual dimension of t…
What is it like to return to the place where you were born 30 years after leaving? Filmmaker Régis Sauder returns to th…
Filmmaker Aljona Surzikova films the arrival of her new baby in the privacy of her family. But the joyful atmosphere is…
Sensory, gripping and, to a point, claustrophobic, this documentary takes us into the world of a group of scientists on…
Photographs, travel videos, a female voice-over. Filmmaker Nora Särak creates a colorful and fresh collage to talk abou…
Former Yugoslav territories, 1980s - 1990s. Time of abrupt political changes and war. Behind all this there was a sound…
Due to an autoimmune disease, Julika has lived without hair since the age of 9. Now, at 25, we experience with her what…
In this hybrid short film, visual artist Michael Poetschko films a group of young people who turn an abandoned office i…
Halfway between a making-of film and an cinematic essay on the process of a film workshop directed by Abbas Kiarostami,…
As a singer, conductor and performance artist, Barbara Hannigan has left an imprint on the academic musical internation…
After being found dead in his room, the painter and photographer Pierre Molinier left behind a peculiar body of work. T…
This fascinating musical documentary explores the career of Chinese pianist Zhu Xiao-Mei, with a particular focus on he…
In the midst of a city that never stops building buildings, a man leaves his country life behind and decides to run in …
Experimental filmmaker Khaled Abdulwaheds cinematically deconstructs a photograph of a cactus field in 1998 Syria. Now …
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