When a film crew arrives in Ghana to shoot a film about supposed child witchcraft, the ethical dilemmas of the filmmake…
After being a sexually abused child, Dave Ohlmuller embarks on an adventure to bike from Chicago to New Jersey to raise…
While the decline in drinking water supplies threatens existence of life on planet Earth, already in Cape Town, South A…
Although apartheid ended more than twenty years ago, young people in South Africa are still fighting to eliminate discr…
When a series of violent incidents begin to occur among the students of a prestigious medical school in India, filmmake…
In the decadent town of Gonzalez, Texas, no cultural event attracts more attention than the traditional cattle auction.…
An old sailor faces physical and mental decline in his 80s. When a sailor can't go on anymore, he sets out for his fina…
To reflect on the atomic bomb and the human race's apparent mania for self-destruction, this film essay takes us to thr…
In a country historically closed to immigration, a group of asylum seekers show themselves only through their hands and…
Focusing on the experiences of three children with autism, this documentary is an intimate look at living as a family w…
In this experimental short film, a man traverses landscapes that discourse on modern civilization, the control of natur…
In only six minutes, a little boy portrays his domestic universe. A younger brother, his grandparents, his most technol…
After a tragic fire in Melbourne's northeast in 2009, a group of Australian Blacksmiths begin to build their greatest j…
Gopi Shankar, an intersex individual, is publicly vying for a seat in the legislative assembly of a conservative region…
These three young men may not have a home of their own, but their hopes of living an independent life away from the fos…
Looking for the meaning of life, a filmmaker travels to Tokyo and discovers 63-year-old Yamada-San, an irreverent chara…
Pedagogical and inspiring, this documentary follows the life and work of Indian Nobel laureate Amartya Sen, one of the …
Imagine a regenerated world: can we reclaim our deforested forests, polluted seas and melting ice masses? This episode …
A filmmaker is stranded at the airport in Dakkar, Senegal. In this short film, she launches images of this journey spun…
Hilarious, shocking and informative at the same time, this bold documentary takes a historical look back at sex educati…
Through the observation of three apes, filmmaker Jos de Putter encourages a reflection on the similarities between us a…
As the UN World Youth Report concludes, through the successful case of a social enterprise in India we witness how such…
With exclusive film footage of the era, this documentary brings to life the famous Pebble Beach Road Races of the 1950s…
A lawyer and human rights activist embarks on a quest that could take a lifetime: to find her mother, who disappeared f…
This indie documentary delves into the daily lives of Gary Marinoff and Alan Shain, two quirky cult comedians from New …
This independent film is a biopic of Indian filmmaking legend Satyajit Ray and the making of his multi-award-winning de…
At 92, having lived so long is a joy for Shirley Affleck, and even more pleasurable is being able to recount her journe…
This documentary takes us to Guangzhou, China, where three enterprising African women try to make their way in business…
When her parents are assigned to China, seven-year-old Rebeka embarks on an unforgettable journey to Guangzhou. This is…
Will little Rebeka go down the slide? We'll find out in this fleeting but beautiful short film shot on black and white …
In her sixties, Gwendolyn, a three-time weightlifting world champion, prepares for her next tournament while battling c…
Based on the poem The Fallen Oak, by poet Giovanni Pascoli, this experimental short film reflects on the relationship b…
This iconic video essay owned by the British Film Institute delves into the evolution of the representation of LGBTI ch…
Jane Elliott manages to build up a realistic microcosmos of society with her famous experiment about racism. What start…
Each night in Silicon Valley, the Line 22 transforms from a public city bus into an unofficial shelter for the homeless…
Inspired by Skateistan, Afghanistan's first skateboarding school, this emotional feature-length documentary is a journe…
Blood, punches, jumps and screams. These are the kind of things we will see when the fighters face each other in the in…
This episode of UN In Action highlights women's contribution to world peace through the testimony of two women who are …
This episode of UN In Action focuses on a major current environmental issue: how to reduce the troubling carbon emissio…
As nostalgic as it may seem, there are thousands of Lego collectors in the world who make stop-motion home movies with …
Fifteen years after living as an exchange student in Arizona, filmmaker Fernanda Pessoa returns to the United States to…
A privileged individual receives a permit to make a copy of a famous Monet painting in a lonely museum. But is he reall…
Featuring icons such as Ernestine "Tiny" Davis, Anna Mae Winburn and Pauline Brady, this short film portrays the women …
Just after 9/11, filmmaker Greta Schiller documents the daily life of Isabela, a witty New York girl growing up amidst …
Jammings recorded on home videos, old photographs and music with the texture of vinyl records. Yes, this is the exquisi…
With the motto "Keep It Small, Keep It Simple", a movement of small independent pubs is swarming in the UK to try to ke…
This documentary premiered at Locarno follows a series of female characters from Naples, all linked in some way to the …
Much has been said about the golden years between the wars in Paris, a place par excellence for artists and bohemians o…
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