Through years of exploration and introspection, the filmmaker seeks to understand the elusive concept of freedom, not j…
This Documentary explores the inspiring story of Sergio Cezar, whose inventive artwork breathes new life into discarded…
Within the heart of Paris, the Bibliothèque Publique d'Information unites an unassuming community, as diverse individua…
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…
The people of Visaginas, a Lithuanian city created in the golden age of the USSR, face an uncertain future because of t…
In this short film, the voices of workers in the Argentine textile industry cooperatives tell their stories of belongin…
In September 2021, 1500 white-sided dolphins were slaughtered in Skálabotnur. This documentary navigates both waters to…
Set in the suburbs of Cairo, this short film follows a man dedicated to pigeon fighting. His dilemma lies between embra…
In a time when women seem to be juggling the demands of career, family and beauty standards, a new overall fashion tren…
After a past as a drug dealer and drug user, "Plusmacher", a young German rapper, navigates life with what keeps him go…
Metanoia means to expand and change the way one sees. In this documentary, conductor Simone Menezes travels across Ital…
In their own voice, the former miners of the uranium mines in a Gabonese village tell us how they were forgotten by the…
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…
Two famous Bolivian sculptors embark on the most challenging adventure they have ever experienced: transporting a 164-f…
Tiina and Ülo live among various colorful objects accumulated throughout their life. This film tells the story of a dee…
Through a walk through a cemetery, a narrator reflects on how society and politics impact the individual dimension of t…
In 1976, a 19-year-old daughter of a senior Communist official in Slovakia was found dead and raped. Since then, seven …
In less than fifteen minutes, Victor conducts a cinematic experiment to investigate the nature of his body. To others, …
This poetic documentary follows the rehearsals of the renowned Ballet de l'Opéra national de Paris as it prepares to pr…
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…
Documentary master Sergei Loznitsa makes an observational exploration of a fishing community in the White Sea, where vi…
This documentary follows the members of Voina (War) an art group that became known for its controversial and anarchic f…
Halfway between a making-of film and an cinematic essay on the process of a film workshop directed by Abbas Kiarostami,…
A collection of super8 films takes Joachim Michaud to the New York where Emilienne, an adventurous woman who could be h…
Set somewhere in México, in this short film ancient spaces apparently dynamited by time appear in front of us. Unexpect…
A comfortable sofa, nail polish and strange gloves. You are about to witness a conversation as fleeting as it is reveal…
When his piano is destroyed in the Syrian war, pianist and composer Ayham Ahmad continues to make music of resistance n…
Through equidistant materials, from dance competitions in Brittany, France, to nuclear tests in Polynesia, experimental…
A family filmed from within. The director captures his mother's fight against cancer, as his sister announces she is pr…
A traveling cameraman and father of three observes what happens when human skills no longer command a "market value".
Filmmaker Agustina Comedi investigates hours of home videos recorded by her father before he died. A magnetic essay, as…
In a remote rural village in southern Italy, a family prepares for the slaughter of a pig as part of a traditional ritu…
After becoming pregnant, a filmmaker confronts a ghost from the past: having another abortion. Suddenly, her mother and…
Respected in both North and South Korea, renowned composer Isang Yun dreams that music can one day reconcile the two co…
This documentary takes us into the reality of Libya after the revolution that overthrew Gaddafi, through the life and w…
With humor, avant-garde spirit, and eloquence, this documentary reviews the fascinating life of the prolific French com…
This multi-award winning documentary is an incisive yet simple portrait of a Neo-Nazi in his seemingly harmless everyda…
With their golden years behind them, two fifty-something boxers from the north of Brazil decide to invoke their histori…
8-year-old Bowen is preparing for his third open heart surgery. He and his family hope that this time the surgery can g…
For lovers of painting and biographies. This documentary reviews the lives and work of the prolific and acclaimed paint…
Psychedelic, strident, etheric. This is how Lima emerges in this portrait of the Peruvian capital through a kaleidoscop…
This educational short film is an inspiring portrait of resilience and collaborative community work through the experie…
The final installment of the Accentus Music trilogy focuses on the political edges that traversed the world of academic…
This documentary makes visible the life of Branko Črnac Tusta, a puck-rock icon who became an activist for labor rights…
The second part of the Accentus Music trilogy aims to make visible the brilliant young Russian composers of the early 2…
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