An exorcist, a horse breeder, a stuntman. These are just some of the amazing characters you will meet at the electric a…
Filmmaker Lutz Dammbeck undertakes an investigation that begins in the realm of art and becomes political when a series…
A privileged individual receives a permit to make a copy of a famous Monet painting in a lonely museum. But is he reall…
Filmmaker Inna Denisova visits her Russian hometown and delivers a kaleidoscopic portrait of Russia after the annexatio…
Inspired by the novel by Svetlana Alexievitch, this documentary is an intimate gaze at the faces of survivors who recou…
In this collage-experimental short film, filmmaker Lutz Dammbeck pays homage to the postulates that Sergei Eisenstein a…
The voices of the Mapuche and Creole communities, in the Argentinian Patagonia, explain Transhumance, as they call it. …
Just after 9/11, filmmaker Greta Schiller documents the daily life of Isabela, a witty New York girl growing up amidst …
Deep in a forest in Laotia, a young man supports his family by growing opium, the substance that both saves and condemn…
Jammings recorded on home videos, old photographs and music with the texture of vinyl records. Yes, this is the exquisi…
In times where modern medicine has progressively intervened in maternal childbirth, a woman embarks on a journey where …
After the fall of the Berlin wall, in this documentary the incisive filmmaker Lutz Dammbeck takes a look at the history…
The inhabitants of a tourist area nestled in Chilean Patagonia are the faces of contradiction. Tourism flourishes while…
Artist, professor, visionary. László Moholy-Nagy revolutionized the way art was created at the Bauhaus school in Weimar…
A renowned TV host uncovers the secrets of an iconic game show on the former East German television, back in the sixtie…
The voices of Vanessa Redgrave and Corin Redgrave narrate the lives of siblings Erika and Klaus Mann. Both gay, they ma…
In a remote Arctic village in northern Norway, an indigenous rapper tries to make a living with his music. But, will he…
Three surfers face the biggest challenge in the world of professional surfing: to paddle the impressive waves of Jaws, …
The Yongsan tragedy in South Korea claimed five lives that could have been avoided. This documentary delves into the de…
The inhabitants of Europe's only desert star in an out-of-the-ordinary Western. Here the only weapon against the enemy …
After going blind while grieving the loss of her two children, a seventy-eight year old woman decides to overcome the s…
Educational, incisive, necessary. This ecological documentary puts the spotlight on the Forest Code, a legislation impl…
A narrator introduces us to the microcosm of Milan's troubled China Town. When an Italian guy proposes marriage to a lo…
A young filmmaker films her reunion with her father, an addicted man who has just been released from prison. Through ci…
An international dispute is seen through the life of an Uruguayan woman. In this tragicomedy, Mirta is torn between two…
Short and powerful, like his famous portrait "The Scream" this is a brief biography of Edward Munch, the revolutionary …
Cell phones, paintbrushes and chance encounters. In Shanzhai, Hong Kong, this unusual story is spun by a group of copyi…
A city is wrapped by fireworks at night. A cell phone goes out into the streets and films the face of a street boy. It …
Against the backdrop of the gray Soviet architecture of St. Petersburg, drag queens of various generations come out to …
A father has only a year to live and leave a legacy to his newborn son. Mixing animation with home video footage, this …
Through the experience of a young activist living with HIV, this episode of UN In Action shows us the efforts to preven…
A nine-year-old girl and her parents, the three of them locked up at home. The girl must do her school homework, but th…
This musical documentary discovers the origin and contemporary presence of music from Argentina and Uruguay. Starring L…
This documentary follows the hectic daily life of a pediatric physiatrist responsible for the air medical urgency on wh…
Filmed in black and white, with animated brushstrokes inspired by his work, this is an intimate, yet irreverent portrai…
An American writer travels to Russia and discovers the lingering effects of Holodomor and The Great Famine - the Soviet…
In the best style of the Cine-Verité school, filmmaker Dmitry Kabakov portrays a humble village near Moscow, where Russ…
Filmed over four years, this short film follows a group of young men who, amidst doubts, laughter and twists, give thei…
Filmmaker Juan Fernandez films the flowers, animals and objects that inhabit a house. But he is really portraying the m…
This documentary, awarded at the prestigious IDFA, films over the years two Iranian girls from their religious initiati…
Incredible as it may seem, exorcisms take place every day in present-day Poland. But what is really behind the return o…
Set against the seascapes of the little-known Russian Far East, this film documents Fatei's daily life as he and his fa…
In the style of a travel video diary, a traveler (the director), documents the steps he takes in Tokyo on the eve of hi…
This independently filmed short film is a glance at the Chinese community in Brazil, with all its nuances, stereotypes …
Drawing on memories of his childhood vacation in Belgrade, Swiss director Nicolas Wagnières films an iconic hotel in th…
Compassion and redemption are discovered by a man as he manages a mental asylum run by its own patients in Juárez, Mexi…
Through a poignant observational approach, this documentary dissects the dynamics of the safari tourism business in Sou…
In just four minutes, three faces discuss past lives, an unfortunate accident and what the future holds. A cigarette is…
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