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8th day of the war
The film takes place on the eighth day of Russia's war campaign in Ukraine. Eight Ukrainians residing in the Czech Republic – a businesswoman, cleaning ladies, construction workers, and bus drivers – make their own diary-like observations of the events in their homeland. They continue to bury themselves in their work, unable to afford to withdraw themselves from their current lives. In their minds, however, they've transported themselves hundreds of kilometers away, helping their fellow countrymen and women by any means necessary. They provide accommodation for refugees, scout for bulletproof vests, and call their loved ones who’ve taken shelter from falling bombs. They have a hectic and emotionally overwhelming 24 hours ahead of them. But it’s not the first 24 hours and it won’t be the last.
Fursona
The Furry community brings together people who bring to life animal characters with human characteristics, through drawing and costumes. FURSONA is an incursion into the universe of Aly, a member of this community.
Postal Fever
Postal Fever launches a gaze through time and memory, crystallizing in collective and personal heritages. Putting into contact contemporary Super 8 images and family archives recorded on video, it tries to reflect – both critically and cryptically – on the nature of the images and their survival.
Fußball und Bier: Wo Geld und Alkohol fließen
For many fans, they simply belong together: football and beer. But is that really just a harmless connection of sport and pleasure? Because football clubs and breweries are often closely connected in Germany. Every club in the second and first division of the Bundesliga, without exception, is being sponsored by a brewery and also many amateur clubs are reliant on the money of the beer industry. And yet, alcohol causes great damage in Germany: 1.6 million people are addicted to alcohol, more than 14,000 die annually in direct consequence of alcohol consumption. This film corresponds to the state as of November 16th, 2022. At that point in time, Qatar had allowed the selling of alcohol in and around world cup stadiums before and after the games. A few days before the beginning of the World Cup, an alcohol ban was announced for these areas, nonetheless.
Temporary Limitation
Maria Alexandrova and Vladislav Lantratov are international ballet superstars. Everything in their lives is connected to dance. Being on stage means everything to performers, no matter if it is a theatre in their city, the Bolshoi Theatre, or other famous venues. But their lives take a dramatic turn in the spring of 2019 when Masha and Vlad both get their Achilles tendons injured, she during rehearsal, and he — in the middle of an important premiere in front of a big audience. Their careers, beloved work, and the joy of routines are put on hold. The feet of the artists turn into independent characters, whom their owners address accordingly. “What if this time she doesn’t want to?” asks Maria Aleksandrova, an extraordinary ballet dancer, who is experiencing this trauma and recovery for the second time.
The Solstices of Petr Nikl
Petr Nikl is a founding member of the Tvrdohlaví (Hard Headed) art group. He is an intermedia artist with classical roots who freely and convincingly expresses himself through traditional art techniques and original books, interactive projects, and improvisational events based on performance, theatre, and music. He won the Jindřich Chalupecký Award in 1995, is a multiple winner of the Best Book Award, and received the Golden Angel Award in the Alternative Music category in 2005. Petr Nikl looks back on his life and his career and gives an imaginary vision of where his path will lead in the future.
To Kill What Lives Inside Me
At the end of summer 2021 boys spend their last lazy days together in a small town by the Volga River. Their childish routine of roaming streets, riding scooters and vaping will change so soon — only Slava stays in Yuryevets with his foster family, most of his friends are leaving to study or work in a week. Vlad dreams about a military career. He wants “to save lives” just like characters in his favorite computer games and to earn enough money for his poor parents who work in a local supermarket. At his birthday party the teens argue and try to dissuade Vlad but he has already made his choice. Hope there will be no war in the future — they say.
Long Way Home
After the disputed 2020 presidential elections in Belarus, a group of new exiles led by the winning candidate use their network to help Ukrainians fight the war with Russia.
Mother's Courage Lessons
Sasha, a 13-year-old boy, is fond of chemistry and fantasy books. However, my mother does not approve of this. For his birthday, she gives him a certificate for special military training "One Day in Special Forces". The boy finds himself among strong men right on the training ground.
No Man is an Island
An unlikely triangle, with a magnetic homeless Siberian in the center, and partner in surviving (his family) and a home girl by its sides. Everything is hopeless, like Petersburg ruins, the hero is leaving for a while.
An Excavation
In 2014, 45 crates of looted antiquities were discovered at Geneva Freeport in a warehouse belonging to disgraced antiquities dealer Robin Symes. They contained tens of thousands of archaeological remnants worth around £7 million. Three of the crates were sent to forensic archaeologists Dr Christos Tsirogiannis and Dr Vinnie Norskov for research. An Excavation documents Tsirogiannis and Norskov’s investigation into a series of vases from the Geneva Freeport crates. Made in the 4th century BC by Apulian artisans, these vases remained buried in tombs for 2500 years before they were clandestinely excavated from their now irrecoverable contexts. The objects’ journeys through the hands of looters, smugglers, restorers and dealers are counterpointed by the hand-painted stories that adorn them. Made for burials, the vases depict scenes from the underworld – forensic and mythological narratives start to intertwine.
Machina Faust
Takes a look at the life of the talented musician and composer, saxophonist Maria Faust. The film closely follows the birth of three works and how Maria's personal experiences are reflected in her work.
Rachel's Law
A true story about a young hippie college girl who works with the police to target two suspected drug dealers from the ghetto, in the biggest drug bust of the Tallahassee police department's history.
Dream That I Had
A Grammy award-winning music producer talks about his life and history in this animated short.
Blame It On Gutenberg
A documentary about the evolving science of dyslexia, dueling theories over how to teach reading, and one family's landmark struggle with an unresponsive school system.
Stay the Course
Twice a week, fourteen-year-old William makes the trek to Rocking the Boat, a youth development program in the South Bronx where he learns to be a steward of the Bronx River by collecting water-quality data.
The Experience of Humanity
Stories of parents with children with disabilities about their own fears and experiences.
Iron Sharpens Iron
Competitors and rivals in the Paralympics, but teammates at home, these two athletes share their love of sport and admiration for each other.
Healing Me
Director Tereza Tara fell ill at the age of twenty-five. She captured her ten-year-long journey to recovery, which took her deep into the past and to the edge of the abyss, in the form of a personal and poetic video diary. With her weakened kidneys, she visited doctors, psychosomatic experts, and an alternative healer who urged her to surrender herself into the hands of God. Gradually, she began to see the condition of her dual organs as a reflection of her unbalanced relationship with her mother, her partner, and her own body. She finally understood that if she wanted to find a cure for her diseased kidneys and start living a better life, she needed to understand herself better first.
Incense Fire
Situated in the middle of a traditional three-section compound, “tangˊhaˊ” is the shrine where the Hakka worship their ancestors. The tangˊhaˊ fire burns all night everyday, leading generations of offspring home—except for the married daughters. As responsibilities are passed on to the younger generations, some Hakka clans have begun to relax the restrictions, although there are still many hurdles to overcome....
Grande Boys: The Way To Play
Grande Boys: The Way To Play is an upcoming mockumentary project about the fictional football team Grande Boys FC.
Glasswork
Like at the New Year’s Eve, showers of colourful light cut through the darkness. While fireworks dissolve into nothing after a thunderous sound, shattered glass leaves material artifact. Sharp pieces then become a reminder of the real track that fireworks leave in the sky.
My Anniversaries
A documentary following Shoji Sakurai, who spent 29 years in prison after being falsely arrested for the "Fukawa Incident."
Traces of Glory
Revealing indie rock’s best-kept secret of the 90s, Traces of Glory is a feature length documentary that tells the story of L.A. band, IDAHO and its obscure frontman Jeff Martin, as he contemplates his past, self-doubt and the fame he was never really after.
Tio Kevin
As he grieves his father’s recent death, Kevin Rainha searches for answers within the traces left by José and the family members who surround him. An intimate portrait, Tio Kevin explores the support between a niece and uncle, a director and their subject. The film follows their return to the family cottage for the first time since José’s death, a place which holds the foundations of many family memories.
Eloor Library
Set in the aisles of Eloor Library, filmmaker Cyril Abraham Dennis documents conversations based on life and art in Kochi.
INTO OBLIVIØN, Episode 04: Inuma-Mapu
The fourth and final episode of the INTO OBLIVIØN documentary. This one was especially emotional for me, because I open up about a lot of things I’ve never talked about publicly before. It was very worth it.
Tropic Fever
The semi-autobiographical account of a European plantation manager on Sumatra during Dutch colonial rule becomes a starting point for reflections on the structure of the plantation itself. An essay about local tobacco and rubber cultivation, the construction of skin colour as a social category and the "tropic fever” which rises slowly but inexorably, edited from archive material dating from 1890 to 1930.
Between the Stars and Waves
One million people in Malaysia's Sabah are stateless. Fifty thousand of them are children who have been denied their rights to public education and healthcare. This is a story of those who learn to speak up for themselves.
Give Me Shelter
Social worker Renáta Toszecky manages a women's shelter in Hungary, operated by Hungarian Baptist Aid. The film follows Renáta and gives us a glimpse into the challenges of social work.
Le temps des OVNI
This documentary talks about UFOs in our society's issues. As a reflection from the sky, UFOs question our own mankind : transhumanism, genetics, nuclear research, astrophysics, ecology, conquest of space, psychology, information, arts and, of course, cinema. UFOs are objects of fascination, dreams, and are worrying us on this strange and thrilling film.
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