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The Lost Souls of Syria
Twenty-seven thousand photos of corpses, and bodies tortured in detention centers of the Syrian regime, are leaked in 2014 by a mysterious deserter with the code name "Caesar". Because of the geopolitical interests of some countries and the indifference of other nations, international justice refuses to prosecute the regime of Bashar Al Assad responsible for crimes reminiscent of Nazi or Khmer barbarism. Filmed throughout Europe over nearly four years between 2016 and 2020, the film recounts the behind-the-scenes and twists and turns of investigations and proceedings that will lead to the issuance of arrest warrants for the highest officials of Bashar al Assad's administration for crimes against humanity.
Priye Ambak (प्रिय अम्बक)
The documentary follows the life of Himanshu Mittal, He is Blind by birth and he also has an impeccable talent for singing his storyline shows how he managed to defeat all the obstacles of his life as a blind person with a smile on his face and a cheerful personality. The film will explore the challenges and obstacles he faces, shedding light on his determination, resilience, and the complexities of balancing his responsibilities.
Man with a cellphone camera
Recreating scenes from the classic A Man with a Camera (1929, Dir. Dziga Vertov/USSR), A Man with a Cell Phone studies the possibilities of filmmaking and image manipulation in the era of social networks.
Upon that Mountain
A year along the Italian cableway on the Mont Blanc massif. The machine, the workers, and the users are represented as the main actors. While depicting the everyday routines and the behavior of the sightseers, the film explores the relationship between technology, tourism and mountaineering, cities and modernity, observation and image, representation and experience.
Fireworks of Yesteryear - Behind the Scenes
Fireworks of Yesteryear (去年烟火), also known as When We Met, is a live action adaptation of the extra from the novel What Era Do You Think This Is (都什么年代了啊) by Qi Xiao Huang Shu (七小皇叔). This is a peak of the film's production; it is the behind the scenes content.
Wedding Night
A journey into the wedding night, where an ultra-Orthodox Jewish couple gets to know each other for the first time.
The Rev
In the early 1980s, police were investigating a series of threatening letters. When the police discovered that Rev Owen was the author behind the letters, it was the start of one of Britain's most eerie criminal cases to this day.
Not the Director's Cut
A short documentary following student filmmaker Ally Higgins as they create their senior thesis film, "Chameleon", over the course of the semester.
Vänner sökes
Ewa, Adam and Björn are alone. They, like thousands of others in Sweden, are missing a friend. They dare to break the taboo and talk about the shame, about the dreams but also about hope. How do you actually go about finding new friends? Documentary filmmaker Gustav Ahlgren published an ad online where he was looking for people who were prepared to talk openly about their situation. He received hundreds of responses. Many live in an ongoing loneliness. Many want to break it. But how?
Queen of the Sea
A short documentary exploring how the ocean is an empowering space for women to connect. Told through the personal story of Deguene, a 17 year old surfer, from Dakar, Senegal. She leads us on a journey through the waves of her familial past which is deeply connected to the spirit of the ocean. This powerful story explores the symbiotic relationship between women, the ocean, community and sport.
Our Home
In February 2022, when Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the apartment my friend and I were renting in Lviv became a transit point. Friends, acquaintances and strangers were leaving for safer cities in Ukraine and abroad, and we began to host people in our apartment. Some stayed for one night, and some for several. No one stayed for long, but they all left their stories. That's how our home became a shared home.
30 år med Chadia & hennes döttrar
For 30 years Leyla Assaf-Tengroth have known Chadia and her daughters and followed the family's colorful personalities. She have seen the children grow up.She have seen some of them develop into rebels, others more resigned. There are major contradictions within the family that mainly concern tradition or renewal. By telling about Chadia and her daughters and the rest of the family, she mean's that she is simultaneously reflecting the great religious, ideological and political conflicts going on in the Middle East.
Rocco and His Brothers - Radical Action Art from Berlin
They are known as "shock activists", surprising again and again with radical-provocative, often illegal art actions. Up-close insights into the work of the artist collective and the Berlin graffiti scene.
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Life and Death at Mala Mala
Journey to the banks of the Sand River, where seven magnificent creatures reign supreme. In this captivating 24-hour odyssey, witness their pursuit, survival, and delicate balance of power-Marvel at their strength, vulnerability, and relentless determination. Encounter the neighbours from hell, territorial battles, and the intricate dance of interactions. Within this unfolding drama, the biggest, most potent, fastest, and smartest thrive while others meet their fate. Brace yourself for an unforgettable adventure-a testament to resilience, survival, and the raw beauty of seven of Africa's magnificent creatures.
Deer Bell
This short doc was made during Béla Tarr's Masterclass under his mentorship. The film follows a day in the life of a Roma family in rural Hungary. It focuses on the children, who are raised by their grandparents. From morning until the sun goes down, and a new day begins. And life goes on, just the same.
Driving Sweep
Few river guides ever get the chance to drive Idaho’s Iconic sweep boat. Driving Sweep follows Katie Veteto as she learns how to “drive sweep” down the Middle Fork of the Salmon River. She’s learned the rapids and the river. Now she learns to drive a 4,000lbs sweep down steep rocky rapids.
Oro Rojo
Dario Bravo, the captain of the boat, and his sons navigate the cold waters of the Beagle Channel in search of the prized Fuegian spider crab, an exquisite gastronomic delicacy, a species that is threatened by overfishing in the Fuegian coasts.
Stones Don't Fly
In a desert landscape, some children play hide-and-seek. The remains of dry stone walls and a few abandoned objects seem to bear witness to a long evaporated civilization. Five-year-old Francesca's fantasies mingle with the harshness of her environment.
Violences policières, le combat des familles
This documentary tells the stories and struggle of families affected by police violence. Their brother, their father, their loved one died after an police intervention. Five families retrace the circumstances of this death and tell their fight for truth and justice. Cédric Chouviat, Allan Lambin, Claude Jean-Pierre, Wissam El-Yamni and Gaye Camara.
The New Man
Quirino, 77, has lived for more than 30 years in an abandoned village, at the bottom of a deep valley, between the sea and the mountains. Feeling the effects of old age, Quirino faces the dilemma of having to leave the only place he has ever known or end his days there.
Note of Defiance
Filmed in early 2023, on the Ukrainian-Russian border, this short documentary explores two artists' use of their creativity and art as a means of cultural survival and defiance. In Kharkiv, Ukraine; attacks on civilian centres have forced cultural sites to close. The Kharkiv State Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre is one of the biggest cultural sites in the city forced to close due to these attacks. Two inspiring artists move continue to provide concerts and lessons anywhere they can; from parking garages to bomb shelters. Through powerful interviews, we learn of the unique challenges artists have faced during this conflict. From censorship and persecution, to displacement and trauma. The film concludes with emotional performance, where two disciplines of violin and dance are brought together in the theatre for the first time in nearly a year.
Behind Closed Doors
In 1968, Brazil’s military government convened the National Security Council to enact Institutional Act No. 5, ushering in the most violent period of the dictatorship. The meeting was recorded, but remained secret for decades. The filmmakers delved into the archives and now reveal the recordings.
Plasticine Dreams
In the polyphony of voices, a search for home unfolds. What is home? What is its purpose? Is there anything bigger than home? What are the sounds, colours, and smells that let it live in our memory? The collective and the individual is expressed through the voices of those who lost it in the Russian war in Ukraine. Associations, memories, meanings: four letters, four hundred things between them — home.
OUROBOROS: Un retrato imaginario de Marcelo Fox
The Beautiful Summers
The voices, faces and bodies of the students of the Liceo Artistico Mengaroni in Pesaro embody the characters of two novels by Cesare Pavese, La bella estate and Il diavolo in collina. Seventy years later, the "beautiful summers" of Ginia and Guido, Amelia and Poli, Oreste, Pieretto, are staged by contemporary bodies who read Pavese's words and discover the closeness of the themes addressed by the author to their own experience, feeling the emotions that the staging of some episodes of the two works arouses in them.
Como seria o mundo sem a internet: o impacto devastador de uma tempestade solar.
Tale of the Three Flames
“See you next year!” a Portuguese fire warden says as he dismantles his control equipment at the end of the season. Humans and nature in southern Europe may be used to forest fires, but that does not change the facts: The ever more massive conflagrations are caused by climate change. We have long been living in the age of fire.
Piège mortel sur la Haute Route : Chronique d’un drame
Lost in the Woods
A haunting profile of Oakland-based artist Patrick Barnes, who gave up a career in traditional dance to perform for people living on the margins of society.
The Making of The Outlast Trials | Documentary
The Escapist is excited to partner with Red Barrels to exclusively release their making of documentary on The Outlast Trials!
Silent Days
Three pre-teenage children in Chania/Crete, remember the lockdown days and the restrictive measures against the spread of Covid-19 between 2020 and 2022. In their own unique and unexpected way, they shed light on the dark moments of anxiety and silence they lived through, they miss the small joys they discovered and now, they cheerfully recapture the thread of life and creativity: theatre, play, music.
Piano Prism
Director Oh Jae-hyeong, a painter-turned-filmmaker who is now trying to become a pianist, attempts a unique audio-visual performance that combines video and piano performance.