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2020

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Jean Rochefort, l'irrésistible
Jean Rochefort, l'irrésistible
If Jean Rochefort remains so dear to our hearts, it is because this extraordinary actor alone embodies a cinema and a France imbued with freedom and carelessness. Through his films, archives and the testimony of those close to him, we discover a complex man, a sad clown saved by his taste for words and for fun.
Jean Rochefort, l'irrésistible 2020
Freedia Got a Gun
Freedia Got a Gun
Devastated after learning her brother, Adam, was murdered in New Orleans, bounce legend Big Freedia decides to use her experience and platform to raise awareness about the complexity of gun violence.
Freedia Got a Gun 2020
Citizen Bio
Paramount+
Citizen Bio
The stories of four of America’s most notorious biohackers and their relationships with Aaron Traywick, a self-proclaimed biohacker whose life took a tragic turn when he was mysteriously found dead at a meditation spa at the age of 28.
Citizen Bio 2020
Being the Queen
Being the Queen
The story of Queen Elizabeth II from those who know her best.
Being the Queen 2020
Okavango: River of Dreams - Director's Cut
Disney+
Okavango: River of Dreams - Director's Cut
In this officially released edit, experience the wildlife of the Okavango Delta, an oasis and lush paradise in Southern Africa that connects a wide array of creatures. Lions chase elephants, who chase hippos, who chase crocodiles.
Okavango: River of Dreams - Director's Cut 2020
Les Joueuses #Paslàpourdanser
Les Joueuses #Paslàpourdanser
The Olympique Lyonnais women's football team has over the years become one of the best football teams in the world. From training sessions to competitive matches, from doubts to victories, this documentary takes an up-close look at these exceptional players and their daily lives. An invitation to see women's sports and the place they hold in professional sports under a new light: a universe where the values of respect and open-mindedness are indispensable mainstays in working towards equality.
Les Joueuses #Paslàpourdanser 2020
Chained (Agora II)
Chained (Agora II)
For four and a half years, between 2015 – 2019, acclaimed filmmaker Yorgos Avgeropoulos observed Greek society on multiple levels. As well as having exclusive access to Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis, he followed others, including a refugee couple from Syria and a mother whose child was murdered by Golden Dawn. The result is a unique and multiple story-lined film: a tale which evolves and unfolds with the characters over time as they face difficult decisions, even to partially achieve their goals.
Chained (Agora II) 2020
East Asia Anti-Japan Armed Front
East Asia Anti-Japan Armed Front
East Asia Anti-Japan Armed Front 2020
Building Happiness
Building Happiness
The Scandinavian countries are consistently at the top of the World Happiness Report, which is published each year by the UN. In the last 100 years, Scandinavia has managed to create a society based on solidarity, peace, tolerance and democracy. What is the secret of Scandinavian happiness?
Building Happiness 2020
The Tiger Mafia
The Tiger Mafia
The magnificent tiger is one of the world’s most beloved, and threatened creatures. Filmmaker Karl Ammann uncovers their illegal breeding in secret South East Asian tiger farms. His nine-year investigation exposes how body parts are harvested from both live and butchered tigers, and then traded for sale in China’s underground pharmaceutical and jewelry industries.
The Tiger Mafia 2020
La Vie sauvage des Carpates
La Vie sauvage des Carpates
La Vie sauvage des Carpates 2020
Life and Death in Paradise: Crocs of the Caribbean
Life and Death in Paradise: Crocs of the Caribbean
Survival in the Caribbean islands of Cuba and Hispaniola requires adaptation. Over time, new species, such as the solenodon, have formed.
Life and Death in Paradise: Crocs of the Caribbean 2020
I Am Samuel
I Am Samuel
Documentary about a Kenyan man balancing family duties, and his own hopes and dreams.
I Am Samuel 2020
Ride Your Dream
Ride Your Dream
Discover Ana Carrasco, the Spanish rider who has revolutionized the two wheel's world and who, from an early age, had a dream: being world champion. A dream that came true.
Ride Your Dream 2020
My Psychedelic Love Story
Paramount+
My Psychedelic Love Story
An examination of the notorious high priest of LSD Timothy Leary through the eyes of his famed lover Joanna Harcourt-Smith.
My Psychedelic Love Story 2020
Kelet
Prime Video
Kelet
Kelet is a twentysomething black trans woman, whose greatest dream is to be on the cover of Vogue magazine. For the Finnish-born and Manchester-raised Kelet, such models as Naomi Campbell and Iman served as role models giving her strength – and during the darkest times, kept her alive. After coming out, then 19-year-old Kelet was cut off from her family and she moved back to Finland on her own.
Kelet 2020
Ronnie's
Ronnie's
The story of Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club
Ronnie's 2020
The Mothman Legacy
Prime Video
The Mothman Legacy
One of the most frightening of American urban myths is the legend of The Mothman, a red-eyed creature seen by some as a harbinger of doom in 1960s rural West Virginia, where sightings of the winged demonic beast were first documented near an old munitions dump known by locals as TNT. Many believe the Mothman to be a 1960’s phenomenon, an omen only appearing before tragedy, and disappearing after a flap of sightings and the subsequent Silver Bridge collapse in 1967. But what if there’s more? What if the origins of this omen trace back much further and go much deeper than anyone realized? And what if…the sightings never ended?
The Mothman Legacy 2020
The Dilemma of Desire
Paramount+
The Dilemma of Desire
The Dilemma of Desire explores the work of four women who are shattering myths and lies that women are being told about their sexual desire and their bodies. Coined by artist Sophia Wallace, “Cliteracy” is the understanding that the clitoris is fundamental to the female orgasm. Through her art, Wallace is changing culture. Dr. Stacey Dutton, a neuroscientist, studies the biology of the clitoris; Dr. Lisa Diamond is dismantling outdated notions about women’s arousal; and Ti Chang, an industrial designer, creates elegant vibrators for women. Providing the embodiment of their work are the real life stories of Umnia, Becca, Jasmine, Sunny, and Coriama.
The Dilemma of Desire 2020
Silence of the Tides
Silence of the Tides
The passage of time is spellbinding in this cinematic tour de force about the Wadden Sea. A film that inhales and exhales along with the tides as it explores the fragile relationship between man and nature.
Silence of the Tides 2020
Glitter and Dust
Glitter and Dust
Four girls living in the lonely vastness of the USA share one passion: The wild world of rodeo. Although they move about in the powerful imagery of the American prairie and the myths of the Wild West, they give it new resonance and break free of it. In a world which used to belong to their fathers and brothers, they prove that "you ride like a girl" is not an insult but a compliment.
Glitter and Dust 2020
Footeuses
Footeuses
The reality of women's football (soccer) in France.
Footeuses 2020
Sementes: Mulheres Pretas no Poder
Sementes: Mulheres Pretas no Poder
In response to Marielle Franco's execution, the 2018 elections turned into the biggest political upheaval led by black women that Brazil has ever seen, with candidacies in all states. In Rio de Janeiro, Mônica Francisco, Rose Cipriano, Renata Souza, Jaqueline de Jesus, Tainá de Paula and Talíria Petrone applied for the positions of state or federal deputy. The documentary accompanied these women in their campaigns, showing that a new way of doing politics in Brazil is possible, transforming mourning into struggle.
Sementes: Mulheres Pretas no Poder 2020
Penguins: Meet the Family
Penguins: Meet the Family
A unique celebration of one of Earth's most iconic birds, featuring all 18 species in footage from New Zealand, Cape Town, the Galapagos Islands and Antarctica.
Penguins: Meet the Family 2020
K'i Tah Amongst the Birch
K'i Tah Amongst the Birch
Filmmaker/activist Melaw Nakehk’o has spent the pandemic with her family at a remote land camp in the Northwest Territories, “getting wood, listening to the wind, staying warm and dry, and watching the sun move across the sky.” In documenting camp life—activities like making fish leather and scraping moose hide—she anchors the COVID experience in a specific time and place.
K'i Tah Amongst the Birch 2020
Nun of Your Business
Nun of Your Business
Two young nuns meet during a Catholic gathering in Croatia and fall in love. They live in two separate convents, but the spaces they once considered havens of solace and spiritual fulfillment turn out to be more earthly than expected. Disillusioned by the Church and the sexual and psychological abuse within, yet driven by blossoming love, they make the most difficult decision of their life - to leave the convent.
Nun of Your Business 2020
Bergen - A City West of Reason
Bergen - A City West of Reason
A poetic and beautiful tribute to the city of Bergen, Norway. Based on archive footage from the last century and packed with Bergen music from Grieg to Vaular.
Bergen - A City West of Reason 2020
Cheap Food
Cheap Food
Industrial food production has provided the public with an abundance of food at very low prices. But with obesity and diabetes at record levels in Europe, there is clearly a problem with the food we eat. This documentary puts the spotlight on the agri-food industry and reveals how low-cost ultra-processed foods are really made.
Cheap Food 2020
Scenes from My Life
Scenes from My Life
The four seasons of the year shown through Roman's home videos.
Scenes from My Life 2020
Mucha: The Story of an Artist Who Created a Style
Mucha: The Story of an Artist Who Created a Style
Czech painter and illustrator Alphonse Mucha (1860-1939) ranks among the pioneers of the Art Nouveau movement at the end of the 19th century. Virtually overnight, he becomes famous in Paris thanks to the posters that he designs to announce actress Sarah Bernhardt’s plays. But at the height of his fame, Mucha decides to leave Paris to realize his lifetime project.
Mucha: The Story of an Artist Who Created a Style 2020
Russian Left-Handed Ivan Yauzov: Vol. 1
Russian Left-Handed Ivan Yauzov: Vol. 1
Ivan Yauzov is an ordinary student who studies at a technical university. But one day he read in a book that Elon Musk conquered space with his super satellites. Student found such inspiration in this achievement that he resolved to demonstrate the parity of Russian equipment with its American counterparts, asserting that Russians too are capable of greatness.
Russian Left-Handed Ivan Yauzov: Vol. 1 2020
Sportin' Life
Sportin' Life
Sportin’ Life is the sixth incarnation of the international art project Self, curated by Saint Laurent’s creative director, Anthony Vaccarello. This project is an artistic commentary on society while emphasizing the complexity of various individuals through the eyes of artists who evoke the Saint Laurent attitude of confidence, individuality and self-expression. The documentary is an exploration into the sources and personal history of creativity, the essential life of an artist. Raw and sharp, it has the feeling of a moment in time that is still happening. Abel Ferrara’s intimate and lush look at his own life, his world refracted through his art – music, filmmaking, his collaborators and inspirations such as Ferrara’s early works and his creative partnerships with Willem Dafoe, Joe Delia, Paul Hipp and the musicians who inspired this work.
Sportin' Life 2020
South Tyrol's Far North
South Tyrol's Far North
South Tyrol's Far North 2020
Marina Abramovic: The Ugly Duckling
Marina Abramovic: The Ugly Duckling
Performance artist Marina Abramovic invites Alan Yentob into her home, opens her archive, travels to her birthplace in Belgrade and talks about turning her life into art.
Marina Abramovic: The Ugly Duckling 2020
The Accused: Damned or Devoted?
The Accused: Damned or Devoted?
Against the backdrop of Pakistan's elections, this film follows the rise of powerful cleric Khadim Hussain Rizvi, on a mission to preserve the country's blasphemy laws, which prescribe a mandatory death sentence for disrespecting The Prophet Muhammad (P.B.U.H) and life imprisonment for desecrating the Holy Quran. With millions sympathetic to his goal, Rizvi silences anyone attempting to change the law by condemning them to death. As he pushes for more power, Rizvi decides to run for office in the upcoming general elections, and those accused of blasphemy or those who oppose the blasphemy laws- whether targeted minorities, liberals, and opposing Muslim voices - become the pawns of his ambition.
The Accused: Damned or Devoted? 2020
The New Kid
The New Kid
Enjoy this new never before seen film from the 2017 The North Face Antarctica Expedition as viewed through the eyes of "The New Kid," Savannah Cummins, as she is mentored by a group of seasoned alpinists and climbers including partner, Anna Pfaff and a motley and yet legendary team, including, Alex Honnold, Jimmy Chin, Conrad Anker, and Cedar Wright.
The New Kid 2020
The Infinite Race
The Infinite Race
In the annual Ultra Maratón Caballo Blanco, runners compete in the spectacular Copper Canyon of Chihuahua, Mexico, home to the indigenous Rarámuri people. The town of Urique has hosted the event since 2004, after an American athlete created the race as a way for the Rarámuri, who are known for their endurance running, to honor and preserve their culture.
The Infinite Race 2020
Toni Morrison: Black Matter(s)
Toni Morrison: Black Matter(s)
Toni Morrison (1931-2019), first black woman writer being awarded the Nobel Prize of Literature, was a critic, a book editor, a college professor, and a creative author of novels, poems and essays. She claimed the invention of a black writing and brought the light on what had kept silenced since the days of the birth of the United States of America as an independent nation: the black people history.
Toni Morrison: Black Matter(s) 2020
Tua
Tua
Quarterback Tua Tagovailoa, a generational football talent, embarks on a journey that began from a childhood family prophecy. Follow Tua as he attempts to overcome a career-threatening injury and rise as one of the most uniquely skilled players in the history of the game.
Tua 2020
Namibie, espoir & renouveau
Namibie, espoir & renouveau
Namibie, espoir & renouveau 2020