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2017

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Return to Twin Peaks
Return to Twin Peaks
In "Return to Twin Peaks: A Fan Made Documentary", we join "Not-So-Special Agent" Ryan Camp as he explores the background and mysterious story of Twin Peaks so far.
Return to Twin Peaks 2017
Picture This
Picture This
About to put on a sex positive party for disabled people Andrew Gurza discusses the realities of sex, disability and queerness.
Picture This 2017
Fernand Pouillon, Une architecture habitée
Fernand Pouillon, Une architecture habitée
In this documentary, Marie-Claire Rubinstein reveals to us, through the testimonies of the inhabitants who live there, the architectural achievements of the French urban planner Fernand Pouillon in Algiers. In particular the vast complexes of hundreds of social housing units, including the most famous Diar E Saâd (1953), Diar El Mahçoul (1954) and Climat de France (1957). The historical context, during the war of independence is related by the historian Benjamin Stora and Nadir Boumaza. This documentary also evokes the personality of Fernand Pouillon in a post-colonial context.
Fernand Pouillon, Une architecture habitée 2017
Algérie, Les Deux Soldats
Algérie, Les Deux Soldats
Algérie, Les Deux Soldats 2017
Lola, 15
Lola, 15
LOLA, 15 is the first film in an upcoming series called LET ME GET WHAT I WANT THIS TIME. Its a short, formal documentary which intimately observes the sacred spaces of a fifteen year old girl named Lola. The larger series will examine many more of these spaces across a wide range of race, class, location and culture. The painful process of shedding adolescence is actualized in this highly curated interior--a sanctuary and visible elegy to childhood. Through languid drifts across the details of Lola's bedroom, a secret language is revealed.
Lola, 15 2017
Backfired: When VW Lied to America
Backfired: When VW Lied to America
BACKFIRED: When VW Lied to America, narrated by veteran journalist, Warren Olney, reveals step-by-step the covert investigation that led to the bombshell discovery of evidence pointing to the installation of defeat devices in VW diesel cars to deliberately circumvent and avoid California and U.S. vehicle emissions standards on a scale never imagined.
Backfired: When VW Lied to America 2017
Lone Wanderer
Lone Wanderer
A film about the nature of southern Kazakhstan and a Dzhambul photojournalist who takes pictures of animals and flowers in his spare time.
Lone Wanderer 2017
Viking. To See to Believe
Viking. To See to Believe
For eight years, a team of specialists created a whole world about which almost nothing was known. The world of Kievan Rus of the tenth century. They managed to make historical films with documentary accuracy. Icelandic sagas and the works of Oriental travelers, Byzantine books and, of course, ancient Russian chronicles were studied and researched. The oldest dated chronicle is kept in the Russian National Library in St. Petersburg. It was these texts that formed the basis of the script. Five built cities, hand—sewn costumes, forged weapons, a Viking ship — a drakkar — built according to the drawings of that time, complex computer graphics - all in order for the viewer to fully immerse himself in the atmosphere of the early Middle Ages of the Viking film.
Viking. To See to Believe 2017
Out of Gitmo
Out of Gitmo
The dramatic story of a Gitmo detainee released from the controversial U.S. prison after 14 years. With NPR, a report on the struggle over freeing prisoners once deemed international terrorists. Also, the untold history of the Guantanamo Bay prison.
Out of Gitmo 2017
Kosher Love
Kosher Love
What happens when a rabbinical matchmaker, a Hasidic couple and a single, explore the precise meaning of humanity's most powerful word? Using downright silliness, Kosher Love reveals that we're all the same in our search for love.
Kosher Love 2017
Orgasmic Tiny Titty Slender A Yuna Yamakawa
Orgasmic Tiny Titty Slender A Yuna Yamakawa
Yuna Yamakawa, a very innocent girl with small breasts, is finally here in the 8th installment of the series! The costume that shows the fresh pink nipples and shaved bank man to the limit is too erotic! It is blamed soggy and a sensitive nipple is erected in Bing and it is rolled up! Fucking with a cleavageless chest, shrimp warp cum with oil massage! The AV actor's intense piston twists her thin body to the point where it seems to break, panting, and culminating! A must-see for the naughty Yuna who keeps getting excited many times!
Orgasmic Tiny Titty Slender A Yuna Yamakawa 2017
Silent Clock
Silent Clock
Silent Clock 2017
Sharon Osbourne Presents Rock 'n' Roll's Dodgiest Deals
Sharon Osbourne Presents Rock 'n' Roll's Dodgiest Deals
Sharon Osbourne presents the story of pop deals through the decades. She looks at some memorably bad and good deals offered to a range of musicians from Little Richard to NWA.
Sharon Osbourne Presents Rock 'n' Roll's Dodgiest Deals 2017
Lima en la piel
Lima en la piel
Anita, the oldest prostitute in the city, continues to give herself for a few cents. Gloria, the only fisherwoman in the port of Lima, works without limits to support her family. Carmen and Juan, a couple of mimes are still active despite their very old age. Four unique destinations that are ignored; skin that resists, loves, struggles, changes, ages ... Just like Lima, the city impregnated in them.
Lima en la piel 2017
The City Will Pursue You
The City Will Pursue You
Exploring the relationship between man and place by following the paths of six characters in contemporary Alexandria.
The City Will Pursue You 2017
This is a War, Baby
This is a War, Baby
Without showing any explicit battle footage, this film nevertheless manages to show the life of Ukrainian soldiers and volunteers on the Donetsk front. Images of ruin and destruction from places that only recently were the scenes of fighting are transformed into a tragicomic parable of survival in a provisional space-time. Looting is a daily occurrence, and going out in search of booty becomes a boyish adventure during which the participants explore places only recently inhabited by private individuals. And when all this is recorded by a Polish television crew headed by a canny female reporter, an existential satire is born. The war is there, but somewhere around the corner.
This is a War, Baby 2017
Sirenomelia
Sirenomelia
A woman born with sirenomelia, a mythological posthuman being takes us on the journey to the Cold War submarine base above the arctic circle. She exposes a future liberated from the military and economic structures that oppress the present, a future in which relations between humans and nonhumans have been transfigured, a future in which the cosmic dimension of an earthly coexistence is interlaced within the texture of the social. Sirenomelia explores questions of the beginning of the universe in relation to the geological ungrounding processes, invisible structures, geo-traumas and deep time. It is a fictional visual meditation about contemporary science and a cross sections of the larger systems of power and the politics of desire. By performing in Sirenomelia herself, Škarnulytė becomes a measure for biosphere, magnetic fields, photons, minerals and gravity waves.
Sirenomelia 2017
Bloki
Bloki
The story of the gigantic apartment complexes, known as Bloki, built in Poland under communist rule. These reviled blocks were home to thousands of people. The architects of these buildings talk about how the blocks came about, while residents explain how they shaped their lives. The government set the architects a clear task, but they did not always submit without signs of frustration. A wonderful story about a past that, despite the depressing Bloki, is not reviled by everyone.
Bloki 2017
The All-Americans
The All-Americans
Two predominantly Latino high schools square off annually in one of the oldest and most heated football rivalries in the country: the East LA Classic.
The All-Americans 2017
Refugees In Japan
Refugees In Japan
Out of thousands of people who sought asylum in Japan, 28 people were granted refugee status in 2016. A further 97 people, though not recognized as refugees, were approved to stay in Japan on humanitarian grounds. More efforts are being made to integrate refugees into Japanese society in partnership with UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR).
Refugees In Japan 2017
Universum Brdečka
Universum Brdečka
Lemonade Joe, The Mysterious Castle in the Carpathians, Dinner for Adele, The and the Golem - These and other Czech cinematography film hits have on thing in common: Jirí Brdecka. The Screenwriter, writer and cartoonist Brdecka was known in Czechoslovakia for his cooperation with Jirí Trnka, Jan Werich or Oldrich Lipský, and became a worldwide famous and respected director of animated films. But who was he in reality? Where did he seek inspiration and where did his rich inner world come from? How did he fight the non-free political regime and manage to show the world his free and timeless creation? Director Miroslav Janek gradually penetrates the interior of one of the most prominent personalities of Czech film and presents to the audience a miraculous world of animated paintings, graphics, oils, watercolors, frescoes and mosaics. On Christmas Eve in 2017, Jirí Brdecka would celebrate his 100th birthday.
Universum Brdečka 2017
Richard Twice
Richard Twice
Richard Atkins, the singer and songwriter of the early 70's California Pop Duo, 'Richard Twice' was on his way to stardom and a huge career in the music business when he mysteriously walked away from it all.
Richard Twice 2017
I'm in Love with my Car
I'm in Love with my Car
Cars affect our primary senses on all levels, they define our world and change our contemporary society. Our tastes have changed: drive-in food, that was once at most a monthly family treat has now become an essential daily ritual in our fast-paced, consumer society. We barely notice the smell of exhaust fumes but more and more people are getting sick from atmospheric pollution. Our cities are now designed in function of cars, changing what we see and our perception of the world we live in. The film seeks to question the car myth, something that is deeply rooted in our consumer society. A group of primary school's kids guide the spectators in a journey into our imaginary. Using automotive archives and through the involvement in a dynamic way of scientists, engineers, anthropologist and racing drivers, the film explores how the car has changed not only the cities we live in but also our lives.
I'm in Love with my Car 2017
Trailblazers: The New Zealand Story
Trailblazers: The New Zealand Story
New Zealand is a place of great natural beauty and resources, of pioneering immigrants from the Maori to the more recent settlers. They’re fierce, hardy, and strong, able to withstand challenges like the massive economic challenge they faced in the mid 1980’s. With their economy unraveling, they made huge, controversial changes, including doing away with farm subsidies and protectionist import controls. At first, it hurt. A lot. But now, the farmers and the fishers, the people and the economy, are prospering. And they wouldn’t go back to subsidies, special interests, or support for manufacturers. Travel to New Zealand with scholar Johan Norberg to meet some amazing Kiwis and see how they blazed a trail to economic prosperity.
Trailblazers: The New Zealand Story 2017
Resident Forever
Resident Forever
How do these people live, how do they endure the confinement and pain of the country's borders ? Under the splendor of the landscapes we can feel the constant threat of a cold war In the heart of Caucasus. The villagers have learned to live with the sound of reports, while knowing that the next bullet may be for them. Scenes from ordinary life, in a country where the threat of war may never be forgotten: yet a feeling of life prevails: resident forever, forever. This film talk about the current state of the world and humanity with respect to imposed violence, in a set of border areas.
Resident Forever 2017
Manivelle: The Last Days of the Man of Tomorrow
Manivelle: The Last Days of the Man of Tomorrow
A remarkable mock-doc that profoundly explores Lebanon's turbulent history through the life and times of a reclusive metal automaton that once was emblematic of the country's hopes and dreams.
Manivelle: The Last Days of the Man of Tomorrow 2017
25 Tracks
25 Tracks
'25' are two unknown, indie songwriters in a bare bones studio on a train in the industrial West of Melbourne - Australia’s music capital. They plan to write, record then release a fresh song every two weeks of the year. Cath loves pop; Nick loves garage rock. She wants jazz flute; he wants a dirty guitar. Is this ever going to work or are they totally deluded? Is it an impossible goal?
25 Tracks 2017
As I Walk Through The Valley
As I Walk Through The Valley
As I Walk Through The Valley is a journey into the underground music scene of Texas’ southernmost border-region. Follow four generations of Valley musicians as they struggle to find a voice of their own in the land of charro beans and Tejano legends.
As I Walk Through The Valley 2017
The Everlasting Man
The Everlasting Man
Bernardino Fernandes emigrated to Canada in the sixties. Over two decades he filmed hundreds of Super 8 reels, organizing them methodically and obsessively. The Everlasting Man ends an old process, transforming Bernardino's urge of cinema into a film about the images of his memory.
The Everlasting Man 2017
IFO
IFO
Historic UFO sightings over Mansfield, Ohio, are evoked through memory, report and gesture.
IFO 2017
No Place for a Rebel
No Place for a Rebel
Sixteen years after rebels abducted him as a child, Opono Opondo returns home to Uganda as an adult war commander. Now he has to re-adapt to civil society. Opono grew up to become a war commander in the Lord's Resistance Army of Joseph Kony. Now, Opono must fight for acceptance back home, in a place where he doesn't know the codes and conventions and where the neighbors fear him. The film shows Opono's fight for his future, while struggling to come to terms with his past and to reconcile with his family.
No Place for a Rebel 2017
In the Center of the World
In the Center of the World
The documentary IN THE CENTER OF THE WORLD portrays four teenagers from rural Germany on their first steps towards an adult life. They have to decide, whether they want to follow known paths or discover a new world. Noel from North Rhine-Westphalia has Indian roots und is still searching for his own path, his own interests and goals. Lea from Thuringia fights in the conflict between friendship, freedom and family for her wish to be treated as an adult. Leif from Schleswig-Holstein seems to be grown up and only on second view one can see the cracks in his appearance. He is an unsecure youth with a wish for self-determination. Johanna from Bavaria seems to be very clear about what her future should look like. However she’s fighting against different expectations from others and herself.
In the Center of the World 2017
How I See Sunsets
How I See Sunsets
A poetic, semi-autobiographical short film of the sun setting over a village, shot from behind the curtains of a small, dimly lit room.
How I See Sunsets 2017
VertiGhost
VertiGhost
VertiGhost, a newly commissioned work by Lynn Hershman Leeson for the Fine Arts Museums, draws the viewer into a meditation about notions of authenticity and the construction of identity. Inspired by the Legion of Honor’s role as a location for Alfred Hitchcock’s Vertigo (1958), Hershman Leeson explores the tension at the core of Vertigo between the difficulty or lack of desire to distinguish between reality and fiction versus the pursuit of truth. The eponymous ghost of Hershman Leeson’s project is the elusive nature of a singular identity that haunts the characters in the 1958 film, its most enigmatic representation being the painting of a supposed distant relative of the film’s protagonist Madeleine, around which her character and fate is imagined.
VertiGhost 2017
SEND
SEND
A crew of teenage boys attempts to satisfy and perform in a world of high expectations as they prepare mentally and physically for competition. Shot through the lens of an older sister, this intimate nonfiction portrait observes the interplay of the boys with their carefully-controlled world.
SEND 2017
Big Star's Third - Thank You, Friends Big Star's Third Live And More 2016
Big Star's Third - Thank You, Friends Big Star's Third Live And More 2016
A celebration of the musical legacy of Memphis’ best-known secret – Big Star – performed by a collective featuring members of Big Star, the dB’s, Let’s Active, the Posies, R.E.M., Semisonic, Wilco and Yo La Tengo with the Kronos Quartet and more.
Big Star's Third - Thank You, Friends Big Star's Third Live And More 2016 2017
Bronx Gothic
Bronx Gothic
From director Andrew Rossi (PAGE ONE: INSIDE THE NEW YORK TIMES, THE FIRST MONDAY IN MAY) comes an electrifying portrait of writer and performer Okwui Okpokwasili and her acclaimed one-woman show, BRONX GOTHIC. Rooted in memories of her childhood, Okwui – who’s worked with conceptual artists like Ralph Lemon and Julie Taymor – fuses dance, song, drama, and comedy to create a mesmerizing space in which audiences can engage with a story about two 12-year-old black girls coming of age in the 1980s. With intimate vérité access to Okwui and her audiences off the stage, BRONX GOTHIC allows for unparalleled insight into her creative process as well as the complex social issues embodied in it.
Bronx Gothic 2017
First Ladyland
First Ladyland
Melania Trump's homeland is open for business.
First Ladyland 2017
Les Guignols - Opération Élysée
Les Guignols - Opération Élysée
Les Guignols - Opération Élysée 2017
AIDS: Doctors and Nurses Tell Their Stories
AIDS: Doctors and Nurses Tell Their Stories
For the first time, doctors and nurses who cared for Britain's first AIDS patients in the 1980s tell of the extraordinary situation they found themselves in and the rules they had to break to help patients forgotten by the state.
AIDS: Doctors and Nurses Tell Their Stories 2017