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Am Ballermann von Thailand - Deutsche in Pattaya
Documentary about the city of Pattaya in Thailand, which is visited by thousands of Germans every year. Not only the weather attracts men to the coastal city...
O Mar de Corisco
Son of the cangaceiro couple Corisco and Dadá, the boy Sílvio is scared when confronted with his true origins; the boy Sílvio goes in search of his biological mother; and the man Sílvio begins a journey to give his father's remains a minimum of dignity.
Dark Waves
Once you start feeling the effects of what invisible radiation can do, you might be trapped in an ongoing cacophony of terrible noise; but other symptoms can also occur in people affected by an intolerance to electromagnetic fields. And there’s virtually no getting away from it.
The Painter's View
A documentary on a Korean painter Lee Jungseob. After the Korean War broke out, Lee and his family left Wonsan to flee to Jeju. While his wife and sons stay in Tokyo, Lee settles in Busan by himself.
Unstuck: An OCD Kids Movie
UNSTUCK is an award-winning short film that explains OCD through the eyes of young people. It avoids sensationalizing compulsions and obsessions, and instead reveals the complexity of a disorder that affects the brain and behavior. As the group of resilient kids and teens roadmap their process of recovery, the film will inspire you to believe it is possible to fight your worst fears and defeat OCD.
The Unknowns: Mystifying UFO Cases
In this video I delve into the expansive and complicated history of American UFO research. More precisely, the government sanctioned undertaking known as Project Blue Book. Many hundreds of cases were left unresolved upon the project's conclusion in 1969. These were dubbed the unknowns. As someone who is largely unfamiliar with UFO history, I explore a select few of these unknowns in order to understand what makes them so mystifying.
Tokyo Black Hole: Year Zero in Post-WWII Japan
World War II comes to an end. Tokyo is a destroyed place, without law, driven by hunger and greed. From over 100,000 pages of declassified CIA documents and hours of newly discovered footage, recorded by American occupation charges and private individuals, the documentary shows Tokyo during this crucial year, Year Zero. Observed from the point of view of a young man who finds himself transported in time, the NHK documentary uses color images and state-of-the-art video techniques to reveal how a desperate population is published as the foundations of today's megalopolis.
Visit to Kaesong, the Place of Ginseng
Ginseng is also known as the «root of life». And the best ginseng the kaonsky koryo-insam ginseng – grows in the area of the city of Kaesong, the ancient capital of the state of Koryo (X-IV centuries). Through a story about the history of cultivation and farming of the miraculous medicinal plant, the film lends the viewers some insight about the great cultural traditions, that are sacredly honored by the people of North Korea.
Refuge
A story about an animal rights activist and a dog hunter who face each other in an invisible war for the definition of the concept of humanity, in a country where citizens are often forced to act instead of the government.
Aria
Aria, a film about queer parents, identity and family constructions. It is through a series of portraits, of people leaning their faces over her belly that the artist proposes a diversity of stories and reflections on motherhood, parenthood, the desire or not to have a child, descent, and childhood. Entirely shot using smartphones, the film proposes an intimate journey, told via sensitive, fun or moving words, a contemporary family album.
Camera Threat
Somewhere in the dreary nooks of Mumbai's film industry, Camera Threat explores the ambivalent relationship this film city has with the moving image. Seated on a casting couch, two actors are getting stuck in impromptu conversations on the side effects of a world that no longer bothers to tell facts from fiction.
Green River: The Time of the Yakurunas
The lush green of the foliage forms a quivering reflection on the surface of the Amazon. According to the legends of the indigenous people of the region, the Yacurunas live beneath the water, in submerged cities that are the mirror image of human ones. Yet the film deals neither with mythical creatures nor with legends, catapulting viewers instead right into the midst of this incredibly green world.
Love is Over
A documentary about June 2013 protests in Brazil aiming to refresh our own memories of struggle by listening to the stories from another part of the world from the view point of a Gezi protestor from Turkey.
The Truth: Lost at Sea
This film reveals the Israeli attack on the 2010 Freedom Flotilla, a convoy of humanitarian ships which tried to highlight the suffering of Palestinians in Gaza, and break its blockade. Shot from aboard the Freedom Flotilla, directed and narrated by one of its survivors and following up on subsequent media coverage, the film shows how the dead activists & their comrades who defended their vessels were portrayed. The film reveals what really happened and how it was spun in traditional and online media outlets.
Big Fish Blues
Long Island (aka the Big Fish) was home to a blues scene that was one of the most incredible and fantastic musical experiences. From the early 1960's through the 1990's, people went to music clubs to hear the blues. Long Island was a home base to many of the top blues musicians who had fans from all over the world. Back in the day, fans would follow them weekly from club to club while their popularity grew worldwide. The Big Fish Blues documentary reveals a genre and a host of incredible performances by these Long Island blues greats. You will also learn about their journeys to success from their personal stories. So sit back, relax, let your hair down, and simply have some fun as you experience the "Blues way of life."
My Mother
Using the mother’s life and constant flight as the main thread, the film shows us a deeply religious, Jewish girl, born in the Ukraine in 1902, who died an atheist and communist in Copenhagen in 1985.
Nine Hypotheses about Charlie Flowers
An encounter unites two people with the same name, different lives and a city in common, Talcahuano. Carlos Flores, director of the documentary, attests to a link with Charlie Flowers, writer and rapper, whose real name is also Carlos Flores.
Secrets of the Carpathians: The Living River
It's the beginning of May. The roaring torrent, fed by the melting snow, turns the emerald water of the mountain tarns into white foam. Hundreds of springs of crystal clear water gradually flow through the Tatra wilderness to form one of the last wild rivers in Central Europe.
The Fox Clan
Throughout the year, we will follow a creature that lives near us and is part of many fairy tales... Not so long ago, the most widespread beast in the world was the wolf. But today the red fox took first place. And it didn't happen by accident. Evolution has equipped her with remarkable abilities and excellent senses. The fox can adapt to human society and changes in the natural environment. Even the extreme conditions of the mountains in winter. But the life of a fox is not easy even in other seasons.
Rapha Rides // Boulder
An Olympian and former national champion, Connie Carpenter’s sporting history is remarkable. See Boulder from her perspective
Luisa Rendón Martell: La utopía truncada
Truncated Utopia tells the story of Luisa Rendón Martell, a republican activist who was retaliated against in the province of Cádiz during the civil war and Franco's regime.
Nobody Dies
Indie singer-songwriter Thao Nguyen makes her first trip to Vietnam with her mother, who hasn't been back to the country since the fall of Saigon.
Der Mensch von morgen - Ein evolutionärer Reisebericht
En búsqueda del ser Machi
A trip to Wallmapu, Chile, is part of the first meeting with Mapuche communities, through various stories we will know the relevance of the Machi for the community, who is the political and religious entity of the culture.
Noronha's Spinners
Video about the life of spinners dolphins at the Fernando de Noronha archipelago that shows the activites of the NGO Projeto Golfinho Rotador.
Nosso Sagrado
In the First Republic (1889-1930) as well as in the Vargas Era (1930-1945) the traditional terreiro communities were criminalized, their religious leaders were persecuted and their sacred objects were seized. In Rio de Janeiro, more than 200 objects were seized by the police, and after the end of the official criminalization, they became part of the collection in the Museum of Civil Police. The documentary The Sacred within us deals with the past of persecution towards traditional terreiro communities, the "Black Magic" collection found in the Police Museum, the difficulty of access to the collection by religious, researchers and the population in general, as well as the struggle for to release the sacred objects that have been in the possession of the Civil Police of the State of Rio de Janeiro for 100 years.
Ghosts
Van Ngoc Dang reflects on the end of her most formative long term relationship while wandering through Da Lat, a hauntingly beautiful town located in the Central Highlands of Vietnam, and the last place that Van (who is Vietnamese - Canadian) and her ex visited together as a couple. Her memories are framed through the lyrics of 5 songs that were especially meaningful to her during the breakup.
Notes to My Father
A VR experience about love, grief and reconciliation between a child trafficking survivor and her father.
Overwinter
Belarus, Vileika district of Minsk region. Lonely elderly people are leaving for winter to the home of seasonal residence. Each of them carries their own experience and beliefs, but they will have to stay the winter together. The days pass in sicknesses, conversations, watching TV... In mid-winter, there appears a new resident of the house, and the life inside changes.