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Quino
This study on Quino's style, carried out by Mariano Llinás and Ignacio Masllorens in 2005 as part of their documentary “El Humor (Small Illustrated Encyclopedia)” is a delicate and lucid look at the work of someone who was much more than the inventor of the endearing Mafalda.
Negro em Mim
"Negro em Mim" is an investigative documentary with black artists and thinkers in Brazil today. A portrait of a plural Brazil from the racial discussion promoted by a trip to 6 Brazilian cities. What do the Arts have to say about Black Brazil?
Madame Lien's Factory
For over 50 years, Madam Lien has taken care of her family's shipyard all by herself. The shipyard produces traditional wooden ships. It's the last of its kind and its days are numbered. While keeping an eye on her workers, she's reflecting on her life through many changes in the times and the life of missed opportunities.
Paradise
The day of the “Event” has arrived and Dalila, Jano, Daph D, Megan, Putricia, Ciara, Barbara and Zodoma, are here to climb on heels higher than the walls of the genre and the identity. Together they will expand the limits of imagination; the makeup will be their war paint and their dresses the armor.
Nollywood
This documentary explores the diverse key players contributing to the success of the second-largest film industry in the world: Nigeria's Nollywood.
The Odyssey of Priam's Gold
From the plains of the Troade, to the cellars of a Nazi bunker, to the dark basements of Moscow's largest museum. With Homer and in the footsteps of the extremely wealthy businessman Heinrich Schliemann, we follow the true odyssey of the treasure of Priam which spans over more than 3 millennia.
Rules of the Assembly Line, at High Speed
A small town in Western Germany is the last stop for 26,000 pigs per day and a brief home for masses of Eastern European temporary workers. The workers of the largest slaughterhouse in the country are fighting for survival, while German activists who stand up for their rights are fighting against the local authorities. At the same time, Munich high school students are working on the play "Saint Joan of the Stockyards" and trying to grasp the old text and German capitalism of our days. Interwoven with the young people's examination of the text in the rehearsals, the film deals in various fragments with conditions and facets of temporary work and labour migration in Germany.
The Last Wolf: Karl Edward Wagner
Karl Edward Wagner was one of the most accomplished dark fantasy and horror writers in the world during the 1970’s and 1980’s, but very few outside of his devoted cult of fans even know his name. Creator of the immortal antihero warrior Kane and the author of several cerebral tales of psychological horror, Karl gave his characters and settings a unique and chilling perspective. A rugged and imposing figure who resembled his red-bearded swordsman Kane, Karl’s life ultimately ended tragically in 1994 due to the ravages of alcohol, cutting short the career of a writer who should be considered a legend in the field of weird fiction. This feature-length documentary features Karl’s family, friends, and contemporaries like Ramsey Campbell, Peter Straub, and Dennis Etchison as they explore the life of the Last Wolf, a dark genius from a bygone era who, like Kane, remains immortal through his words.
Xeque-Mate
The documentary traces a social-political panorama to explore the changes in Uruguayan society since the legalization of cannabis, taking into account cultural, political, economic, medicinal and industrial scenarios. With interviews with professionals from different fields, such as lawyers and pharmacists, the film uses a game of chess to portray the power game in the world of drugs and how each social actor plans his move.
Bob Dylan: Busy Being Born
Few musicians have made an impact throughout the decades as seismic as Bob Dylan. Retrace his journey, from humble folk beginnings in Hibbing, to the bustling electric Greenwich Village.
Mr. Trot: The Movie
The first trot survival ever that shook Korea, Mr. Trot. The birth of Top 6 that received 35.7% of the highest ratings and national love. The hot stage of the Seoul performance of "Mr. Trot Korea Thank You Concert" and beyond, the attractive daily life of Top 6 comes like a gift. Once again their glorious dreams, our shining companion, who will bring comfort once again!
Greedgeist - Down The Rabbit Hole
Greedgeist looks at our relationship with money and the manifestation of greed in our culture, all seen through the camera lens of journalists from around the world. Greedgeist reveals how money, and the laws that govern it, is being debated by politicians, corporations, and our learning institutions and the polarizing affect of greed in the world at large and in our daily lives.
Elton Medeiros - Or the Sun Shall Be Born
Beautiful tribute to the composer Elton Medeiros. Together with his last partner Vidal Assis, he sings, tells stories and moves.
A Great Trip to a Small Country
Through the years and from a very intimated point of view, this is the story of the adaptation process of two Syrian refugee's families to a faraway country called Uruguay, they completely disown.
Sexual Alphabet
The film portrays André’s current love affair with his boyfriend Hudson from a set of pornographic and psychedelic experiments that forge both the couple and their doubts regarding the very conditions of the romance they are experiencing.
Pandemic Tour Belako
Madrid was one of the hardest-hit regions in the world by the pandemic of Covid-19. When the state of alarm was declared in March 2020, awarded filmmaker Hernán Zin grab his camera and went out to portray it from all fronts: hospitals, ambulances, nursing homes, funeral homes, fire department, police and army operations.He got exclusive access to places and situations that few filmmakers in the world had due to the effort of the politicians to keep the press out of the hospitals and nursing homes.
Queen Elizabeth's Last Battles
Elizabeth II is History in flesh and blood. At 93, the Queen of England still defies time and carries with her the memory of our modern world. Her reign is officially the longest of British monarchy, but her life has never been a long calm river. Between the Brexit earthquake, the hospitalization of Prince Philip, Harry and Meghan renouncing the crown, and the sexual accusations against her favorite son, Andrew, she has recently faced many painful challenges. But the iconic queen remains steadfast. And she is ready for the next round: to manage the successful passing of the Crown. Thanks to archive footage and a few dramatized scenes, together with interviews of those who know the Royal Family best, this history documentary takes a look back at the key milestones of the Queen over the recent years.
Ecstasy
Racked with anxiety in the chaotic political landscape of 1990s Brazil, Clara finds solace in starving herself, experiencing both rapture and torture. In this elliptical non-fiction film, anorexia becomes a way for Clara to challenge womanhood and find a place in an uncertain, surreal, and brutal world.
One Man Makes the Difference
Vladan Vasev aka VaXz, is a lover of basketball and all kinds of team sports from Bosilegrad, who completely single-handedly restored faith in the hardcore music scene in Serbia. When the performers on stage noticed his jumps and the way of dancing specific to hardcore music and inquired about the most loyal member of their audience, they learned an incredible story. In order to attend the concert, VaXz travels from Bosilegrad to Belgrade sometimes up to ten hours, and then returns, sometimes immediately after listening to the gig. In this film, we meet Vladan and what it is that inspires him about hardcore, but through his portrait we also get to know life in a small town like Bosilegrad, as well as the history of hardcore music in Serbia and how bands came together to honor their most loyal fan.
Moving City
A city person discovers twelve paths with a different sense of time. What makes us come alive? Will we go on the same way?
Modigliani et ses secrets
Sometimes reduced to the image of a cursed artist, Amedeo Modigliani, an admirer of the masters of the Italian Renaissance, has traced an unparalleled path in modern art.
L'Arrière-Pays
This short piece is an autobiographical fable at the cross-section between SCI-FI and memory film. It explores the journey of two dreamers trapped between past and present, between dream and reality. It combines excerpts from an immigration journal, found text and images suspended in a dystopian dark space.
Promised Lands
People only know where one country ends and another begins because people have said it is so. The land doesn't know. The land probably doesn't care. Words kill.” So begins the narration of Promised Lands, as the artist tries to make a film but is interrupted by family conversations in rural Uganda.
We Were Not Born Refugees
Eight people from very different backgrounds cross paths in Barcelona, Spain. Lawyers, musicians, translators, security guards, call center agents. They are all immigrants. Some have just arrived, others arrived years ago, leaving behind a war, a dictatorship or some sort of social or cultural discrimination. They all chose exile over submission.
Uncovering The Naked City
In this short documentary and personal essay, Bruce Goldstein, founder of Rialto Pictures and repertory director at New York’s FIlm Forum, tracks down many of the 100+ New York City locations—from the Bronx to the Lower East Side—used in his friend Jules Dassin’s classic police procedural THE NAKED CITY, while also spotlighting the contributions of producer Mark Hellinger and cinematographer William Daniels.
Mona Lisa identity
All the different identities of La Gioconda portrait are finally explained in a new compelling docufiction. Four women, four leads that we will follow to shed light on the real name of the figure that inspired Leonardo da Vinci. A journey through the Renaissance of Italy that will touch the four ladies’ hometowns: Florence, Milan, Urbino and finally Basilicata, the never-seen site of the Monalisa’s burial. With the support of historians and researchers, we will analize exclusive materials and recent excavations to sketch the features of the figure who still fascinates millions of people.
La Honte noire : chroniques de l'occupation de la Rhénanie
#BLESSED
C3 is an Evangelical church that opened in Toronto in 2013, quickly amassing a large following amongst the city’s young, hip and tattooed. #BLESSED offers an intimate look inside this fast-growing millennial church and follows the process of selling salvation in the 21st century as Pastor Sam and his team grow the church from two locations to three, living out their mission to save as many Torontonian souls as possible.
A Tribute to Club Penguin
A Tribute to Club Penguin is a short documentary to celebrate the 15th anniversary of Club Penguin, an online MMO game that was bought by Disney and that was shutdown in 2017. Including special interview with Chris Hendricks one of the original artist and music composers for the game.
The Toymaker Hidden Heirloom
Sabahattin Parlar makes old Ottoman figures from electrical cables in his house on the island of Avşa. He travels to the memories of his childhood days by making these figures, which can be played like toys, in his small workshop at home, whenever he finds time.
Strike or Die
In October 1995, Forbach witnessed one of the most violent strikes in the history of contemporary France. A thousand or so miners took to the streets for a merciless struggle against a reform in their rights. Twenty years after the mines shut down, people’s will to fight is still alive, just hidden away somewhere.
Inside Kilian Jornet
The behind the scenes film will show Jornet out of his usual environment and follow the athlete’s world tour last year. It will also look at an unusual year in the life of Kilian Jornet, who suffered two injuries and managed to complete some sports projects he had had in mind for a long time, in addition to receiving great news: his future fatherhood.
The Okrestin Sisters
The Okrestin Sisters is a Belarus Free Theatre (BFT) and Creatives Politics Hub production, shot and directed by a film-maker and BFT ensemble member, Kolya Kuprich. This short captures the first moments upon the release and the immediate witness accounts of three BFT members who were arrested in Minks on August 9th 2020, following the Presidential Election. BFT's General Managers, Nadia Brodskaya and Svetlana Sugako, along with the BFT actor Dasha Andreyanova were rounded up and detained while peacefully waiting for the results of the election at a local polling station. What followed their detention, was a surreal cascade of a Kafkaesque, bureaucratic judiciary system met by brutal, Gestapo-type assault on innocent citizens of Belarus. All happening away from the cameras, behind closed doors, inside authoritarian prisons. The creators of the film want the shed light on what took place in Belarusian prisons during the detentions of August 9-14.