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Sunken Roads: Three Generations After D-Day
A young filmmaker joins a tour of WWII veterans from the 29th Infantry through celebrations surrounding the 70th anniversary of D-Day in a quest to better know her late grandfather.
Darling Pet Monkey
In 1969, two young brothers ordered a monkey from an ad in the back of a monster magazine. After the postal carrier delivered the box - things got weird. Tim Tate's true's story has been covered on NPR and made into a musical. This is the story's first cinematic telling.
Wild Uruguay
Today we know that Uruguay is not only a gently undulating peneplain, in this country different ecosystems are found; species from the Pampas, the Atlantic Forest and the Chaco Forest come face to face, giving rise to unexpected scenes.
Krása z proutí
The preservation and development of traditional folk crafts is in the hands of skilled individuals... Wicker Beauty presents portraits of those creators from among the holders of the title Bearer of the tradition of folk crafts, for whom the basic working material is various natural weaves. We will show baskets woven from pine bark, tying birch brooms or traditional products from willow wicker and also from pedig, which is a material obtained from tropical liana in Southeast Asia. The five award-winning manufacturers continue the legacy of old basket makers and, together with their families, maintain a tradition in their home workshops that continues from generation to generation.
The Empty Nest
Zhao Yimei was an "Empty Nest" old woman. Her husband betrayed her when she was young, and she drove her husband and son out of the house. Today, she has a poor relationship with her son who lives far away and suffers from urinary incontinence. She lost faith in life and intends to end her life. Lei Xiaoding, a health care product salesman who broke into her life "accidentally". His humorous, diligent, and caring brought long-lost love and warmth to Zhao Yimei. The two became increasingly harmonious and created many warm and happy memories. In return, Zhao Yimei bought many health products from Lei Xiaoding. Lei Xiaoding wanted to achieve something in big cities, but was frustrated everywhere. One day, he defrauded all of Zhao Yimei's savings together with others. Facing such a betrayal, Zhao Yimei fell into despair again.
the bros
A documentary about a group of teenage boys going to see Sonic the Hedgehog (2020) before the COVID-19 pandemic.
"LIFT-OFF" | OFFICIAL I.A.O.T? DOCUMENTARY
Documentary about the working process and creation of the album "Is Anybody Out There?" (I.A.O.T)
Hitler’s Secret Weapons Manager – The two Lives of Hans Kammler
Did the man behind Hitler's secret weapons program survive the war? Was SS General Hans Kammler covertly brought to the USA to safeguard his knowledge? Allegedly he had committed suicide on 9 May 1945. Yet, recently found documents contradict the official version. Kammler controlled a widespread network of underground production sites vital to the German war effort. But Kammler was not merely in charge of the latest state of the art weapons technology. The former architect and civil engineer was also one of the key figures behind the construction of concentration camps and the systematic employment of their inmates as forced laborers. In the end, he escaped being charged as a war criminal at the Nuremberg trials.
Skeletons of the Inca Rebellion
A cemetery crammed with skeletons offers tantalizing clues about the collapse of the Inca Empire.
Green Ash
In the mountains of Córdoba hides a historical scar. In 1575, hundreds of Hênia-Kâmîare women, children and elders jumped off in order to avoid slavery. A free, poetic view at the very place where the largest mass suicide in the history of the territory known today as Argentina took place. The film is a phantasmagoric trip within this geographical extension, taking it as a vast, green cemetery.
Anthony Perkins, the actor behind the door
Anthony Perkin’s face and name remain familiar to a younger 21st century audience, fond of Giallo and slashers. But he has long struggled in the shadow of his most famous character, Norman Bater – the seria killer in Alfred Hitschcock’s masterpiece, “Psycho". We also discover that he was an amazing crooner. His greatest success, “Moonlight Swim”, will be taken up by Elvis Presley. He even directed “Psycho III” – proof of his reconciliation with his favorite bogeyman.
Harry & Meghan: A Royal Rebellion
The two-hour documentary special event will examine the events leading up to the Duke and Duchess of Sussex’s announcement to step down from senior royal duties; predictions for their next chapter in North America and more.
The Skunk Ape Lives
Does the Skunk Ape exist? This is the question researcher Stacy Brown Jr. poses to you, presenting you with the best historical accounts, eyewitness testimonies and evidence that he has collected throughout the first eight years of his journey.
Prode
May 6th, 1984. On that day in Córdoba, Argentina, the football players of Racing de Córdoba went out to the pitch fully knowing that, if they won that game, they would win 2 million dollars from the PRODE, the national sports pot they themselves betted on.
From the fields
Seven farmers families tell their daily life through analogue pictures they took of their farm over a year. Through photographies, live action footage and animated pictures, the portraits build themselves as their stories go by.
The COVID Almanac through the eyes of the young
Collection of documentary works of students of the All-Russian State Institute of Cinematography named after S. A. Gerasimov about the pandemic.
3D Print Masters
3D Print Masters unveils the exciting world of the 3D Printing Community with it's most innovative and popular Inventors, Creators, Designers and Engineers who take viewers on a journey through the creation process and tech they use.
The Mysterious Mummified Dogs of Ancient Egypt
This documentary examines the mysterious practice of mummifying animals in ancient Egypt as researchers explore the labyrinth of Tuna el-Gebel.
The Beautiful Room is Empty
“Haddad’s The Beautiful Room is Empty explores the loaded memories of space through his aunt, Marie, (re)visiting her childhood home and recalling the abuse she endured there. […] What have the walls been listening to? What have they absorbed, retained, and released upon a return, a farewell?” - Sarah Sarofim, Canadian Art
It's Night Outside
Vanya, Sasha and Denis are in their thirties, they grew up together in Kyiv’s northern suburbs. This winter, their murky past dissolves, leaving them without any bearings. They should probably start building their future… or keep on breathing the blazing freedom of the present.
Rock Against Police
February 1980, young Abdelkader Lareiche was shot in the head by a building guard in a housing estate in Vitry. In a context marked by several racist crimes and a policy of security repression, his friends are mobilizing around the “Rock Against Police” movement. Forty years after the events, Philomène sets out to meet the activists and actors of this movement. “Memory is not commemoration, it is the living part of History” confides Mounsi about the massacre of October 17, 1961. This is the heart of Nabil Djedouani’s project, to restore a moment in a living way. of the militant history of the suburbs, registered here in the Rock Against Police movement, but which cannot be restricted to it. A thread stretched from the 1980s to today, which continues to “analyze the collective and murderous unconscious of the French State” and the ways of resisting and revolting.
Candango: Memoirs from a Festival
In 1965, a year after the military coup in Brazil, an oasis of freedom opened in the country's capital. The Brasília Film Festival: a landmark of cultural and political resistance. Its story is that of Brazilian cinema itself.
xABo: Father Boniecki
The film is an intimate portrait of a Father Adam Boniecki. It shows a priest, aged 85, who can always find time for a meaningful conversation and, simultaneously, remains torn between his faith and concern about the condition of the contemporary Church, in particular in Poland.
Kachalka
A cinematic portrait of Kiev’s Soviet scrap metal ‘Kachalka’ gym – the world’s most hardcore gym.
Spokespeople
For Los Angeles natives living in the early 1900s, bicycles and streetcars shared the road as our primary modes of transportation. But the arrival of the freeway effectively wiped them out. Today, a collective of cycling communities fight for protected bike lanes and road safety, determined to bring a new era of mobility justice to the city.
The otter, a legend returns
Unique footage of how the otter hunts its food, how they play, and even how a mother otter gives her cubs swimming lessons. Filmed in the beautiful natural environment of the wetlands in The Netherlands. With increasing population numbers amongst the otter, they look for new territory to expand. The Province works to protect them on a large scale, by for instance blocking roads with gauze, and creating fauna-tunnels. There's still a long way to go until a full recovery, but the otter is showing us the right track.
Jaume Plensa: Can You Hear Me?
An exploration of the work and personality of Spanish sculptor Jaume Plensa.
1932: The Great Emu War
This short film involves a dramatic retelling of Australia's actual war against their own national bird, two soldiers fight for their lives to escape a horde of bloodthirsty emus after a surprise attack. Link for movie : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dkmflJne_yU
Paris Calligrammes
Ulrike Ottinger weaves her personal memories of Parisian bohemianism and the serious social, political and cultural upheavals of the time into a cinematic “figure poem.”
L'Argot Sous Un Garrot
"L'Argot Sous Un Garrot" is the first documentary dedicated to the work of rapper Booba. How is this major artist considered by society? Writers, journalists, linguists and students decipher the hidden face of the greatest French popular artist. Titled after a line dropped almost twenty years ago on the song Repose En Paix, the documentary aims to revisit, not Booba's life, but something rarer, his music as such.
Hurricane of Fire
Perhaps a fitting start to 2020, Australia rang in the New Year with much of the country engulfed in flames. A few people decided to confront the blaze. Watch them stand face to face with one of the most ferocious infernos in history.
Grenzwert
Documentary musical essay on the topic of "Grenzwert". It was created in 72 hours.
I am not a hero
As the world attempts to grapple with the strange new reality precipitated by COVID-19, essential workers are risking their lives daily. This guerilla documentary, shot in Brussels Erasmus University Hospital during the first few months of the lockdown, tells their story.
Red Card
On Comoros, the women’s national basketball team is training for the Indian Ocean Island Games. In the past, this tournament played between different archipelagos in the Indian Ocean was the scene of political tension: in 2015, the team from the island of Mayotte, which is still French territory, decided to carry a French flag, prompting the athletes from the three independent islands to storm out.
