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Pinocchio
An fun and in-depth look at Carlo Collodi's children's novel The Adventures Of Pinocchio, and how it has endured as a literary classic for over a century.
Dear Jackie
Dear Jackie is a cinematic letter to Jackie Robinson, the first Black man to play in Major League Baseball, after a stint with the minor-league Montreal Royals, and a key contributor to the civil rights movement in the United States. The film addresses Robinson directly and recounts the current situation of the Black community in Little Burgundy, once known as the “Harlem of the North,” drawing interesting parallels between the two eras. Through eloquent interviews, the filmmaker paints a portrait of racism and racial inequality in Montreal and Quebec as a whole. Presenting a unique historical and social perspective, Henri Pardo has made an important film that deconstructs the myth of a post-racial Quebec society.
One Life. The Holocaust
80 years have passed since the beginning of the Great Patriotic War. On June 22, the world again froze in a mournful minute of silence. But 2021 marks the 80th anniversary of another historical tragedy - the beginning of the Holocaust in Russia. Everyone knows the places of mass extermination of Jews: Auschwitz, Dachau, Babi Yar, ghettos in Minsk and Warsaw. But there was a Holocaust in Russia. The first mass shooting of Jews took place in the city of Nevel (near Pskov) in September 1941. The film "One Life. The Holocaust" tells not only about the past tragedy and the courage of those who saved Jews, but also about how memory is preserved today. Among the heroes of the film are the creative intelligentsia, famous public figures of Russia, journalists and just ordinary people - witnesses of history…
Out of the Dark
Three stories of mental health and recovery, starring Hannah Lucas, AKeem Rollins, and Raven Saunders.
Bato
A biographical film about director Bahrudin 'Bato' Čengić and his contribution to Bosnian cinematography.
Highfalutin
A bar full of people talking about Volker Spengler. HIGHFALUTIN is an attempt to create such a utopia, a simple "what if."
Juggalos Versus The World
Joey embarks on a journey to Ohio to experience first-hand the misunderstood culture of Insane Clown Posse's Juggalo family. Come watch Joey on his quest to capture the essence of the clown lifestyle, although unexpectedly, on the way, he ends up finding himself.
Utopia in Babelsberg - Science Fiction aus der DDR
Songs for the River
Over the course of a year, filmmaker Charlotte Ginsborg filmed the London housing co-operative that she lives in, looking to chart the residents’ diverse experiences of the pandemic, across the daily life of numerous national lockdowns. Some experienced the illness itself, while others faced the stress of work on the front line. Each Saturday, the residents came together to sing with each other from their communal balconies and walkways, and these songs permeate throughout the film. Increasingly frustrated by the government, residents experienced an emotional rollercoaster that is reflected in a film wherein the personal and political interweave, to create an intimate and moving portrait of a unique community during an extraordinary time.
Dorados 50
50 years can be golden even though the knees hurt, even if the air isn’t the same or a layer of distress settles on one corner of the brain. The protagonist reflects on his fifty, shoots a film about endless loves and inquires, with existential humor, into the daily struggle of living.
Teacher for Russia
"Teacher for Russia" is about a community of caring people who change the Russian school for the better every day. The participants of the program-graduates and specialists from different fields-make a non-trivial choice: they move to small towns and villages in Russia to become teachers in local schools for two years. Teachers for Russia works to ensure that every child can become the author of their life, regardless of where they were born and grew up. So the program intends to equalize the chances of children for a high-quality school education, for a decent future and for the opportunity to dream for real.
Cafi
It portrays the work of Carlos Filho, Cafi, a photographer from Recife, who for more than 40 years has dedicated himself to recording a large part of the events of dance, theater and Brazilian popular music. Recordings, concerts, tours and rehearsals by important artists passed through Cafi's lens.
Vertical
In the late 90s, after the ruin and decline of everything that was connected with hockey in the country, Kazakhstan is heading for the restoration of the industry. However, due to the withered infrastructure, the lack of players and the outflow of specialists abroad, the idea turns into a real test. How to create in the country a professional club of the international level of the KHL from the players of the Major League level? About the same as moving from socialism to capitalism. In order to nurture new Kazakhstani stars, Barys becomes the base club of the national team and enters the KHL international league. However, at the start, it becomes obvious that without reinforcement from the outside, there is nothing for Barca to do in the KHL. To gain a foothold in the league, the composition of local students is seasoned with skilled legionnaires from the NHL. However, on this basis, the entire club is overwhelmed by serious contradictions.
Decolonizing Mental Health
Like other healthcare industrial complexes, the mental health field operates around a centre defined by a whiteness of theory and practice. It’s a colonization that has rarely ever been questioned.
eill Live Tour 2021 Koko de Iki o Shite
Concert film featuring eill's Live Tour 2021 『ここで息をして』which took place on August 8, 2021 at Zepp DiverCity.
Hoi with You
"Live fast, die young!" Yuri Khoy is the "perfect" embodiment of this famous rock and roll motto. A simple guy from the "left bank", the most dangerous and criminal district of Voronezh, Hoi has achieved incredible popularity in Russia and the near abroad. But Yuri himself was rarely recognized on the streets.
Nuhu Yãg Mu Yõg Hãm: This Land Is Our Land!
Filmed on their own land, This Land is our Land! is a unique and multilayered visual cartography made by Brazilian Indigenous filmmakers Isael and Sueli Maxakali and their collaborators. Following Yãmīhex: The Women-Spirit (2019), a landmark in Brazilian Indigenous cinema, Isael and Sueli Maxakali have crafted another personal film that shifts across multiple forms, combining mourning practices, rituals, and chanting, with interviews and observational material to create a study of white violence that reminds us of the urgency of seeing beyond the western gaze. Sharing their complex understanding of physical, historical, and mythological space through the film’s form, the filmmakers chart a hypnotic journey that acts as a manifesto against all kinds of borders, those that divide nations and those that demarcate land. Farmers in the area may have violently taken their land, but this has not silenced them, as is shown by this film with its tender yet boldly confrontational gaze.
The Urchin Diver
Conner Rhoads and his family have made a living off of the sea for over 40 years, but with the collapse of the kelp forest in California, their living and way of life may never be the same again.
Living Ayurveda
An inspirational documentary, Living Ayurveda is the first international film on Ayurveda (a 5000 year old system for natural healing), with world renowned doctors and experts.
Longing For an Island
Somewhere in France, at the edge of a pine forest facing the ocean, a hidden holiday camp created by white Russians over seventy years ago. In this summer kingdom, there are children, animals, wooden huts, babushkas and floral fabrics. Generations that live and grow together. And also an old man who is going to die, a son who wants to leave and a child who watches them.
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Eddie Murphy: Laugh 'Til it Hurts
Almost six decades later Eddie Murphy remains loved by fans for his infectious smile and goofy laugh. Learn about many challenges Eddie is faced with along his way to stardom as Eddie continues to make his fans Laugh 'Til it Hurts.
Love In Galilee
At the age of 28, Faten is pushed by her family to marry a man she has not chosen. Convinced that this new life could bring her a long-awaited freedom, she finds herself all alone facing her own disillusionment. That is when she decides to return to her hometown in South Lebanon in search of a love she never received.
Stories from the Shower
The gym locker room is an unavoidable chapter in the life of teenagers and the epitome of awkward moments. Happy the person who has a relaxed relationship with their body. Teresia Fant’s documentary gives the floor to those who are forced to enter this place every week and ask themselves: Shower today, or can I do without?
Omar Amiralay: Sorrow, Time, Silence
Veteran Syrian director Hala Alabdalla returns to LFF with a moving portrait of her late friend and pioneer of Arab non-fiction cinema.
Toy Soldiers
The cinematic release of Korea’s hottest 2020 YouTube documentary series - the real, extreme story of ＜Toy Soldiers＞ unfolds on the big screen! “Grind harder! Just do it!” ＜Toy Soldiers＞ follows a hodgepodge troop of celebrities, athletes and infiuencers through the grit and grind of paramilitary group MUSAT’s(Multi UDT Tactics) extreme NavySeal inspired training program to uncover the meaning of comradery, tenacity and what it means to be “real men".
Melting Snow
Two tons of snow—flown from New Hampshire to Puerto Rico in 1952 in order to “gift” Puerto Ricans a “white Christmas”—become a metaphor for the colonialist paternalism of America’s relationship to Puerto Rico.
A History of an Assignment
1962 year. Cuban Missile Crisis. The world is on the brink of nuclear disaster. Khrushchev has no leverage over the stubborn commander. The only thing he could do was send someone to Cuba whom he trusted, someone who could convince Castro. This person was Anastas Mikoyan. He was accompanied on his mission by Roman Carmen, a legendary cameraman who filmed the Spanish Civil War, World War II and the Nuremberg Trials. Mikoyan's business trip lasted almost a month. Day after day, step by step, like a real psychologist, he talked with Castro and Che Guevara, listened to their calls to "die beautifully" and destroy the enemy with one blow, and tried to persuade Cuba to compromise to save the world. This film was born thanks to recently declassified documents.
Stay Prayed Up
Lena Mae “Mother” Perry, the backbone of her community, cooks for crowds, tends to the needy, and boy, can she sing! After 50 years leading the dynamic, down-home gospel group The Branchettes, the octogenarian powerhouse, armed with her unwavering faith, shows no signs of slowing down. Taking us inside her loving community while following the recording of the group’s first album, this film is bursting with warmth, joy, and soul-stirring gospel music.
Second Thoughts First
A bittersweet relationship film about love, work and the daily struggle for happiness.
The Sound Weavers: Ludovico Einaudi, Hauschka, Joep Beving, Hania Rani
The Sound Weavers: Ludovico Einaudi, Hauschka, Joep Beving, Hania Rani Sold-out concerts, millions of albums sold to make the classical music industry green with envy: neoclassical, as the new musical trend is called, is a mega hit. What makes the form so popular? Is this music skillful or just comforting? Are its composers Mozart 2.0 or rather maestros for the masses? Do they build a bridge to the musical past, allowing our ears to roam comfortably in familiar territory? The documentary traces the journey of some of the protagonists of the genre by telling their stories, and seeking answers from sociologists, neuroscientists, musicologists and even marketing experts. But above all, it allows these creators – these weavers – to have their say.
