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On the Footsteps of Goethe in Sicily
On April 2nd, 1787, Wolfgang von Goethe arrived in Palermo during a journey that lasted forty days, which he then described in Italian Journey. Peter Stein, a stage and opera director, retraces the footsteps of the German poet, in the company of a film crew. In Sicily, Goethe sought and found classicism, and so does Stein, as he travels to the origins of European culture. After his impressive production of Faust, the high point of Stein's reflections on Goethe, this new journey helps the director compare late-18th-century Sicily to today's, showing unexpected differences and surprising similarities.
Giving Joy Away. Olya
The phrase "Children's hospice" causes many to be taken aback. People try to isolate themselves from extraneous problems, to close themselves off from someone else's grief. One day, fate brought Olga, a successful actress in the past, a mother with many children and a happy wife, to one of these hospices. What could have prompted her to give up her career and start giving all her warmth to other people's children? What inner spiritual motives make people become volunteers and is it so easy to take on someone else's pain?
Derren Brown: 20 Years of Mind Control
To celebrate 20 years of sensational television, showman Derren Brown lifts the veil on his extraordinary career and recreates his favourite ever trick. And viewers vote for Derren's greatest stunt.
Sécurité intérieure : surveiller pour protéger ?
Good Earth: The Pots and Passion of Walter Ostrom
One of Canada's foremost ceramic artists, Nova Scotia-based Walter Ostrom's passionate art practice is explored through his own words and those of former students and colleagues around the world.
My Grandmother Smokes a Pipe
The film is about how our older generation saved our lives and defeated the plague of the 20th century!
HalluciNation
1956, Budapest. Even though the popular uprising has been beat down, Kádár has to face huge problems in a short period of time, which if not solved could end communism as a whole. The solutions need to be extremely quick and effective.
Ulisses
On 19 November 1980, a young orca was caught in Icelandic waters. They named him Ulisses. He began his captivity in a water park in Tarragona and became one of the stars of the Barcelona Zoo for more than 10 years. Finally, in 1994, Ulisses was transferred to Sea Word in San Diego (USA), where he continues to spin around in a swimming pool. This is the story of your odyssey.
ALL HER PRECIOUS JPEGS (ON YELLOW)
This film is from a body of work that gives a textual and archival response to and documentation of perpetual discrepancies - between living and deceased, public and private, physical and virtual - found in moments of contemporary mourning.
Anatomy of Wings
Black and white, young and old, a group of women risk their personal identities to build a second family while creating a documentary-film across the inequities of their Baltimore City neighborhoods.
The Love and Death of Yosef and Zilli
After 62 years of loving marriage, Yosef and Zilli Abrahami decide to take their lives together. The memories of their love and their planned death are brought to life through the videotapes of their youngest son Doron.
The Last Video Store
20th Century Flicks is the oldest video rental store in the world. Its small, close-knit crew has unwittingly become custodians of the largest collection of DVDs and VHS tapes in the UK, and faces a constant struggle to adapt and survive in the age of streaming and downloading.
Ain't No Time For Women
The hairdressing salon “Saïda” is a space where people speak openly, laugh and argue. The subject rarely is hair. In the run-up to the presidential elections in Tunisia the shop turns into a political arena where the women – young or old, conservative or with a modern outlook – indulge in discussions about the pros and cons of the candidates. Their clever and witty statements reflect a young democracy with all its rifts and fault lines.
Lopon
In the majestic Tristen Norbutse Monastery in Kathmandu, Nepal, families leave their children to start teaching the Bön, the oldest Buddhist tradition. Yongdzin Tenzin Namdak Rinpoche, a sage of Tibetan origin, is revered and recognized throughout the world as one of the great living masters of this millenary spiritual tradition. Lopon seeks to delve into the reasons for the personal search for spirituality and how this practice is integrated into Western culture.
Church and the Fourth Estate
A reporter uncovers a file that reveals a shocking series of child abuse allegations in Idaho's Boy Scouts, which rattle the community and implicate the Mormon church. The story reveals long-running crimes that threaten to bankrupt the Boy Scouts.
Yvy Pyte - Coração da Terra (Guaiviry)
This experimental short film proposes a lyrical plunge into the sacred words of the shaman Valdomiro Flores about the original territory and the traditional way of being Kaiowá indigenous people (Mato Grosso do Sul/Brazil) elaborated from a set of images of the phenomenon of kuarahy jeguaka (head ornament of the Sun).
Canucks Riot II
The chaos on the streets of Vancouver that unfolded in the wake of the Canucks’ loss in the 2011 Stanley Cup Finals is revisited from dozens of perspectives.
Kpaima
Norma Kpaima's contribution to indigenous education is unique and urgent for neglected communities.
489 Years
The oral history of a former South Korean soldier who once patrolled the DMZ is brought to life by computer graphics in a style that conjures first-person-shooter video games.
And Yet We're Not Super Heroes
It takes time to grow up. And sometimes you even wonder if it’s really worth it… Then the children move slowly, at their own pace, the time to tame the world that awaits them. On the way, they ask questions and invent answers using their overflowing imagination.
With Our Bare Hands
An interchangeable presentation juxtaposing the connection between a butcher, a baker and a painter. The three spheres of "creation" are woven and sewn together in a sound design showcasing the concentration, repetition and body language associated with their individual practices, simultaneously. The short film is an ode to craftsmanship, cherishing the value of tangible rhythms composed by our bare hands.
Cozy Hands
Vika, Sasha, Nika are ambitious girls who were united by a love of clothes and a desire to do charity work. Together they open a secondhand store. Each of them has her own reasons for doing this. Gradually, the working relationships between the them develop into a strong friendship. But volunteering comes with many challenges, and not everyone on the team can handle them.
for the soft glow ahead
“…the body of the world which is also yours and which keeps insisting / you recognize it” - Extract from Quantum by Kim Addonizio. In Zahlner’s film the world is heightened through an abstracted filming of sensory textures, evoking touch, light and sound. All becomes one and forceful.
Will Happiness Find Us?
How can we find happiness in today’s world? A young filmmaker asks her peers what makes them happy. A snapshot of a generation of French youth faced with the uncertainty, hard choices and intermittent joys of life.
Spirit of the Earth: Sadhus of India
Combining culture, mystery, adventure, and ancient wisdom, Spirit of The Earth delivers in a big way. Join explorer and filmmaker Ben Holt as navigates the vast corners of North East India in search of deep connection with lesser-known cultures, bringing the viewer on the journey of a lifetime.
How to Live Together
St. George Monastery 90 km from Berlin is the only monastery of the Moscow Patriarchate in Germany. About 10 monks and novices live here, most of them in their early twenties. They conduct church services, build and renovate the monastery, the isolated location of which and the absence of parishioners make the daily life of novices from large cities in Ukraine, Belarus and Russia similar to the practice of early Christian hermits. They have different motives for staying here, and for some, the tranquility of a remote German village also means loneliness and doubt.
The Foundation Pit
A found footage film compiled from countless YouTube videos in which the people of Russia make a direct appeal to president Putin. A kaleidoscope of the mood in the country – from submissive pleas to pure rage about injustice and rampant corruption.
Dancing On My Own
Dancing On My Own is a love letter to the queer Asian experience, inspired by New York's radical dance party Bubble_T.
grand-maman Piano
This experimental autobiographical film, in which features the filmmaker's family, questions the emotion of the faded moment through audiovisual memory. The artist reappropriates on Super8 film the last moments of Hélène Lamoureux, his recently deceased grandmother. The memory image crystallizes a chaos frozen around the inanimate body.
Victor's Body
A baby is born, but does not cry. A body screams and is not heard. Paints that run in a promised future do not reach a person with a disability. Victor makes himself the canvas in a universe of absent painters.
Dádiva
Gift, act or effects of spontaneously giving something of great value to someone. An undeserved gift.
Goodbye, Sveta
Transgender human rights activist aiming to get a refugee status is struggling with biased bureaucratic authorities in a post-soviet country. His psychological condition is getting worse. He experiences panic attacks and suicidal thoughts.
Сhess Pride
The life of elite chess players during a prestigious international tournament. Portraits of world Champions, their everyday humor and analysis of games played, interests in gay pride and classical music concerts. Behind the scenes of the beautiful world of chess, where people were able to keep the joy of the profession and communication.