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2020

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Transkids
Transkids
Transkids' follows four Israeli teenagers who go through transition in a militaristic society in which teenagers go to the army right after high-school, and religion plays a very strong role in people's identity and is not separated from the state.
Transkids 2020
Humberto & “Lucía”
Humberto & “Lucía”
A documentary about the 1968 film Lucía, featuring its director, Humberto Solás, and members of his cast and crew.
Humberto & “Lucía” 2020
Sem título #2 (Verónica)
Sem título #2 (Verónica)
Verónica Valenttino emerges from the darkness of São Paulo’s night as a transgressive and sensual subversion. In this short film, the face of the São Paulo based singer-songwriter and trans actress, is accompanied by the melodies of a melancholic piano with deep intensities (composed by Arrigo Barnabé) and, in the bottom of the frame, some flashes of light from the city. In a high-contrast chiaroscuro, the main focus is on the face, the gesture; we see Veronica smoking while taking a break on a tremendously black night. A city break, an intimate moment, a languid rhythm that leads us to contemplate it as a calm beast, as tenaciously nocturnal. In just over two minutes we find a profile, the footprint of a city, a decision and a look. In this film, Priscyla Bettim & Renato Coelho share a unique way of portraying, in the manner of Andy Warhol's screen tests, to capture another modality of glamour and subversion, with the final gesture of Verónica imperious, diva, full of vital force.
Sem título #2 (Verónica) 2020
Spaces
Spaces
Aged around 20, Simon has a brain tumour that is gradually destroying his memory and has condemned him to live in the immediate present. From this painful experience, his sister, Nora Štrbová, a filmmaker, has made an organic short animated documentary, which succeeds with a rare formal relevance to represent the inexorable loss of the being.
Spaces 2020
Valeu, Animais! - Os 25 Anos do Programa Mais Maldito da Rádio Brasileira
Valeu, Animais! - Os 25 Anos do Programa Mais Maldito da Rádio Brasileira
Valeu, Animais! - Os 25 Anos do Programa Mais Maldito da Rádio Brasileira 2020
Hello, Beauty
Hello, Beauty
I came back to the city I thought I knew — Los Angeles. My only savior became a tape recorder. Click. Start. Red light glow. Using short ends of 16mm, I went out with my DP while the streets were empty, and tried to capture the lonely beauty in five days time. In turn, I found myself. Here is my love letter to the place I can’t seem to shake.
Hello, Beauty 2020
Tentehar: Sensitive Architecture
Tentehar: Sensitive Architecture
We came across traditional rituals of a mixed race of indigenous, black and white people, with their mystic practices, their shamans and healers that express a reality and a way of life that doesn’t belong to any kind of paradigm. This problem is extremely relevant in the current political situation of Brazil in face of the repeated environmental and social catastrophes that are being inflicted upon us.These people have a way of acting which favours a sustainable development, their knowledge should be respected.The world is divided in two categories, independent of any ideology:the rich world and the poor world.We related the religious rituals, the artistic and the mystic trances in a Brazil where poverty and hunger are invisible to a large part of the society. A country of people that has invisible myths and such a rich diversity is being transformed into a unison and melancholic chant. The Guardians Forest whose leader was murdered last Dec, tells us what motivates their fight.
Tentehar: Sensitive Architecture 2020
Best of Keith Lee in EVOLVE
Best of Keith Lee in EVOLVE
Best of Keith Lee in EVOLVE 2020
Betye Saar: Taking Care of Business
Betye Saar: Taking Care of Business
At age 93, there's no stopping the legendary artist Betye Saar.
Betye Saar: Taking Care of Business 2020
A Day to Act
A Day to Act
A Day to Act 2020
Dunaj vědomí
Dunaj vědomí
Dunaj vědomí 2020
Unforgivable
Unforgivable
The latest documentary from Salvadoran director Marlén Viñayo (CACHADA: THE OPPORTUNITY) profiles Geovanny, a ruthless hitman for the 18th Street gang, as he serves his sentence in an isolation cell in El Salvador. But in prison, Geovanny is guilty not only of his crimes but of an unforgivable sin under god and gang: being gay. A powerful follow-up to Viñayo's award-winning 2019 feature CACHADA: THE OPPORTUNITY, this astonishing short film shows an aspect of gang life that is seldom seen.
Unforgivable 2020
To End
To End
What is the link between the end of a chemical reaction and the end of a career? And to what extent are there endings in the universe and in literature? A documentary exploring the perspectives of eight protagonists and their understanding of endings.
To End 2020
It's Our Time!
It's Our Time!
The young generation sees their future at risk. They rebel against a lifestyle that threatens to destroy the world. The corona crisis also highlighted the deficits of our globalized economy and society. Does this crisis hold a chance for change for the better? The film draws a picture of the mood of the young generation and goes on a search for traces of ideas and concepts for a world after Corona in France, Germany and Poland. What is really important for young Europeans and how do they assess their future prospects? What scares them and what makes them hope? And who stands in their way and brakes? The TV presenter Aline Abboud meets young activists and artists for this, but she also listens to the opposing voices. Especially in Poland the youth are deeply divided, more and more are getting involved in conservative or nationalist right-wing organizations, while the country is slowly drifting into an anti-democratic dictatorship.
It's Our Time! 2020
Encantadeiras - O Canto e o Encanto das Quebradeiras de Coco Babaçu
Encantadeiras - O Canto e o Encanto das Quebradeiras de Coco Babaçu
The Encantadeiras is a group formed by a group of babassu coconut breakers from Maranhão. The film accompanies the 7 women on a tour and unveils the story of each one. Babaçu, feminism, land reform and music. A lot of music.
Encantadeiras - O Canto e o Encanto das Quebradeiras de Coco Babaçu 2020
Ai-je le droit d'avoir des droits?
Ai-je le droit d'avoir des droits?
Ai-je le droit d'avoir des droits? 2020
Ocean Current
Ocean Current
A glimpse into the daily lives of the surfing community of Liwliwa, Zambales.
Ocean Current 2020
iSola
iSola
iSola 2020
Sexual Violence in Sport
Sexual Violence in Sport
Recently, more and more cases of child abuse have been uncovered in elite sport. More and more victims are speaking out worldwide. Young athletes are often promising medal hopes. But at what price? Studies show: Every seventh underage young athlete, regardless of gender, is a victim of sexual assault or abuse.
Sexual Violence in Sport 2020
Voleurs d'identité
Voleurs d'identité
Voleurs d'identité 2020
INFUSION NO. 1
INFUSION NO. 1
"INFUSION NO. 1" lays bare a reckoning between what is felt, seen and apprehended while living in our bodies, especially one that needs to be modified to function. This film brings consciousness around this "condition," of residing in the temporary shelter of a body and of the impermanent and illusory concept of being well.
INFUSION NO. 1 2020
The Edge of Home
The Edge of Home
Having fled from Syria, Wafa is trying to settle her family into their new life in North London.
The Edge of Home 2020
Holy Father
Holy Father
Film director, Andrei, and his girlfriend, Paula, face the news of becoming parents. While the future mother is struggling with no worthy role models, the soon-to-be father must reconcile with the figure of his own father, now a monk on Mount Athos.
Holy Father 2020
Days of Cannibalism
Days of Cannibalism
A Western-like documentary set in a remote rural region in Lesotho: a frontier space where the ways of modern society are of little, if any, value. The arrival of economic migrants from China has irrevocably upset the balance of power, as old laws and ancient gods are doddering away. Subtle moments and small gestures reveal the trauma of expatriation, the burden of personal sacrifice, solitude and alienation, as well as the painful experience of otherness. As old structures begin to disintegrate and violence is about to erupt, one rule asserts itself above all others: eat or be eaten.
Days of Cannibalism 2020
Şems
Şems
A documentary about a man who as established himself as a Uzbek dog walker in the Cihangir, where the intellectual people have lived in heart of İstanbul, for 10 years. We will see about this man, who looks like a loser and quite type, whom most of people sees as one of his family, and what he accomplished in 10 years.
Şems 2020
Sing Along
Sing Along
Today is friday, on this weekend I'm going out to sing.
Sing Along 2020
Vai Passar...
Vai Passar...
Vai Passar... 2020
Paolo Rossi: A Champion is a Dreamer Who Never Gives Up
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Paolo Rossi: A Champion is a Dreamer Who Never Gives Up
On July 11, 1982, Italy defeated West Germany 3-1 and unexpectedly won the World Cup. Paolo Rossi, better known as Pablito, described by Pele and Maradona as the greatest champion in football history, guided Italy towards the title. The fascinating parable of Paolo Rossi's life story, which culminated in the realization of his greatest dream: to become a world champion.
Paolo Rossi: A Champion is a Dreamer Who Never Gives Up 2020
The Book Keepers
The Book Keepers
A gifted writer's death a week before becoming a critically acclaimed author sends her husband and son on an unexpected book tour to ensure her dream lives on. Motivated and devastated all at once, Dick Wall embarks on a crusade across America to promote his late wife's work.
The Book Keepers 2020
Lora
Lora
In the largest city of Brazil, Lora is a free woman, full of life, who revels a different way to think about the situation of homeless people.
Lora 2020
Not Alone
Not Alone
About 20 former homeless, alcohol and drug addicts live in the Emmaus Home mutual aid community in the small town of Vynnyky in western Ukraine. Each of them came here for different reasons – someone left the house, someone lost their homes/flats or so by deceit, some were left in their maternity hospital. Here they live in a large family and try to overcome their material, social and psychological issues. In order to stay here, residents of the Home must follow certain rules: the house must be clean, they are not allowed to drink alcohol and all of them have to work.
Not Alone 2020
Evaporated
Evaporated
A girl was missing, and her father has searched for her whereabouts for 17 years. The film depicts the life of families left behind. They can't give up nor keep searching. Their lives should go on. The film asks what is left after someone is evaporated.​
Evaporated 2020
Femmes des casernes
Femmes des casernes
Femmes des casernes 2020
Common Language
Common Language
The director, who has always been viewed as the black sheep in her family, sets out to the Belarusian town of Vitebsk to talk with her parents about previous grievances and topics that were considered taboo. The effort to find a common language, which runs into stormy emotions and the inability to voice honest opinions, is captured through both personal moments and detailed shots of the protagonists’ faces.
Common Language 2020
Zénith Zénith
Zénith Zénith
Inspired by the wind in the grass, the song of birds, the tapestry of the forest, two bodies of water and natural erosion, two dancers and a filmmaker explore the beauty of the Memramcook valley.
Zénith Zénith 2020
Invicto2
Invicto2
Invicto2 2020
La verite sur la disparition de la petite Maddie
La verite sur la disparition de la petite Maddie
La verite sur la disparition de la petite Maddie 2020
and a porcelain cat...
and a porcelain cat...
Walking through the ruined streets and houses of Belchite and Corbera d'Ebre is like revisiting the summer of 1937 and 1938, when German aviation and Franco's artillery devastated the cities. Today, the ancient cities are a silent witness to the violence and brutal consequences of the Spanish Civil War.
and a porcelain cat... 2020
Mamá
Mamá
When filmmaker Lucia Florez is presented with the opportunity to join her mother’s research trip, about the new conceptions of motherhood in the Andean culture in Peru, she decides to film de experience as an opportunity to explore her own personal mother-daughter relationship around her queerness.
Mamá 2020
What Came Before
What Came Before
"What Came Before" is a short experimental documentary filmed within Mount Pleasant and Chinatown on unceded Coast Salish Territories, also known as Vancouver, BC. Jae Lew and Caroline So Jung Lee created double exposures on a single 16mm roll, exploring the diversity of Asian experiences and transformations made visible through the natural world.
What Came Before 2020