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Ai: Below the Surface
'Ai - Below the Surface' is a surrealistic short movie. The main premise was to create a document of a dream of the fictional character 'Ai'. The result of this experiment is the movie - an approach of documenting the undocumentable.
in the jasmine vines
Shaping a memoir of my personal return, in the jasmine vines is an assertion that the amalgam that makes my complex identity belong, gifted by my grandfather and his story and honoured by the generations following his. Forming an imagery of complex memory, archive, story and imagination, this film is a learnt way to place my existence within a narrative. And so, I look for the scents they carry in the jasmine vines.
Erlebnis Erde: Tausend Moore, hundert Seen und ein Wald - Naturwunder Schorfheide
3/11 - The Tsunami: The First 3 Days
The story of the March 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami as told through news footage and eyewitness video footage.
The Graveyard of Empires: Why the Taliban Turns Out Stronger Than the USA
For 20 years, the United States has invested almost 90 billion dollars in the development of the Afghan army, but left as losers - just as the USSR left. The civil war continues, "democracy" has not taken root, a peaceful life is a distant prospect. The new inhabitants of the presidential palace promise not to commit genocide and assure that they are not the same as in the 90s. But nobody believes their words. Why has Afghanistan turned into a Taliban republic again and how will the lives of ordinary Afghans now change? Why should we be worried about what is happening in this distant country?
Attention All Passengers
A train is speeding at 100 kilometers per hour towards a suicidal person. What happens if the driver pulls the brakes too late?
Self-Portrait
In "Self-Portrait", Federica Foglia (re)constructs her dislocated immigrant identity through the home movies of others, enacting a search for the self and creating a work of striking filmic autopoiesis.
3:07
A personal expression of transformation, as a mother turns her grief and silence around a miscarriage into an expression of remembrance.
What Beat You Nothing
Alla Demidova ranks among the greatest actresses to have graced the Russian-language stage over the past six decades, as well as screens big and small. She's famous for her tragic characters. Perhaps because she, above all, understands the world as a realm of worries and sorrow?
Weathering
Weathering intertwines the deeply personal stories of two Black key workers as they reveal their experiences of racism in the UK. The film explores the impact of the UK government-imposed Covid-19 lockdowns, and the worldwide anti-racism movement which grew after the murder of George Floyd. Both events have acted as a magnifying glass for the inequalities that exist within British society.
We Didn't Know Each Other Until this Summer
The film tells about what happened during and after the presidential elections in Belarus in 2020. The film is based solely on footage filmed by participants or eyewitnesses of protests in Belarus. And it chronicles the first week after voting day.
Não Toque, É Drag!
A short documentary film about the lives of three Drag Queens from Pernambuco, showing their reality, their work as artists and their lives. The film tries to demystify the drag queen stereotype rooted in society.
My Personal Dragon
A group of scientists led by Pavel Skuchas of St. Petersburg State University goes on a risky expedition to Yakutia to find traces of the Arctic dinosaurs. Little did they know about how it would change their perception of their own ancestry.
Finding Tyler
In August of 2003, Tyler Johnson was a prized scholar in theoretical physics. Months later he was homeless on the island of Corsica, a fugitive wanted by the FBI. For six years Tyler sent letters to his family, each containing cryptic clues about his condition. Then the letters stopped arriving. His final letter was found at his last known whereabouts: a remote mountain refuge near Corsica's highest peaks. Alongside that unsent letter was a journal outlining his years living on the run. Using that journal—Tyler’s own words—and interviews with those who knew him best, Finding Tyler explores the introspective struggle of life as a fugitive.
Fact or Fiction? The Norfolk Sea Creature
For years strange sightings of an unidentified creature have been reported on the East Norfolk coastline. FACT OR FICTION? investigates these sightings and showcases the stories of those who have encountered it along the coast.
What Happened to East Detroit?
A documentary by Justin Arment that explores the 1991 rename of Michigan city 'East Detroit' to 'Eastpointe', and the racially motivated reasonings behind it.
Cages
Nikita is 25 years old and has a rare genetic condition that makes his skin very fragile and untreatable. Such people are usually called "butterflies". Together with his girlfriend Leroy, they are looking for a way to stop the development of the disease and get acquainted with famous scientists Alla and Vadim Zorin, who agree to conduct an experimental treatment.
Joe Buffalo
Joe Buffalo, an Indigenous skateboard legend and Indian Residential School survivor, must face his inner demons to realize his dream of turning pro.
My Grandparents
My grandparents lived in the countryside, they still farm although they are over eighty, the old house they lived in has become dangerous, grandpa was crippled by a stroke. They guard the old house all year round. What will they experience? What is their life like? What is their love like? What would their story be like if they were young and turned back in time?
SAQ : 100 ans d’histoire
To mark the 100th anniversary of the Société des alcools du Québec, Francis Reddy tells the exhilarating story of alcohol in Quebec from prohibition to promotion. With the help of historian Laurent Turcot and local producers, Reddy explores the unique relationship Quebecers have with alcohol and its place in their lifestyles over the years.
The Maroon Bomber
Four siblings delve into the love they share for the family’s old, beat-up truck. This love gets tested.
A Nature Documentary
Seasons change and decades pass as bears roam in the forest and nature photographers wait at their hides.
Freedom’s Dawning
Freedom's Dawning is a short documentary looking at the latest escalations in the Israeli occupation of Palestine, with a focus upon the victories of the Palestinian resistance.
Circus In Town
During a circus performance, Mary the elephant loses her balance and crushes the trainer. The accident damages the circus' reuputation and the circus director is torn between his duty and his friendship with the animal.
The story is inspired by an historic case from 1916.
Fingerpicking
The filmmaker spent a year at Atelier Colla, one of the world’s largest and oldest puppet theatres, which has existed for some 300 years and houses over 3,000 puppets. In reverse chronology, the film – which was written by an artificial neural network – depicts the rituals of the puppeteers.
A New Life Tomorrow
The experimental stop motion story of a London boy in World War 2, we witness war drawing inexorably closer as he comes of age. 14 when war begins, our young hero lives through bombings, the evacuation of his siblings, the privations of wartime. Yet he survives and even thrives. He sets out to search for his friend in the East End during those turbulent and frightening times, and with his own voice tells his story with a wit and verve few would believe today. Finally we leave him at the brink on D-Day, a hero already in the making.
Filmhuset: a requiem
Shot over the duration of a year, Filmhuset: a requiem, offers a poetic reflection on the messiness of life and the longing for stability during the Covid-19 pandemic.