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Der Stolz der dänischen Flotte – Die Gribshunden
In the Company of Rose
On Martha’s Vineyard, three-time Tony-winning playwright and director James Lapine meets Rose Styron, the widow of the great American novelist William Styron. Over six years of periodic meetings, Rose shares the fascinating story of her complex life as a poet, journalist, human rights activist, and life partner to William. The result is the tale infused with life wisdom for all ages.
Al Djanat, the Original Paradise
The death of a Burkinabé family’s patriarch and the division of his estate unearths conflict between his heirs and larger questions about inheritance, belonging and the communal customs of West Africa versus Westernized courts.
The Death Tour
The Death Tour is a feature documentary following professional wrestlers on “the hardest tour in indie wrestling”. For weeks, these wrestlers travel across frozen lakes to put on shows for Canada’s most remote Indigenous communities. Sleeping on floors and eating canned food, this trip will force each wrestler to draw from their checkered pasts if they dare dream of a future in wrestling.
All That Punk
By definition, punk is a subculture, alternative culture and youth culture based on the interaction of cultural elements different from the elements of popular culture and other sub-genres.It has its own distinctive music, ideology, dress code, visual identity, dance, literature and film. Punks are mostly young people with a different opinion, who in common have the spirit of anti-establishment and non-recognition of the canon. As a musical direction, it existed in full swing in the 70s and 80s of the last century, exerting an influence on the rock scene of that time. How did appear in ex-Yugoslavia? What were the "hotspots"? Did he pose a danger to the state and socio-economic system of that time? Can one see punk as a way of life?
Lambic: about time & passion
Lambic is a style of beer that has been brewed in Belgium since hundreds of years ago, and today it still remains under that almost magical halo around its production process and the mysterious yeast that make it possible. Lambic: about time & passion is a project that we started as a way of giving voice to lambic beer and to those characters that play an important role in the development and preservation of this ancient style of beer.
Migrant Fish
A documentary short that uses fish to explore identity and belonging in a metropolis.
Dert Boom
Women in Morocco create jewellery and fight to market themselves without male intermediaries.
WWE Rivals: Hulk Hogan vs. Rowdy Roddy Piper
In 1985, Hulk Hogan led WWE into a new era with the first WrestleMania. While Hogan got much of the credit, his nemesis 'Rowdy' Roddy Piper felt under-appreciated as the villain. Piper held a personal grudge against Hogan for years and these two larger-than-life personalities remained at odds for nearly two decades. Freddie Prinze Jr., Booker T, Natalya, D-Von Dudley and John Bradshaw Layfield break down this groundbreaking rivalry.
Cats & Dogs
In September 2022, Bengaluru made national news when the IT hub region of Bellandur faced major flooding resulting in a nightmare for all its residents. The idea of the film is to explore the two main factors contributing to this - the area’s topography and the rapid urbanization interfering with the natural water network - using visuals of a sprawling, developing metropolis contrasted with that of the chaos and breakdown of essential services that happened during the floods.
Elton John’s Guide to Glastonbury
Before Elton John makes his debut on the Pyramid Stage at this year's Glastonbury, Clara Amfo sits down with him, at his home, to sift through his extensive record collection and pick some of the artists he’s excited about seeing down at Worthy Farm.
Sarah Halimi: An Anti-Semitic and Unpunished Crime
Sarah Halimi was murdered by her Malian-born neighbor during the French presidential campaign of 2017. The media initially ignored the case before a few journalists managed to mobilize public figures and the President. The investigating judge only wanted to see it as a murder committed by a "madman" having a "delusional episode." This case is emblematic of the rise of anti-Semitism in France today. The various developments in the case, particularly the fact that there are no longer any charges against the murderer, and the prevention of any reconstruction of the case, make it a new Dreyfus Affair. One of the biggest scandals in France today.
Static VI
Static is an independent skateboarding video series started in 1998 out of Tampa, Florida by Tampa native Josh Stewart. The series showcases underground talent and under-appreciated cities, with a specific focus on urban skateboarding in unique environments. Over the last 24 years, Static videos have featured skateboarders from around the world and filmed on location in Tampa, London, Paris, Cairo, New Delhi and Hong Kong, to name a few, always with a focus on showcasing little-known talent and capturing the experience of being in the streets with the skateboarders in their local environments.
Filming
“Cut!”… and yet the camera keeps rolling. Filming is an immersive experience in the Colombian coffee fields, in which Robert Bresson’s Notes on the Cinematographer reveal themselves as in a palimpsest. The director of The Sheriff (VdR 2019) presents a strikingly beautiful medium-length film, a consideration on the act of filming itself.
Geomarkr
A film that brings two worlds into dialogue: that of the online game GeoGuessr and that of the filmography of Chris Marker, the filmmaker and multimedia artist, deeply fascinated by digital technology and travel.
Sleepless Birds
The rise of artificially lit, industrial greenhouses in the French region of Bretagne brings dire consequences for the region's biodiversity as well as disruptions of time and perception for living creatures in their vicinity.
Uncovering Incels
The incel community is a world that’s usually closed off to the outside - especially to women. Incels, short for 'involuntary celibates', are mostly lonely young men who can’t find a sexual or romantic partner – and resent women for it. In this two-part investigation, two female producers meet with current and former incels from around Australia to learn what it means to be an incel.
Band of Exile
Here in Toronto, four young Somali refugees are finishing high school. What did they bring with them? What did they find in Canada? Their testimonies, about us and about themselves, interspersed with newsreel footage and sequences of a theatrical creation in which they put all their soul, make them immediately endearing and overturn many prejudices held against refugees. A film that makes you want to get to know them better.
á-B-C-D-é-F-G-H-CH-í-JONESTOWN
A children's film about the largest mass suicide of the 20th century reconstructs the 1978 event. The Reverend Jim Jones forced nearly a thousand followers of his People's Temple sect to drink poison in the settlement of Jonestown, Guyana, South America. A third of them were children. Jan Bušta gives sadists, voyeurs, and necrophiliacs one minute to leave the cinema. His self-reflective documentary, which is the result of ten years of time-lapse filming, does not depict dramatic scenes. To the sound of an audio recording from that fateful day, we see a collage of child ghosts preaching about escaping the corruption of the world.
Napoleon Vs The Banks
Some of Napoleon Bonaparte's biggest fights were not decided on the battlefield, but rather, in the world of finance. Take a deep dive into Napoleon's wars, how they were financed and what his ultimate intensions were if he had won in Napoleon Vs The Banks.
I Am A Darkroom
I AM A DARKROOM showcases the work of artists in the Sustainable Darkroom, a grassroots organisation at the forefront of working toward an ecological future for photography. From kitchen tables to at-home darkrooms, and even the dirt outdoors - these artists are challenging toxic legacies to build a new ecology of photography. An ecology not just of sustainable materials, but the political and social entanglements that arise each time you press the shutter. Developed in a blend of coffee and home-grown herbs, the film is cut with experimental vignettes showcasing Sustainable Darkroom research. From images developed in household waste to footage printed on waste coffee cups, and pelargonium leaves as a new photographic paper - I AM A DARKROOM welcomes the rough, handmade hands-dirty approach of an ecologically aware future.
Behind Closed Doors
Politically Exposed Persons (PEPs) are people who hold a public function and as a result, present higher risks of being involved in bribery or corruption. Offshore leaks have revealed repeatedly that PEPs use British finance and British offshore jurisdictions to launder their wealth, hide their wealth and re-invest it into the global financial system. London is the place where they buy property, where they take legal action against their critics and where they live when they fall from grace. But what happens when a developing country fights back and attempts to get Britain to return the money that it claims has been stolen? Watch Behind Closed Doors and find out.
Peter Kloeppel durchleuchtet: Das Chaos bei unserer Bahn
Between Delicate and Violent
Artists call it “hand memory,” knowledge that isn’t stored in the brain but in the body, and is activated when you start painting, sculpting or drawing. Şirin Bahar Demirel sets out to get an understanding of it. She wonders what memories are passed on through the hands, and whether we can read the aggressive nature of a painter from their brushwork, or the desires of a textile artist from their embroidery.
Sur le fil d'Ariane
The film, based on drawings by Ariane Bergrichter, immerses us in colourful, working-class Brussels, dear to the artist’s heart. While her psychological life has been complicated, she claims to have found her energy for life in the city.
Soul of a Nation Presents: A Conversation With Usher
Superstar Usher gives us a look at his flashy Las Vegas show, discussing how he uses dancers, special guests, classic hits and even roller skating to create a unique experience for fans.
Trinkhalle
Silvia and Birgit have never met, but they live similar lives: both work over 15 hours a day and give everything to their regular customers. For decades, they have been the proud owners of their own “Trinkhalle” in the deepest Ruhr area.
Search and Destroy
A series of short films where 32 Mr Beast contestants are hired by two hopeless MI5 Agents to track down and catch international terrorist Harry Bedi.
Shangri-La (Paradise Under Construction)
Does Shangri-La really exist? Mirka Duijn goes in search of the answer in this travelogue-cum-investigation. She travels to the mountains of Tibetan China and digs into the archives to unravel the history of this mythical place. At first sight, the answer is obvious: British author James Hilton invented Shangri-La for his 1933 novel Lost Horizon, in which four characters crash land in the Kunlun Mountains and later find a magnificent monastery—a paradise on earth.