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2023

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Commune
Commune
In the early 1990s, in Siberia, in the taiga in the south of the Krasnoyarsk Territory, several dozen people separated from the world and, having organized a community, tried to build their ideal society. It's been almost 30 years. What came of it?
Commune 2023
Boston Ramana Satsang: Understanding the basics of Ramana Maharshi's teachings
Boston Ramana Satsang: Understanding the basics of Ramana Maharshi's teachings
In a Zoom meeting with Boston Ramana Satsang on 22nd July 2023 Michael explains the basics of Bhagavan's teachings, and answers various questions about his teachings.
Boston Ramana Satsang: Understanding the basics of Ramana Maharshi's teachings 2023
Rio de Metal
Rio de Metal
Rio de Metal 2023
Roots Will Remain
Roots Will Remain
Roots Will Remain is an experimental short film that tells the story of a determined sunflower making its way toward the light.
Roots Will Remain 2023
Cross Countries
Cross Countries
From the roots of mountain biking in the USA, to the dense Canadian forests and rock slabs of British Columbia, mountain biker Kilian Bron goes on another tour, this time on some of the most beautiful North American trails.
Cross Countries 2023
Cosmosapiens
Cosmosapiens
A filmic kaleidoscope of a group of scientists who live and work at the Special Astrophysical Observatory, located in an isolated village in the Caucasian Mountains. Faced with the magnitude of the Universe, the protagonists seek meaning through science, philosophy and art, in order to deal with the mundane realities of their daily, tangible lives and the terrestrial existence in general.
Cosmosapiens 2023
New Hope
New Hope
A short documentary around a kindergarten teacher at Kuncup Harapan, Yogyakarta.
New Hope 2023
Republic
Republic
In a tiny, six-square-meter room, a young Chinese man named Eryang envisions a republic of his own.
Republic 2023
Tatay Elmer
Tatay Elmer
At the age of 72, Elmer Cordero better known as "Tatay Elmer" of PISTON 6 always has the stand to fight for his fellow drivers. He continuously campaign against jeepney phaseout here in the Philippines.
Tatay Elmer 2023
NORA THAI FIT
NORA THAI FIT
The story of Thai Fit Studio who traveled to learn about “Nora” with Chalermprapha Troupe, in Pattani Province. This story is in hopes to gather knowledge of “Nora” dance postures to develop into Thai Fit exercise posters.
NORA THAI FIT 2023
Subway Stops
Subway Stops
A cinematic experience of the New York subways, featuring the commuters, panhandlers, and performers passing through.
Subway Stops 2023
Kin
Kin
Growing up Mell wished her autistic brother could speak - now, in adulthood, she realises you don’t have to talk to explain what you need. KIN is a coming of age story between two sisters (Mell and Janine) and their neurodivergent and autistic brother (Carl), exploring sibling relationships, family duty and care.
Kin 2023
Kırık Dökük
Kırık Dökük
Kırık Dökük 2023
Golub
Golub
A mother comes to see her son, Lieutenant Vitaly Golub, at the graduation of the Rokossovsky DVOKU military school. None of them knows that this meeting may be their last.
Golub 2023
Mike the Monk
Mike the Monk
A soldier finds a monkey in a true story with a heroic twist.
Mike the Monk 2023
TIME100: The World's Most Influential People
TIME100: The World's Most Influential People
Jennifer Coolidge hosts the gala, which features performances by Doja Cat and Lea Michele, honorary tributes from members of this year's list and remarks from TIME CEO Jessica Sibley.
TIME100: The World's Most Influential People 2023
Manitushiss
Manitushiss
Manitushiss 2023
Tanya. Summer. Winter
Tanya. Summer. Winter
Tatyana Seminyako learned the language of forest and the philosophy of hunting before she learned how to read and write. From time immemorial, the ancestors of Tatyana and her husband lived on these lands fishing and hunting. When Tanya was very young, she was raised by her grandparents -– the Khanty. They taught her everything. After all, in the forest you do everything yourself. You eat what you caught; you wear what you sewed; you live in what you built. A documentary film about the life of Tanya and her family.
Tanya. Summer. Winter 2023
Worlds of Professor Bobrovsky
Worlds of Professor Bobrovsky
Now it is very important to motivate young people graduating from Russian universities to do science in Russia. Our outstanding scientists who, despite the difficulties of the 1990s, were able to stay in Russia, create great science here and achieve serious career results, can serve as an example of a successful scientific career.
Worlds of Professor Bobrovsky 2023
Mother+Father
Mother+Father
Mom and dad were brought up in an orphanage. Now they are 50 years old, and a great desire for life does not leave them to this day. This is a love story of mother and father, through which the director could actually see his parents.
Mother+Father 2023
Strocha: Trinity Rituals in Kukushka Village of Kochyovsky District
Strocha: Trinity Rituals in Kukushka Village of Kochyovsky District
One day in the life of Kukushka village in Kochyovsky District of Perm Krai. This day marks the ritual holiday of Strocha, the Komi-Permyak Trinity. The rituals and traditions that the Komi-Permyaks follow on this day – from gathering special food for deceased relatives and visiting the cemetery to round dances, kissing games, and rituals with birch twigs – immerse you in the authentic culture of this small village in the northern part of the region.
Strocha: Trinity Rituals in Kukushka Village of Kochyovsky District 2023
Bulls and Saints
Bulls and Saints
After 20 years of living in the United States, an undocumented family decides to return home. Little do they know it will be the most difficult journey of their lives. Set between the backdrop of the rodeo rings of North Carolina and the spellbinding Mexican hometown they long for, Bulls and Saints is a love story of reverse migration, rebellion, and redemption.
Bulls and Saints 2023
VALE TUDO
VALE TUDO
Lucia "Pretty Beast" Krajčovič is a 34-year-old professional MMA fighter and mother of two children. Shortly after giving birth, she is determined to become a champion in both disciplines - sport and motherhood. With a baby in her arms, she is preparing for her next fight. Under the immense pressure of her two identities, exhausted from lack of sleep, she wrestles with a question to which she had a clear answer not long ago. How to be both Pretty and Beast and for how much longer?
VALE TUDO 2023
Nic bych neměnila
Nic bych neměnila
Nic bych neměnila 2023
Bgirl Badli
Bgirl Badli
14-year-old Mali’s head is full of dancing. She is a b-girl and lives for breaking. She has just moved into a big city to live with her older sister – and to go to a new school where dancing is one of the main subjects. But can Mali handle the other dance styles? And will her body be able to stand the strain?
Bgirl Badli 2023
You Know It's Going to Be About War
You Know It's Going to Be About War
A collective portrait of Ukrainians in war, focusing on those who managed to escape, who haven't been on the frontline or experienced the atrocities of the aggressor’s army on their own skin, although marked by psychological traumas.
You Know It's Going to Be About War 2023
Dear Arctic
Dear Arctic
Dear Arctic is a documentary film about researchers at the Arctic Center at the University of Lapland, Rovaniemi. The documentary transports the viewer from Rovaniemi to fieldwork in the lands of arctic indigenous peoples and reindeer herders to Siberia, to climate change research in Iceland and Greenland, and back to Finland to the inner reflection of critical arctic research and research work. In the film, six researchers from three different research areas open their work. The Arctic Center is better known internationally than within Finland, and the documentary increases awareness of its unique activities, especially in the research center's home country. The film brings Arctic research closer to the public in an easily understandable form.
Dear Arctic 2023
Peace and Silence
Peace and Silence
Leevi Pienihäkkinen’s tight experimental short documentary Peace and Silence dives into the Helsinki night, exploring the darkened city with fresh eyes. The familiar spots of the city centre flash in the images, but something is different. The everyday becomes weird, details vanish, lights shine taking over everything around them. Humans remain anonymous and faceless, silhouettes against the backdrop of the dark city.
Peace and Silence 2023
L'Empremier Live at Beaubassin
L'Empremier Live at Beaubassin
In June 1970, Acadian prog-rock group L’Empremier did not shoot a live recording session within the ruins of Fort Beauséjour, Acadisco did not produce and release the album, and the original songs did not become emblematic militant anthems for the Acadian people.
L'Empremier Live at Beaubassin 2023
The Witness Tree
The Witness Tree
As Sridhar prepares for his coming-of-age celebration, his grandfather tells him a shocking story about his family. As he pushes for the truth, his mother is caught in a dilemma between wanting to protect him and wanting to be honest.
The Witness Tree 2023
Ronnie Corbett: My 30 Funniest Moments
Ronnie Corbett: My 30 Funniest Moments
A celebration of one of our most talented comedians and comedy actors through 30 moments - from sketches to sitcoms - in a career spanning six decades.
Ronnie Corbett: My 30 Funniest Moments 2023
Eight Brothers and Sisters
Eight Brothers and Sisters
“Acht Geschwister” by Christoph Weinert is a tribute to sibling life, a piece of non-fictional narrative cinema. The film tells the story of two sisters and six brothers who were born between 1933 and 1943 and grew up on a farm in a small village in Pomerania. With their intertwined, very different lives, the film tells not only the story of the eight siblings and their common escape with their parents after the end of World War 2, but also a piece of recent German history, when the siblings are separated by the inner-German border for over 40 years during the Cold War. Nevertheless, the contact between them never breaks.
Eight Brothers and Sisters 2023
Waves of War
Waves of War
Daan van Citters and Joenoes Polnaija retrace the footsteps of their grandfathers in Indonesia. They both fought for the Netherlands against Indonesian independence: Daan’s grandfather went voluntarily from the Netherlands, Joenoes’s as a Moluccan soldier in the Dutch colonial army, KNIL. Their poignant journey forces them to ask themselves some difficult questions about guilt, shame and transgenerational transmission.
Waves of War 2023
We, The Women
We, The Women
Through three generations of women in her family, the director reflects on the joys of women’s bonds and resilience but also on the devastating impact of traditional gender roles, gender violence and the suffocating weight of religion.
We, The Women 2023
Biography - The Film
Biography - The Film
An essayistic film about the topic of 'biography' featuring 25 people from Liechtenstein who tell stories from their lives.
Biography - The Film 2023
I Don’t Know Where You Will Be Tomorrow
I Don’t Know Where You Will Be Tomorrow
"I am the doctor, I am the hospital, I am not the police."
I Don’t Know Where You Will Be Tomorrow 2023
Botecos
Botecos
Immerse yourself in the traditional bar culture in Rio de Janeiro, discovering, door to door, stories of affection and encounters, provided in a unique way in the bar spaces.
Botecos 2023
Contigo, contigo y sin mí
Contigo, contigo y sin mí
Amaya has filmed the four love relationships that marked her life. She covers the last 20 years, from her first fall in love when she was 18, to her current age of 38. Faced with the desire to be a mother, she writes an audiovisual letter to her future children. She thus takes us on a journey into her past that reveals the phases of love, the challenge of long-distance relationships and the clash between illusions and frustrations or guilt. The film combines documentary and animation, the real and intimate, with the expressive. An apparently personal and intimate film, where the turn and evolution of the protagonist can also be read from an anthropological or political prism, reflecting the change in the role of women in intimate relationships.
Contigo, contigo y sin mí 2023
Dulcinea
Dulcinea
“Dulcinea”, a still image film, gravitates around the life and political trajectory of Dulcinea Bellido: a feminist, communist and revolutionary woman who founded the first feminist mass organization during the Franco regime, therefore paving the way for the emergence of the feminist movement in late Francoism and the Spanish Transition to democracy. Bellido’s biographical account, her vital and political experience, acts as a narrative thread to problematize and understand the emergence of feminist thought and its political mobilization in the framework of the struggle led by the Communist Party of Spain — PCE against Franco’s dictatorship. […]
Dulcinea 2023
State Funeral Day
State Funeral Day
Interviews in 10 cities (Tokyo, Shimonoseki, Kyoto, Fukushima, Okinawa, Sapporo, Nara, Hiroshima, Shizuoka, and Nagasaki) on the day of Shinzo Abe's state funeral
State Funeral Day 2023