“Being Jérôme Boateng” tells the story of a soccer world champion between triumph and downfall. From the soccer field to the 2014 World Cup title, from celebrated symbol of integration to convicted perpetrator of intentional bodily harm against his ex-partner. The documentary series looks behind the façade of professional soccer—a system that produces heroes but neglects people. It also addresses the question of how a soccer player is stylized into a role model by the media and society and burdened with excessive expectations. Boateng's story is thus also one of false projections that encourages us to reflect on our treatment of and longing for sports idols: What do we want to see in them? Do soccer players have to be heroes?
A French short documentary that delves behind the scenes of the restoration of a 1920s film, starting from a 35mm color print. Set against iconic French cinema locations such as the climate-controlled vaults of the CNC and the Cinémathèque Française, the film traces each step of this meticulous process, from preservation to both mechanical and digital restoration at the Joinville-le-Pont laboratory. This technical and human journey highlights the craftsmanship involved and raises questions about the future of works that are not preserved on film.
The Film-Makers’ Cooperative and Canyon Cinema joined forces in 2025 to support Fall of Freedom – an urgent nationwide arts movement united in defiance of the rise of authoritarianism.
Leo and Rufus are in their fifties. They have been close friends since adolescence. Leo is homosexual, Rufus heterosexual. One day Rufus suggests to his friend that they spend a night together. But he warns him, and this is a non-negotiable condition, that this night will be a one-time thing.
A study of observations around the ancient monument of the temple of Augustus and Livia and to cities of Vienne, Chonas-l'Amballan and Saint-Prim. Firstly proposed as a sort of ghost hunting, the project seems to focus on a world of figures, the whispers of the roads, diegetic/non-diegetic sounds and a camera that tries to investigate under fragments of logic and articulating cuts.
A celebration in sound, colour and symphony, this concert film captures Brooke’s greatest hits spanning her beloved, three-decade catalogue. With orchestral arrangements by leading New Zealand composers, performed by Brooke alongside the Auckland Philharmonia and guests TEEKS, Georgia Lines and Ny Oh, Brooke Fraser - Live with the Auckland Philharmonia lets you join a sold-out, 10,000-strong Spark Arena crowd as one of Aotearoa’s most recognised songwriters takes a final bow under her “Brooke Fraser” name.
Marta Cardoso, a young dancer from northern Portugal, moves through Lisbon with restless energy, between precarious routines, affections, and a daily life in constant imbalance. Dance becomes her refuge and her cry: a space where the body finds freedom and instinct, and where gesture replaces words. When dancing, she feels close to her inner animal.
It's a story that begins long ago. In the early 2000s, a young comic artist decided to tell stories through drawings, far from the canons of mainstream comics. He did it under the banner of DIY and sharing: small, stapled booklets, photocopied, bound, and mailed directly. In those strips, suspended between anticipation and memory, the stories are about lives that intersect, friendships, love, out-of-town students, the disorientation before growing up, fanzines, and self-produced records. In the background, the quiet indolence of the provinces. That young comic artist became Alessandro Baronciani, now one of the leading figures in Italian authorial comics, and that project was "Una storia a fumetti".
An experimental documentary, in which Emma asks people when do you wish to be soft, when do you long to be rough, and when are you both at the same time? Each scene is a fantasy the subjects are invited to play inside. While interviewees’ honest answers offer glimpses into their own inner worlds and contrasting experiences. Merging both the real life and staged aspects of the film.
A short documentary following a daring band of unlikely explorers embarking on a quest to uncover the forgotten mines of Cornwall, only to unearth an unexpected journey of self-discovery. For this motley crew, the pursuit of the unknown serves as a cathartic release, allowing them to momentarily cast aside their worries and reset for the challenges of everyday life. Transcending mere adrenaline urges, the group becomes a vital means of connection and understanding, underscoring the importance of community in our lives.
The story of an Iranian family scattered across years and borders, where home becomes a fragmented memory. The essay film shows how displacement also shapes time and encounters remain possible only in images.
Through symbolic imagery — like the cocoon and the fragile exhalation — the journey of suffering and purification unfolds: a metamorphic process of death, release, and rebirth. The film reveals how the body’s inner messengers link pain, transformation, and hope, shaping both our perception and our very being.
Dance connects! Several generations dance for themselves and yet together. Each movement reveals its own attitude toward space, time, and internal and external barriers. The bodies and their gestures resonate with the sound and open up new approaches to silent acts of resistance, vitality, and becoming. A loving film miniature on 16mm, hand-developed, marked by traces and scratches from the analog process, revealing the fragility of the moment.