BBC Eye investigates the popular uprising that led to the downfall of Bangladesh’s Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on August 5 2024. At least 52 people were killed and hundreds injured when police opened fire on protestors. Using unseen videos, documents and eyewitness accounts, BBC Eye pieces together what happened, why and who was responsible for one of the worst incidents of police killing in Bangladesh’s history.
A damaged film shot in 1982 in a Latin American country documents the violence that took place on 9 May that year. Beneath its apparent banality, the film raises suspicions of manipulation of the truth.
Demna's final Balenciaga couture show was a dramatic farewell—sculptural silhouettes, streetwear edge, and a surprise runway moment from Kim Kardashian in full "Balenci Barbie" pink. Set to Sade’s “No Ordinary Love,” the collection closed a decade of disruption.
As the orchestra choir settles into the church choir, the trombonist blows into his instrument as a warm-up. Mozart's name appears at the top of the score to be performed, whose title is also that of the film: Requiem.
"The Best Band You Never Heard". The ex-punks of Bailieboro, Co. Cavan might say maturity is overrated. As The Panic Merchants, a four-piece in the late 1980s, they caught a fleeting glimpse of the big time. Notions gave way to careers, adulthood and emigration. Separated by oceans for the past three decades, those barnstorming memories might tenuously connect four school pals across three continents. Except, the past can mean more than distance, especially when ex-punks revive young dreams in middle age. Let the good times roll (again)!
A breathtaking journey through Ireland's Graney Valley, rich in natural beauty, mythology, and cultural heritage, this documentary celebrates a cherished landscape through poetry, music, and memory, while calling for its preservation for generations to come.
A journey through the teenage years of a young filmmaker as she endures dysphoria and suffocation, while searching for herself through the lens of a camera.
Video Footages of various different perspectives on the bus that took 2 years to collect. Before combining those perspectives together, upon the same temporal field to recreate the space of a bus…
Nestled in the woods outside of Grand Rapids, Michigan, is a sleepaway camp for kids who are nonspeaking. To express themselves, they must use augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) devices that translate their composed messages into audible speech. Follow the lives and experiences of these campers as a series of immersive, vérité-style character studies.
A young South African woman from the outskirts of Cape Town learns the metaphors of life on the ocean as she prepares to compete in the Round Robben Island race with The Academy, an initiative of the historic Royal Cape Yacht Club.
Between Belgian colonial archives and images shot in the present, the violence of a dehumanizing economic system is revealed through the story of a couple forced to work in a mine.
An experimental essay on the technological evolution of the violence and control exercised by Israel over Gaza and the Palestinian people. In three movements, this first-person narrative combines personal and historical archives.
Summer, the Pont d’Arc, the Chauvet cave, tourists: the film presents a lively territorial study with musical accents that open up gaps in space and time. This is a dream chronicle of a drift along the Ardèche, between canoes and underground caves.
A pioneer in sound recording, Ludwig Koch was suspected by the Nazis of complicity in the Reichstag fire. After taking refuge in England, he specialized in recording birdsong. Blending contemporary imagery with his sound archives, the film retraces his journey.
Lost in her fears and fantasies, a young woman writes in a notebook. A young man finds this notebook on a train. Suddenly, they find themselves in the heart of a forest, in a nocturnal reality where dreams come to life.