The film is the representation of a poem about the New Orleans Pharmacy Museum, the oldest licensed pharmacy in the US. The plot takes place in the museum itself, and the actor is a real museum guide who was the inspiration for Andy Young's poem.
This poetic dialogue unfolds between a young girl and her deceased great-grandfather, intertwining images from a German town where he was sent to a work camp during World War II with a delicate narrative as the girl pens a letter. The past seamlessly blends with the present, and flashes of memory mix with moments of oblivion.
Year of the Cat follows filmmaker Tony Nguyen on an extraordinary quest to solve the mystery of his father, lost in the chaos of the fall of Saigon 50 years ago. Told as an investigative home movie, this powerful documentary weaves together moments of humor and heartache, offering an intimate look at how the children of refugees are shaped by war and loss. As Tony delves into his family’s history, the film reveals the emotional lengths we go to in confronting the ghosts of the past—and the possibility of healing as we reclaim and transform our futures.
It’s been 10 years since the landlord sold the house and the family lived apart. A portrait of my imaginary family having a reunion dinner in my old home awakened my longing for this lost space. A journey of reunion with my old home and a journey of saying goodbye.
Flavio Mendes, a visually impaired highschool student living on the outskirts of Paris, is approaching highschool graduation and has to make decisions about his future. Which university he will attend, and what career path to pursue: music or law? Through this immersive portrait, we follow Flavio through days loaded with classes, trumpet lessons, and visits with friends (often on the trains that encircle the city and whose schedules Flavio knows by heart). Though he lacks much of his vision, he interacts with the world around him with a rare courage, fully embracing his disability and not letting his ambition or his passion for life be hindered.
For over a decade, the veteran snowmobile motocross competition BonnBagers in Hålsjö has attracted spectators, drivers and enthusiasts from all over the Dellen area - and further afield. With its very own format, where humor, madness and village community go hand in hand, BonnBagers has become something much bigger than a competition.
Here is an actor, one who has been asked to dwell in the perilous gap between text and image. In the voids where traces of the past have been erased by an unknown error, she begins to assemble her own script.
A newly commissioned film by Alchemy artists in residence Luke Fowler and Corin Sworn responding to the legacies of textile designers Bernat and Margaret Klein and their Scottish Borders home.
The nation of Qatar has a street cat population equal to the entire human population of the entire country – and is growing fast. Disease is rampant, and local adoption is rare. 25 CATS FROM QATAR follows one mission – led by a network of multinational underground animal rescuers in Doha and a Milwaukee flight attendant/ cat cafe owner – to transport out 25 lucky felines and find homes for them abroad, all the while searching for a long-term solution to the crisis.
Coincidence comes out of the blue, fleeting like a whisper. It touches us, leaving layers of memory. 'Yul' rescues a kitten from her apartment's stray cat feeding station. For the first time in her life, she crosses the fence to uncover the circumstances of the kitten's abandonment.
Hanchul has been running a small neighborhood supermarket in Hoengseong, Gangwon Province, for decades. Over time, he faces the wear and tear of the store's belongings.
In between cities, I think of home. But I wonder if there’s even such a thing. One day, two ladybugs stopped on my index finger. I let them stay for a while.
An artist's sculpture is burnt down, a protester is charged with a criminal case, and a democracy movement is violently attacked. In the United States, three Chinese dissidents fight for democracy against a superpower through art, petition, and grassroots organizing, but not even exile is safe.
Explore the mysterious giant rings of the Mediterranean, buried at a depth of 120m, with the world-famous Laurent Ballesta, world-renowned diver and his team, to understand the origin of these unique and unknown formations.