Shot 25 years ago, this intimate, disarming and emotionally raw documentary offers a privileged window into a couple (filmmakers Jay Rosenblatt and Stephanie Rapp) as they navigate issues that will impact their lives forever.
Follow the 2020 Stanford Wrestling team and take an inside look in the effort to reverse Stanford Universities' decision to cut 11 varsity sports, including wrestling.
The Slovenian economy relies on workers from Kosovo, but how can the education system support their children? The documentary follows the journey of four Albanian-speaking children from Kosovo as they navigate the Slovenian school system.
A condensation of a handful of sunsets with various visual moods. Red and blue as opposites that still find a way to cohere. Concrete silhouettes over an ever-changing, expanding canvas. Every movement is collective, molecular. Over an invisible horizon, a chance presents itself to meditate on the “speed” of water (and the sea) and also for a more fluid kind of editing.
A lone rider from the imaginary state of Illiyeen crosses an empty landscape and their reflections unfold in a poetic meditation on identity and belonging. ‘Illiyeen’ is the result of a collaboration between filmmaker Nanna Rebekka and visual artist Eliyah Mesayer. A black and white film work from an imaginary state of the same name, in which a lone rider crosses an empty landscape in a meditation on identity and belonging. The Bedouin term ‘Illiyeen’ refers to a heavenly record or register where the deeds of the righteous are written down and protected. But here, Illiyeen is transformed into an allegorical ‘state of nowhere and nation of everywhere’ beyond geographical or national borders.
Te Puna Ora intertwines mythology and reality to tell a powerful story of resistance on the lush island of Mo'orea. Inspired by the legend of the goddess Hina, the film follows three exceptional Tahitian women who unite to protect their cherished beach from privatisation, determined to prevent their island from facing the same challenges of Tahiti.
An alternative documentary following the trail of blood and carnage of Philadelphia’s own Deathmatch Rock n’ Roll pioneers, Eat the Turnbuckle, from beer-soaked bars to the largest stage in the world of metal.
“Sweet Spot” is an experimental animated short film that uninhibitedly explores the dialog between the work and its authors, Jorge Ribeiro and Paulo Patrício, whose points of view and creative approaches, both in terms of cinematographic language and ways of being, are quite different. Through this duality, and starting from a shared but at the same time individual process, the directors seek to understand at what point the short film they are making together reaches its “sweet spot”. In other words, the ideal point at which the work is considered finished.
At the Ca la Dona Documentation Center, a self-managed bi-lesbo-feminist archive, one of the archivists becomes obsessed with a photograph. Looking at it over and over again, touching it again and again, she creates a bond with it and discovers the mark of a kiss on the face of "Lupita." On the back, written by hand, are two enigmatic words: "I have you." A sensory and emotional journey where memory comes to life through the construction of a personal and political map.
A short film about a sculptor who has been devoted to his profession for over 50 years. He creates a sculpture of the Mother of God with Jesus Christ in her arms from oak that has been floating in the Prut River for a long time. This work, which took 5-6 months to complete, symbolizes not only the sculptor's skill, but also his dedication and hard work.
American missionaries repair roofs, carry firewood, and try to help the residents of a frontline Ukrainian village. There are two things standing in their way: the Absurd and the Language Barrier.
A story set in Calamar, a village in the middle of the Colombian jungle, where Blanca, a midwife by vocation, continues to bring life into this world. Her hands, the legacy of decades of service to the community, make her a guardian of life in a territory where violence, glyphosate, and neglect have left an indelible mark on the deep memory of its inhabitants. Together with Margarita, her friend and accomplice, we explore the profound relationship that destiny has bestowed upon them in relation to a birth.
The inspiring story of Emerson School, a beacon of specialist education, and its profound impact on the lives of students with additional learning needs.
The documentary portrays the T-company unit of the 67th Brigade, revealing the stories of individual soldiers through images of their daily lives, combat missions, and training at the shooting range. The film aims to encourage broader support for the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Throughout the film, the author accompanies the soldiers during their service and leisure time.