The year is 2024 AD. Beirut is entirely occupied by the forces of privatized boredom. Well, not entirely... A few areas of indomitable players still hold out against the devastation of public space for leisure. Playtime Karantina is the first episode of "Beirut Belongs to Whom ?", a documentary film series about urban issues in Beirut. A collaboration between filmmakers and urban researchers, with the aim of kindling the discussion on our city, and the claiming of it by all its dwellers.
During her lifetime 12th-century abbess and mystic Hildegard von Bingen invented a secret language, the lingua ignota, which purpose remains unclear up until today. Taking the idea of visions as a starting point for playing with the filmic image and montage, Lingua Ignota connects a research into the different facets of Hildegard von Bingen’s life - music, plants, language - with an audio-visual diary. Collecting images at Disibodenberg, a former monastery where Hildegard used to live, visiting friends on a Danish Island and seasons changing - the principle of an unknown language connects the images and dictates their order, seeking correspondences between different spaces and temporalities.
Album combines four portraits of places and people filmed over the course of one year: A New Year shows a few days spent in a small hut near the German Czech border. The rhythm of the days dictates the rhythm of the film - making a fire, looking out of the window, spending time together at the table. La Grotta documents a peculiar state of relaxed concentration on a spring day by the sea, solving crossword puzzles with friends and panning shots along the rock formations. Late Summer is a portrait of our friends Heide and Karola, who recently moved into a new apartment. From the stairwell to their rooms, light, objects and colors reveal the idiosyncrasies and experiences of two shared lives. In the fall we visited Ewelina, Nuno and Helena in Portugal, Mãozinha is an immediate and gentle expression of these days together: falling leaves in the park, small hands and large objects, the setting sun paints the clouds in different shades.
Trillion Cut: Diamonds of Resilience" paints a vivid portrait of six transgender aging women in Los Angeles who find strength and support within their "Diamonds" group. The film delves into their individual struggles, from battling societal prejudice and accessing essential resources to forging meaningful connections. Despite the pressures they face, their resilience shines through, making this a powerful tribute to their determination.
You’ve heard the stories… You’ve seen the footage… But what if everything you thought you knew about UFOs and aliens was a LIE? The government won’t touch it. Scientists won’t admit it. Even the UFO community won’t face it. Why? Because this truth is too dangerous, too shocking, and too convicting to accept. A cosmic deception is unfolding before our eyes and it will soon ensnare the entire world. But there IS a way to unmask their true identity. Once you see it, you will never be able to go back. The book of Revelation reveals their hidden agenda—their grand plan of lying wonders that will march the whole world into the enforcement of the mark of the beast that will decide the fate of the souls of men.
Brings to light the harrowing experiences of survivors who endured abuse while in state care in New Zealand. Through candid interviews and personal narratives, the film delves into the systematic failures that led to countless individuals suffering, predominantly from Māori communities.
On a bright January morning in 2020, 38-year-old Clemency Burton-Hill - Clemmie - suffered a catastrophic brain haemorrhage. Against the odds, she emerged from a 17-day coma, but she was unable to speak or walk and was faced with having to rebuild her life. Using compelling recordings from the early days of her recovery, this documentary follows Clemmie as she tries to return to her work as a broadcaster, finish the book she started before her brain injury, and play her beloved violin again with her son.
'Clarity of Cal' captures the quiet chaos behind Vulfpeck’s most ambitious undertaking: recording a studio album entirely on stage. Over eight live shows—six in Berkeley, two in Los Angeles—the band pursues a single goal: the perfect take, played in real time, without a net. Director Carter Knopik documents the grind of rehearsals, the strain of performance, and the pressure of trying to bottle magic without breaking it. A raw and revealing portrait of what it means to chase clarity—in art, and in self.
In the remote expanses of Eastern Oregon, a rash of unexplained cattle mutilations reignites a decades-old mystery of the American West. What unravels is an ode to the steadfast ranchers and farmers clinging to the legacies of the Western cowboy life in contemporary America.
Diagnosed with stage four cancer 20 years ago, Rob Shaver made a pact to run every day until he dies. "The Life We Have" is a quiet, powerful reflection on mortality, resilience, and the choice to live with beautiful effort.