Since 2021, journalist Cosgun Eldaroglu has been making a 130 km trip every two weeks from Baku to his native Shabran district to voluntarily teach private classes to the children of Gazbabali village. Gazbabali is a mountainous village with only a primary school. To continue their education, pupils must travel to the neighboring village of Amirkhanli. However, due to poverty, the long distance, and the lack of infrastructure most parents cannot afford to send their children for further education. The situation is especially dire for girls - safety concerns further limit educational opportunities for girls. As a result, most girls are unable to continue their education beyond the fourth grade, curtailing their opportunities for personal and professional growth.
Technology is always present in our lives. In many cases, it improves our lives, but we often are not able to manage it, especially when it reaches the end of its life. This issue can create serious imbalances that affect our planet. The documentary Materia Viva addresses this concept to open up and tackle a series of environmental issues: recycling and resource management, the circular economy, and topics like climate change and climate neutrality
Amidst the approaching colorful circus performance, we looked underneath the big top to meet circus performers about their lives. The performers interviewed all worked for the established Cirque Italia's Water and Paranormal shows. Our main stars: Roxanne Midi, Margarita Denysova, and Alexander Acero took the audience away with their amazing stories about working in an athletic/entertainment career.
Maurice and I is a feature-length documentary celebrating Sir Miles Warren and Maurice Mahoney’s hugely influential architectural partnership, and their legacy that was all but lost in the devastating Christchurch Earthquakes.
«I often have dreams. Careless dreams. When the sun was shining. It was calm and quiet. And a peaceful sky overhead.» An experimental musical film on the theme of love. Memories of the past excite the imagination and make you evaluate what is happening in the present in a new way.
Edwina Currie, Matthew Parris and Ian Hislop lead a cast of politicians and journalists sharing personal memories of Cecil Parkinson and the scandal that ended his political ambitions – a secret affair with his secretary Sara Keays that lasted 12 years and would threaten the stability of the Conservative government. A story of power, politics and personal consequences.
Tulare Lake, once the largest freshwater lake west of the Mississippi, was drained by settlers in the 19th century and transformed into one of the most valuable agricultural lands in the world. This visual essay explores the emptiness of the former lake and the ongoing water crisis. Today, farm machinery, animals and people search for water in the resulting dry valley.
With his love for music, an old man at Recto Avenue in Manila continues to sell physical CDs and DVDs in the age of digital streaming. As he keeps his passion alive, he also keeps physical media an art form and a culture worth-preserving.
Legendary 80 year-old showgirl Brandy Lee recalls how the Glade, a Honolulu nightclub famous for its “Boys Will Be Girls” revue, became a place of community, refuge, and joy for mahu – individuals of dual male and female spirit – during a time of violent anti-trans discrimination.
The death of a father and a chilling encounter deep in Panama’s untamed jungle trigger a personal exploration of life and death through encounters with a diverse collection of people who face mortality’s physical and symbolic borders in their life and work.
Delving into the relationship between Venice as a place and the people who move through it, J’adore Venise focuses on the phenomenon of disappearing bodies that result from both anthropogenic environmental degradation and the pervasive influence of surveillance capitalism.
After giving birth to a deaf daughter, a Pakistani mother questions the custom that would have her hide her child out of family shame, and ends up building a community that uplifts deaf children through education and respect.