Around four and a half million people currently work in Austria, but one in five of them does not have an Austrian passport. Hanno Settele fictitiously sends this group on vacation for exactly one day. What would happen on this day without foreigners in Austria?
A documentary film about one woman's incredible life journey to meet and build a relationship with Ayahuasca. Her name is Tatiana Aya Tupinambá and she chose the path of an Ayahuasca curandera. Travel into the jungle with us near Pucallpa, Peru to meet Tatiana's Ashaninka teacher, Juan Flores. Experience the magical location of Mayantuyacu, where Tatiana's journey of self-discovery and healing blossomed. Mayantuyacu is a world famous healing center and is known for it's incredible unique geothermal river which is the largest boiling river on the planet. Learn about plant 'dietas', see the process of making Ayahuasca, and witness the fascinating practice that is 'Curanderismo', the way of healing in the Amazon rainforest. Understand how the Ayahuasca songs, Icaros, are learned from the plants and connect to force that these vibrational medicines carry.
The Kruger National Park in South Africa is a hive of activity. Aardvarks, pangolins and many other species of wild animals live side by side here. In order to survive, they rely on their senses, which have been honed to perfection, because danger lurks everywhere in the national park. The documentary provides insights into the unknown world of seven wild animal species that have rarely been filmed to date.
In the spring of 2022, a forgotten photographic treasure was discovered in Lithuania - 840 negatives that had been hiding in the museum's archives for over 80 years. The documentary tells the story of the Museum's persistent researchers, whose patience and stubbornness resurrect the past, leading us through the labyrinth of the archives, where every answer gives rise to new questions.
The story of a painfully shy woman's accidental rise to power and how it changed history. After a family tragedy, Kay evolved from a "doormat wife" into a legendary newspaper publisher. Nixon's nemesis during Watergate, she fought for truth, broke barriers in a sexist world, and won a Pulitzer Prize, inspiring generations with her courage and resilience.
A short visual companion to the Kelela’s live album “In the Blue Light”. A masterful re-interpreter of her own songs, the future-facing singer-songwriter gives a lush, harp-assisted performance of music from across her discography at New York’s famed Blue Note Jazz Club.
If a tree falls dead, does it cease to be alive? Like a deep breath in the forest, Siob explores the different textures of wood, from its life in nature to its rebirth as a musical instrument. And what if, in human hands, wood found its voice again?
The film delves into the reality of frontline workers who protect the right to abortion, an unprecedented access. Their stories are accompanied by powerful testimonies from women who have experienced a termination of pregnancy, breaking the silence and isolation.
A filmmaker shoots a diary between December 2023 and July 2024, recording what surrounds her. The glimpses and banalities of the everyday experience are inseparable from the collective events unfolding outside.
Having lost her memory, A. could barely recall glimpses of her childhood in Argentina. After her death, her son visits the empty house for the last time. A sensory journey through a house without objects but filled with memory.
Sofía, a young journalist immersed in making an artistic documentary about the Chilean army, goes back to live with her grandmother after a breakdown in a relationship. There she meets María, a woman whose view of the military legacy contrasts with that of her grandmother, reflecting the tensions of a country marked by its history.
John Connors invites his grandmother Chrissy Donohue Ward into the frame to share the myths and oral traditions that shaped her and inspired him as a filmmaker. A lifelong Mincéir activist and poet, Chrissy blends enchanting fairytales with raw truths, celebrating the Irish Traveller community’s resilience. A powerful exploration of storytelling’s enduring magic, this documentary invites audiences to embrace the overlooked beauty of Mincéir culture and its rich legacy of connection and belonging.