As the only road leading to the Caucasus mountain region of Tusheti, Georgia, closes for 7 months of winter, a handful of holdouts remain. Experiencing time outside the flow of state regulation and consumer exchange, this smattering of people form a tight, interdependent group — navigating intergenerational friction, the remnants of the Soviet Union, and uncertainty over their community’s future.
Who the hell are they? They're nobodies. They're just a couple of kids from Moose Jaw. Moose where? I think it's in Canada. They're good. But boss, for Christ's sake, they're just singing a love song. Love songs are out!
In Žilnik’s hilarious and sneakily charming docu-fiction, post-socialist restitution returns his childhood home to Serbian jazz musician Stevan. After six decades in Germany, he returns to his homeland where a series of reunions sheds light on his life.
Glass arrangements on overhead projectors shine. This work is a sea of moods. And although the sources of this emotional scenery are visible in their fragility, we can hardly escape their strength. What happens when all the suns set at the same time?
Fragmented views of deserts and Baghdad interiors evoke a society shaped by war, repression and resilience, linking cosmic beliefs with history and memory.
A projection-based installation explores the aftermath of displacement following the creation of a massive dam in the southern Indian state of Telangana. Archival material from three generations of researchers meet on the surface of a screen.
Each day of 2024 is represented by one minute of footage. Two transgender filmmakers in a long-distance relationship document their personal lives for an entire year as a form of therapy. The project forces the couple to examine who they are as individuals, lovers, and artists in a world that threatens their existence.
With incredible intimacy, filmmaker Susanna Cappellaro documents her husband Scott’s decision to have an extrasensory device implanted into his body in order to increase his awareness of the world around him. As Scott goes further down this path, he can't understand his wife's resistance.
Three beekeeping families convened to discuss various challenges in their trade. They delved into topics such as the perilous migration of beehives, transportation hurdles, and the local farmers' resistance to placing hives in prime bee food areas, along with their disapproval of bee pollination efforts. Additionally, beekeepers contended with the repercussions of Myanmar's political shifts and escalating commodity prices, further exacerbating their plight.
In their feature-length debut, Gossing/Sieckmann dive into the merfolk subculture with performance artist and siren Una. Genre elements, fiction and documentary, self-care, political activism and self-chosen identities blend into one another.
In the middle of the 20th century, a small town in Spanish Andalusia on the Costa del Sol becomes an international high society meeting place: Marbella. The nucleus is the “Marbella Club” – opened in 1954 by Prince Alfonso zu Hohenlohe, a descendant of the German nobility. His rich, famous club friends enjoy this picturesque setting on the Mediterranean. The insider tip for the nobility, the super-rich and Hollywood stars quickly becomes one of Europe's tourist hotspots. A rapid rise begins, which seems to know no limits thanks to bubbling petrodollars, but then almost fails due to one of Spain's biggest corruption scandals. The focus of the film is the city itself. How did the once insignificant coastal town become a metropolis of the international jet set? How have glamor and scandals shaped the city? How did she maintain her charm and appeal despite profound periods of decline?