"Hey Rin, let’s send a jam sandwich to space." Rin came to Kyoto from Seoul, and Sola came to Kyoto from Okinawa. They met at university and have since pursued filmmaking together. They like having fun and they like filming funny things and laughing together. They want to fly a jam sandwich. They want to shoplift a film camera. They want to trace Sora's family roots in Okinawa. The two sublimate their desires to filmmaking. For the two, film is like a magic wand. They transform it into all kinds of genres and put themselves in it. The two desire to know each other, but never compromise and, instead, accept their uncertain identities just to have the greatest conversation.
"Porche" is an American short musical documentary directed by Joe Redmond and Luis Angeles, based on the album of the same name. It follows the journey of two small-town rappers, JRGRETZKY (Joe Redmond) and Margiela Sorcerer (Luis Angeles) over several years as they attempt to find their sound and create an album with the help of their friends, fellow rapper CashStarChris (Chris Gnos) and filmmaker Jamdry (Jamdry Rodrigues). The result is a kaleidoscopic odyssey, a 30-minute long visual album examining the boundless limits of adolescent creativity and ambition.
Alexey Trantsev and Alexey Mutin lost their hands as a result of an electrical injury. Years later, they mastered bionic prostheses and live like ordinary people. Only they sorely lack the ability to feel with their hands — to feel warmth, cold, water, or touch their beloved girlfriend. Meanwhile, scientists are developing a system for sensing hand prostheses.
Documentary showing the work of the Pro-Tamarit Collective in organizing the Tamarite de Litera Magicians' Gathering, held in honor of the illustrious magician Florences Gili.
A grammar guru takes her pop-up grammar advice stand on a road trip across all 50 states to show that comma fights can bring us closer together in a divided time.
The child prodigy of communist Bulgaria lives in a small apartment in Lyulin. The state has promised Vasco to study at a prestigious music school in the West, but the death of a top party functionary replaces New York with Moscow. There, Vasco's talent is forged under the harsh laws of a school with three hundred years of history, until the next historical event turns the orbit of his entire family's life.
As America’s only original art form, the cultural relevance of jazz is at risk of being forgotten, if not for the dedicated announcers at KCSM Jazz 91.1.
According to climate scientists, the year 2050 will be a tipping point in the history of our planet. As seawater slowly but surely warms up, the ice in Antarctica is melting before our very eyes.
In a small, quiet Greek village, nestled high in the mountains above an ancient volcano, a group of elderly villagers must move the remains of their ancestors to a mausoleum at the peak of the mountain of Prophet Elias…
The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is the world’s largest producer of cobalt, a rare earth mineral that is essential in the production of technologies. In this hybrid documentary, South African artists Francois Knoetze and Amy Louise Wilson, together with Congolese historian Joe-Yves Salankang Sa-Ngol, trace the trans-continental journey of this precious metal: from its violent extraction in the mines of DRC to its sale on global stock markets. The Rock Speaks weaves a complex contemplation on an urgent ecological crisis that is fuelled by obscene labour practices that our technological systems demand.
Documentary about the life and work of Carlos Inzillo, a cultural reference for jazz in Argentina, creator and coordinator of a series of jazz concerts that have been held every Tuesday in the City of Buenos Aires since 1984.
János Baksa-Soós, aka Prince January. A man who influenced those who influenced us. “Sometimes you have to make time for a whole life!” he said. He did, and we explored his incredible life. Starting from Zoltán Kodály, we fly over downtown KEX concerts, dive into the deepest recesses of Berlin punk and end up who knows where. Somewhere in the cosmos.
Filmmaker Jessica Hall’s sister Katherine manages her intellectual disability by leading an independent, creative, and joyful life. Every Saturday, Katherine and her mother, Frances, share a cherished routine: thrifting, browsing the hardware store and working side by side on their intricate miniature-house projects. Saturday documents their story, blending present-day moments with intimate home movies that trace their immigration journey and family history. With warmth, creativity and quiet resilience, the film celebrates Katherine’s independence and the powerful bond between mother and daughter.
Longie (a colloquial term for "longshoreman") is a short nonfiction film featuring two dockworkers from the Los Angeles waterfront town of San Pedro, California.
A fisherman reflects on his fishing days in the Chagos prior to his displacement to Mauritius. He also shares the happiness he found in activities such as attending parties with séga music, exploring the islands of the archipelago to catch crabs, and making coconut liquor at home. Another part of the film focuses on his journey of adapting to life in Mauritius.