Through the lens of a discerning auteur, this home video compilation artfully weaves together the tapestry of senior year, embracing the tapestry of life's moments - from festive holidays filled with laughter and familial warmth, to intimate gatherings with cherished friends. Capturing the essence of human connection, it delves into deep and poignant conversations, juxtaposed with the beauty found in the mundane. Each frame serves as a testament to the richness of experience, reminding us that even the simplest of moments hold profound significance in the grand narrative of existence.
Panellinion is an out-of-place-and-time chess coffeehouse in the center of Athens; a refuge for people who suffocate in everyday life, who despise and fail to adapt in the conditions of modern life. Giannis, the owner of the traditional coffee-house, hates chess and views chess players as creeps. On the other hand he looks upon the regulars as his children:Scientists, artists, retirees, workers who seek outlet and consolation -or obsession that ruined their lives- in chess, make confessions, recall old stories of legendary eccentric customers with tears in their eyes, roister, drink and sing.
Sabato De Sarno, Gucci’s new creative director, presents a glimpse into the creation of the Gucci Ancora show—his first collection for the iconic fashion house. In the days leading up to the show, De Sarno shares his personal experiences, revealing his passions and vision for Gucci’s new chapter.
MamaPan is an artisan bakery where the female employees are social cases who would hardly find a job given that, for example, they cannot read or write. We see the harsh reality of these women, their instability and their inability to adapt, which results from all the problems they bring from home. The film presents their perspective in contact with the economic and entrepreneurial perspective and once again shows the problems in the social system related to the integration of vulnerable people in Romania.
A forgotten video letter revives images of a ghostly character. This enigmatic portrait offers a journey through memory, in which we glimpse a story of exile. The words, actions and images, as well as the silences, that were recorded resist the test of time. In this video, Benjamin R. Taylor reveals a powerful time machine to be used with caution.
How do you craft the portrait of Jean-Luc Godard, or better yet a portrait of his methodology, his universe, his way of constructing or deconstructing cinema, that is equal to his own cinematic audacity and genius? How could it be anything other than by taking risks, and trying out equally radical methods, never straying from to his example. The two filmmakers immerse us into the storage warehouse where, in 2010, all the archives kept by Godard in Switzerland were transferred, and they create a doppelganger (or a duplicate) of the director, who takes up the role of our guide into his world. Excerpts from his writings, his images, his perspective in cinema give us a glimpse into his mythology, his techniques, his singular gaze, and therefore also in his worldview.
Documentary on the legendary talk-radio comic legend Phil Hendrie, who influenced a legion of great comedic minds through his innovative and relatively short-lived, off-the-wall radio show.
Wisconsin's tribe's ongoing fight to protect Lake Superior for future generations. "Bad River" shows the Bad River Band of Lake Superior Chippewa's long history of activism and resistance in the context of continuing legal battles with Enbridge Energy over its Line 5 oil pipeline. The Line 5 pipeline has been operating on 12 miles of the Bad River Band's land with expired easements for more than a decade. The Band and the Canadian company have been locked in a legal battle over the pipeline since 2019.
Janey Godley takes centre stage in this engaging and insightful documentary about the fearless and funny comic. Janey found fame for her sweary anti-Trump placards and became a social media sensation as she revoiced First Minister Nicola Sturgeon’s Covid briefings. 'First I was cancelled, then I got cancer,' Janey notes as she recalls being called out for racist historic tweets, apologising and then trying to rebuild her career before receiving her diagnosis. That didn’t stop her from going on tour and director John Archer interweaves fly-on-the-wall footage with interviews from people such as Jimmy Carr, Nicola Sturgeon, and Janey's daughter, Ashley, that reveal details of a difficult Glasgow childhood.
'Tránsitos' emerges from a desire to film the San Fermin festival in Super 8. Pamplona becomes a theatre where everyone dresses in red and white, where it feels like everything revolves around a panting bull in a portrait of the decadence of one world and the birth of another.
'Año y vez' is how land was traditionally farmed in Urroz. The tradition is no longer used these days, but those hands still work the fields and children from the local school, on fallow land, watch these processes for the first time.
The Bay of Biscay and Mount Ulia, with its old trees, bear witness to the encounter between two ancient languages: Quechua and Basque, which come together in a ritual. Between readings, invocations and prayers, the day passes from one sunrise to another.