Among the ruins of a magical place in the middle of the Tuscan countryside, as if arriving from another planet, two giant amplifiers, sixteen musicians, and their instruments touch down. Despite the Abbey’s lack of a roof, which would allow the sound an easy escape into the sky, Lucio Corsi and his companions manage to trap the music in an original and evocative film.
Filmed over seven years, the documentary follows Valter Hugo Mãe as he writes his novel “A Desumanização”, across journeys through Iceland, Brazil, Portugal, Colombia, and Macau. A visual meditation on solitude, loss, and belonging, featuring appearances by cartoonist Laerte Coutinho and Icelandic composer Hilmar Örn Hilmarsson, mentor of bands such as Sigur Rós and Björk. The film is part of the project “The Meaning of Life”, which director Miguel Gonçalves Mendes has been developing for more than a decade: a series of nine features built as a kaleidoscope of contemporary figures, in which the filmmaker invites us to reflect on what makes us, as humans, unique beings.
Weaving intimate conversations with hundreds of hours of never-before-seen archive and home video, this documentary draws a compelling portrait of an artist who spent his life battling his own ego and a career torn between art and commerce all in pursuit of fulfilling his dream.
LAB MAN is a docu-portrait about Arturo Arnold, a master of emulsion who processes all the 8mm and 16mm motion picture film for a busy film lab in North Hollywood.
In the mid-2000s, Rick Canty lost his mother and their home in Barry, Wales. Evicted, he climbed onto his roof in protest, remaining there for years. Rick on the Roof uses candid interviews and archive to reveal how his quiet neighbourhood transformed into a thriving community. Neighbours threw street parties and rallied around Rick through storms, until he was injured under mysterious circumstances. Amidst the backdrop of today’s cost of living crisis, the town reflects on Rick’s extraordinary defiance. This bittersweet documentary tells the peculiar story of one man on a roof who inspired and united a working-class Welsh community.
Hendrik Waringa, singer and founder of the country band Early Bird, is followed together with his musical grandson Maurits van Nijen in the run-up to the reunion concert to be performed in celebration of the band's 60th anniversary.
A woman places a chair on the sidewalk in Rio and watches as the neighbourhood "unfolds" before her eyes – like a movie scene. Workers, tourists, dogs and street life combine to form a Copacabana portrait, through clever editing and montage.
Filmed inside the many worlds of virtual reality, this documentary dives into VR's history, usage, and future. Told through the many users and communities inside this digital space.
This documentary series "The Pain of Water" PAANI DEE HOOK is about depleting and contaminated waters of Punjab. Excessive and unregulated use of pesticides, fertilizers since the Green Revolution is the root cause of all the problems.
Two young documentarists travel around a forsaken island in the aftermath of a cataclysmic volcanic eruption. Their wanders lead them to the encounter of Professor Pereda, an acoustic geologist, conducting researches on geo-acoustics.
The Last Sacrifice delves into the real-life 1945 witchcraft killing of Charles Walton—the terrifying event that inspired The Wicker Man and birthed the folk horror genre. This unsettling true-crime interrogation probes into the eerie, enigmatic cultural undercurrents that shaped 1970's folk horror genre, leaving an indelible mark on cinema and public psyche.
When a swan nest disappears in Munich, a nature lover, teacher, and painter sets out on a quest to find them. Along the way, she discovers a friendship with whom she can share her reflections.
“No one can afford to live here,” says a Roma woman at a new complex. In a place called the Bronx stands a house with a chip-controlled entrance. My grandma once lived here but when she returns, she no longer recognizes it. The city attracts investors but is it losing life?