A look at the daily practice of a horse-human relationship through the eyes of the mare as she travels through her world being transported, anesthetized, treated and led, infused with an unexpected sense of happiness at her own existence. The horse's point of view is the most effective element of the film. The human is introduced as an onlooker who follows, measures and takes in the horse as an object.
The story of a girl's life that has been destroyed due to the death of her mother. But her mother's death is not the main reason, and the external roots of the problem are slowly emerging...
More recently, in the middle of the last century, a group of enthusiasts began to develop a sport unique to Russia: water skiing. Very quickly, riding on the water behind the boat became popular: tricks became more complicated, new champions appeared. And a few decades later, water skiing was replaced by modern wakeboarding — with its own unique path and bright characters.
Under Darkness is a poetic, video collage incorporating stop motion animation. This video explores ideas behind the theme of Insomnia. Filmed after dark, the multiple layering of images and sound draws the viewer into the unsettling emotional world of the insomniac. The words and text are based on a Poem about insomnia by Rebecca Goldthorpe.
A look at the swelling wave of efforts to disenfranchise voters across the U.S. using the 2018 Georgia gubernatorial race between Stacey Abrams and Brian Kemp as a case study for understanding America's restrictive measures in 2024. Through personal stories of voters in battleground states, this film is a rallying call against the calculated, unconstitutional, and racist attacks intended to destroy democracy in the United States.
Experimental Narrative. In the early morning a young woman takes a walk of shame home. With a film stuck in her head, her life begins to take the same shape as the movie she contemplates.
The temperature of the Sun is rising mercilessly. In a few hours, the Earth and its inhabitants will disappear in the fires of hell. But there are those who will survive, flying in spaceships to another galaxy. Among these lucky ones are Bodia and his boyfriend Max. At least, that's what Bodia thinks. Max has completely different plans. He dumps Bodia, stealing tickets to a rescue spaceship for himself and his new boyfriend Vasya. Bodia is preparing to face death alone, until his friend Sasha shows up. She's serious about kicking Max's ass, getting the stolen tickets back, and mending her friend's broken heart. But the friends don't have much time for that.
19 year old Irena Gut is promoted to housekeeper in the home of a highly respected Nazi officer in Poland when she finds out that the Jewish ghetto is about to be liquidated. Determined to help twelve Jewish workers, she decides to shelter them in the safest place she can think of – the basement of the German Major's house. Over the next eight months, Irena uses her wit, humour and immense courage to hide her friends as long as possible.
An intimate look into the lives of one of the most iconic folk-rock bands in America - the Indigo Girls. With never-before-seen archival and intimate vérité the film dives into the songwriting and storytelling of the music that transformed a generation.
Alana (25, Spanish) has completed the musical record she developed during the time allowed by her job. She seeks to share her excitement with Rai (28, Peruvian), but work-related issues stemming from her immigrant status overshadow everything else. Their unequal opportunities and privileges are clear.
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.
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.
An inept man takes up a job of being a Gardener for some easy money but the seemingly simple tasks may prove to be too difficult for him as Gardening isn’t all as it seems.
The story of salvaging warmth in unfinished stories left behind. While Alzheimer’s is very real and can be scary, we need to hold on to little moments that make life worth it. Even though we do still get a sense of life’s realities through Raymond and Joan’s children, this is a love story waiting to be Remembered.
A filmmaker ventures into the archives of her photographer mother to construct a personal story of love, loss, and finding someone in the work they leave behind.