Using diary excerpts, photographs and memories from companions, the film paints the portrait of the artist Jürgen Baldiga who sensitively and authentically captured the West Berlin queer scene of the 1980s and early 1990s with his camera.
Following in the footsteps of the Hamburg film director Hans Schomburgk who travelled through the German colony of Togo from Lomé to the north with his companion and actress Meg Gehrts in 1913, Jürgen Ellinghaus screens the footage shot then at its locations in modern-day Togo. Schomburgk’s affirmative images show slave labour, humiliation and the arrogance of the colonial power. The material is contrasted by Gehrts’ romanticising diary entries and other colonial reports which often testify to a horrifying coldness.
Widely regarded as one of the greatest Rugby League players ever, kiwi hard-man Mark Graham was feared off and, on the field, though little knew the real man or the destruction behind his success. SHARKO, portrays an intimate look at the life of a father, a son and the cost of greatness.
In 2019, a historic trial is held in Paris against three top managers of France Telecom for moral harassment that changes the way of seeing labor relations in the world. The chain of suicides generated by the company’s human resources policies generated a debate that the film has the privilege of registering as a sole witness from within the Courts during the Process.
Filmmaker Gio Petti takes an in-depth look at the city's troublesome transit system in his documentary, Dude, Where's My Bus?. His nearly 2 year-long independent investigation delves into the frustrations of daily commuters in Ottawa and more deeply explores the systemic issues plaguing OC Transpo and their effects on the community. Beginning in the South End Suburbs of Ottawa, Dude, Where's My Bus? peels back layers leading to a broader investigation into issues plaguing the once model transit system. From late buses in neglected areas of the city, sprawl and the greenbelt, to the ever more controversial Confederation Line and the P3 system that built it, Petti aims to explore the impact of policy missteps and broken promises on Ottawa's transit users, with an optimistic look to the future.
Turkey's longest sailing race at 555 nautical miles... A challenging journey lasting 84 hours... In this documentary, you'll witness the thrilling adventure of the Orange Sailing team.
The backwash from the government’s incompetence reverberates intimidations, oppression, and injustices. At a time like this when social conditions and political upheaval favor the Kaliwa Dam Project at the expense of the rights of our Indigenous Peoples from Quezon province, narratives of resistance become deafening enough to challenge the status quo.
A series of short films displayed as a triptych across multiple screens, combining animation with moving image. Portraying multiple towns across Teesside in the North East of England.
Witnesses recount how they experienced the bombing raid on Freiburg, a city in southern Germany, on November 27, 1944. At the time, they were still children. They also provide insights into how these experiences and the wartime period shaped their lives and how they view today’s world through the lens of those events.
An elegy about ‘José Ð Almeida’s life and work. Along an intimate metamorphosis, this dreamlike and visually expressive world created by the visionary and insane dreamer is recreated and performed between a symbiosis of moving image, photography and painting- in a scenic, dramatic, symbolic and mystical tone.
Clothing Club plays music that is, well, mostly about clothes. You like clothes, we like clothes, so it’s pretty simple in a way. Using two iPhones, an old digital camera, and a roll of cling film, Alfred Rubin has captured Clothing Club's universe in this concert film.
Lalo Schifrin was born in Buenos Aires in 1932. His birth is musical, since his father and uncles were members of the stable orchestra of the Colón theater. His training is classical and his passion for jazz emerged as a teenager. He traveled to France at the age of 20, after winning a scholarship to study at the National Conservatory. After this training of excellence, he created a monumental work that brought him fame and toured the main stages of the world, both with his music for film and television and with his jazz or classical works. From his home in Beverly Hills we propose to accompany him on this journey of memory and feelings, letting his music be the guide on this path.