Ded Moroz embarks on a journey to wish children and adults a Happy New Year 2023 across five countries, striving to bring support and holiday cheer while figuring out where his own home is now. In everyday life, Vasya Sonykin is a film scholar by education and translator by trade, a husband and father of two. Having left his home country, he ends up in Istanbul, separated from his family without clear prospects. He transforms into Ded Moroz—Russia's Santa Claus equivalent, delivering New Year's gifts and joy—and travels through Turkey, Georgia, Armenia, Israel, and Kazakhstan to greet people, congratulate them on the holiday, and help accept the ending year. Following Ded Moroz's wanderings, it addresses key questions: What is home? How do we define it? What are we searching for? Where are we headed? How to describe our transitional state? And crucially—does space remain for dreams and miracles?
A follow up to his 2007 hit documentary Garbage! The Revolution Starts At Home, filmmaker and environmental activist Andrew Nisker tries to answer the question his last film posted: have we made the planet a greener place than it was almost 20 years ago?
Soccer is the number one, two and three national sport in Germany. But soccer is much more than just two teams, a ball and whoever scores the most goals wins. Children dream of a professional career and big money. Modern soccer is a powerful industry with investors, multi-club networks, consultants and salaries in the millions. This report shows the popular sport of soccer and its talents - between sporting competition and international economic factor.
In this unprecedented director's cut, the short films "Peixe Vivo" (fiction) and "Peixes Vivos" (documentary) merge into a single film, engaging with the theme of trans childhood.
Many people have some stories. Some people have many stories. Bobby is one man with too many stories. Enjoy this heartwarming short documentary about dreams, disappointments, and Dr Hook.
The story of an American composer born a hundred years too late. Roger Lasher Nortman, a romantic classical composer, seems to be marooned in our time. His irascible character and the archaic beauty of his music, which belongs more to the golden age of classical composition than it does to our own, speaks volumes but doesn't reveal the torment that surrounds him.
Friends, family and co-stars take part in this revealing and entertaining look at British icon Roger Moore and his rise to global fame. With rare home-movie footage.
Panto-aficionado Gyles will immerse himself in every aspect of the genre, from its roots in commedia dell’arte and Victorian music hall to scene painting, slapstick and the making of a pantomime dame. He’ll be joined on his merry way (oh yes he will!) by pantomime experts including Julian Clary and Gary Wilmot, celebrating the panto in all its vibrant, joyful glory.
We joined forces with the industry leaders in the world of BioHacking. Discovering the secrets to longevity and a healthier life as a family, and bringing it to the average household to help them get started on their journey. What once started as one feature length documentary, has evolved into 4, as news spiraled of our creation, more of the worlds leading experts, inventors, scientists and so on wanted to join forces to make this the most star studded and informative health documentary of our era.
Chief Eduardo Werá Ortis walks through space and time to record and narrate the origin and journey of his indigenous community from the perspective of the Mbya-Guarani culture.
It is a story about life, hopes and dreams. Normal Day is an observational documentary about the lives of a group of children living a normal day in a rural area far from civilization in Thailand.
Martin Scorsese is renowned for his masterful use of music in his films. His relationship with music is deep and complex, and he considers it a crucial element of cinematic storytelling. In many of his films, music plays a role almost as important as the characters themselves. It can serve to underscore the characters' emotions, reinforce the film's themes, or evoke a particular era. While Scorsese regularly collaborates with renowned composers to create memorable soundtracks, from Bernard Herrmann and Elmer Bernstein to Robbie Robertson and Howard Shore, what he enjoys most is incorporating existing pieces of music ; "the soundtrack to his life", as he puts it.
Music is a riddle of evolution. Humans sing, dance, feel the beat: this ability to perceive, enjoy and produce music is called musicality. But is Homo sapiens the only musical species? This documentary provides insights into previous research into musicality and rhythm in nature and the animal world in search of their origins.
Since 2010, Pastoral Migratoria has invited Catholics to respond to their baptismal call and take part in service and justice actions in their parish communities to support their fellow immigrants – past and present. “Agentes de su Propio Desarrollo” documents Pastoral Migratoria leaders at various stages of their journey as they learn how to accompany fellow migrants. Together with others in the Archdiocese these agents work to welcome all who seek shelter in Chicago.
A documentary following the eccentric director Piero Galli during the production of his low-budget independent film "Agente Segreto 6667 - Più che Mai a Brescia".