“Under Pressure” examines the unique struggles of African Nova Scotian men through the perspective of Dennis Adams Jr., a bald, bearded Black man. With raw honesty, the film weaves themes of identity, mental health, and personal growth, offering an intimate look at life in modern-day New Scotland (Nova Scotia).
Being mixed-race can be challenging, navigating the world often feels complicated. Aesha shares her journey from childhood to adulthood. Facing toxic environments but finding strength in the right people and embracing who you are is the key to making it easier.
A compassionate Black immigrant physician shares his personal experience of systemic barriers and resilience required to overcome racial disparities and address critical gaps. The documentary highlights the intersectional challenges of race, immigration, and inequities in Canada's healthcare landscape and how this impacts his mental wellbeing.
West Flemish Brussels native Brihang, aka Boudy Verleye, is seeing his popularity soar. How does he balance this flourishing artist's life with young fatherhood? From the summer of 2024 to the spring of 2025. From the stage at Couleur Café to his latest album, "Droomvoeding": Brihang is having a remarkable year. He'll play Rock Werchter for the first time, tour the Netherlands, and receive an MIA and Gold Record for his "Droomvoeding" in early 2025. After that, Brihang's popularity reaches a peak. The show "Brihang - Extra Lang" sells out in no time. He effortlessly fills the Coretec Dome two nights in a row. As a West Flemish native, he becomes one with the audience. As much as Boudy and Brihang want to enjoy the "now," there's always something pushing him towards the future. He still lives in Brussels, but his heart is set on where he came from. Will he and his family find happiness elsewhere?
From ancient practices such as death by a thousand cuts and hanging, drawing and quartering to the modern scientific era of lethal injection, we ask the question: do the most horrific crimes deserve the most horrific of punishments?
With no previous film experience, the master director finds herself in the magical world of film sets, embarking on an artistic journey that began with coincidences that changed the course of her life. Inspired by the work of established filmmakers, Biket İlhan developed her skills as if she were attending a school. Despite facing many challenges, including the difficulty of finding producers for her films, she persevered and built her extraordinary legacy brick by brick. She took bold steps to achieve this, always maintaining her commitment to art and his independent stance in the world of cinema. Are you ready to witness her determination to realise her dreams, her resilience in the face of challenges and the intricacies of the filmmaking process — all without worrying about box-office success, but simply following her heart?
A reconstruction of the artistic memory of the Biancos, Pelicoris, and Alonsos, a family interwoven with theater, film, and radio drama. Through the intimate puzzle piece that sisters Ingrid Pelicori and Irina Alonso piece together, the film rescues an essential legacy of Argentine cultural heritage and invites us to immerse ourselves in the golden decades of the 1940s through the 1970s.
Deborah returns to Pehuajó, the city where she spent her entire childhood, to discover the true story of Manuelita, María Elena Walsh's iconic character. She reflects on her city's identity, feminism, the history of Argentine cinema, and her own past.
Set in the remote fly-in community of Sandy Lake First Nation in Northwestern Ontario, Muddy Water explores the transformative power of music, culture, and youth empowerment.
A documentary based on interviews with several contemporary Portuguese Drag Kings, created within the framework of the show KING SIZE (2025) by Sónia Baptista – a co-production of Teatro Nacional D. Maria II and the DDD Festival – a project that explores the performativity of masculinity in a queer context.
CHA EUN-WOO CONCERT: MEMORIES in cinemas — A Journey of Emotion and Romance We don’t know what genre your life was before this moment—but after today, it becomes a Romantic Fantasy. And in that story, the leads are CHA EUN-WOO… and you. Experience a journey through love, heartbreak, and lingering memories. With deeply emotional acting and heartfelt performances, CHA EUN-WOO amplifies every feeling, while music seamlessly flows through each moment, enhancing the cinematic immersion. Moments when you dreamed, loved, and hurt, within a breathtaking fantasy world—where CHA EUN-WOO delivers the final chapter of your story, written just for you.
A dauntless film director, an enfant terrible in his early days, confrontational with censorship, always pushing the boundaries of freedom of expression, chronicler of the darkest corners of the transition, De la Iglesia will fall into the clutches of drug addiction, being forgotten and sometimes repudiated for more than a decade before eventually shaking off the ostracism to make films once again, that habit he could never kick.