The skeletal remains of factories on People’s Island today serve only as mementos of a time when this landscape was considered a prime industrial area of Budapest and the Danube. The rust belt is dynamically transforming, taking on a new face each year. Change is inevitable, but in whose interest is the island being transformed? And what impact does this transformation have on the people living on the island? 'Songs from People’s Island’ is a visual study and musical panorama with elements of absurdist tragicomedy, exploring the changes occurring on the island from the perspective of a homeless islander.
Follow Canadian Matty Clarke and Arkansan, Adam Riley, who who attempt to cross the Northwest Passage, a 2,200-mile sea route over the top of Canada, aboard handmade rowboats.
Boston’s subway is notorious for delays, but just how fast is it compared to the city’s own runners? In this unique race organized by Run Dirty Water, Boston's runners took on the challenge, racing across the city to see if they could beat the MBTA from start to finish.
It is a documentary about mostly inner-city birds. It is meant to examine their lives in a more metropolitan context as they become increasingly tangled in our everyday lives.
After opening a chest of memories, a girl narrates events from chilean dictatorship and the murder of Nadia Fuentes Concha through the figure of bread, which is present in chilean everyday life.
After meeting at an infamous clown school in France, five international theatre artists travel to Calgary, Canada with the goal of creating and staging four original shows in under three months.
With an original staging of text and music, Orlando follows the trail of one of the greatest composers of the Renaissance: Orlando di Lasso (also known as Roland de Lassus). His life and masterful oeuvre continue to move people to this day. Although he was a European star at the time, di Lasso had to endure the indignities of his social status as a servant. This documentary explores the relationship between art and power, musically accompanied by the ensemble La Tempête.
‘RETURN’ follows Torstein Horgmo, Mikey Ciccarelli, Mons Røisland, Brandon Cocard, Brandon Davis, and Raibu Katayama as they push the boundaries of what can be accomplished snowboarding when innovative minds join forces.
In "Boccara - The Fantastic World of a Visionary Artist", documentarian Diana Boccara embarks on an intimate and transformative journey, spending weeks alongside her father, an eccentric and reclusive artist. Initially aiming to capture his art, Diana is surprised to discover not only a passionate creator but also a man with captivating humor and a unique worldview. The film reveals not only a selection of his works but also Boccara's ideas and life philosophies, inviting us to explore the creative and fascinating universe of a true visionary.
This is the little-known story of an extraordinary, highly charismatic and adventurous character, born in 1900 in Tsarist Russia. A member of the nobility, Boris Skossyreff was a Nazi collaborator, “assistant” to the Queen of the Netherlands, but above all self-proclaimed king of the Principality of Andorra in 1934, quickly chased away by the French and Spanish authorities. Involved in the great conflicts of the 20th century from which he always emerged unscathed, this enigmatic man was in reality a professional crook and forger, but also a gigolo, organizer of orgies… An unpublished documentary, based on a fascinating investigation carried out over more than a decade, in collaboration with an international team of historians and advisors.
Sixteen-year-old Michele works as a cowboy on a wild plateau. Together with his colleague, twenty-one-old Alexandra, he offers horseback rides across the vast fields to tourists. But nothing has been the same since the dramatic events of the previous winter.