It observes an astonishing cosmos of blooming microorganisms, such as fungi and mould, which have been documented with patience and precision. These images are connected to museum paintings depicting historical and modern Easter processions, while the restoration of frescoes and priests' relics raises questions about decay, fragility, and gratitude.
A joyful and surprising journey into the fascinating world of toddler pop, exploring why kids' music is so catchy, can be deeply meaningful, and how AI is taking hold and shaping the industry. Featuring appearances by The Wiggles, Laurie Berkner, and other musicians.
A documentary that captures a pivotal moment in the ongoing struggle for complete health care equality, at a time when bodily autonomy hangs in the balance.
Guided by professional hunter Marc Warnke and survival expert Callie Russell, struggling tech entrepreneur Mansal Denton sets out on an eight-day remote wilderness expedition in search of elk, along with answers to some of life’s biggest questions.
A Palestinian family deals with the loss of their 22-year-old son Omar after he was shot dead by the Israeli military. The film follows Omars younger brother, his sister and his mother who live in a Palestinian refugee camp near Bethlehem, West Bank. While Omar’s sister Rama holds onto old memories and pictures, his brother Mohammad rarely talks about Omar’s death. But one evening, above the roofs of the camp, he shares his deepest thoughts about the future with his best friend. Omar's death has left deep marks on the siblings and their own will to live. While they struggle to move on with their lives, Omar’s mother is torn between pride and grief. She believes in the meaning of his death as a martyr.
Amid the ruins of northern Gaza, Ibrahim clings to the only companion he has left: Farfour, a stray cat he adopted during the war. Farfour has become more than just a pet for Ibrahim. He has turned into his shadow, his confidant, his last connection to humanity. Together, Ibrahim and Farfour navigate a collapsing world, enduring a relentless siege while living in an unsafe building, with no water and electricity. As the war tightens its grip, Ibrahim must flee.
Director Ollie Launspach is making his graduation film at the Netherlands Film Academy about what it's like for his girlfriend Sterre Mulder that he's transitioning. But over the course of their tender yet halting conversations, she makes him realize that his wariness mainly reveals his own insecurities. Scenes in which he literally backs her into a corner and fires questions at her that all seem to boil down to "Are you going to leave me?" are intercut with a playful, colorful, and uplifting collage of diverse material, including home videos, childhood photos, and diary excerpts filmed word for word, all to the beat of the soundtrack. Even when the intimate conversations become uncomfortable, there's still room for laughter. And the more the insecurities, doubts and misunderstandings come to light, the more kiss kiss bang bang becomes a declaration of love to a relationship that embraces all of this, both literally and figuratively.
A young girl prophecies the end of time. With salt, water, and fire, direct-on-film techniques mirror the slow violence of the desert’s collapse through a handmade record of ecological loss.
In the 1970s, Taiwan's first grand cabaret, The Sapphire, opened in Kaohsiung, igniting a golden decade of live entertainment. Beneath its dazzling lights, the nation's tensions and censorship faded in nights of glitz and song.Stars like Teresa Teng, Fei Yu-ching and Fong Fei-fei graced. its stage, where glamour met gambling, drugs, and danger.Half a century later, The Sapphire is resurrected—through AI and music—to relive its untamed brilliance.
The art of drag represents an artistic transformation where individuals create characters by amplifying gendered traits, challenging established social norms. This practice, known for its spectacular performances, has evolved through periods of repression and acceptance. Through humor and self-mockery, drag disrupts conventions and is deeply rooted in the history of LGBT+ movements. This documentary traces the history of Drag in France and around the world, from William Dorsey Swann—a young emancipated slave considered the first drag queen—to RuPaul, Nicky Doll, and Paloma. Featuring contributions from historians, anthropologists, and sociologists specialized in drag, as well as testimonies from drag artists who are shaping or have shaped this history.
An intimate inquiry into the life and work of Fakir Musafar, an influential figure in the queer body-modification community. The film explores his outsized impact and the formation of the “Modern Primitive” movement through decades of archives and interviews with those close to him. Creative treatment of the archives presents them as living texts—photos and video are layered, inverted, and interpolated to bring them new meaning and texture. Angelo Madsen’s sophomore feature is supplemented by seamlessly interwoven personal accounts to craft an portrayal that is loving yet not afraid of critique, embracing both the joy of self-discovery as well as the complex spirituality Musafar came to represent. Through his life and work, the film gives rise to profound questions of bodily autonomy and the body’s relationship to our sense of self.
Between 1979 and 1984, my father filmed family memories with a consumer VHS camcorder. Between 1985 and 1991, my mother wrote 178 letters to my father, incarcerated at the Prison de la Santé in Paris. Today, I create a dialogue between my mother's words and my father's images.
At just 16, Soraya is already creating stunning drawings and sculptures that are as beautiful as they are dark. This strong-willed Afghan sculptor and illustrator has been trying for five years to escape Iran and join her mother in Austria.
An experimental animated documentary that explores dehumanization and survivor’s guilt within the unique and complex fabric of the Palestinian experience.
Not all asylums are what they seem. Over four years, one team's groundbreaking experiments at Randolph County Asylum reveals a haunting that changes everything.
Traveling mostly on foot, by raft or canoe, for over thirty years English artist Tony Foster has painted landscapes in the remotest of areas, across the world.