A short film about the daily holiday life of an enigmatic and rather luminous creature. "La journée de Milenka" is a footage of her holiday in Italy. We decided not to record it as usual footages, but instead, focus on the time and space surrounding the character. It represents a day, in the afternoon, that reflect the peace, itself represented in the slowness, which Milenka aspires (and finds) to achieve.
In northern California, climate change and 150 years of forest mismanagement have led to some of the most catastrophic wildfires in the state’s history—including the Dixie Fire, which in 2021 devastated the Lost Sierra’s already struggling communities. In the face of that destruction, one group turned to trails for hope and to the past for a better future.
After 27 years of addiction to "pasta base" (cocaine paste) and a life of criminal activities in "El Puente," Daniel achieved the improbable: he rehabilitated himself. Today, he returns to the same area to help those who still live on the fringes of society—addicts and former companions in addiction—by offering what he calls "the first dose." For a user, it’s another step deeper into addiction; for him, it's an act of humanity.
Five people talk about how easy it is to build up and how difficult it is to get out of it again. They fall ten prey to the powerful industry. Fines and extra costs make them so aware that they can no longer be solved on their own.
30 years after the genocide-the first in Europe since World War II-survivors in Bosnia and Herzegovina persist in their quest to find their missing loved ones. This film traces the homecoming of Bosnian-American artist Aida Sehovic and her participatory, nomadic monument to the Srebrenica Genocide. With the monument coming to its final resting place after traveling the world for 15 years, those who remain gather at the site of the atrocities to fill thousands of small ceramic coffee cups in memory of the victims. As they collectively mourn, painful questions endure: What does "never again" mean in a world where perpetrators live with impunity? How do art and empathy help fill the void left by immeasurable loss and trauma?
This documentary delves into the importance people found in stained glass throughout their lives, and the impact it has on the people around them, while also delving into the time it takes to go into this craft and trade.
Argentine sisters Julia and Claudia Meirama were promising architecture students at the University of La Plata until in 1977, under the dictatorship, Claudia was kidnapped and tortured, and forced to flee to Sweden. Julia stayed behind in the north of Argentina. For years, they corresponded in an attempt to bridge the distance.
In the spring of 1992, war separates friends and members of a rock'n'roll band from Srebrenica. Drummer Faruk leaves Srebrenica, while guitarist Samir remains in the city. In letters, they dream of a reunion until July 1995.
While infrasound waves emerge from the emptiness of the Atacama Desert and from the Parisian metropolis, my grandmother narrates the experience of an earthquake we lived through together and reminds us that this invisible and powerful energy has always existed, that it is part of us, of our origin and of everything that surrounds us.
With a national vote approaching to enshrine Indigenous peoples voice in the constitution, a dynamic Indigenous youth group travel on a pilgrimage across Australia to commemorate a historic civil rights victory. Buoyed by the imminent referendum, the group voyage through ephemeral Australian landscape in the microcosm of a minibus, sharing the rich, multilayered stories of their personal histories, as they dream up a hopeful new vision for Australia. As the results of the vote are counted, it’s impact on their future offer two paths – a hopeful breakthrough or another chapter in the long fight for recognition.
In the beginning of 1990s Finland was faced with the most serious financial crisis of its history; recession. Over 400,000 unemployed persons, almost 200 000 bankruptcies and a whole national offspring of insecurity were born in a country with around 5 million in population, all within a few years. How does the childhood during depression look like from adulthood?
Over the course of his senior year, William Hopfensperger recorded get-togethers, soccer practices, donor dinners, parties, and goings-ons of St. Andrew School in hopes of making "The Documentary". This movie is that "Documentary".
Amidst the traditional pomp and circumstance of Filipino elections, a quirky people’s movement rises to defend the nation against deepening threats to truth and democracy. In a collective act of joy as a form of resistance, hope flickers against the backdrop of increasing autocracy.