On April 25, 1975, the first free elections were held in Portugal. The adult population exercised their right to vote democratically for the first time. Around 92% of registered voters went to the polls, a turnout rate that has never been surpassed to this day. Election night was held at the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, while the vote count was broadcast live on television. This film revisits the elections through the images produced during that night and the testimonies of those who lived through this historic moment.
On electric vehicles explores their environmental impact, industry challenges, and global implications, focusing on China's EV dominance and cybersecurity concerns.
David Shongo’s 'Café Kuba - Who Dared to Awaken the Dead Memory' is a cinematic and sonic experience that captures the voices of Kinshasa’s café ambulants—mobile coffee vendors who serve as both observers and participants in the city’s everyday conversations. Filmed in the tense weeks following the M23 rebels’ capture of Goma, 'Café Kuba' immerses viewers in the shifting narratives of a city where memory is not static but constantly reshaped by present realities. Through ambient recordings and an evolving musical score, Shongo transforms these anonymous voices into a portrait of Kinshasa’s active memory, mirroring how personal and collective histories are continuously retrieved, reinterpreted, and lived.
Her grandmother's relationship with an online romance scammer leads to a filmmaker's exploration into the ways in which we strive to connect through the internet.
Ondine lost her Corsican grandmother when she was a child. Since then, the memory has faded. Through a memory quest combining cooking recipes and artificial intelligence, Ondine sets out in the footsteps of her ancestor, bringing her "digitally back to life" through a few rare photos that remain. A posthumous goodbye that could not have taken place.
A look inside Alaska Native villages fighting for survival against climate change. With the Howard Center at ASU, FRONTLINE examines why communities are relocating and why they're struggling to preserve their traditions.
The documentary follows oral accounts from people in the Cariri region of Paraíba and Pernambuco who have witnessed or heard stories about the "pagan baby." This refers to the practice of burying infants who were born and died before being baptized near crossroads and gateways—an old custom that was once widespread in the region. According to tradition, some people would later hear the cries of these souls and would perform improvised baptisms to help guide the child's spirit to heaven.
Alexandra Stimmer, Dora Zinger, Liesel Binzer, Aviva Goldschmidt, and Abraham Rozen - were children or teenagers during the Holocaust. How can their stories about surviving the Holocaust be preserved? A theatre project by Frankfurt pupils attempts exactly this: to bring something virtually unspeakable to the stage.
The case of Yeates, found murdered on Christmas Day 2010 in Bristol, became a stark example of media frenzy gone wrong. Her innocent landlord, Christopher Jefferies, was wrongly accused, before a Dutch national was ultimately jailed.
The documentary interviews Nobel Peace Prize winners, diplomats, negotiators and former guerrilla fighters who have dedicated their lives to the task. How did their mediation successes come about and why did they fail? Peacemaking is both art and hard work.
Ariel Dukeman is a teenage boy on his way to fight his first thai boxing tournament. With a lot of hard training and the help of his friends, he just might become... Ramat Yishai's Tiger.
Thousands of kilometers of snowy silence, severe frosts and piercing winds, the deceptive fragile beauty of the ice. It’s the Arctic, the end of the world, where, in the words of one of the characters, the human soul means the universe. Perhaps that is why for ages these disturbing expenses have lured the fearless and the romantic. This is where the history of the great country was made – the Northern Sea Route was laid. In this film the past meets the present and the heroes of today – captains and crews of the superpowerful atomic icebreakers – just like their predecessors set off on voyages unaware of what lies ahead for them, what trials await them on their long arctic route…
A digital diary. Filmed in Mozambique between September and December 2024. Amidst revolutionary mood, during work, on sleepy beaches. Surrounded by sand, palm trees and an orange sun. VHS and Capulanas. Tanks and friends. Beer and reflection.