Mothers talk about their experiences. What is expected of them, what personal and social challenges do they face? Everything is represented: from nuclear families to single parents, homosexual parent constellations to motherhood through artificial insemination. Layer by layer, outdated and inverted role models and also the break with social norms become visible. Motherhood between backbreaking work and euphoria.
Filmmaker Matthew Thomas Ross provides an original look into his personal journey of a rare cancer diagnosis in his 30s. Through expansive childhood home videos, vulnerable interviews, and intimate footage, we follow Matthew as he documents his battle against Stage 4 appendix cancer. While traveling through the seasons, he struggles to navigate the physical and mental toll of a diagnosis full of so many unknowns. He ultimately finds hope and purpose in completing his first feature film; this documentary.
This emotionally raw and intimate documentary, shot 25 years ago, follows a couple - the filmmakers - in their complicated journey towards bringing a new life into the world. In today's landscape of reproductive rights, this story takes on a new meaning and offers a rare view into this moment in their lives.
A documentary, told through the stories of an Israeli settler and those of a Palestinian family, that offers insight into the hostile reality of life in the occupied West Bank.
While retired New Zealand cardiac surgeon Dr Kerr is celebrated as the 'Father of Paediatric Cardiac Surgery' in Palestine, the film reveals that his remarkable achievements were made possible by the quiet but vital support of his wife, Hazel Kerr. Travelling alongside him, Hazel brought a different kind of healing, offering compassion and care to the people she met in Palestine.
They were one of the biggest bands of the 1990s. The most defining band of the britpop revolution. But as they became legends, the two brother's rivalry threatened to stop the music. This...is the story of Oasis.
The special examines the legal complaint brought against Justin Baldoni by Blake Lively, alleging he engaged in sexual misconduct on the set of his film, It Ends With Us, and hired a PR firm to engage in an online smear campaign against her to keep her quiet. Baldoni denies the allegations and has responded with a $400m counter-suit, accusing her of defamation. With the trial set for March 2026, the special examines the evidence on both sides and the response to the dispute on social media.
The diagnosis of mantle cell lymphoma not only ruined Albert Farkas' summer day when he received it. He narrates scenes from everyday life with the diagnosis. Josephine Ahnelt's short documentary shows Farkas' self-assertion through his humor, with which he defies the initial low point.
The chestnut tree is old and sick and may have to be felled. But for now, it still stands, towering over the garden. Slowly, like buds unfolding, the stories of the people who gaze upon the tree emerge.
In the late 1980s, thousands of Belgians began reporting strange sightings in the skies over their otherwise stable country: large triangular unidentifiable flying objects. Nobody knew for sure what they were. To solve the mystery, a civil investigation group started working together with the authorities, counting on the support of the gendarmerie and the Belgian Air Force. Thirty years later, the Belgian UFO wave still lives in the minds of witnesses and onlookers from the era, some of whom are still searching for answers today. What on earth was going on in the skies over Belgium?
Labelled disabled or autistic as teenagers, Brian, Jason, Jules and Kieran faced fewer opportunities and lost their self-confidence. Now in their twenties, they are at a crossroads in their lives. Will they have an independent future? Will they ever find a job, meet a partner, or start a family? The film, on which the young people have been actively collaborating for years, is a creative process and an emotional journey that aims to strengthen their self-image and prospects.