Explores the incredible life and career of legendary sailor and boat designer. It takes viewers on a journey through Ron’s life, from his difficult childhood in New Zealand to his early days as a sailor and his groundbreaking work as a yacht designer. Ron’s love of sailing and his natural talent for understanding the forces of wind, water, and shape led him to create some of the most innovative and successful yachts in the world, designe boats that have changed the face of sailing and helped usher in a new era of yacht design.
A bear is hunted and caged. But he escapes again and again. He is loved as much as he is feared. A hybrid of wilderness and projection. The film PAPILLON follows his trail. And also becomes a hybrid. Of documentary and myth.
Forced to flee Bosnia when he was a child, Irvin returns to his homeland. In the same woods where thirty years earlier people took refuge, he decides to build a small village with his own hands. To restore dignity to this place and to the people who died in the war, to heal his wounds, and to fulfill his desire for redemption. But when he is on the River Drina, Irvin does not stop trying to discover what happened, and what could still happen.
Exploring the complex bond between two half brothers — one Indigenous, one white — traveling from the present in isolated Shamattawa to bustling 1980s Toronto.
Silvesterchlausen is a mysterious tradition that takes place every New Year’s Eve in Switzerland’s Appenzell, the most conservative part of the country. Groups of six men dress in ornate costumes and engage in wordless, polyphonic yodeling and rhythmic bell clanging. The ritual has been performed for at least 500 years, but nobody knows how or why it began.
In 1975, soon after the end of the Vietnam War, Hoa Thi Le and Hue Nguyen Che fled the country on a small boat. After nine days at sea, they docked in the Philippines, where they were utilized as background extras for “Apocalypse Now.”
When 90% of Iceland’s women walked off the job and out of their homes one morning in 1975, they brought their country to its knees and catapulted Iceland to the forefront of today's global fight for gender equality. Unexpectedly funny, laced with evocative animation and powerfully told by the women who lived it – this is the true story of 12 hours that launched a revolution.
By combining A.I. generative imagery and video with traditional documentary filmmaking, John Carstarphen creates a documentary history about America's first city and its impact on the world, told from the perspective of a middle class Black family.
For the last 3 years, Pierre-Gilles and Antoine have been growing their vegetables entirely naturally. It's not an easy job, with daily threats such as a changing climate, pests and diseases, not to mention financial pressures. The year 2023 has begun with an added challenge: the road running alongside the plot is undergoing major works, which are making access to the crops more difficult. What's more, they have to live with the workers and put up with the noise
Goiânia Rock City is a must-watch documentary for music lovers who want to dive into the history of independent rock in Goiânia, a scene that stirred up excitement and even made waves internationally. The film explores Goiânia’s music scene of the 2000s, showing how iconic bands, cultural venues, and festivals helped transform the city into a true rock hub.
The moving story of Milena Boeva, a passionate woman who finds a one-of-a-kind sanctuary where young people with disabilities can thrive through creativity, community, and meaningful work. As the garden blossoms into a place of hope and transformation, Milena faces growing challenges that threaten its very existence. Will her dream endure, or will the pressures of reality uproot the seeds of change she’s planted?
Their art and way of life are a mirage of elusive beauty. Here, the legendary past shares a roof with the everyday present. On the verandas of old dachas, samovars still emit their smoke, while through the mist rising from the ravines, it seems as if eyes from the past are peering into our world. And we will follow that gaze—into the workshop of toy-making master Viktor Nazariti, into the village house of artist Maria Dreznina, into the old home of Yuri Macheret and Marina Faidysh, once bought from the Polenovs, into the garden of Irina Starzhenetskaya and Anatoliy Komelin. The artistic dynasties of the Vatagins, Bragovskiys, and Birshteins will open their doors, pouring the energy of creativity onto their canvases, joining us in gazing into the mist rising from the ravines—wondering if, for a fleeting moment, eyes from the past will appear within it.
As traditional salmon fishing comes under threat, Alaska Native subsistence communities come together to support one another, heal, and deliver a powerful testimony to their resilience and resistance.
Coastal erosion is forcing the Inuvialuit to relocate inland, and the young people of Tuktoyaktuk share how their love for the land and culture helps them adapt, heal, and maintain hope for the future.
As a young filmmaker documents his 97 year old grandmother’s fading memories, their evolving relationship blurs the line between memory and reality, while the roles of filmmaker and subject merge.