We all fear being awakened by an unexpected phone call in the middle of the night. Unfortunately, most of us will eventually get that call, during which we learn that a loved one has died. It’s devastating and unmooring. In the blink of an eye, life as you’ve known it is irrevocably and permanently changed. But you’re still here and life goes on, whether you want it to or not. How do you pick up the pieces and move forward? Is it even possible? And what, if anything, can be taken away from sudden loss? Take Away explores the realities of this dreaded universally shared occurrence through the lens of a wide variety of ages, backgrounds, and cultural experiences.
In a village in Melgaço, Adelino Fernandes, better known as Aires, spends his days working in his "tiny" workshop at home. Retired and at 87 years old, he dedicates himself to arranging the most diverse objects at the request of neighbors for whom he is very fond, and he asks them for nothing in return. A poetic portrait of a man who contributes to his community and in return life smiles back at him.
As his Y2K hysteria subsides, Kevin steps out of his DIY bunker, into the unfamiliar surface world. He is confronted with past loves, nostalgia, and curiosity if there's still a place for him in a world that's spun forward without him.
In the rarefied heights of the western Himalayas, an ancient creature that has featured in folklore and fever dreams for centuries, still prowls. The Brown Bear, or Ursus arctos isabellinus, was here before human settlements, villages, or electrified and militarized border fences arrived. Yet, today humans and the bears find themselves caught in an uneasy truce, a hostility over territory that doesn’t bode well for either species. Niazul Hassan Khan is a young wildlife scholar, a local who has known displacement from a troubled home too. He has returned to his community in Drass, Kargil to understand the Brown Bear, and broker peace between the animals and his people. As climate change hastens the glacial melt, and shortens winters, wreaking havoc on mountain communities, Niaz and his guide trek through the mountains searching for answers and a lasting possibility of survival for the land, its people, and the bear.
A young mountain lion’s treacherous odyssey through Northern California. Monitored with a tracking collar and trail cameras, P-36 travels over 1,400 miles in just 16 months, making his way through a mosaic of human-developed land and wild spaces as he searches for a territory of his own.
Marking the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau, journalist Jordan Dunbar meets survivors of the holocaust and travels to visit the camp.
In the shadows of a Cold War Military depot, a colony of pint-sized predators faces an uncertain future as one owl biologist races to save it from extinction. As a young family of burrowing owls learns to grow up wild, will his scientific discoveries be enough to rescue this fragile population in the wake of a changing planet?
A powerful exploration of resilience, redemption, and the enduring spirit of the heart. Following the extraordinary journey of Jeremy Stalnecker, who embarks on a grueling challenge, running 22 marathons in 22 days for PTSD awareness.
For the past two months, we dedicated out lives to documenting the life of Sam. Every human on a day to day basis encounters a "Sam", a peculiar somewhat unpredictable seemingly valueless person, and what you would probably refer to as "douchebag" or "arrogant prick". We found ourselves unknowingly siding with society until we took the time to really observe and realize the childhood trauma and drug abuse that contributed to creating this flawed but valuable human being.
It was long believed that animals only played to learn, only mated to reproduce and only took drugs by accident. But sometimes, they just do it for fun! Research has revealed that animals seek for pleasure just like humans do, and that there are many ways in which they enjoy themselves. Did you know that rats loved to play hide-and-seek? That primates played erotic games to ease tensions within their groups? Or that reindeers were quite fond of hallucinogenic mushrooms? Scientists show that this quest for pleasure – as wild as it can get – might even be a key of evolution and biodiversity! Combining the testimonies of international ethologists, scientific archives and sequences showing the animals in their natural habitats, this unusual documentary reveals the complexity of animal pleasure.
Shark heroes and conservationists Jess Cramp, Liv Rose and Cristina Zenato lead this epic family adventure into the kingdom of sharks, where we’ll come face to face with these ancient and awe-inspiring animals and learn how our future is intertwined with theirs. Each shark species wields unique powers that help them survive in diverse ecosystems, whether it’s a great white hunting in the wild and wind-swept seas of New Zealand, whaler sharks learning to coexist with Australian fishermen, or elusive oceanic white tip “shipwreck sharks” traversing uncharted depths of the Pacific. In some of the world’s most beautiful diving locations, join the action to understand and help these magnificent creatures, and be immersed in the larger story of our shared oceans.
A couple of times a year, the sky turns red in France. Sand dust from the Sahara is passed through a difference in air pressure from North Africa to Southern Europe. This dust, a time capsule containing cesium-137 from the French nuclear tests in Algeria, covers everything. The film exposes the impact of a war that was never fought. A French veteran and archeology students share and speculate on what will be remembered and what will be hidden under the sand forever.
A colorful full evening from Nalen in Stockholm led by Tilde de Paula Eby. Together with a star-studded list of viewer favorites and double husbands, we look back at the past year and take the first steps into 2025. We are visited by, among others, Peter Haber, Valter Skarsgård, Renée Nyberg, Pär Lernström, Mauri Hermundsson, Tina Nordström, David Hellenius and David Sundin.
In 1974 a group of Mohawk Indians occupied a defunct girls camp in New York's Adirondack mountains and established a community they called Ganienkeh. Aiming to practice a more traditional lifestyle, and asserting aboriginal title to the land, they stayed for three years, having occasional violent clashes with the local residents. In 1977 they negotiated a (somewhat complicated) land swap with the State, and agreed to move to a permanent home near Plattsburgh, New York, where they remain today. Ganienkeh is one of the only examples of an indigenous people successfully reclaiming land from the United States, but it may not be the last.
An uplifting and touching documentary special which tells the story of one of Britain's best loved sitcoms as it comes to an end after 17 years. Featuring unprecedented access to creators James Corden and Ruth Jones as well as the cast and crew, including filming the final episode as they all say goodbye to the much-cherished show.
An artistic vision of a phenomenon in Spanish history, with repercussions in Europe and the West: the exile of 2,895 republican children in the Soviet Union due to the Spanish Civil War; the German invasion of the USSR in World War II; the 19 years spent in the USSR until his return to Spain (1937-1956). It is also autobiographical in nature, because this author revisits the memories of her mother and aunt, who were part of this group of children.