First Descent is a 2005 documentary film about snowboarding and its beginning in the 1980s. The snowboarders featured in this movie (Shawn Farmer, Nick Perata, Terje Haakonsen, Hannah Teter and Shaun White with guest appearances from Travis Rice) represent three generations of snowboarders and the progress this young sport has made over the past two decades. Most of the movie was shot in Alaska.
Offbeat performance artists The Blue Man Group have finally been captured live on this disc that features concert footage, three full-length music videos and three songs from Blue Man Group's album, "The Complex." The live footage was filmed during Blue Man Group's successful and widely acclaimed August 2003 rock tour, where they wowed 9,000 fans in two sold-out concerts.
This documentary was made to mark the 50th anniversary of the broadcast of the cult series GruntovĨani. By analyzing the character of Dudek, the film reminds us that in our own lives, consciously or unconsciously, we often take on the characteristics of the honest Podravina character Dudek, who was masterfully embodied by the late actor Martin Sagner. By combining archival material, interviews with the remaining living members of the crew that filmed the series, as well as authentic witnesses who still cherish the memory of GruntovĨani today, the film tells the story of the creation and timelessness of the cult TV Zagreb series.
This documentary film reveals how domestic violence occurs in real families. This film takes the audience into the stories hidden behind the doors of houses that appear peaceful from the outside, revealing the mental and physical suffering experienced by the victims. This film also tells the story of their struggle to find a way out of the cycle of violence, as well as the process of recovering from this trauma, by presenting narratives from victims, experts and psychologists.
A forgotten house at the end of the valley. A lone man searching for answers. What begins as an ordinary hike quickly turns into a dark descent into the secrets of a family scarred by tragedy.
During 2021 I directed a short film adaptation of Medea. For the climax of the short, Medea suffers a mental breakdown for which I shot this, among other stuff. I went to Casa de Campo with a mini DV and shot the trees with a negative filter, looking for images that could resemble a brain and its internal connections breaking. This short includes most of that tape, with a tune I composed with an electric organ slowed down.
Through the account of her research, encounters and experiences, Claire Latour, an influencer, explores the inner workings of the ultra-fast fashion giant: Shein. A true ecological cost, the quality and toxicity of the garments, sales techniques, greenwashing, and the reasons behind the ultra-low prices, this unprecedented investigation leads her to question her way of consuming… but also of influencing.
Chronicles the origins and evolution of West Coast hip-hop through the life and influence of Alonzo "Lonzo" Williams. Known as the "Godfather of West Coast Hip-Hop," Lonzo’s journey began in 1976 as a young DJ, and over the years, he emerged as one of the most pivotal figures in the genre, discovering legendary artists like Dr. Dre, Ice Cube, and many others who went on to revolutionize music.
A documentary told from the voices of the "second golden age" of animation in the 1990s and 2000s about the rise, fall and rise again of hand-drawn animation. They were trained by animation masters that created the principles of animation, they took animation to heights no one dreamed of - and then came the computer.
The life, death, and resurrection of Elvis Presley, as he is transformed from man into product. Composed primarily of an illustrated biography filmed with a microscope camera.
Hayat, an expert sailor in the Arctic, navigates far from humans and her family's past in France. But when her little sister Leila gives birth to a baby girl Inaya, their worlds are turned upside down; we witness their journey, guided by the polar star, to overcome the family’s fate.
During the San Fermín celebrations in Pamplona in 1969, a man died when the bulls were let loose. There was nothing to identify him, except for the letter “H” on his keyring. Carlos Pardo Ros imagines this man’s last night: a drunken nocturnal stroll with the ghosts of H, at one of the world’s biggest folk festivals.
Join the BBC cameras as they go behind the glitter of Buckingham Palace and the pomp of Windsor Castle for a close-up look at the minutia of the monarchy. Culled from a year of unprecedented access to Queen Elizabeth II, the documentary trails the queen as she interacts one-on-one with her family, her staff, her public, and international heads of state. Go behind closed doors for Christmas with the royal family, eavesdrop on cocktail chatter with Ron and Nancy Reagan, and catch unguarded moments when the queen pilots her own jeep or romps with her dogs. Elizabeth R. is a once-in-a-lifetime glimpse into the everyday life of a queen.
The true story of German-Czech businessman Oskar Schindler (1908-74) as told by some of the Jews — more than a thousand people — whose lives he saved from extermination during World War II.
Set to readings of Thomas Mann's 'The Magic Mountain', a collage of medical, art and found footage, exploring various medical cases, including reconstructing the damaged human body, the separation of Siamese twins, and Cold War era attempts to create superhumans.
As French kindergarteners pour forth for recess, play takes on epic proportions. In every corner, some miniature drama is unfolding. Violence, love, jealousy, treachery are all here! This is human society in the making.
A conceptual bicentennial film dealing with spatial and temporal relationships between two travelers, their car, and the geographic, political, and social changes from NY to Los Angeles.
The definitive photographic record of the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics, told "from the inside" through the lives of the participants, the words of David Perry, and the singing voice of Placido Domingo. From the opening to closing ceremonies, this unique style of storytelling shows a side of the Olympic Games not seen by television audiences.