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Real Fur

2022

Real Fur

2022
7.5
Real Fur is an eye-opening undercover investigation about the true cost of the fur farming industry in Canada. It follows the journey of director Taimoor Choudhry as he transforms from being an uninformed consumer to a passionate activist through interviews with animal rights leaders, changemakers, lawyers, politicians, and celebrities in an effort to make real change.
Comuneros

2022

Comuneros

2022
6
The Revolt of the Comuneros was an uprising by citizens of Castile against Charles I until they lost the Battle of Villalar on 23 April 1521, the leaders Juan de Padilla, Juan Bravo and Francisco Maldonado were captured and executed.
Kabelbel

2014

Kabelbel

2014
Kabelbel follows a group of villagers as they are taught the art of canoe making and seafaring by clan elders. Intergenerational differences and a sense of social change emerge along the way, along with a profound sense of cultural pride. Shot entirely on the remote island of Masahet in Papua New Guinea’s New Ireland Province, Kabelbel captures the daily rhythm of contemporary village life and reveals with great nuance the importance of custom and tradition in a changing world.
The Silent Monologue

2008

The Silent Monologue

2008
We hear the thoughts of Amy, a girl from a rural area of Senegal who works as a domestic for a well-to-do family in Dakar. She complains about her employer, who continuously criticizes her and gets on her case, and she talks about her dream of one day opening her own eatery. In Dakar, some 150,000 young women work as housekeepers for rich families to survive and help their families instead of going to school.
Walk with Frank

2021

Walk with Frank

2021
A former Vietnam War infantry soldier decides to celebrate his 70th birthday by walking across New York State to help other survivors of PTSD while confronting his own demons.
The River

2020

The River

2020
6
The River is a documentary about how communication and purpose play into the success and failures of managing the homeless encampment in Aberdeen, Washington.
Go Heal Yourself

2022

Go Heal Yourself

2022
Director Yasmin C. Rams invites us on her journey to try and heal from epilepsy through several forms of therapy that are frowned upon by her own family. A first-person account that brims with charm and hope but is deeply rooted in skepticism, Yasmin’s film portrays people from all around the world who tell her about how they deal with their chronic illnesses using the tools of natural medicine. Will she stop having seizures?
The Building

2022

The Building

2022
The film follows the tenants of a building in Sisak’s industrial suburb of Željezara during a period in which a large mural of a Croatian street artist appears on one side of the building. All the political changes the area has experienced have shaped the tenants of the building itself.
Riflesso sullo schermo

2021

Riflesso sullo schermo

2021
2.5
Over a span of 8 years, Stefano talks about his choice to undertake sex reassignment from female to male. The first steps, the interviews with a still female face and voice, i problems that arise with hormone treatment. Many challenges and many objectives, not all of which are successful. “Ste” obtains consent for interventions to change a body in which he is not she recognizes. It soon reaches great visibility. But at the end of the parable in the media he is disappointed by the LGBT world, by the fake activism, and from the attacks received on the new image he projected of himself. Finally mature, Stefano confronts his past. Across the reflection of his true identity, he has now achieved his purpose: a "normal" life.
Saint Jean-Baptiste

2021

Saint Jean-Baptiste

2021
"You brood of vipers, who warned you to flee from the coming wrath? You want to change the world? Show it." John the Baptist, Gospel of Matthew.
Last Believer

2018

Last Believer

2018
Last Believer is the story of Ron Taylor, the only remaining member of a religious sect whose members expected they would survive the apocalypse and achieve immortality.
The Remandee

2020

The Remandee

2020
William has been remanded for 2 years in Lusaka Central Prison, awaiting conviction in a case in which he is charged with car theft and murder. After losing touch with his wife and daughter six months ago, he is now deeply concerned about his daughter's safety. Prison counselor Hastings arranges a meeting between William and his wife Mutinta. She has secretly remarried, but William is convinced that true love never fades away and tries to win her back. Given his undecided fate in prison and the uncertainty of his future William is eventually forced to make a tough decision: choosing between a tempting secret affair with his ex-wife that sets her new marriage and the daughter's well-being at risk or the safety of their child.
Beyond the Void

2021

Beyond the Void

2021
November 2001: Charles follows Martin, another victim from the AIDS epidemic of the 90’s, to the end. Twenty years later, we dive back in.
Return to the Land of Souls

2009

Return to the Land of Souls

2009
In the 21st century many ancestral beliefs are struggling to survive in a hostile, fast-changing world. In southeast Ivory Coast, some Akan communities still make contact with the spirits through Komians or animistic priests who go into a trance and are possessed by the spirits of the Forest and the Waters. Jean Marie Addiaffi (1941-1999), a writer and intellectual from Ivory Coast, fought to conserve the Akans’ oral literature, myths and legends, and the knowledge and uses of the plants. In the film “Return to the land of souls”, Yéo Douley, a disciple of Jean Marie Addiaffi , will set out on a journey to visit his master’s grave and carry out a ritual libation. On his travel, he will attend the initiation rites of three people chosen by the spirits and witness one of them proclaimed as the new Komian or high animistic priest.
P.E.N.S.

2021

P.E.N.S.

2021
There is a cultural tide rising in Houston. Amid the city's museums, historic landmarks, and vibrant nightlife exists a cache of the nation's most prolific spoken word artists. The community of poets is as diverse as the city it represents. Their words are etched in the very fabric of H-town. Their story, once the city's best-kept secret, will finally be told. The "P.E.N.S. (Poetic Energy Needed in Society)" highlights the poetry scene of Houston, Texas. The film adaptation and powerful message is the brainchild of director Mikell "Fetti" Limbrick and executive producer, Carlos Wallace.
Fly So Far

2021

Fly So Far

2021
7.7
In 2008, Teodora Vásquez was convicted of aggravated homicide and sentenced to 30 years in prison for having had a late-term miscarriage.
A prescindere... Antonio de Curtis

2019

A prescindere... Antonio de Curtis

2019
5.8
The docufilm traces the artistic and human path of the great actor through the living voices of colleagues and experts nostalgic of the theater of Totò.
Punk Like Me

2006

Punk Like Me

2006
A man scams his way onto the Warped Tour by pretending to be a writer for Rolling Stone magazine.
A Century of War

2018

A Century of War

2018
As the U.S. approaches a century since entering World War I, director Sean Stone asks, “What happened to the American Century? What happened to America’s ideal of progress?”
Soup For My Brother

2016

Soup For My Brother

2016
Soup For My Brother is a short documentary about tradition, brotherly love and loss.