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Compulsive Practice

2016

Compulsive Practice

2016
For the 2016 Day With(out) Art, Visual AIDS commissioned COMPULSIVE PRACTICE, a video compilation of compulsive, daily, and habitual practices by nine artists and activists who live with their cameras as one way to manage, reflect upon, and change how they are deeply affected by HIV/AIDS. This hour-long video program was distributed internationally to museums, art institutions, schools and AIDS organizations.
Danse Serpentine (In a Lion's Cage)

1900

Danse Serpentine (In a Lion's Cage)

1900
5.4
Madame Ondine performs a serpentine dance surrounded by big cats.
Reportér Hemingway

1998

Reportér Hemingway

1998
Dolphin Dynasty

2016

Dolphin Dynasty

2016
Yokoi and His Twenty-Eight Years of Secret Life on Guam

1977

Yokoi and His Twenty-Eight Years of Secret Life on Guam

1977
Bilal Wahib: Altijd, altijd

2023

Bilal Wahib: Altijd, altijd

2023
Amsterdam-based actor Bilal Wahib (1999) is a rising star who worked his way up from poverty and special education to Shooting Star at the Berlinale. Everyone embraces this golden boy. The night before receiving the Edison Award, he starts a livestream. Due to an ill-chosen joke, the internet explodes and heroism is swapped for banishment. Based on in-depth interviews with Bilal and the people around him, archive footage and rehearsal scenes, we gain insight in Bilal's life then - and now.
Friday, Saturday, Sunday

2023

Friday, Saturday, Sunday

2023
In November 2022, despite the war and power outages in Kyiv, the Docudays UA festival is taking place - live and offline, for the first time in two years. It was a special edition which the festival team called the State of Emergency, and it was accompanied by the news of the liberation of Kherson from Russian occupiers, daily air raid warnings, and dark Kyiv evenings. The three-day journey in the film is full of the fragile humor of the festival team and the eager eyes of the audience.
Los totos

1983

Los totos

1983
9
Produced in almost marginal conditions, Los Totos is a portrait of life in impoverished neighbourhoods
Straßensamurai

2015

Straßensamurai

2015
'Street Samurai' is a doku-noir film that explores the lives of an unusual group of bouncers making their way in Berlin's hip night-life. The film follows five protagonists as they struggle to find balance while surrounded by excess, and come to terms with the uncertainty that the life of a bouncer can bring.
Rhapsody In Black

2018

Rhapsody In Black

2018
A Los Angeles Radio DJ transports his audience back in time to explore historic Black Los Angeles through music.
Pickpocket King

2011

Pickpocket King

2011
6.5
Bob Arno wows audiences with his pickpocketing show in Las Vegas. The self-proclaimed Pickpocket King, he says has never met a thief who can match his skills. Until now. Now, Bob takes us to Naples, Italy, which he calls "the pickpocketing capital of the world," to uncover some of the worlds best pickpockets. With his access well get an inside glance into how an international crew of pickpockets operates and well see if Bob really is the Pickpocket King!
Tower

2016

Tower

2016
7.6
Combining archival footage with rotoscopic animation, Tower reveals the action-packed untold stories of the witnesses, heroes and survivors of America’s first mass school shooting, when the worst in one man brought out the best in so many others.
Winterland

2019

Winterland

2019
Winterland is a celebration of ski and snowboard culture. Today's mountain athletes can only stand as tall as those who came before, the pirates of the past who followed their own path and passion. This story of adventure is far from over, as a new crop of modern-day pioneers are eager to etch their names in the annals of history. The technology and style might evolve, but the rush, excitement, and pure fun remain eternal, bonding past, present, and future riders. The film will follow these individuals as they leave their own mark on these fabled locations.
Miró tapís

1973

Miró tapís

1973
5
Commissioned by the Maeght Gallery with the exhibition of Joan Miró, organized by the French Ministry of Cultural Affairs at the Grand Palais, which opened on May 17, 1974 in Paris. This film was shot in six days in Montroig del Camp (at the Miró) and Tarragona during the implementation process, by Josep Royo, a tapestry by Joan Miró. Five people worked for eight months in the realization of this tapestry, using wool 1200kg and 600kg for the warp. The total weight of 3500kg and a half was six meters wide by 11 meters long. They need a purpose built weaving loom. The day of the attack on the World Trade Center in New York on September 11, 2001, the tapestry was placed in the lobby of one of the towers when they were demolished.
Elliott Smith live at Redfest

2003

Elliott Smith live at Redfest

2003
Elliott Smith's final concert at Redfest, at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City on September 19, 2003. Just a month later, on October 21, 2003, Smith passed away. Smith's final concert was described by some as upbeat and even happy. One attendee noted he seemed comfortable, happy, sober, well-rested, and smiley.
The Nuer

1970

The Nuer

1970
5.5
Portrays the Nuer, Nilotic herdsmen of the Nile basin. Shows how their daily lives revolve about their cattle, and depicts the psychological bonds between them. Includes extensive use of Nuer music and poetry.
I Love This Dirty Town

1969

I Love This Dirty Town

1969
6
An authored film by Margaret Drabble about the rise of the suburbs and the failure of city planning.
The Network

2013

The Network

2013
10
It's not a website. It's not an internet forum. It's not spray, beta, or slander. It's not a text message or a tick mark or a tick list or a film. It's all those things. This year, Red Bull and Chuck Fryberger Films have teamed up to bring you a glimpse inside an elite network of athletes who live their lives to train, compete, explore, and inspire by pushing their limits on the hardest climbing in the world. The best climbers in the world are all connected in a constant cycle of training, preparation, competition, and outdoor challenges. The Network connects both past and present - bouldering, sport, and competition climbing - and this cutting-edge film tangles the viewer inside the spider web of connections that makes up the world of the professional rock climber. Join 6-time world cup champion Killian Fischhuber as he and the best in the game explore areas old and new for adventures, lifestyle, and some of the hardest moves in the world.
King of Con!

2012

King of Con!

2012
6
Classic arcade champion Dwayne Richard pulls back the curtain on the King of Kong film, including how the filmmakers changed the facts of the story, how Billy Mitchell received payoffs from them and how the man who really defeated Mitchell's 1982 Donkey Kong record was left out of the film. You'll never look at the King of Kong the same way after you've learned the truth.
El Gusto

2012

El Gusto

2012
7.5
El Gusto is the story of an orchestra of Jewish and Muslim musicians torn apart by war 50 years ago, and recently reunited for an exceptional concert. These musicians share a passion they never lost: the soul of Algiers, Chaabi music.