Film Snail

Documentary

Small Hours of the Night

Small Hours of the Night

January 27, 2024

A woman is being interrogated in a dark room by a stern young man on a rainy night. As the hours pass, identities and historical time periods begin to blur. Her testimony becomes a scrambled, personal record of her country’s complicated legal history.

Leaving Jesus

Leaving Jesus

April 25, 2024

A group of former Christians Fundamentalists come together during a retreat in San Francisco to deal with what they’ve gone through, both as active in a restrictive congregation but also as defectors of a congregation that gave them meaning in life.

Shards of Memories

Shards of Memories

January 26, 2024

I find myself looking back at memories of the past, where the feelings I hold now have become nothing more than fragments of memory. Everything begins to overlap – who I am now and who I was then. As I walk through the forest, the voice of my past echoes faintly, just fragments lingering in the air...

James 'Super Chikan' Johnson - A Life in Blues

James 'Super Chikan' Johnson - A Life in Blues

January 26, 2024

A Life in Blues both celebrates and explores the personal and musical life of one of Mississippi's most treasured sons. Having travelled the world sharing his own unique brand of blues music, James 'Super Chikan' Johnson, at the age of 73, still strives to balance a musical career while providing for his family. This film endeavours to not only lay bare Chikan's own story, but also examines how the culture and setting of the south has ultimately influenced his journey.

The MacArthur Facade

The MacArthur Facade

January 26, 2024

An amateur documentary crew dive into a growing opioid epidemic within Australia's Capital only to discover horrifying truths.

The Three Virtues

The Three Virtues

January 26, 2024

The Alevi believe that when a person dies, all his ties to this world get severed, except for three things. Muharrem is a descendant and profound explorer of the community. In his encounters with old Fatme, a performer of the ritual songs, the nefessi, his knowledge of Alevi beliefs and philosophy is interwoven with her accounts of life with her husband, Sebahtin, a gifted saz player.

The 'Safe As Houses' Documentary

The 'Safe As Houses' Documentary

January 26, 2024

A documentary that delves into the behind-the-scenes drama of the fiction film 'Safe as Houses', abruptly halted due to an asbestos health and safety crisis. The team tell the impact on the filmmaking process and the aftermath of the situation.

Day Job

Day Job

January 26, 2024

An animated documentary that follows the lives of the over-qualified young staff of a local bowling alley.

The Only One: Remembering Toše

The Only One: Remembering Toše

January 26, 2024

A documentary about the late Macedonian musician Toše Proeski.

Three cats

Three cats

January 26, 2024

A man tells the story of his three cats.

Palki Flying an Emotion

Palki Flying an Emotion

January 26, 2024

Despite poverty and many obstacles, some people dream around the palanquin.

El color del cine

El color del cine

January 26, 2024

A tour of the ENERC and the people who make it up, telling the importance of the institution and Argentine cinema, and what it means to each of them.

Gone Before His Time: Kobe Bryant

Gone Before His Time: Kobe Bryant

January 26, 2024

Recount the achievements—some personal, some professional, and many halted—of an NBA legend before his untimely death.

Chosen One: Alexandre Daigle

Chosen One: Alexandre Daigle

January 26, 2024

Alexandre Daigle was a fairytale solution to all of the Ottawa Senators' many problems, a one-man dream come true for a team and a city that desperately needed goals and fans. The expectations were overwhelming – too much for Daigle to overcome. Now, decades later, following a turbulent career on the ice, Daigle reflects on how he steered the gap between people’s projections and his everyday existence, revealing the pressure and turmoil of not living up to the impossible hype.

Cedarview

Cedarview

January 26, 2024

Archival and modern footage of the house on Cedarview

Nathalie: The first and last prom

Nathalie: The first and last prom

January 26, 2024

Christine attends her first and last prom accompanied by Martin Fredericksen

A Culinary Tale of Greenland’s Changing Climate

January 26, 2024

Film is about a hunter and a climate specialist talking about the changing climate in Greenland, the importance of its impact, how it affects hunting in Greenland and what stands to be lost due to the changing climate. Later on there’s a brief introduction importance of Greenlandic food with serving.

Vertical Money

Vertical Money

January 26, 2024

The forest industry, the State Forest Management Centre (RMK) and natural scientists who have participated in the forest debate are brought in front of the camera for the first time, in order to gain clarity about what has happened to Estonian forests and what legacy we will leave for future generations. The nature film, shot in more than 60 different places in Estonia, opens the viewer to the current state of Estonian forests and shows how political decisions have affected the use of our common property.

on the subject... of broadcasting

on the subject... of broadcasting

January 26, 2024

Documents the work of a small-town broadcasting group's history and their near century of archival work.

Salmon Sorrow

January 26, 2024

What happens when the salmon-fishing tradition of thousands of years is suddenly interrupted? In 2020, the Finnish and Norwegian governments banned salmon fishing in the Teno waterways and fjord because of low salmon stocks. The blame has been shifted from overfishing to fjord fishing and climate change. The documentary follows some of the salmon fishermen who were also filmed five years ago when salmon fishing was still allowed.