July 20, 2024
"winder memories" is a collage documentary about the childhood memories of production team member Xiong Zaixia in the 1990s. Our team created a graphic chimera through the transcription of analog signals from VCD, the subtitles and visual style of Hong Kong TV series in the 1990s, and the splicing of various media materials. It doesn’t matter that no material was recorded at that time. The key is that this chimera can become a real memory and history.
July 20, 2024
When Flight MH17 was shot down in 2014, the reverberations affected world events. This documentary explores how the tragedy shaped what came after it.
In Israel's Negev desert, Farhan Al-Nabari (72) - a fearless arbitrator, fights to prevent the next killing between feuding Bedouin families. His tent, a "place of refuge," anchors tradition amid rising youth violence challenging state and tribal authority. As societal desperation and poverty intensify, Farhan faces a profound struggle: the State of Israel demands the uprooting of his tribe from its home of 71 years. Amid frantic reconciliation efforts between tribes, this poignant tale unfolds-a clash between ancient traditions and modern mandates. Farhan fights to preserve his community's legacy, navigating a delicate balance between the timeless laws of the desert and the new world.
July 20, 2024
Documentary about famous Croatian comedy sketch group's 20th anniversary. Gitak TV is a comedy group, known for its humorous sketches. It was founded by Mate Peruzovic, Marijo Grabovac, Bernard Peric, Matija Cizmic and Ivan Rozic.
July 20, 2024
July 20, 2024
The narration—interrupted by the soundtrack of Alfred E. Green's 1948 western Four Faces West—describes a 19th century photograph by Timothy O’Sullivan, titled Historic Spanish Record of the Conquest. The photograph is slightly out of focus, pinned against a bluish wall, and flaps in response to the occasional wind of a droning fan. And there’s bit of sunlight, reflected against a map of the West Indies.
July 20, 2024
The documentary tells the exciting story of the beginnings of surgery through to its specialization - a fascinating journey through time from the Stone Age with the first skull openings through antiquity and the early modern era to the first heart operation. The film was shot at the most important locations in the history of surgery - including Italy, France, Germany, Austria, Great Britain, Hungary and the USA. The film contains fascinating and partly unpublished archive material.
July 20, 2024
Rock and roll megastars The Psychadelic Hix are about to embark on their long anticipated world tour. However, the hype is tarnished by rumors of the group’s association with the mysterious Muncie Ball Beer Cult, which indoctrinates young Hix fans into moving to the coast of Maine and marrying lighthouse keepers.
July 20, 2024
Documentary about the history of cinemas in Porto Ferreira/SP. A look at its past and a glimpse of its future, with the opening of the municipal theater.
September 29, 2024
Life doesn’t always go as planned. After the death of the family patriarch, mother and child go separate ways to find themselves—she crosses the ocean to pursue the singing career she left behind, while filmmaker Gal realizes they are transgender—in this collage of video diaries. "My father dies. Days later, my mother escapes to Turkey to meet her secret Facebook lover. I suggest to my mother that we communicate through video letters. My mother, who gave up singing to raise me, finds freedom for the first time away from home. The video correspondences reveal our attempts to see each other through a shaky emotional journey. Alone, while filming this movie, I realized that I want to transition gender and change my name. An extraordinary journey of self-discovery, a mother and a child who always wanted to be more."
July 20, 2024
July 20, 2024
A short documentary exploring the loneliness that comes with being single as a millennial. Set over the course of the thirtieth year of filmmaker Cathy Woods' life. This intimate and raw film delves into what it is like to be thirty and single in a time when situationships are the norm, and the societal pressure to be in a relationship is evident.
July 20, 2024
A portrait of a passionate man running the last video store in his city.
July 20, 2024
A proof by example of the existence of beauty within Seattle.
July 19, 2024
July 19, 2024
July 19, 2024
July 19, 2024
By reversing the image of the burning and destruction of Chinese-Indonesian homes and cultures in the May 1998 tragedy, the filmmaker documents a funeral and cremation she conducted in response to the ethnic hatred that was still being discussed 20 years after the 1998 atrocities. Can memories be erased? What can we choose to forget? What continues to haunt us?
July 19, 2024
July 19, 2024
The first biographical documentary film about the greatest Brazilian sailor by miles traveled. Setting sail from Salvador - Bahia - Brazil, Capital of the Blue Amazon, the Ukrainian Brazilian personality Aleixo Belov has already circumnavigated the globe five times, three of them alone, aboard a little sailboat built in his own backyard.