SACRED COD is a feature-length film that chronicles the collapse of the historic cod fishery in New England. The film delves into the impact of overfishing, climate change, and government policies on fishermen and the fish. Ultimately, it looks at the prospect of a region built on cod having no cod left…
A documentary about race, education, and culture through the 100-year history of a groundbreaking historically Black high school in the the American heartland. Freedom’s School examines race, education, and culture through the 100-year history of one our nation's premiere public high schools;…
A film by Hilal Baydarov Azerbaijan / France 2019 Immobile in a home where the sands of time fall to the rhythm of rural Azerbaijani sounds, a mother waits for her son. When he arrives, their conversations circle around existential questions and news from afar, troubling and cryptic. Unrest cloaks…
Per le elezioni politiche del 1972, la DC realizzò un gadget che metteva in relazione per ogni tematica, le presunte posizioni ideologiche dei vari partiti, utilizzando, con ironia, titoli di film famosi. Concept/realization: WERTHER GERMONDARI Menzione Speciale 'Premio Gobetti'…
With a great sens of humor, Diako Yazdani, a political refugee in France, returns to see his family in Iraqi Kurdistan and introduces them to Kojin, a young 23-year-old homosexual who seeks to exist in a society where he seems unable to find his place. A look at the endless struggle of a minority within…
‘Once Upon a Mountain’ is an award winning documentary that delves into the complex problem of how best to help maltreated children. It is an insightful, captivating, moving and above all, educational experience. You will learn what makes a difference in what some experts consider the…
”Kindred Spirits” is the adventurous film on how a multinational team of film workers completed the shooting of the feature documentary "No Word for Worry" in the inaccessible waters of the Mergui archipelago off Myanmar (Burma) and southwest Thailand. Director/cinematographer Runar…
Beyond the Break is a documentary about Sam Danniels, a multi-sport professional athlete in three para-skiing disciplines, as well as cycling, snowmobiling and paragliding. Sam Danniels refuses to let his life-changing spinal cord injury become a barrier to the many outdoor sports that he loves. Sam’s…
Ekaterina Osichkina is 19 years old and Junior World Skimo Champion. We follow her to her homeland, in the extreme East of Russia, a place of snow and volcanoes which is unfamiliar to her, as she admits. Apart from the incredible sessions of skiing, the journey will bring Ekaterina to reflect on her…
Co-produced by Akka Films and the National Film Board of Canada (NFB), The Apollo of Gaza, directed by Swiss filmmaker Nicolas Wadimoff, tries to uncover the secrets behind this stunning archaeological discovery. Filmed in Gaza and Jerusalem, the film plays out like a mystery – one full of unexpected…
映画の舞台は監督・今井友樹の出身地、岐阜県東白川村。あるとき祖父・今井照夫から、かつて故郷の空が渡り鳥の大群で埋め尽くされたという話を聞かされる。孫である監督は“鳥の道”を探し求めて旅にでる。渡り鳥の大群が渡っていた時代、村では「カスミ網猟」が行われていた。渡り鳥を「カスミ網」でどのように捕まえたのか。なぜ渡り鳥を食べなければならなかったのか。そしてなぜ現在は禁猟になっているのか。旅の過程で生まれるひとつひとつの疑問を丹念に追っていく。 （93分/2014年/HD/カラー） 平成26年度文化庁映画賞文化記録映画優秀賞 第88回キネマ旬報文化映画部門第１位 第2回グリーンイメージ国際環境映像祭グリーンイメージ賞 第56回科学技術映像祭内閣総理大臣賞 プロデューサー 鈴木正義／今井千洋 監…
A short documentary film featuring beloved sisters Gramma and Ginga who, at ages 104 and 99, accidentally became the world's oldest internet superstars. ************** Genevieve “Gramma” Musci (104) and her sister Arlena “Ginga” Bashnett (99) never expected to be famous.…
