With help from his guitars, comedian Nick Thune regales the audience of Brooklyn’s Bell Theatre with a collection of hilarious stories about his childhood, past romantic relationships and his experience with a burning building.
Finding Bobbi is a feature documentary about actor Bobbi Charlton’s long, courageous journey through gender dysphoria. After half a life in the wrong body, Bobbi (formerly known as Robert) transitioned from male to female at the age of 53 in 2010. This transgender woman’s incredible story…
*Made In Canada* An intensely personal piece, Andrew Nisker's Ground War is an investigation into the death of the filmmaker's father. Harold Nisker was a “health nut,” a man who exercised diligently. For decades, Harold played golf every day except for winter: it kept him fit…
Swetlana Geier is considered the greatest translator of Russian literature into German. Her translations of Dostoyevsky’s five great novels, known as the "five elephants", are her life’s work and literary mile-stones. Her work is characterized by a great and sensual feeling for…
Due escursionisti ripercorrono antichi sentieri delle montagne del Gennargentu, in Ogliastra, zona della Sardegna inserita tra le Blue Zones del pianeta per la longevità dei suoi abitanti. L’esplorazione dei luoghi e la ricerca delle tracce del passato si unisce alla conoscenza di uno stile…
Some chase money, fame or power. For Maxwell Colonna-Dashwood and his wife Lesley, it’s flavor. From award-winning director Gary Walkow (with a little help from his son Harry) comes Chasing Flavor, a caffeine-fueled adventure through the world of speciality coffee. Shot over a period of six years,…
En mayo de 2003, alrededor de 30 mujeres y niños fueron asesinados en las profundidades de la selva ecuatoriana. Las víctimas pertenecían al clan taromenani, un grupo indígena no contactado en Ecuador. La sociedad prácticamente no reaccionó ante la matanza, que…
SOMEWHERE TO BE is an eye-opening look behind the doors of a Greenwich Village senior center. Every New Yorker over sixty is welcome to come to the Center On The Square, take an Italian class, have some lunch, write a poem, paint a picture, or make a friend. Using a mix of verité and interviews,…
"Distinctive and beautiful..." - Nigel M. Smith, INDIEWIRE What do people seek when they travel? LOOKING FOR ADVENTURE is an observational documentary that tracks the pleasures, strains. and choreography of group tourism in Peru. Structured in formal tableaus, the film explores the tension…
SUSPENDED captures a diverse range of people in states of emotional and physical suspension: moments of heightened anticipation, focused intensity and blissful surrender. **For Home Video ONLY / For educational use go to: www.kimitakesue.com Official Selection: Sundance Film Festival International…
Sehen kann durch den Blick der Anderen zu einer Begegnung werden. Stumme 16mm-Sequenzen, in denen die junge Künstlerin Iris Dostal Leinwände weiß grundiert, schaffen Projektionsflächen für Narration und Werk einer älteren Generation. Sie ist der andere Blick ist eine Kollaboration…
Every encounter with an image, every interaction searches for its own form. She is the other gaze is a collaboration with five female visual artists of an older generation who have been part of the Viennese art scene since the 1970s and engaged in the women's movement. In dialogue with the filmmaker…
