The Sydney Royal Easter Show has many amazing and varied attractions and people. This collection showcases the various aspects of the traditional show, taking a very personal journey through the equestrian events, sideshow alley and a touching account of one woman's last ever show.
The purpose of this documentary is to awaken hearts. You’ll meet people who face challenges, keep going and thrive! Showing Up takes you to a Maasai Village in Tanzania where the dream of an American woman brings education to ten thousand children. You’ll visit an ex-pat community in…
Amidst the uprising in Ferguson, seven St. Louis college students evolve into advocates and activists as they demand change through policy and protest and test the validity of the Margaret Mead quote: “Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed,…
The best way to discover a city is through its people. In this film, notable Rio residents like artist Vik Muniz, model Andrea Dellal, singer Chico Buarque, designer Oskar Metsavaht and mayor Eduardo, amongst others who show us “their” Rio de Janeiro. The amazing Tijuca Forest, the Carnival,…
If you had a platform to talk about anything you wanted for a moment, what would you say? What would your answer be if someone asked you what you cared about? In an effort to explore what community and connection means in an urban environment, Brianne Nettelfield and Naomi Mark set out to find what…
Show Us Your Smile is a short observing and poetic documentary about the encounter of Arab and Western tourists in a European booming holiday destination. The film shows what happens when people with totally different backgrounds meet each other in an idyllic Austrian village to celebrating their holiday.
On June 2nd, 2008, two lifelong friends, Arthur Swidzinski and Michael Kosciesza stand wrapped in the familiar surroundings of Downtown Chicago, a place they have called home for most of their 20 years, as they excitedly anticipate their departure on what would be the journey of a lifetime. Their goal:…
In this award-winning short documentary film, a possible origin of the Shroud of Turin is examined by two expert researchers. Believed by millions to be the burial shroud of Jesus of Nazareth, the Shroud of Turin has mystified the faithful, confounded scientists, and bears silent witness to history.
How does one integrate lessons learned from nature into daily life? This feature documentary is an experiential journey in to the mystical practices of Japanese mountain asceticism. In Shugendō (The Way of Acquiring Power), practitioners perform ritual actions from shamanism, Shintō, Daoism, and Tantric…
Shunned delves into a community about which very little is known or spoken of. The film will tell the story of three LGBTQ Arab Palestinians who have chosen to be who they are despite living in a society that refuses to accept them and shuns their true identity. The internal struggle of the LGBTQ Palestinian…
One of the most heated issues in Japan and Asia today is over something that occurred 80 years ago: the Japanese Imperial Army's sexual enslavement of an estimated tens of thousands of Korean women and others in military brothels during World War II. Many nationalist Japanese conservatives, including…
French version with English subtitles / Here, quietly, a future is taking shape... In Montreuil, Seine-Saint-Denis, in a society where everything is commercial, where time is counted, where transmission is devalued, there is a place where all kinds of people, cultures and practices meet for free, where…
