documentary | 75' | 2010 director | Luís Alves de Matos Synopsis Fernando Lemos' world is fiercely stripped of any external logics, as Jorge de Sena once said His artistic gesture blends with his own existence, where the poetic principle comes first. And with the light that insists…
Abd is a 24-year-old Syrian who took part in the early days of the 2011 revolution and now lives in Padova, Italy. Together with his German friend Max he is working on a film called Unwritten Letters. As they work together on turning Abd’s reality in Italy into a film, Abd revisits his past and…
UNZIPPED: AN AUTOPSY OF AMERICAN INEQUALITY is a searing exposé into the alarming humanitarian crisis in America’s own backyard: over half a million people experiencing homelessness. Focusing on one of Los Angeles’ most iconic neighborhoods, the film explores how Venice became a frontline…
En 1618, une comète apparut dans le ciel. Elle était si brillante qu’elle restait visible même le jour. Sa queue en éventail ressemblait à un fouet et l’on dit que Dieu voulait punir les hommes. 1618, c’est l’année où débuta…
Un été avec Anton - Summer with Anton Jasna Krajinovic Belgique / 2012 / 61' / VO / English or french subtitles Anton is 12 years old. He lives with his grandmother in a little house outside Moscow. He spends his holidays with his pals or just plays round with his baboushka, who…
A documentary about the digital video revolution, film maker Todd Verow and his superstars. This recently unearthed documentary from 2001 has been restored & remastered in HD. In the late 1990's Todd Verow famously declared that "FILM IS DEAD" and set out, with his producing and…
Mike Atfield is a traditional wooden boatbuilder based in Salcombe in Devon, England. For well over half a century, he built more than 120 boats using the skills he learned as an apprentice and went on to perfect during his career. In this intimate film, we watch Mike building his last boat alongside…
A revised version of the award-winning hemp documentary BRINGING IT HOME, focusing on hemp fiber and grain uses and benefits. A 40-minute version for educating viewers about all the uses of industrial hemp and its potential for helping climate change. Hemp is making headlines in American media with…
'Up For Air' explores the human spirit's fight for survival through the eyes of Jerry Cahill - a 53-year-old pole-vaulter who continues to fight respiratory degeneration, depression and a potentially fatal double-lung transplant. Shot over a period of five years, Up For Air captures the…
In 1860, as the American Experiment threatened to explode into a bloody civil war, there were as many as four hundred thousand slave-owners in the United States, and almost four million slaves. The nation was founded upon the idea that all men are created equal and endowed by their creator with the inalienable…
“Up From the Bottoms: The Search for the American Dream” tells the story of the massive migration of Black Americans from the rural south to the prosperous north during the World War II years and beyond. They left behind the legacy of slavery and segregation and set out to find the American…
Joackim Guichard, a former professional surfer looking for a new start, a meaningful life, his true north.
