ベルリンを拠点に活動するシャーマン・UMAの実践を通して、シャーマニズムを探求する。 記録と儀式の境界を横断しながら、観る者を体験へと導く映像作品。 Based on the shamanic practice of UMA, a Berlin-based shaman, this film is an exploration of shamanism in the contemporary world. Rooted in lived ritual and embodied knowledge, the film blurs the boundary between documentation…
Following a family of devoted French Bulldog breeders in upstate New York, Whelps offers a tender, unflinching look at the breeding process -- while investigating the global controversy surrounding Frenchies. Some say America's favorite dog breed shouldn't exist while others can't imagine…
This is the story of 2010/2011 Canterbury/ Christchurch/New Zealand Earthquakes. One man's journey through disaster, recovery and discovery. 2010 on the Canterbury Plains and all is well. Lambs, blue skies and daffodils. In Cathedral Square choir boys sing to their God. Punts push new season's…
A decade on from the deadly earthquake, Christchurch has risen from the rubble, a new city built upon the kindness and resilience of its people. Ten years ago, just months after the largest of the Canterbury earthquakes, Christchurch- based Frank Film produced the award-winning documentary, When A…
A filmmaker completes his debut film: A reflection on his parents assumed monogamous long-distance marriage as well as his own Nigerian background and identity. He thereafter accidentally discovers his father's secret; a second family throughout the last 30 years, a life secret that escaped the…
FOR HOME VIEWING ONLY. NOT FOR PUBLIC EVENT OR INSTITUTIONAL USE. WHEN AFRICAN AMERICANS CAME TO PARIS – FULL SERIES This exceptional two-part series of short videos by award-winning documentarian Joanne Burke brings to life the pioneering years of the African American presence in Paris. Each…
5 Stars RTE.ie See the film what critics are calling " A work of art" A film about rural life in the midst of great local, national and global change. A new motorway ploughs through a community in the west of Ireland, a glaring symbol of our modern age. Over the next 7 years the film…
In a film that gives voice to Arabs worldwide who refuse to be defined by stereotypes of repression and fundamentalism, director Jawad Rhalib questions the many facets of his culture that has sadly been forgotten by western and middle eastern media alike — especially its love for dancing and music.…
When art invites itself to the domain, Chaumont-sur-Loire A film by Gilles Coudert (2019 / 52 min. / Original Version - English Subtitles) Available in DVD: https://www.apres-production.com/portfolio_page/dvd-quand-l-art-s-invite-au-domaine/ Disponible en français : https://vimeo.com/ondemand/quandlartchaumont This…
When Art Spreads through the forest (Quand l'art sème en forêt) A film by Olivier Comte (52 min. / 2022) Available in DVD: https://www.apres-production.com/portfolio_page/dvd-when-art-spreads-through-the-forest/ Disponible en français : https://vimeo.com/ondemand/quandlartsemeenforet Disponibile…
Bananas are everywhere: Americans eat nearly 10 billion of them per year, consuming more pounds of bananas than apples and oranges combined. WHEN BANANA RULED tells the story of the men who made bananas the most ubiquitous fruit in the world, through a multinational empire that dominated production…
When Billy Broke His Head ...and Other Tales of Wonder is an entertaining, irreverent road movie about disability, civil rights, and the search for intelligent life after brain damage. Following a traffic-accident, journalist Billy Golfus woke from a coma to find himself head-injured, hemiplegic and…
