When seminal documentarian Ed Pincus, considered the father of first person non-fiction film, is diagnosed with a terminal illness, he and collaborator Lucia Small team up to make one last film, much to the chagrin of Jane, Ed’s wife of 50 years. Told from two filmmakers’ points of view,…
When estranged father, dreamer, and visionary architect Glen Howard Small bequeaths his daughter the task of writing his biography, she answers instead with a provocative film about his precarious career and thorny private life. At 31, Glen Small, founder and faculty member of the internationally acclaimed…
Bilingual and bicultural, Hamid Naficy is the main character in this documentary on the mixed blessings of the state of exile that he has likened to an elevator that runs between “two cultural poles, two memories, two lives.” He’s a member of the Iranian generation that lived through…
At the end of the day, snowboarding is really about having a fun time with your friends. So whether these guys find a fun line to ride or not, they are having a good time in the search for the elusive Upper Peninsula Backcountry. Backcountry snowboarding is growing in popularity as people are getting…
Splitboarding offers a totally different experience than snowboarding at a ski resort. It may take all day to ride one run, but that run will be better than dozens of runs at a resort. Alex is looking for real submersion in the mountains and that’s what splitboarding offers. On top of the technical…
Why do I Hike 2: Hardships of a Thru Hike is an immersive and thought-provoking documentary that embarks on a 5000-kilometer journey through the rugged terrain of the Continental Divide Trail. The film delves into the intense physical and emotional challenges faced by a dedicated hiker on his quest to…
Figure it Out on the Hayduke Trail is a film about one of America's most challenging long-distance hikes. The Hayduke Trail is an 800-mile route across Utah and Arizona. Most of the time there is no trail to follow and navigating through the canyons can be extremely difficult and dangerous. Alex…
Best Mid-length Award – Hot Docs Film Festival Berlinale 2010 HotDocs Film Festival “I’m scared of cars, of dogs, of snakes; I’m scared of airplanes, helicopters, tanks and soldiers. I’m scared of terrorist attacks. I’m scared of Jews, I’m scared of Arabs,…
Best Documentary – ZagrebDox Special Mention – IDFA Best Documentary – Mediterranean Film Festival Duah Fares, a young woman from the Druze village of Sagur in the Galilee, was one of 12 finalists in the beauty pageant for Israeli-Arab women – ‘Lady Kul el-Arab.’…
Best Director – Cronograf Documentary Film Festival Asian Silver Award – Shanghai Int’l TV Festival SXSW International Film Festival Alfonso Malul is a 73 year old lead dancer in a flamenco troupe for senior citizens, which rehearses in a Tel Aviv suburb. After mourning the unexpected…
Jerusalem International Film Festival Australian International Film Festival In 1995, a fabled actress Aliza Rosen met Tomer Heymann, a young film director, just starting his career. After almost twenty years of filmmaking career and fifteen completed documentary films Tomer returns to the materials…
Best Documentary – “Contact” Kyiv Internationall Documentary Film Festival IDFA Zagreb Dox For the first time in Israeli history, a group of Arab and Jewish parents decides to establish a cooperative binational, bilingual school inside an Arab village. The film follows the school’s…
