Meet Dick Zigun, “Honorary Mayor of Coney Island” and learn about the beginnings of Coney Island USA. Under Dick, Coney Island USA developed and produced a number of beloved summer programs including the Mermaid Parade and the Coney Island Circus Sideshow. Dick moved to Coney Island…
"Little Victories" is a first person dramedy-docu that tells the story of Tamar and Michal, two Tel-Avivian mothers and members of a catchball team, and of Coach Moodie, a charismatic and somewhat odd man, who is determined to release them from their net of daily battles and make them fall…
Hokkaido, Japan’s second-largest island, is a land of vast forests, volcanoes, lakes, and nature parks, yet home to only 5% of the country’s population. This remote and pristine landscape makes it an ideal destination for cycling, far from cities, traffic, and the pressures of overtourism.…
A devoted father seeks solace and understanding in a groundbreaking therapy session, where he navigates the heartbreak of losing his rights to his autistic daughter and challenges societal norms of masculinity and fatherhood in an intimate exploration of Black men's healing.- Urban Multimedia Film…
Union Pacific Railroad Volume Two features loads of exciting freight train action across the scenic state of Wisconsin. This route is a former Chicago & NorthWestern mainline that begins in St. Paul, MN and travels 315 miles across the Badger State to Milwaukee, WI. The exciting UP train action…
Abigail Disney's directorial debut, THE ARMOR OF LIGHT, follows the journey of an Evangelical minister trying to find the courage to preach about the growing toll of gun violence in America. The film tracks Reverend Rob Schenck, anti—abortion activist and fixture on the political far right,…
An ambitious documentary focused on the drastic environmental and cultural changes that have occurred over the last 100 years in the Inuit village of Inukjuak, the location where Robert Flaherty filmed Nanook of the North from 1920-1921. From the recording of interviews to filming daily life, much of…
A mother’s life in the isolated region of Sadiya, Assam, becomes a poignant exploration of belonging and identity, as she and her son navigate life shaped by the formidable Brahmaputra River and grapple with the judgments of others.
In 1911, anthropologist Northcote Thomas made a study of the Igbo-speaking people of Nigeria. 110 years later, the return of Thomas’s photographs of men with facial scarification marks called 'ichi' inspired a cultural revival among the custodians of this controversial art form. In this…
As December's festive lights begin to glow across Europe, refugees remain hidden in the freezing forests along the fraught Poland-Belarus border. Grzegorz Paprzycki’s poignant film contrasts scenes of Christmas cheer with the voices of those left unseen and unheard — exposing the cold…
À Istanbul, il y a les ombres de l’exil de Babushka, les mots d’amour de la première fille dont je suis tombée amoureuse et les récits du quotidien sous tension de mes ami·es. Et puis il y a le soleil, qui, quoi qu’il arrive, se lève toujours…
Sounds in a city are like an invisible landscape. In this experimental documentary, filmmaker Boyi Xu constructs a sensory journey of the intense soundscape of New York City, visiting various places and spaces to draw a sound sketch of everyday urban lives.
