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A man who laments "not even feeling like the main character of his own story" suddenly finds himself aware of the camera that's watching him, eliciting a mind-bending journey of self discovery.
Immersed in the songs of blue jays, yellow-throated warblers, and red-shouldered hawks on his forty-six-acre farm in rural South Carolina, acclaimed poet and ornithologist J. Drew Lanham exchanges calls with the birds that stop over at his home during their seasonal migrations. For Drew, these creatures are gods, transcendent beings who summon a response of reverence. Reverberating with sound, music, light, and ethereal cinematic expression, A Mystical Ornithology weaves a kinetic texture for the senses and invites you into a poetic evocation of the paradox of love and grief within the changing nature of the seasons.
Gun Pilots takes a compelling insider’s view into the rigorous world of U.S. Army Apache flight training. It follows student aviators as they confront the formidable challenge of mastering the AH-64 Apache—the most lethal attack helicopter ever built!
An eleven-year-old boy discovers a secret project that completely shatters his understanding of reality. He must race to uncover the truth before the forces behind the operation alter his life forever.
On a cold winter's night in 1983, a young teacher of Serbo-Croatian recieves a surprise visit. A nude man, claiming to be from Belgrade in the far future tells her that the world as they know it will crumble and that he believes he knows how to stop it.
A documentary chronicling the history and final days of the Crayola House, a legendary DIY punk venue in Harrisonburg, Virginia. Through archival footage, live performances, and interviews with musicians, artists, and former residents, the film captures the spirit of a community built on music, creativity, and collective resistance as it faces displacement and the end of an era.
A reimagining of masala cinema, Namaslay is a pyroclastic, genre-smashing horror satire that eviscerates the appropriation of Yoga in the West—proving culture is the blood that keeps the dead alive.
After being deceived by Wall Enberg, the Jönsson Gang decides to strike back with their most daring heist yet: to snatch Walls beloved artwork 'Pluto's Throne'—worth 400 million kronor, locked away in his private Franz Jäger vault. To succeed, they must outsmart a vain police chief, a desperate small-time gangster known as the 'The Shrimp', and Wall Enberg himself—who will stop at nothing to get his revenge.
In 1976, a 19-year-old actress becomes a symbol of scandal when she starts her career in The Smoking Fish, delivering the first-ever nude scene in Venezuelan cinema. The media crucifies her, turning her into a controversial figure. Decades later, she returns to the iconic film, now as the lead. As she embarks on the remake's production, her personal life spirals into a passionate affair with the married director and a complicated romance with the young male protagonist. Life and art intertwine as her real-world turmoil mirrors the love triangle she portrays on screen. More than just the professional redemption she seeks, The Smoking Fish will once again change her life in unexpected ways.
The Bolivian Andes are rich in both lithium and drama in a film about a new gold rush, where global interests collide and 500 years of colonial history continue to haunt the present.
A girl traverses landscapes that change without logic, following an inner voice that accompanies, seduces, and confuses her. Between empty beaches, off-axis skies, and faceless presences, reality slowly dissolves into a hypnotic flow of temporal voids, euphoria, and anxiety.
Four years later, Guilherme Gomes is taking advantage of the Summer to capitalize on one of his first successes, "Me At The Beach: The Documentary".
A road movie in reverse across Europe: Jola Wieczorek traces her family’s past from Poland to the idyllic Salzkammergut. The documentary The Days Yet Unknown is a moving portrait of origin, displacement, and the question of what home truly means.
An 11-year-old girl meets her sister, who has transitioned and is now her brother. Struggling to accept this, she makes him reenact scenes from their childhood to mend their bond.
A lonely and ruthless hit man falls in love with the woman he is assigned to kill, but she is about to commit suicide.
A man who fled his country after the war broke out, living in physical safety but emotional exile. /haunted by trauma and the people he lost, he moves through his day with an invisible weight loss he can not name and guilt he can not face. The film follows his life while he remains suspended between what he can not face and what he can not feel.
A summary of the Dominican Republic's undefeated championship run in the 2013 World Baseball Classic.
