Inspired by Georges Perec’s A Man Asleep, the film examines contemporary alienation in a today’s emotionally numbed world of hyperconnectivity and endless information.
A young lawyer returns to Samar to find her estranged activist mother before her wedding.
A collection of footage from Erim's parents' 1998 vacation in Paris.
A stop-motion short film.
Set in the 1600s, a group of women are filled with an uncontrollable desire to run, touch, and tear themselves apart
In today’s world, messages get misunderstood. Transmission is interrupted.
Friends are seen having a disagreement over an issue of serious import.
Bullet and Lace, a neon-soaked, Giallo-inspired nightmare, follows a young woman whose favorite true crime podcast becomes the voice of the masked intruder stalking her through the night.
This intimate documentary follows a bride-to-be who, according to Manding tradition, must spend the three days before her wedding in seclusion. Silence gives rise to questions: Was her mother afraid too? How can she be gentle, strong and true to herself? Between rituals and prayers, she enters a state of deep introspection and senses there is very much she has not been told.
In the wake of a college student's unexplained disappearance, her classmates struggle to make sense of her absence, a mosaic of overlapping memories, fragmented conversations, and shifting perspectives begins to reveal the complex truths they have concealed from one another, and from themselves.
After a heated family confrontation, Otávio runs away from home in the dead of night and crosses the city toward the local gay nightclub. Amid hazy lights and dreamlike encounters, he embarks on a spiritual journey that reshapes the way he sees himself.
Ruhaani Ishq is a passionate love story where love faces family conflicts, rivalry and fate, taking two hearts through romance, sacrifice, heartbreak and unforgettable moments.
Tambuisa is a documentary exploring TambuFest, a day-long celebration of drumming and dance in Jamaica. TambuFest was conceived and produced by University of Pennsylvania anthropologist Deborah A. Thomas, musician Junior “Gabu” Wedderburn, and Dr. Nicholas Ferguson, a medical doctor and drummer. The word “tambu” is used throughout the African Diaspora to describe various drumming traditions and styles.
A curious, heartwarming documentary following a photographer as he makes a portrait series of autistic kids who love New York City subways. While overlooked by many, subways retain a magic in their ability to transport us to the destinations of our choosing. For autistic children, they can mean so much more. Following a group of these unique kids in New York City, Railfan explores the deep fascinations that autistic people have (a.k.a. “special interests”) through gentle observation, and invites you into a secret world where imagination and urban geographies overlap.
In the 1960s and early 1970s, Black Americans fought two wars, one in Vietnam and one at home for civil rights. As disproportionate numbers of Black men were drafted and sent to the front lines, the racism they faced in the United States followed them overseas. Through firsthand testimony, Brothers in Blood: Black in Vietnam examines discrimination within the military and the lasting physical, emotional, and social consequences veterans faced after returning home.
Young school children divulge their hilarious nicknames for various parts of a cat.
Traces le Carré's life from an abandoned child to an intelligence officer and then a master novelist who transformed betrayal into literature, and who spent a lifetime ‘controlling the story of himself.'
An elderly writer arrives at an abandoned village, where only derelict houses remain. He goes to the farm where he spent his childhood. After a new bridge was built, the village was plagued by robberies and threats, and his family moved to a small remote farming community. Their peaceful working environment was threatened by Russian soldiers monitoring the village by air and making harassing visits. The personal stories of the small community that we witness are adapted from the novels of Revaz Inanishvili.
In his studio in Juazeiro do Norte, woodcut artist and "Master of Popular Culture" of Ceará, Stenio Diniz, rediscovers a piece of wood - scarred by termites after years of neglect. Through his memories, the lessons he has learned, and his artistic practice, his actions reveal a co-authorship with nature - and the persistence of someone who keeps popular culture alive.
