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An old Italian immigrant, owner of a wig shop, performs endless parties animated by a soundtrack of doubles to show that it is still in force since its apogee in the dictatorship. The transition between this vertigo and the later solitude of its protagonist is the inspiration to portray a world with two faces.
Il Siciliano (2018 )
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Bertha loves to draw. She needs help in her daily life for she has a rare disease that impairs her vision. But Bertha refuses to be discouraged. She has organised an exhibition together with a well-known painter. The proceeds will go to research into her disease, the so-called Wolfram syndrome. Can Bertha tame the wild wolves in her life?
Bertha and the Wolfram (2020 )
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In this disarming and personal documentary, Gonçalves explores precisely what it is that is wrong with him. His physical disability is obvious, but doctors have never managed to provide a diagnosis. As he undergoes a series of tests, he paints a picture of his life today and looks back over his past, assisted by a vast collection of VHS videos, for which he sometimes provides commentary to explain the context.
My Name Is Daniel (2018 )
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The stories, music and rituals of Tinku culture in the north of Potosí in Bolivia, are the perfect excuse for director Nina Wara Carrasco to return to the idyllic place of her childhood, where she faces the uneasiness of the passage of time and uprooting. In the Whisper of the Wind explores rituals where music is a balm and a link with the mystic.
In the Whisper of the Wind (2018 )
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The Apollo 8 astronauts recount their memories of capturing the first image of Earth from space in 1968 and evokes the awe of seeing Earth framed against the blackness of space.
Earthrise (2018 )
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A couple of young indigenous people are going to be parents. This news arouses their concern about the identity with which they will educate and raise their son or daughter.
Huahua (2017 )
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Tan is an experimental documentary which confronts the relationship between the physical body and the social body of two generations observed in contemporary Iran.
Tan (2018 )
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The unspoiled beauty of Tasmania, wonders created throughout evolution, geological formations, ancient forests, breathtaking cliffs, rugged mountains, rivers, lagoons, a dreamy coastline with turquoise waters, Gondwana Flora, and unique fauna.
Tasmania, A World Apart (2018 )
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Miguel —alias Tibars, alias “Djon África,” born and raised in Portugal— is a kindhearted Rastafarian who loves women and lives a carefree life. Until one day a stranger tells him he's the spitting image of his father, “a player and a crook.” His father, whom he never even knew! This intriguing discovery makes him change tack. Particularly when his grandmother, who always took care of him, finally tells him how his father was in prison; how sad Miguel was as a toddler when he couldn't see him; how his father was banished to Cape Verde. Miguel goes there to visit him. Who is this man?
Djon Africa (2018 )
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Two white Italian actors play Black Rwandans in a fact-based tale set during the Rwanda genocide.
Rwanda (2019 )
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League of Exotique Dancers explores vintage Burlesque's world of fun, frolic, and feathers, yet also turns the spotlight on the poverty, racism, and sexism that were rampant under all that glitter.
League of Exotique Dancers (2015 )
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Stop-motion animation on the arranging of marriages in 1950/60s set in the Eastern-Polish borderland. The script is based on a part of Mikołaj Smyk's diary, the director's grandfather. The biographical objects used in the animation, such as an authentic headscarf, Polish and Russian books, the copy of Mikołaj Smyk's diary and photographs help situate the story in its original environment.
The Deal (2015 )
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Above and Below is a rough and rhythmic roller coaster ride seating five survivors in their daily hustle through an apocalyptic world. A journey of challenges and beauty in uncomfortable places: Rick & Cindy, Godfather Lalo in the flood channels deep down under the shiny strip of Sin City. Dave in the dry and lonesome Californian desert and April in simulation for a Mars mission in the Utah desert. Through the hustle, the pain and the laughs, we are whisked away to an unfamiliar world, yet quickly discover the souls we encounter are perhaps not that different from our own.
Above and Below (2015 )
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An extraordinary film about memory, and specifically the fading memory of an 86-year-old political activist who has fought tirelessly against historical amnesia and for justice in Argentina. The director’s grandmother, Laura Bonaparte, was one of the founders of the Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo, formed during the 1970s by women whose children and family members had been disappeared by the Videla military dictatorship. Laura herself lost three children and their partners, including the director’s parents. Today, after a lifetime battling that the disappeared never be forgotten, Laura faces her own struggle to remember.
Time Suspended (2015 )
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Teresa and Ornella are sisters utterly devoted to one another despite a deeply buried secret between them.
Between Sisters (2015 )
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Tchinda is one of most beloved women in Cape Verde, especially after she came out as a transgender person in the local newspaper in 1998. Since then, her name has become the term used by locals to name queer Cape Verdeans.
Tchindas (2015 )
K2. Touching the Sky (2015 )
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A biographical documentary film about the legendary Indian filmmaker Satyajit Ray, to commemorate Ray's centenary year. The film covers Ray's life and early works, focusing on the making of his first film Pather Panchali.
Manik da: The Mystique of Pather Panchali (2021 )
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In the Jaintia Hills of Northeast India, boys and men descend into the abyss of the 'rat-holes' to scratch coal out of hard rock, with nothing more than a pickaxe and a head-torch. One of them is Suraj, an 11-year old boy. Born in the mines to Nepali immigrants, Suraj cherishes the hope of getting out of the coal-pit someday. With his mother no more, an unsupportive father and no place he can call home, the odds are stacked against him. And yet, he battles to eventually put himself in school. The film follows Suraj through his tumultuous journey, while revealing startling stories and lives under unusual - perhaps extraordinary - circumstances.
Fireflies in the Abyss (2015 )
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Adam, a young Tanzanian boy persecuted because of his albinism, finds a kindred spirit in Peter, a Canadian man with the same condition. Together they embark on an unlikely journey that transcends cultures and continents.
The Boy from Geita (2015 )
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Snowy, a 4-inch-long pet turtle, has lived an isolated life in the family basement. With help from a team of experts and his caretaker, Uncle Larry, we ask: Can Snowy be happy and what would it take?
Snowy (2021 )
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Seven Zagros Symphonies narrates the philosophy of seven musical maqams of the oldest wind instrument (shamshal) in the life of the people of Zagros. The documentary is narrated using the monologue of an old man who spent 65 years of his life playing the shamshal (a Kurdish wind instrument). The story of the film is character-oriented and the philosophy of the seven maqams in his life is implied.
Seven Symphonies of Zagros (2021 )
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The renovations of our university dorm were left unfinished because of the lockdown in Germany, and the thick fabric that they had put up around the building to contain the debris remained in place. During the lockdown, the 367 of us in this 25 story building could barely see the world outside through the tiny holes of this thick fabric.
The Fabric (2021 )
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A young man (hypothesis 1) and a young woman (hypothesis 2) refuse any dinner or other invitations so as to give themselves over to an evening ritual.
The Ceremony (2014 )
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This essay film tells of the ocean as a place of yearning, of the world of giant container ships and their crews, and the women that wait for them in ports and drinking holes. The protagonists' thoughts are rendered as inner monologues in voiceover, all set to striking documentary images.
Exotica, Erotica, Etc. (2015 )
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When Michal finds out her husband Meir is having an affair with a man, her world collapses. Not only is she is forced to deal with sexual rejection from Meir, she also has to endure social rejection.
Longing (2014 )
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Lithuanian photographer, the legend of Soviet Sixties' generation Vitas Luckus tragically passed away in 1987. Yet the life and times of the talented rebel still impassion and lead us to a journey questioning why, at all times, we are wary of those who are really free.
Master and Tatyana (2015 )
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The world’s farmland is at risk. Demand for land has soared as investors look for places to grow food for export, grow crops for biofuel or simply buy up land for profit. The film gives an inside look into the world of investors in the international agricultural-business and shows the consequences for families kicked off their land. Land Grabbing shows how “colonialism 2.0” works.
Land Grabbing (2015 )
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The Californian military base, Twentynine Palms, is a transit point for very young Marines who stay there after returning from Iraq or Afghanistan. How can they“kill” time from now on?
Killing Time (2015 )
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Ernesto Gainza stands 4,000 meters above the ground in Dubai, preparing to set a Guinness world record skydiving with the smallest and fastest parachute in history. Experts say he is likely to die, but he jumps. Born in Valencia, Venezuela, Ernesto's father died days before he was born, leaving his mother to care for him and his sister singlehandedly in humble circumstances. After a difficult divorce, Ernesto gave up everything to move to Europe and took a skydiving course. His life changed forever and a career in parachute stunts quickly developed in a dream of setting a world record by April 5, 2014.
Down to Earth (2015 )
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Ida's Diary is a film about hope and courage, about finding your own identity and daring to live. It's a personal film based on Ida's own video diary from the last eight years.
Ida's Diary (2015 )
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Daniel is a young man. Daniel is a student and a writer. Also Daniel is a pedophile. He is in love and makes no secret of his sexual orientation; even not in front of the parents of his beloved boy. Daniel has never hurt any child. What is the way of the most intimate of feelings in Daniel's and his friends' heart? The film introduces the rises and falls of people living with pedophilia. It portrays Daniel and the Czech community of pedophiles. It narrates a story of forbidden love and a constant struggle to come to terms with oneself and the society.
Daniel's World (2015 )