JHMS The Spelling Bee

11-year-old Akeelah Anderson has a way with words. After winning her schoolwide spelling bee, she decides to enter the competition, despite her classmates' derision and the antipathy of her mother Tanya. Thanks to the efforts of her teacher Dr. Larabee, she reaches the finals. As she gets to know her fellow competitors, Akeelah realizes that coming first isn't everything in life.

This documentary follows 8 teens and pre-teens as they work their way toward the finals of the Scripps Howard national spelling bee championship in Washington D.C.

Wife and mother Miriam begins a downward emotional spiral as her husband avoids their collapsing marriage by immersing himself in his 11-year-old daughter's quest to become a spelling-bee champion.

Timmy reads to his friends a western story, where Sheriff Timmy deals with outlaws Goony the Kid and Miss Sweety when they come to Big Mouth Gulch.

Since 1999, 18 of the last 22 winners of the Scripps National Spelling Bee have been Indian-American, making the incredible trend one of the longest in sports history. “Breaking the Bee” is a feature-length documentary that explores and celebrates this new dynasty while following four students, ages 7 to 14, as they vie for the title of spelling bee champion.

Forty-year-old misanthrope, Guy Trilby, enters the National Golden Quill Spelling Bee through a loophole in the rules.

An English high school teacher whose students always play tricks on him because of his Carabao English. He met and fell in love with a fellow teacher, whom he didn't know was engaged to be married. Frustrated and tried to kill himself, his fairy godmother told him he'll just say the phrase "I Love You 3x A Day" if he wants somebody to fall in love with him.

Dnešný príbeh

This short botanical documentary uses timelapse and microscope photography to showcase various seeds and their modes of dispersal in all their splendor.

Winner of the Jury’s Special Mention at the 18th Al Ard Film Festival in Sardinia, Bank of Targets documents Israel’s targeting of civilian infrastructure in Gaza in 2021. Through a first-hand account of the bombing of a residential building, Sarraj highlights the efforts of journalists to create a record of war crimes as they unfold. Sarraj was killed in his home by an Israeli air strike on 22 October, 2023.

Tthe last minutes of a Dutch female resistance fighter while she is being lead to the place of her execution.

Grace returns home from the funeral of her husband, George accompanied by her daughter, Lucy. Mother and daughter clash, leading Grace to attempt to mourn in isolation. Confronted by memories of happier times, she begins the process of cleansing the house - and herself - of the medical paraphernalia of the sick man she nursed. Ignoring phone calls from her daughter, she chaotically extends the purge of George's earthly manifestations beyond what she can bear. Faced with her error, she has a choice to make - to either continue on her destructive path, or reach out to her daughter for help.

Fernando lived most of his life as a merchant in São Tomé de Negrelos, where he met the love of his life, Mariazinha. His life changed and Fernando died with a broken heart.

Elektra

A priest and a grieving wife.

Lemonia wants to escape , from a traumatic, force of violence against her, that violates her right to life, as well as the right to enjoy life without discrimination. And she demands an end to a situation that tests and undermines democracy and culture.

Pimenta no Clima

All begins in a rundown bar outside of Paris where a regular man realizes he has a winning lottery ticket only to be shot in a crime that needs to be quickly covered up.

Join the Sunday morning crowds at the famous East End market, home of London's rag trade.

Guests step out in smart hats and sumptuous furs for a Jewish wedding at London’s Central Synagogue.