Piano Bar Sessions

An impromptu singing contest at a dive bar turns a lonely night into a soul-baring moment of shared harmony.

For one-night-only blood was spilled in the mud.

Prague faces the challenge of a new zoning plan. The city's development leads to conflicts between the private developer lobby, city residents, and elected officials. By following several years of town council meetings, the film paints an image of a public policy apparatus that ignores the role of the urban planner. Using a journalistic approach, the filmmaker attempts to depict all points of view, although in the end the dominant perspective is of those who believe in the city as an expression of culture and quality of life.

In 2015, Dagny Carlsson quickly garnered the attention of millions of Swedes when she started blogging for the first time at age 102. Now at age 106, wanting to experience as much as she can, she accepts an invitation from a Finnish film director who wants her to star in a short film. So, off to Åland she goes!

A documentary about a young woman getting her start as a priest in the Swedish church.

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.

Pimenta no Clima

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.

Life, death and making meaning are the heart of a beautiful and often very funny film about an aging couple who, after an accident, face the inevitability of impermanence and seek a deep peace in their relationship while they still can.

The UN estimates street children worldwide at 150 million. In Latin America, they are 40 million. In Brazil, street boys and girls felt so enchanted by a camera that they took it as their own to express themselves and fight the silence.

In 1976, a 14-year-old boy in Sorocaba (SP) builds an FM transmitter and starts "Rádio Spectro", regarded as the first Brazilian pirate radio station. This short film explores matters of resistance and freedom by means of this pioneering initiative in sound communication.

ELSA ESNOULT - Théâtre des Folies Bergère - Paris

The ancient Indian folk tale of the sage Narada’s transformation comes to life in the non-fiction fairy tale “A Sea to Remember”. Marked by the experience of his grandmother suffering from an illness that affects memory and perception of reality, the author decided to explore the thin line between reality and illusion. How can a retirement home and virtual reality be related? Can a director also be a prince? Aren’t our memories just an illusion? An immersive film miniature not only encourages contemplation on the uncertain nature of reality, but also invites to an intimate emotional experience using nostalgic home video as well.

Les dernières grandes transhumances

Originally released as an Interactive viewing experience (like the Black Mirror episode "Bandersnatch") where viewers could choose different parts to watch. It was later featured on the Criterion Collection DVD and blu-ray disc release for I, Daniel Blake (2016) in a 38 minute edited version.

La Conspiración Nazi

Nubes y claros de Ibon Errazkin

At the end of the 1980s, the first generation of Brazilian punk rock lived a cycle of violence and self-destruction. In the opposite direction, the beginning of the next decade sees the emergence of a powerful and tuned in generation that amplifies the echoes of punk, coming up with new subgenres. More politicized, united and socially conscious, the 1990s crop came along to put an end to the conflicts of the "old-timers" and bring new life to an engaged and active scene, ushering in new talent to the Brazilian music landscape, with important names such as No Violence, Agrotóxico, Ação Direta, Garage Fuzz, Dominatrix, among others.

A Secrets of Life short.