An up-to-date look at Youth Suicide with an examination of the warning signs, statistics and causes, along with possible ways teachers and parents can use to help their child overcome this important social issue. Also includes a look at the media and its handling of the social issue through the Netflix series "13 Reasons Why" and the Tony Award-winning Broadway musical, "Dear Evan Hansen."
A local fisherwoman navigates her way through a male dominated environment to work in an industry that has been essential to island life for hundreds of years.
Afrikki
Combining staged scenes, newsreel footage, and documentary episodes, the history of the development of sports is presented, showing the stadiums of Moscow, Philadelphia, Stockholm and Mexico City in the past and future.
The documentary follows a group of Ukrainian military medics as they travel from the challenging realities of Ukraine to a peaceful retreat in Sweden. The medics, who have faced intense pressures and difficult situations since the escalation of the war in 2022, are given the opportunity to rest and reflect. Amid the calm of the Swedish forests, they begin to process their experiences, sharing personal stories about the emotional and psychological challenges they’ve faced. The film sheds light on the importance of mental health support for those who have been on the frontlines, focusing on the need for care and understanding in a time of great hardship.
Elem Klimov's tribute to his late wife, director Larisa Shepitko, killed in a car accident a year earlier. Features excerpts from all of her films, and archival audio of her discussing life and art.
Using hidden cameras and never-before-seen footage, Earthlings chronicles the day-to-day practices of the largest industries in the world, all of which rely entirely on animals for profit.
The LGBTQIFA+ Center of Lille has been welcoming people for several years who fled their countries due to homophobic or transphobic persecution. A team of activist volunteers helps them find the right and convincing words to obtain the right of asylum. What they once had to hide to stay alive, they now speak, live, and share—the joys and the sorrows—in unwavering solidarity.
An experimental study of nature through three stories and how we have destroyed it.
Mira-futuro
A compilation of interviews, rehearsals and backstage footage of Michael Jackson as he prepared for his series of sold-out shows in London.
A couple returns to Aghdam, the city they once fled 32 years ago due to the war. It's a story about memory held in people, and about the small, powerful ways the past resurfaces when you finally face it.
Composed from the conversations that the director holds with people passing by in the street under his Warsaw apartment, each story in 'The Balcony Movie' is unique and deals with the way we try to cope with life as individuals. All together, they create a self-portrait of contemporary human life, and the passers-by present a composite picture of today's world.
Fora da Caridade Não Há Salvação
Black holes stand at the limit of what we can know. To explore that edge of knowledge, the Event Horizon Telescope links observatories across the world to simulate an earth-sized instrument. With this tool the team pursues the first-ever picture of a black hole, resulting in an image seen by billions of people in April 2019. Meanwhile, Hawking and his team attack the black hole paradox at the heart of theoretical physics—Do predictive laws still function, even in these massive distortions of space and time? Weaving them together is a third strand, philosophical and exploratory using expressive animation. “Edge” is about practicing science at the highest level, a film where observation, theory, and philosophy combine to grasp these most mysterious objects.
Anthopos tells the story of a centenarian character from his birth to his death.
A tribute to drag superstar, The Vivienne. Friends and family share touching stories of the RuPaul's Drag Race UK winner and her legacy. Her spirit lives on through unreleased footage, showcasing her unique personality and how her passion for entertaining left a mark in the world. Interviews with her dearest drag sisters Baga Chipz, Michael Marouli, Danny Beard, Tia Kofi, Cheryl Hole and more.
After saving his home from a historic wildfire that destroyed his town, a California man opens his doors to displaced families and neighbors, determined to stay rooted in a place that could burn again. Filmed over five years, it captures the bonds, challenges, and tensions that emerge when dozens of people and their dogs live together in the aftermath of disaster.
A documentary on three families struggling to survive in Brazil.
Joshua Ray Walker faces the fragility of life as he confronts a life-altering cancer diagnosis. As he prepares to return to the Grand Ole Opry, the film captures an intimate portrait of an artist grappling with mortality while confronting the legacy he will leave behind. Blending lyrical visuals, performance, and moments of quiet reflection, the film explores how music sustains, redeems, and endures. It is a meditation on resilience, legacy, and the human drive to create meaning even in the face of life's limits. Directed by Emmy Award-winner Gene Gallerano and Bob Ray, and produced with Texas Monthly, this short documentary is a deeply personal yet universal exploration of survival, artistic courage, and what it truly means to leave a lasting imprint.