Around the End of the World

On March 30, 2022, Barcelona and Real Madrid's rivalry was at the forefront of football. But this time, it was the women's teams who were centre stage as they played out a seven-goal thriller in front of a world record crowd of 91,553 fans.

A study of Antoni Gaudí's architecture (especially the Church of the Holy Trinity in Barcelona), his sources of inspiration and his influence on Picasso. (BFI)

Sigmund Jähn, (East) Germany's first man in space, and the preparations for the space flight are portrayed.

Heroes from the GDR's past are presented. Heroes will also be needed in the future.

According to Brazilian journalist and biographer Ruy Castro, Vinicius de Moraes directed a short film in the second half of 1962 titled Azul e Branco ("Blue and White"), about Portinari’s tile work at the Ministry of Education in Rio de Janeiro—an endeavor that rekindled his longtime passion for cinema.

Filmed in 2003 while staying in a Brooklyn Heights apartment, the work centers on a small Greek statue revealed in shifting morning and afternoon light. Beavers weaves these images with views of the East River and Manhattan Bridge, later completing the film in 2010 as a meditative elegy for his friend Jacques Dehornois.

Good Farm

L'album de famille de Jean Renoir

Coming back during Winter, Alex Powell explores both the places and personal connections found in his hometown and how they've changed. “Guide to a Midwest Hometown” explores what makes the barren places at home feel sentimental and special, and the good and bad feelings that come when being back home. Inspired by "How To With John Wilson".

An experimental exploration and celebration of the Juggalo subculture in Buffalo, New York. Long and static takes of Juggalos engaged in their favorite activities, first and foremost of which - causing mayhem. Among these seemingly random acts of the everyday, preening, sexual gratification, backyard wrestling, explosions and destruction, a tentative narrative begins to emerge.

A 1942 short film.

Various people from the GDR describe their lives and their work for the socialist society. Because everyone fulfills an important task in the society.

Gente de mesón

Johan van der Keuken's first film is a uniquely beautiful portrait of Paris at dawn.

Images and numbers illustrate the domestic political measures taken after the Nazis came to power to eliminate unemployment.

In a dry unforgiving part of Australia, a man and his wife have set up home and live stock to make their living. Just when it seemed the drought and lack of finances were getting to be too much, things change: BP is looking for a suitable area to attempt the world land speed record.

Jean Vigo : le son retrouvé

Les voyages de L'Atalante

The lives of Jeff, Lauren and Lloyd—three very different people who share one common experience—have been transformed by speaking up for mental health. These inspiring stories depict what mental health in America really looks like and highlights just how important it is to speak up and seek help.

Here's a strange one. First, a song on a blackboard: a Polish translation of “I love my little rooster” by American folk writer Almeda Riddle. Then, two men roll around trash bins and lift them to the garbage truck. They do it several times. A woman shouts in the distance. At the end, the picture stops, and the woman sings the song. An early short by Piotr Szulkin.