The Benefit of the Doubt

Intimate documentary following the Ferdinand family as Rio's fiancée Kate Wright integrates into the family and becomes a step mum to Rio's three children, Lorenz, Tate and Tia.

Four people - Brittany, Hannah, Nick, and Ylonda - tell their stories about how access to abortion in their community helped them empower themselves to lead lives they want to live.

In an agro-extractive settlement, the families have already managed to fulfill the dream of the land, but the lack of rain and the monoculture of eucalyptus in the region hamper their survival. In this scenario, while the older ones seek to transmit their knowledge of how to deal with the land, the younger ones see life in the city as an opportunity.

Super-8 filming, made between 1976 and 1979, from the amateur drive to capture the moment. For the professors of the University Carlos III Elena Oroz and Xose Prieto Souso, who have directed the project, the vestiges of the collective struggles, social rituals and family moments from the articles that articulate an archeology of the possible attentive to the textures affective, aesthetic and temporary inscribed in them.

A voice-over guides the viewer through an underground depot of historic and imaginary relics, from the Alhambra to Romeo and Juliet's balcony. While the anonymous voice strings together backstory after backstory, a parallel history emerges from the darkness of this beautifully decorated limestone quarry, shaped by fantasy, boredom, faith and power.

Clint Eastwood: Last of the Legends

Why has the German film and television industry so far not found a natural way of dealing with people with a migration background? The documentary "Kino Kanak" begins a complex search for traces.

Eddy Haymour is a barber, an eccentric entrepreneur, a psychiatric patient, a kidnapper, and a hostage taker. A controversial character, he has been called both madman and visionary. Our 90 minute documentary, Eddy's Kingdom, chronicles the saga of Haymour's obsession with creating an island theme park in Kelowna BC, which culminated in a hostage taking in Lebanon. His present day quest is to confront the current BC government and get the island back in his possession. At his side is his daughter Fadwa, the only family member who still talks to him.

In this film essay, critic Peter Buchka explores the German cinema of the 1920s, ranging from the disquieting images of Fritz Lang's Metropolis to the castrating sexuality of Marlene Dietrich in Die Blaue Engel. The program provides an introduction to Weimar cinema, with Buchka's essay narrated over the images from film clips of 1920s era German films.

Single-Ultras: Der 12. Mann!

Do you remember sharing your feelings with someone through a “mix tape?” Analog Love is a joyful look at why this ritual of communication through music still continues to be so meaningful. With the insights of Henry Rollins, Money Mark (Beastie Boys), Kim Shattuck (The Muffs), Jennifer Finch (L7), Chantal Claret, Jude “Rude Jude” Angelini, Zernell Gillie (Grimy!), Mona Lisa Murray, Christian James Hand (The Session) and many more, we’ll get to the bottom of the long-lost art of the mix tape.​

Jurassic Road

Bangkok, au fil du temps

This definitive music documentary, featuring a greatest hits soundtrack and bounty of classic performance clips, provides an inside look into how Swedish pop group ABBA's music was made, as the former members and various colleagues tell their story from pre-ABBA days onward.

Filmmaker Mehrnaz Saeed-Vafa interviews the veteran filmmaker three weeks before his death in an effort to introduce American cinephiles to his life and work. In addition, Saeed-Vafa skillfully uses film clips to illustrate the haunting quality of Saless' work and the impact it has had on generations of Iranian filmmakers.

He was incredibly talented: fashion designer, photographer, publisher, interior designer, costume designer, trendsetter, all in one person - Karl Lagerfeld. When he died on February 19, 2019 at the age of 85, it wasn't just the fashion world that was sad. He worked until the end - on new collections, a photo exhibition and book publications. Karl Lagerfeld never allowed himself any creative breaks.

Femmes des casernes

Professional magician Danny Korem speaks to purported telekinetic/martial arts instructor James Hydrick, who admits his powers are a sham.

The writings and movie memories of renowned poet John Ashbery are refracted in a kaleidoscope of film clips that open up an illuminating dialogue between his work and cinema

Reggae Ambassadors, La Légende du Reggae