Intruders: Abductees Speak Out! presents an intimate portrait of self-proclaimed alien abductees who are coping with the daily turmoil of being regularly taken by entities not from this world. Are they simply mistaken or disturbed? Or are they - as some experts contend - unwitting participants in an ominous alien agenda?
Hunting memories and shooting.
A dark and visceral journey. A language that tears apart the morbid nature of the dead-old primal human eyes. No warning was given. No mercy was shown.
Shot in the US between November 1979 and September 1980 in Connecticut's South Norwalk region, this documentary focuses on the city's economic downturn and its collapse under such difficult conditions. Through raising perplexing questions about the sustainability of the then relevant popular solutions for the prevalent conditions, the film brings forward the conflicting perspectives of the local residents, former and current shopkeepers, artists, politicians, environmentalists, urban planners, and developers.
Strasbourg was home to one of three Reich Universities founded by the Nazis, known as a project close to Hitler's heart. The university, founded in 1941, is infamous for the human experiments performed on KZ prisoners by the professors of the medical faculty. What did its dean, Johannes Stein, grandfather of documentarian Kirsten Esch, know of these crimes?
French soccer fans, celebrities and athletes retrace the exhilarating events of July 12, 1998, as France earned a historic win in the World Cup final.
Les Yeux dans les bleus - Bonus Tignes c'est Foot
This deceptively quiet film presents a portrait of Aljafaris family in Ramleh and Jaffa that hovers between documentary and cinematic memoir, guided by a nimble camera moving calmly but ceaselessly around the rooms of homes inhabited, damaged and ruined. The title refers to the roof missing from the house where Aljafaris family resettled in 1948, a home unfinished, an incomplete construction project. The use of stillness and off-screen space creates a sense of suspension, of time spent waiting, of aftermath, of lives lived elsewhere. Aljafaris striking use of his cast, his family, reveals the influence of Bressons use of nonprofessional actors as models whose performances emanate from their presence, not from acting.
Il Etait Une Voix - Thierry Roland
France 98 : Nous nous sommes tant aimés
Once around the globe on a motorbike - Christian Vogel has fulfilled this lifelong dream. During the 333 days and more than 50,000 kilometers, the camera was his only companion. What he saw on the way and whom he met.
Yield is an ethnographic inquiry done over a period of five years, documenting the lives of nine children living in dire Third World conditions. Stonecutters April, Ariel, and Rommel are siblings living off selling rocks they hack off a menacing mountain. Jomar scours the ocean silt for gold. Edralen and Jason tend to and transport agricultural products. With the addition of Alex and Glady Mae, both born with hydrocephalus; and Essam, a child warrior-the definition of labor is expounded to include another meaning: labor as part of the creation and eventual decline of life.
For each of us there comes a moment. A defining instant in out lives when we are changed forever. This is that moment. Believe is a celebration. A labor of love four years in the making. A tribute to an incredible bond formed between man and a killer whale. But it's even more than that. It's a testament to the connection that can take place between two very different worlds. What can happen when, against improbable odds, you believe in the impossible. The team behind Believe dedicates this celebration to the spirit of wonder. And we encourage you to follow your heart - to dream, to achieve and to above all, BELIEVE.
Together filmmaker Nathalie and her friend Fabienne venture into a world of memories and forgetting: Fabienne to prepare for her departure from life and Nathalie in order to face it.
"The Children Remember" is a look at "Casablanca" with Ingrid Bergman's daughter Pia Lindstrom and Humphrey Bogart's son Stephen Bogart.
Documentary focused on the last interview granted by the award-winning Maranhão theater artist Aldo Leite, illustrated with testimonials from people who lived with him.
The documentary narrates the trajectory of Maranhão journalist, writer and writer José Louzeiro, through his own testimonies and of filmmakers such as Sérgio Rezende, José Joffily and Jorge Duran, his partners in screenplays of important films for Brazilian cinema. At age 85, in poor health, Louzeiro recounts her adventures as a police journalist, writer and screenwriter, and shows her impressions of controversial and marginalized characters she portrayed in film, journalism and literature.
Documentary about the artist, cartoonist and pioneer of Brazilian animation Luiz Sá.
This documentary started as part of a photography project about the indigenous Ainu population in northern Japan, portraying people from tightly knit communities. They feel deeply connected by their culture and tradition. With gorgeous pictures, the directors explore how different generations of Ainu reflect on their identity after centuries of oppression.
Although sumo is a cherished part of Japanese culture, few have managed to get a behind-the-scenes look at the sport. Director Eiji SAKATA had the opportunity to spend six months in close contact with two sumo stables. In the process, he managed to capture fascinating footage of the rigorous training sessions and daily life of the wrestlers.