The Cure of Ars

The film recounts the life of the prisoners and the problems their families encounter in their struggle to survive. Here again filmmaker Kamran Shirdel employs the cinema verité style. The interviews with the prisoners, social workers and teachers serve as commentaries for "constructed" documentary images.

Tehran Is the Capital of Iran (1966-79) documents life in a deprived district in the south of Tehran. The images of destitution in Tehran's poor areas is accompanied by a variety of spoken accounts: the official viewpoint on the district's living conditions, what the inhabitants have to say, and occasional extracts read out of school manuals. The key element in Shirdel's film is the counterpoint effect he creates with image and sound. His impressively powerful portrayal of social unease helps reinforce the impact of his astonishing documentary images and social themes.

16th July 1969: America prepares to launch Apollo 11. Thousands of kilometers away, a ragtag group of Zambian exiles is trying to beat America to the Moon.

Contrasting ancient myth and modern reality, this short documentary examines the legendary relationship between West Coast Indigenous people and salmon, once their staple food. In the mythical realm, we learn how Raven finds riches in the harvest of the salmon, only to lose everything through a thoughtless act against the Spirit of the Salmon. So too does modern man jeopardize his living from the sea by heedless action. Images of ancient spear-fishing and smoke-houses contrast with images of today's Indigenous people operating a seiner and working in a cooperative cannery.

Short documentary filmed at the 1995 Burning Man festival

Tío Jess

Rubem Braga: Olho as Nuvens Vagabundas

In 1952, Marie-Louise Chapelle was the first French woman to reach an unclimbed peak in the Himalayas. Years later, filmmaker Ellen Vermeulen follows in her footsteps. An intimate journey through snow landscapes in which personal ambitions, social constraints, and the complexity of being a woman take center stage.

American Industrial Film covering the hazards of carpal tunnel syndrome.

An awkward wedding rehearsal at which the in-laws meet

Some of the most expensive and unusual items ever sold in Harrods are shared.

Film revealing what brings 300,000 people a day through Harrods' doors at Christmas.

Minutes of a rescue mission whose captain, Carola Rackete, becomes involuntarily famous when she rescues 53 people and questions the course of EU migration policy.

A look at the career, friendship and rivalry of legendary MMA fighters Chuck Liddell and Tito Ortiz.

Some people will move large valuable household goods, and the old people who barely have anything at all are forced to leave their safe existence for the new unknown.

As Cassie's birthday approaches, Lori discovers disturbing parallels between Cassie and her great aunt, who disappeared years before on her birthday. When signs of a curse appear, Cassie conjures up a little magic to make things right again.

While planning her stepson's wedding, Cassie Nightingale also tries to uncover the truth behind missing auction items.

A 20-year-old accompanies three men fifty years his senior on a hiking trip to the Teton mountain range, located within Grand Teton National Park in Wyoming.

ACA 168: Gadzhidaudov vs. Tumenov was a mixed martial arts event that took place on Sunday, December 24, 2023 the CSKA Arena in Moscow, Russia.

Somewhere in Amityville, two burglars search an abandoned warehouse for a rare vintage pocket watch and awaken something in the process.