Fragile Memory
A young filmmaker Ihor finds a hidden and unpublished photo archive of his grandfather Leonid Burlaka, a famous Soviet cinematographer. Discovering a man that he never knew well enough through the damaged pictures, he gets closer to his dementing grandpa, facing the tension between memory and forgetting.
143 Sahara Street
Alone in a small white house on the edge of national road 1, the Trans-Saharan road, which connects Algiers to Tamanrasset crossing the immensity of the desert, Malika, 74, one…
The Searching Eye
The simple actions of a young boy on the beach provide visual metaphors for the normally unseen world. The camera adds a profound dimension to what the boy has seen,…
American Meth
Actor Val Kilmer narrates this powerful film exploring the methamphetamine epidemic that’s ravaged blue-collar America. Putting a human face on the problem, filmmaker Justin Hunt reveals the damage being done…
Killer Whales: the Mega Hunt
A newly discovered mega-hunt is happening off the coast of South Africa. In an epic annual spectacle in False Bay, a pod of cunning killer whales hunt 5,000 common dolphins.
Gonzalo Fonseca: Membra Disjecta & A Life in Stone
With unprecedented access to the pioneering Uruguayan sculptor’s body of work, Michael Gregory’s documentary is the first comprehensive study of this prolific artist’s legacy. Eschewing the tropes of the typical…
The Anthrax Attacks: In the Shadow of 9/11
Days after 9/11, letters containing fatal anthrax spores spark panic and tragedy in the US. This documentary follows the subsequent FBI investigation.
Parade
A short film on the first Gay Pride March in San Francisco in 1971 the year after the Stonewall Riots. This film was lost for 50 years before it was…
Miniverse
What if you could get behind the wheel and race through space? We scale down the Solar System to the continental United States and place the planets along the way…
Bee Gees – In Our Own Time
This documentary on the life and career of The Bee Gees mixes archival performance footage with intimate home movies to paint a portrait of the three brothers who became one…
Glossary of Broken Dreams
Puppets! Pixels! Anime! Live action! Stock footage! Lumpennerd Johannes Grenzfurthner gives an ideotaining cinematic revue about important political concepts. Everyone is talking about freedom! Privacy! Identity! Resistance! The Market! The…
‘Tis the Season: The Holidays on Screen
CNN Documentary Covering the History and Impact of Christmas Movies and TV
Eurocrime! The Italian Cop and Gangster Films That Ruled the ’70s
A documentary concerning the violent Italian ‘poliziotteschi’ cinematic movement of the 1970s which, at first glance, seem to be rip-offs of American crime films like DIRTY HARRY or THE GODFATHER,…