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- In the heart of Tehachapi, California, amidst an eerie landscape in the middle of nowhere, the most unexpected and unforeseen space that could lend itself to the creation of an artwork emerges; one of the most impregnable high-security prisons in the USA. Photographer, street artist, and documentary filmmaker JR (who has blessed us alongside the unforgettable Agnès Varda with the delightful Visages Villages), having secured unprecedented access to the correctional facility, sets out on an art project that at first glance seems positively outrageous. Giving for the first time, both a voice and a platform to the inmates who have spent their most prolific years in a state of confinement, becoming addicted to a world of violence and brutality, JR bestows upon them the invaluable gift of self-respect through art's therapeutic properties. Visible only from the sky and by its nature temporary, a photo collage in the courtyard transforms into an allegory of a primarily internal liberation. At the same time, stories of former and current prisoners and testimonies of their relatives intermingle with the process of creating the artwork, thus enabling a discussion on the philosophical and existential shades of concepts such as mistake, guilt, sin and forgiveness.
- Every year, thousands of people vanish without a trace in Japan. Known as the Johatsu, or "the evaporated," they abandon their lives for various reasons, a troublesome relationship, mounting debts or threats from the mafia. Some get support from so-called "night moving" companies, which help people to disappear and start a new life somewhere else. Taking an intimate look at the phenomenon of "evaporating people," the film depicts the inner conflicts and attempts at reconciliation of those who have disappeared and those who have been left behind.
- Follows students and their teachers for one year at a public school in Tokyo to unveil how they interact and shape one another.
- UNDERWONDER is a documentary series that reveals unexplored underwater caves in Greece through cave diving. It has scientific, educational, and entertainment value.
- The documentary chronicles about four decades in a small farming village of Eressos on the island of Lesbos, where lesbian women from around the world have been gathering since the late '70s.
- It is common within Romani communities for children at the age of 13 to drop out of school to get married. But this is not the case of the children of the first-ever Roma Robotics team, who struggle to overcome the segregation of their community, travel all the way to USA, finish school and change their life paths.
- A journey across Europe to question each person's rights to bodily autonomy.
- Gentle or rough, blonde or shaved, cis or trans, long term inmates or those newly admitted: women re-enact their lives in a Buenos Aires prison, in trance and balance, voguing and singing.
- Falun Gong practitioners were persecuted in China, they tried to tell the truth but they were kidnapped, some Falun Gong practitioners died.
- Seventy years after the end of World War II, five innocent victims break the silence and share their lifelong struggles. Born to German soldiers and mothers from occupied Norway, these five war children reflect upon the abuse they endured for being the carriers of the "Nazi genes" and the systematic discrimination they faced, being shunned by their communities and their government alike. Liv Ullmann's captivating voice leads us through the atrocious crimes committed in times of peace.
- Filmed in Tokyo and Yokohama, of girls brings a variety of contemporary voices in resonance with two distinct female voices from Japan's literary and political past. Both popular authors of their time - the period from the late 1920s on - Fumiko Hayashiand Yuriko Miyamoto both died young, in 1951. They each had a strong feminist and class consciousness as well as an impressive literary voice, but came from very different backgrounds and expressed their ideals through different paths. The power and contradictions in both these women's worlds reverberate in dialogues and images of an intergenerational cast moving through the various spaces of knowledge, memory, and culture, and reflect today's struggles around gender, politics, and love.
- One of the most intangible yet defining procedures in life is none other than the passage from puberty to adulthood, an experience depicted in countless films and documentaries, though rarely with the emotional intelligence and unpretentious authenticity encompassed in this film. Except from imminent adulthood, the girls from Tell Them About Us also have to deal with another complicated condition; despite their Arab, Kurdish and Roma origins, they are growing up in a provincial town in Germany. Through this film (or, rather, actually through their very existence, their intoxicating energy, their bravery, their smiles, as well as their dreams), they are not just laying claim to their position in life but to a better future, speaking out about the way they live and the future they want to build with a genuinely hopeful outlook. Simple in its conception although an intricate result, Rand Beiruty's documentary is as close to the definition of "slice of life" as it can get; a slice that is rather delicious, flavorful, and juicy.
- A discovery of the incredible musical journey of Yani Spanos, setting off from small-town Kiato to major collaborations in Paris, and ultimately his huge success in Greece. With rare documents and interviews and through the eyes of a devoted fan, we explore why Spanos chose to stay behind the scenes, letting his music steal the spotlight.
- On October 4, 2012, a beaming Rüzgar Erkoçlar received his first testosterone injection, marking an important step in his gender affirmation. Could he have imagined then how arduous that journey would be? That traditional Turkey would make him front-page news because formerly he was a well-known actor? Maybe so, because this film leaves no doubt about the degree of homophobia and transphobia in Turkish society. The crowning glory of this transition is the exchange of his pink identity card for a blue one. The entire process, a path paved with frustration, humiliation, and endless waiting, is captured in home movie-esque observations and self-assured phone videos. An intimate report of a struggle with self-realization and acceptance in a traditional society, under intense media scrutiny.
- Ivan, 58, is a seagull, a Bulgarian ladies' man hooking up with female tourists at a Sunny Beach resort. He has done this for forty years, ever since the Communist times. Ivan wants to settle down, but that's not so easy for an old Seagull. He's got no savings and the pandemic makes things even more difficult: there are no tourists. Ivan supports himself by washing cars and windows. He tries to connect to Russian ladies to help them get visas to the EU and buy property in Bulgaria. He soon understands that he's not really credible as a serious male companion. Ivan's real wound is an adult son in Ukraine who refuses to talk to him. Maybe now, in spring 2022, would be the right time to reconnect.
- Rita Patiño, an indigenous woman from Mexico, was found by a human rights organization inside a Kansas psychiatric hospital, where she had been involuntarily confined, for 12 years, despite the fact that the hospital authorities were never able to determine who was this woman, where did she come from, or what language she spoke. After the consequences of confinement and medical negligence, Rita returned to Mexico, where she lives with Juanita, her niece, and primary caregiver, in a context of precarious economic possibilities. A moving portrait of the lives of these two Tarahumara women, questioning the multiple forms of racism and discrimination that indigenous women in Mexico and the United States face.
- Asia, Marek and their children created a paradise in the oldest forest of Europe, far away from the problems of today's world. One day, their lives are put to a severe test in the face of the growing humanitarian crisis on the EU border.
- Once symbols of wild nature, forests are undergoing an unprecedented phase of industrialization. The loss of traditional know-how, the imprudent use of fertilizers and pesticides, as well as monoculture, which follow the contemporary agricultural model, have led to a dreadful reality. A documentary that urges us to think if we really want to transform our oxygen providers into green deserts.
- The Path of the Anaconda narrates memories and reflections about the jungle, but also the final effort to save the northern Amazon forest from destruction, establishing an ecological corridor that connects the Andes Mountains with the Atlantic Ocean through eight countries. Almost 50 years after shaking hands for the very first time, the writer and explorer Wade Davis, author of the book The River, and anthropologist Martín Von Hildebrand, who has devoted his life to protecting the Amazon, meet again to carry out a trip up the rivers and paths that were traveled earlier by the legendary botanist Richard Evans Schultes.
- As the era of psychiatric asylums in Europe draws to an end, Ladies in Waiting opens a window to its past. Through the unique perspectives of caregivers from the Psychiatric Hospital of Attica - the last remaining one in Greece - and the lives of care-receivers, we take a peek inside the taboo world of mental illness. A film about boundaries, life experiences, and discrimination, deconstructing and redefining what mental health looks and sounds like.
- Three students on the precipice between childhood and adulthood are studying at Østerskov Boarding School, one of the most unique schools in the world; here, classes are conducted through role-playing games, and the students are taught to come to terms with the trauma and their fluid selves through masquerades and metamorphosis. For two school years, the film follows the girls and their highly emotional adventure through puberty, self-discovery, and maturity, illuminating with a sharp, intimate, humorous as well as poignant gaze, the chaos, the anguish, and the inexpressible joy of the first years of one's youth. Fighting Demons with Dragons is an homage to uniqueness and the off-kilter situation in which we all find ourselves, while the students' insightful commentary on notions such as normalcy and mental illness are formulated with disarming simplicity and striking in their aptness, in a film that speaks to everyone who has ever felt odd at some point or another in their lives - in other words, to everyone.
- Rikke Brewer and Aiden Knox struggle with the death of their best friend Nye Newman, and subsequent mental health issues, in very different ways, that threaten to tear them apart. In pursuit of 15million clicks of fame and money, and a career as a youtuber, outgoing Rikke seeks the dangerous thrill of UrbEx stunts as a way to numb his loss and pain. Aiden, more introverted, seeks solace in Parkour, while working menial jobs to pay for his increasing reliance on alcohol. As they process Nye's tragic death, deeper scars from difficult childhoods emerge. Exclusive rights to 10 years of their self-shot archive reveal a rich story of their formative years. As we watch the stunts with sweaty palms and open mouths, we ultimately engage with the warmth and humanity of these two extraordinary young men.
- While he was alive, Amos Guttman remained a red flag for the notoriously conservative Israeli film establishment. As he was a Romanian migrant, he never truly found his place in his new home. As a gay artist, he made the nation's first movies on the subject. He was an artist who wanted to make films not for the masses but for the few. Conversely, he wanted to make movies that connected with the rest of the world and not only Israel - works that maybe Derek Jarman or Pedro Almodóvar could watch by chance and feel understood, and painted even the most sacred moments in Israel's history in campy shades and hues. He was adventurous, but Guttman only made four features before dying of AIDS. Taboo is formed by excerpts from his last interview.
- Aida, a child on the autism spectrum, decides to fix the society's structures that hinder her studies with the help of her caregiver mother, Johanna. The determined child challenges the existing norms to advance acceptance and equality. Political influencing takes time and energy. Can the daughter-mother-duo change the society that only offers sympathy?
- A downward march of a herd and also that of a relationship, from the high mountains of Pindos to the plains of Thessaly for wintering.