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Poet, student, fighter against Juan Vicente Gómez's dictatorship, novelist, humorist, entrepreneur, journalist and politician. Each of these pathways paints the multifaceted character that was Miguel Otero Silva
Ewa, Adam and Björn are alone. They, like thousands of others in Sweden, are missing a friend. They dare to break the taboo and talk about the shame, about the dreams but also about hope. How do you actually go about finding new friends? Documentary filmmaker Gustav Ahlgren published an ad online where he was looking for people who were prepared to talk openly about their situation. He received hundreds of responses. Many live in an ongoing loneliness. Many want to break it. But how?
Every person is born without conditioning. They are raised and taught who they are and who they should become. They’re expected to fit into an idealized mold of the perfect “boy” or “girl.” What happens when someone doesn’t fit that mold… Through interviews paired and poetic images Formless creates a portrait of the trans body. The film pairs sketched animations with live-action bodies to match and highlight differences in body shapes and to create a contrast between the “ideal” mold of a gendered body and the real bodies that trans and gender non-conforming people live in. It is an honest exploration of dysphoria, euphoria, and the molds that society offers. The body is a deeply personal thing to many trans people and this film explores the unique ways trans people experience their bodies in modern society; the liberation of stepping outside of those molds and the liberation of fitting within them.
An IMAX 3D camera chronicles the effort of 7 astronauts aboard the Space Shuttle Atlantis to repair the Hubble Space Telescope.
"Invisible Team" is a 10-minute long film about the people who take care of Kaunas "Žalgiris" outside the sports fields, which is why they usually go unnoticed. What happens in the arena a day before the match and what work are done by the hundreds of "invisible" people who make up the big team of "Zalgiris"?
A documentary chronicle of the prisoners’ takeover of the Garcia Moreno Penitentiary in Quito, Ecuador. The prisoners find they suddenly have a voice after they take 360 people hostage, and a pattern of abuse and corruption by the guards toward the prisoners becomes clear after lengthy negotiations.
This follow up to the popular Better Gay Sex offers frank, explicit, and fully illustrated guidance for gay men interested in exploring their sexuality to its fullest potential. Starring seven models and Dr Mike Youle, Instincts surveys every sexual activity you can think of, and then some.
A short documentary marking 20 years of cult electronic label Planet Mu. With music and appearances from Aphex Twin, Mike Paradinas, Venetian Snares, Jega, Vex'd, Mr Mitch, Boxcutter, Jlin and more.
This piece consists of two parts, a documentary and a short film. It is a realistic depiction of some girls aiming for their dream to become actresses! The documentary part starts with five girls who want to become actresses taking part in a "Make a movie" project under director Yu Katsumata. This is a real record of the days from the start of lesson until the announcement of the cast. The second half then contains the short film "We don't wanna", as five high school girls who don't want to grow up face anxious days, paths, love, dreams and the future... With all of this in their hearts, the five of them, head off on a "We don't wanna grow up tour". They take a slow train, headed for "paradise". It's only a one day trip, but becomes their battle diary road movie.
Surfing is all about mankind's intimate connection with the badass energy and beauty of nature. It is a deep bond, and for many, surfing is a lifelong devotion and a spiritual outlet - a personal experience far removed from its much-hyped and commercialized public persona. For most surfers, surfing is in their blood and it connects them to an extended family that is linked through practice, tradition, craft, emulation, apprenticeship, and shared experience. Surfers' Blood reaches out to those hardcore, dyed-in-the-wool surfers through an honest and beautiful portrayal of their sport and its surrounding culture, while at the same time offering outsiders a peek into the intense undiluted world of surf.
A place where people doesn't let their soul or history be robbed, where everyday is vital, as it could be the last. Sergio Olivares, still a political prisoner after thirteen years, and Antonio Cruz, an exiled chilean returning to his hometown after 28 years, find themselves in the magical realness of the south. They don't see themselves as victims, but as men who have made a decision.
Based on Reich's 2010 book Aftershock: The Next Economy and America's Future, the film examines widening income inequality in the United States. U.S. Labor Secretary Robert Reich tries to raise awareness of the country's widening economic gap. He publicly argued about the issue for decades, and producing a film of his viewpoints was a "final frontier" for him. In addition to being a social issue documentary, Inequality for All is also partially a biopic regarding Reich's early life and his time as Secretary of Labor under Bill Clinton's presidency. Warren Buffett and Nick Hanauer, two entrepreneurs and investors in the top 1%, are interviewed in the film, supporting Reich's belief in an economy that benefits all citizens, including those of the middle and lower classes.
Valber, a blind man, faces obstacles trying to graduate in a Brazilian University.
It is a late summer evening in Biskopsgården when volleys of gunfire break the silence. It is the policeman Danman who has been shot. He should soon had been a father for the first time - but he will never get to meet his daughter
A semi-biographical fiction inspired by his father’s work at one of Kodak’s first processing labs, Wilson’s speculative gloss on the evolution of photochemical science entwines multiple perspectives and personas. Co-written by James N. Kienitz Wilkins, Kodak imagines a dialogue between a blind, mentally unstable former film technician and George Eastman himself, recordings of whom play out over a procession of photographs, home video footage, vintage Kodak ads, and animations.
