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The evocative narration of Charlotte Rampling guides a descent into the labyrinthine world of Chris Marker, the best-known author of unknown films, who spent a lifetime concealing himself behind a veil of pseudonyms and images of cats. Moving through a constellation of personal documents and film fragments, an archivist attempts to decode the man through the material traces he left behind.
Report on the outcrops of liquid sodium chloride forming lagoons in the town of Huacho and its industrial transformation into salt for human consumption.
Facing the death of his country’s glaciers and the loss of his beloved grandparents, Icelandic writer Andri Snær Magnason turns his archives into a time capsule to hold what is slipping away — family, memory, time, and water.
Following two Sydney Jazz bands, and how Jazz has influenced their outlook on the Sydney Jazz scene. As we dive into their day-to-day lives, and creative influences, we discover their personal connection to the genre and how their different upbringings have shaped their own unique sound.
Public Hearing is the verbatim re-performance of a rural American town meeting from a transcript downloaded as publicly available information. Shot entirely in cinematic close-up on black-and-white 16mm film, a cast of actors and non-actors read between the lines in an ironic debate over the replacement of an existing Wal-Mart with a super Wal-Mart.
From the earliest times, people have wondered what awaits them after death? And although no one has managed to penetrate the core of the mystery, over the centuries there have been people who... knew and saw more. Fulla Horak, St. Faustina Kowalska, Bl. Father Stanisław Papczyński and St. Padre Pio - these are mystics who received the grace of being visited by the souls in Purgatory and who for a moment could see the final judgment, heaven, hell and what is most mysterious - purgatory.
This raw, intimate portrait of comedian and podcast pioneer Marc Maron follows the sudden loss of his partner and filmmaker Lynn Shelton. Maron struggles with grief, disillusionment, and a shifting comedy landscape, processing it all through his life, both on-stage and off.
Jackie Chan - From Stuntman to Superstar is a documentary on Jackie Chan.
Filmmaker Martijn Blekendaal thinks there should be a superhero for invisible children: kids who need to be invisible because otherwise their lives are in danger. In The Invisible Ones he tells the stories of four children—some of whom are now 85 years old—who learned to master the art of going unnoticed. This is something he learned to do in his own life.
After naturally conceiving a child during the COVID-19 pandemic, trans-centered couple Isis and Lourenzo begin a journey across Brazil in search of respectful and specialized prenatal care, while fighting for their family's rights in what kills the most trans people in the world.
Against a plain, unchanging blue screen, a densely interwoven soundtrack of voices, sound effects and music attempt to convey a portrait of Derek Jarman's experiences with AIDS, both literally and allegorically, together with an exploration of the meanings associated with the colour blue.
The story of Burgundy’s most extraordinary characters and a celebration of the pleasure that defines their lives.
It’s the story of two guys — a comedian and a journalist — who become friends and get up to all sorts of antics. It’s the story of two men reflecting their era. It’s the story of one man, Coluche, seen through the eyes of his friend, Michel Denisot. It’s the story of his Coluche.
American Horror Story is a horror anthology television series. Each season is mostly conceived as a self-contained miniseries, following a different set of characters in a new setting within the same fictional universe.
A documentary on the career of filmmaker John Waters. Featuring interviews with actors and fellow film-makers. The life and death of the actor Divine is also discussed.
Oliver Stone charts the history of the United States from the Second World War to the present.
What started as a student exercise and master’s degree project soon evolved into a creative partnership and personal friendship between Jana Hojdová, a former cinematography student at Prague’s FAMU, and distinguished cinematographer Robert Richardson.
