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Explore the lives of Rylea, Scott, and Stephanie as they grapple with sensory overload. This poignant documentary reveals their daily struggles, coping mechanisms, and the transformative power of the arts in managing overwhelming sensations. An intimate journey that advocates for inclusive environments and heightened empathy towards those with sensory challenges.
Grounds, Premises takes the opening scene of Ed Wood's Plan 9 From Outer Space to consider intention and failure. What emerges is a treatise on the creative process with the emphasis on process rather than result. This film was made while teaching a film production course at a castle in the South of the Netherlands, and is dedicated to our fleeting time together.
A boy named Matt finds him self in at the base of a great hill. It's not a question of if he will get to the top, but how.
Paris to Pittsburgh brings to life the impassioned efforts of individuals who are battling the most severe threats of climate change in their own backyards. Set against the national debate over the United States' energy future - and the Trump administration's explosive decision to exit the Paris Climate Agreement - the film captures what's at stake for communities around the country and the inspiring ways Americans are responding.
From the creators of Technical Difficulties and Decade comes the next step into the future of freestyle snowboarding. Mack Dawg Productions is proud to present “Amp” a snowboarding video genetically engineered to open yyour mind with smooth and progressive technical riding. –Features the riding of Brian Thien, Jason Brown, Chad Otterstrom, Trevor Andrew, Kier Dillon, Tara, JF, Chris Brown, Jason Borgstede and many others. The highlights include Kurt Wastell ripping a 25 foot water tower with huge wallrides. Also there are some sick gap to rails and large backcountry airs.
A documentary showcasing the traditional Filipino way of eating, through a foreign, outdated lens.
Using poetry, interviews with psychologists and survivors, and corporeal imagery, Broca is an experimental documentary hybrid that explores how the mind-body connection is altered after trauma. The Broca’s Area in the brain is involved primarily in speech production. During a traumatic event or when trying to recall a traumatic event, this area shuts down. This makes it harder for a survivor to talk about what’s happened. Our project is an experimental documentary hybrid that offers a platform for survivors to tell their stories both verbally and non-verbally.
The late dictator Nicolae Ceaușescu, who died in 1989, resurrects in 2021 as a hologram to address the contemporary inhabitants of a small Romanian village. What happens next is captured in a hybrid documentary, observing the effects this unusual encounter has on the people involved, many of whom are first-hand witnesses of Ceaușescu’s rule.
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age explores the world of Broadway from 1959 through the early 1980s as recounted by a diverse cast of Broadway stars who lived through it, creating a first-hand archive of personal backstage stories and memories. The new documentary is the long-awaited sequel to late filmmaker Rick McKay’s award-winning 2003 film Broadway: The Golden Age, continuing the saga into the '60s and '70s and spotlighting beloved classic Broadway shows including Once Upon a Mattress, Bye Bye Birdie, Barefoot in the Park, Pippin, A Chorus Line, Ain’t Misbehavin’, Chicago, and 42nd Street. Featuring a galaxy of stars including Alec Baldwin, Carol Burnett, Glenn Close, André De Shields, Jane Fonda, Robert Goulet, Liza Minnelli, Chita Rivera, Dick Van Dyke, Ben Vereen, and many more, the film also includes rare archival photos and never-before-seen footage both onstage and off.
November 14, 1951, the left bank of the Po river a few hundred meters from the Padua-Bologna railway bridge breaks. The tide invades the Polesine's lands in a few minutes, one of the poorest regions in Italy at the time. Thousands people, men, women and children flee while the water remains stagnant for months between the houses and the countryside. Today, 70 years later, the children of that time remember those months immortalized by the films perfectly preserved in the Istituto Luce's archives.
"Lessons of Love" (Časovi ljubavi) is a documentary film that explores the phenomenon of the Partizan Basketball Club, focusing on its unique training system, family-like atmosphere, and the unbreakable bond between the team and its devoted fans. Through interviews with legendary coach Duško Vujošević and players like Dušan Kecman and Predrag Danilović, the film depicts how top-tier sports results and a deep emotional community are built despite financial struggles.
Nueva Forma explores the intimate journey of a woman who, after experiencing violence and pain, finds in ceramics a way to reconstruct herself. Through fragments of memory and symbolic scenes, we follow her trembling hands as they shape clay, while her body and spirit search for the strength to rise again. The clay, fragile and resilient at the same time, becomes an extension of her own rebirth. Between the memory of violence and the decision to heal, Nueva Forma is a visual ode to the power of resilience and creation.
The people of Urk, Netherlands, mainly women, men, and children in traditional costume, posing for the camera. The film was probably shot on a public holiday. We see several women doing their daily work: hanging the laundry, and fetching water from the pump. A postman comes along with the letters.
Documentary about legendary Swedish jazz club "Nalen" featuring interviews with old musicians and singers, and old clips from the place in its glory days
