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Zheng Dasheng – DV China (2003)
Chicago-educated Shanghai director Zheng Dasheng documents the struggle of Zhou Yuanquiang, a cultural worker in Jingdezhen, China’s porcelain capital. When Zhou noticed the popularity of TV serials...
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Guy Gilles – Le journal d’un combat aka The Chronicle of a Struggle (1964)
Le journal d’un combat (1964)The creation of a painting by Francis Savel (aka Dietrich de Velsa, director of Équation à un inconnu) in his studio in Montmartre: the white canvas, the tests in...
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Jørgen Flindt Pedersen and Erik Stephensen – Your Neighbor’s Son: The Making...
Quote:Your Neighbor’s Son: The Making of a Torturer, (Danish: Din nabos søn or Din nabos soen), is a documentary or docudrama directed by Jørgen Flindt Pedersen and Erik Stephensen in two versions,...
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Ricardo Aqueveque – Jorge del Cordón (2014)
In 1972, the Cerrillos Industrial Cordón was formed, giving rise to a revolutionary organization led by the workers. Four decades later, Jorge, a worker from the area, struggles to recover the memory...
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Néstor Almendros & Jorge Ulla – Nadie escuchaba AKA Nobody Listened (1987)
Quote:A passionate documentary by the late Nestor Almendros about the “Cuban Revolution” going wrong, while “nobody listened.” Even the USA, 90 miles away from Cuba, did much to stop its own...
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Cecilia Mangini – Ignoti alla Città (1958)
The life, the problems, the hopes of the “ragazzi” of the popular suburbs of Rome. Ignored by the city, these guys spontaneously express their vitality, their violence, their willingness to gamble and...
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Valerie Veatch – Ghost in the Machine (2026)
Artificial intelligence’s unsung beginnings are found in power rather than computers, illuminating the dreams that underlie the hype that brought us to this point and our future. Director: Valerie...
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Maya Annik Bedward – Black Zombie (2026)
A journey through cinema and history reveals how zombies evolved from Haitian spiritual traditions into Hollywood horror, exploring their deeper cultural significance as powerful symbols of...
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Lina Makboul – Leila Khaled: Hijacker (2006)
A story about an extraordinary woman and her journey, the jury decided to award Lina Makboul´s film, Leila Khaled Hijacker the award for Best Film because of its nuanced politics of nationhood and...
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Alicia Cano – Bosco (2020)
Bosco is an Italian village of 13 inhabitants surrounded by chestnut trees that devour it day after day. Its forestial origin imposes itself also as its destiny. An ocean apart, in Uruguay, from his...
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Susan Sontag & Agnès Varda – Camera Three: Interview with Susan Sontag and...
On the occasion of the Seventh New York Film Festival, the arts program Camera Three filmed Jack Kroll of Newsweek interviewing Susan Sontag and Agnès Varda, both of whom had films showing in the...
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Christopher Nupen – Tchaikovsky’s Women and Fate (1988)
A two part Christopher Nupen film about the music and the artistic intentions of Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, one of the greats and a composer who appeals to millions of people.The prime focus of both...
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Skip Blumberg – Nam June Paik: Lessons from the Video Master [+ Extra] (2006)
Multimedia artist Nam June Paik broke the rules of art and television by bridging the gap between the two. Lessons from the Video Master helps illuminate Paik’s art and life. The film from video...
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Yung Chang – Up the Yangtze (2007)
STORYLINE:A luxury cruise boat motors up the Yangtze – navigating the mythic waterway known in China simply as “The River.” The Yangtze is about to be transformed by the biggest hydroelectric dam in...
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Carlo A. Bachschmidt – Black Block (2011)
Quote:Genoa 2001: As the G8 Summit drew to a close and the press and politicians departed, 300 riot police stormed the Diaz School looking for members of the infamous Black Block. Director: Carlo A....
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Dominique Dubosc – La présence AKA The Presence (1971)
Dr Peuteuil’s doctoral dissertation; an observation of autistic children. Quote:It is a closed world, revolving in on itself, unfolding without beginning or end. These children, separated, their jerky...
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Sara Gómez – Y…tenemos sabor AKA And…We’ve Got Taste (1967)
Quote:The film explores Cuban music, its fundamental instruments, and their evolution through a conversation with Alberto Zayas—a musician and instrument maker—whose demonstrations of various rhythms...
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Sara Gómez – Guanabacoa: Crónica de mi familia AKA Chronicle of My Family (1966)
A pioneer in the genre of autobiographical documentaries, this film made by the renowned Cuban director Sara Gómez explores her family roots to offer a family portrait through photos, popular music,...
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Federico Francioni & Gaël de Fournas – Akouchetame (2021)
SYNOPSIS Essaouira, Marocco. A narrator writes a letter in which he tells a story: a young woman that, losing his father, loose the world of her own cultural identity. Directors: Federico Francioni,...
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Charles Mountford – Tjurunga: The Story of Stone Age Man [1972 Version] (1946)
A central Australian journey was undertaken by the well-known naturalist, C. P. Mountford. On that journey he was accompanied by a group of First Nations people, who took him to their tribal lands and...
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