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Terje Toomistu – Nõukogude hipid AKA Soviet Hippies (2017)
The hippie movement that captivated hundreds of thousands of young people in the West had a profound impact on the other side of the Iron Curtain. Within the Soviet system, a colorful crowd of...
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Ellen Kuras – The Betrayal – Nerakhoon (2008)
The epic story of a family forced to emigrate from Laos after the chaos of the secret air war waged by the U.S. during the Vietnam War. Kuras has spent the last 23 years chronicling the family’s...
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Jan P. Matuszynski – Gadajace glowy 2021 AKA The Talking Heads 2021 (2021)
by Jan P. MatuszyńskiPoland / 2021 / 22:56 / VOSTF In 1980, Krzysztof Kieślowski filmed The Talking Heads, in which he asks his interlocutors “Who are you?” and “What do you want?” Forty years later,...
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Howard Alk & Mike Gray – American Revolution 2 (1969)
Quote:A gritty but essential documentary charting social turbulence in late 1960’s Chicago. American Revolution 2 includes footage of the 1968 Democratic Convention protest and riot, a critique of the...
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Mark Lapore – The Glass System (2000)
Quote:The Glass System, made from images shot in New York and Calcutta, looks at life as it is played out in the streets. Every corner turned reveals activities both simple and unfamiliar: a knife...
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Agnès Varda – Documenteur (1981)
Quote:Documenteur, Agnès Varda’s companion piece and follow-up to her documentary Mur murs, shares with it a filming location and a similarly punning title (a menteur is a liar, in French). But the...
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Mitra Farahani – Fifi az khoshhali zooze mikeshad AKA Fifi Howls from...
SynopsisBahman Mohassess was a celebrated artist at the time of the Shah. Trained in Italy, he created sculptures and paintings in his homeland. But audiences often took offence at the pronounced...
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Rahul Jain – Machines (2016) (HD)
Quote:Director Rahul Jain presents an intimate, observantly portrayal of the rhythm of life and work in a gigantic textile factory in Gujarat, India. Moving through the corridors and bowels of the...
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William A. Kirkley – Orange Sunshine (2016)
Orange Sunshine is the never-before-told story of the Brotherhood of Eternal Love – a spiritual group of surfers and hippies in California, which became the largest suppliers of LSD during the 60’s...
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Makoto Shinozaki – Jam Session (1999)
Tony Rayns in Time Out Film Guide wrote:When Office Kitano commissioned Shinozaki to record Kitano’s work on Kikujiro from the start of shooting to the screening of the ‘A’ copy, they knew he wouldn’t...
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Mike De Leon – Signos (2008)
Summary:“Signos” features interviews of courageous personalities who challenged the autocratic rule of the Marcos family. Signos.1984.REPACK.576p.BluRay.DD2.0.x264-CepHeuS.mkv General Container:...
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Copel Moscu – Le Jour Viendra AKA Va Veni O Zi AKA There Will Come a Day (1985)
SYNOPSISA poultry farm, ultra modern for its time, has in its structure a kindergarten for the children of the employees. The parallels between raising chickens and the kindergarten’s program serve as...
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Amanda Kim – Nam June Paik: Moon Is the Oldest TV (2023)
Often referred to as the “”Godfather of Video Art””, Nam June Paik was one of the founding fathers of avant-garde art in the 20th century and arguably the most famous Korean contemporary artist. For...
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Nicolás Gutiérrez Wenhammar – Serranilla (2021)
Synopsis: Agustina has been a shepherdess for as long as she can remember. Throughout her life she has had three great loves. Between dreams and memories she sings about everything that has and has...
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David Schickele – Bushman (1971)
Directed by the brother of Peter Schickele (P.D.Q. Bach), this film features an early performance from David Lynch favorite, Jack Nance! “The film describes the experiences and misadventures of a...
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Lutz Eisholz – Bruno der Schwarze – Es blies ein Jäger wohl in sein Horn AKA...
Quote:Lutz Eisholz’s first feature film was produced at West Berlin’s German Film and TV Academy. In an experimental documentary he portrays the working class outcast Bruno S., who prowls the city as...
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Deniz Tortum – Maddenin halleri AKA Phases of Matter (2020)
SynopsisPhases of Matter follows living and inanimate residents of a teaching hospital in Istanbul, moving from the operating room to the morgue, between life and other states, the real and the...
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Krsto Skanata – U senci magije (1955)
Quote:Krsto Skanata approached his subjects in the style of direct cinema. He tried to follow the path of the truth and make films that would reveal the essence of the problem. At the same time, he...
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Patrick Keiller – Norwood (1983)
Quote:“Norwood (1983) continued the ‘story’ of Stonebridge Park and the technique, in another London suburb. Short films of increasing technical sophistication climaxed in 1989 with The Clouds, a...
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Lyric R. Cabral & David Felix Sutcliffe – (T)ERROR (2015)
(T)ERROR is the first documentary to place filmmakers on the ground during an active FBI counterterrorism sting operation. Through the perspective of “Shariff”, a 63-year-old Black revolutionary...
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