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João Batista de Andrade – Restos (1975)
Restos (1975) Inspired by the testimony of an American technician who, examining the São Paulo dump, stated: “Sao Paulo rubbish is the richest in the world.” The film shows the misery of those who...
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Raymond Depardon – Faits divers AKA News Items (1983)
Faits divers (1983) Paris, summer 1982. The day to day life of a police station in the 5th arrondissement of Paris. Day and night a reporter follows small groups of uniformed police officers who...
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Elisabeth Kapnist – Orson Welles, autopsie d’une légende AKA Orson Welles:...
Orson Welles, autopsie d’une légende (2015) Giant of cinema, the embodiment of creation, Orson Welles is the man who reinvents the film language at 24-years old. Who is hidding behind this impressive...
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Ruben Östlund – Låt dom andra sköta kärleken AKA Let the others deal with...
Låt dom andra sköta kärleken (2001) First film by the most prominent Swedish director of today. Kommer ni ihåg när vi var i Alperna tillsammans? Alla kompisar som en enda stor familj. Detvar ju så man...
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Mareike Wegener – Mark Lombardi – Kunst und Konspiration AKA Mark Lombardi –...
Mark Lombardi Kunst und Konspiration (2012) Quote:A film about the American artist Mark Lombardi who created graphic artwork laying out the powers and opaque network of the global elites from the...
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André S. Labarthe – Wassily Kandinsky (1985)
Wassily Kandinsky (1985) Colour, form, area this is the formula of the greatest pioneer of abstract painting. Kandinsky came to art late in life, but his impact through Der Blaue Reiter (The Blue...
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Joy Dietrich & Tenzin Phuntsog – Rituals of Resistance (2018)
Rituals of Resistance (2018) A Tibetan-American filmmaker explores modes of resistance to Chinese occupation by speaking with activists in exile across three generations in disparate parts of the...
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Bing Wang – Man in Black (2023)
Man in Black (2023) Wang Xilin, China’s most important modern classical composers who was the target of severe persecution, enduring beatings, imprisonment and torture. Besides having a life of...
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Ruben Östlund – Familj igen AKA Family Again (2002)
Familj igen (2002) PLOT: 23 years after Ruben Östlund’s parents divorce, both his mom and dad are single again. With a child’s hope of an entire family, he tries to reconcile them in front of a new...
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Tania Cypriano – Transformation AKA Born to Be (2019)
Born to Be (2019) BORN TO BE follows the work of Dr. Jess Ting at the groundbreaking Mount Sinai Center for Transgender Medicine and Surgery in New York City-where, for the first time ever, all...
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TCM – The Power of Film (2024)
The Power of Film (2024) Dives deep into the art of storytelling by examining the defining principles and inner workings of the most popular and memorable American films of all time. The P_ of_F (1)...
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Bing Wang – Youth (Spring) (2023)
Synopsis:Liming is a worker district close to Shanghai – the richest city in China. Every year, many young people leave their villages and move there. They are between 17 and 20, all from rural Yunnan...
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Victor A. Turin – Turksib (1929)
Turksib (1929) SYNOPSISTurksib itself, a silent film presented here with a newly commissioned score by Guy Bartell focuses on the problems faced by regional farmers in Turkestan and the creation of...
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Tony Rayns – Jang Seonu byeonjugok AKA The Jang Sun-Woo Variations (2001)
Jang Seonu byeonjugok (2001) Description from International Film Festival Rotterdam premiere:Tony Rayns has followed up the Jang Sun-Woo retrospective he curated for the International Film Festival...
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Tara Wood – 21 Years: Quentin Tarantino AKA QT8: The First Eight (2019)
21 Years Quentin Tarantino (2019) Synopsis:From “Reservoir Dogs” to “The Hateful Eight,” actors and collaborators examine the first eight films from acclaimed director/screenwriter Quentin Tarantino...
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María Silvia Esteve – Silvia (2018)
Silvia (2018) A poetic family chronicle in which a diplomat’s daughter and her sisters try to come to grips with the tragic life of their mother. Quote:Silvia looks dazzling in the old VHS footage of...
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Nina Danino – Temenos (1998)
Temenos (1998) Temenos explores the phenomenon of visionary experience, taking the viewer to locations where the Virgin Mary is said to have appeared, including Lourdes, Fatima and Medjugorje in...
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Julian Goldberg – Andy Kaufman Plays Carnegie Hall (1980)
Andy Kaufman Plays Carnegie Hall (1980) Eccentric comedian Andy Kaufman in one of his brightest moments–performing live at Carnegie Hall. The wild eyed “confrontainer” performs some of his best-known...
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André Sauvage –Études sur Paris (1928)
Études sur Paris (1928) Quote:This visually magnificent and poetic city symphony of Paris in the late 1920s earned Sauvage the admiration of Jean Renoir and Jean Vigo. Sauvage maps the metropolis...
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Emad Burnat & Guy Davidi – Five Broken Cameras (2011)
Five Broken Cameras (2011) Quote:Five broken cameras—and each one has a powerful tale to tell. Embedded in the bullet-ridden remains of digital technology is the story of Emad Burnat, a farmer from...
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