David Perlov – Yoman Meudkan 1990-1999 AKA Updated Diary 1990-1999 (2001) (DVD)
In the 1990s David Perlov returned to the format of the filmed diaries he produced between 1973 and 1983, organized in a different way, closer to the cinematographic essay, and divided into three...
View ArticleJinchuan Duan – Barkhor nan jie 16 hao (1996)
No.16, Barkhor Street is an old courtyard in the heart of Lhasa and the site of the office of the Barkhor Neighborhood Committee. This masterful cinema verité documentary, the landmark work in the...
View ArticleLynne Margulies & Joe Orr – I’m from Hollywood [+commentary] (1989)
Quote:Performance footage and interviews combine to offer a hilarious look at controversial comedian Andy Kauffman’s surreal journey into the world of professional wrestling. He had kept Americans in...
View ArticleHarutyun Khachatryan – Vaveragrogh AKA Documentarist (2003)
Originally, Documentarist was intended as a traditional documentary about a country that has to face challenging problems such as war, unemployment, extreme poverty, mass emigration, alcoholism and...
View ArticleVittorio De Seta – Pasqua in Sicilia AKA Easter in Sicily (1955)
Quote:Vittorio De Seta captures the music and pageantry of an Easter celebration in Sicily. 372MB | 10m 14s | 1920×1080 | mkv...
View ArticleVittorio De Seta – Parabola d’oro AKA Golden Parable (1955)
Quote:Filming amid the flaxen wheat fields of Sicily, Vittorio De Seta documents the everyday rituals of farmers during harvest time. 398MB | 10m 35s | 1920×1080 | mkv...
View ArticleVittorio De Seta – Contadini del mare AKA Sea Countrymen (1955)
The rhythms of the sea set the tempo for this vivid account of a day in the lives of Sicilian fishermen. 408MB | 11m 05s | 1920×1080 | mkv...
View ArticleVittorio De Seta – Pescherecci AKA Fishing Boats (1958)
Quote:The unpredictable nature of the sea governs the world of Sicilian fishermen as they work, rest, and seek refuge from a storm. 360MB | 11m 23s | 1480×1080 | mkv...
View ArticleVittorio De Seta – I dimenticati AKA The Forgotten (1959)
Quote:Vittorio De Seta travels to a remote province in southern Italy to capture a unique celebration known as the “Feast of Silver.” 819MB | 21m 04s | 1480×1080 | mkv...
View ArticleVittorio De Seta – Pastori di Orgosolo AKA Orgosolo’s Shepherds (1958)
Quote:The striking landscapes of rural Sardinia provide the backdrop to this lyrical look at the hardscrabble lives of the region’s shepherds in winter. 393MB | 11m 28s | 1480×1080 | mkv...
View ArticleBaba Hillman – Kitâb al-Isfâr: Book of the Journey (2020)
An immersive cinematic poem of a 7 year journey of return, “Kitâb al-Isfâr: Book of the Journey” weaves together stories of near-death and mystical experience in Andalucia. According to the director:...
View ArticleSarah Klingemann – Bas Choeur AKA Low Choir (2020)
Here is a beautifully crafted film, seemingly simple as ABC. It involves no tall tales, only modest work – we listen to Robert Schumann’s lieder at home or in the car, we eat, we wash, we celebrate,...
View ArticleSara Ristic – Moj Tata, Klovn AKA My Dad, the Clown (2020)
As many parents are, Sara’s are divorced. As few parents are, Sara’s dad is a professional clown. After a major life event, Sara has the opportunity to finally spend quality time with her dad and meet...
View ArticleAchille Mauri – Carie (2020)
The perception of a place, the idea we create of it and the emotions it arouses in us are closely linked to the type of interaction between different aspects. Carie is the discovery of a new dimension...
View ArticleVittorio De Seta – Isole di fuoco AKA Islands of Fire (1955)
Quote:This prize-winning short is a poetic portrait of life on the coast of Sicily before, during, and following a volcanic eruption. 402MB | 11m 14s | 1920×1080 | mkv...
View ArticleVictor Kossakovsky – Gunda (2020)
Documentary looks at the daily life of a pig and its farm animal companions: two cows and a one-legged chicken. It is a film about pigs, cows and chicken. Black and white. Without words. Without...
View ArticleVittorio De Seta – Un giorno in Barbagia AKA A Day in Barbagia (1958)
From sunrise to sunset, Vittorio De Seta chronicles the lives of Sardinian women who look after both home and fields while their shepherd husbands are away tending their flocks. 418MB | 11m 14s |...
View ArticleVittorio De Seta – Surfarara AKA Solfatara (1955)
Quote:Harshness and beauty exist side by side in this look at the lives of sulfur mine workers and their families in southern Italy. 285MB | 11m 26s | 1920×1080 | mkv...
View ArticleAbbas Kiarostami – 10 on Ten (2004)
Quote:Documentary where Iranian filmmaker Abbas Kiarostami reflects on his own film-making techniques, drawing from his own films – and 2001’s Ten in particular. An IMDb reviewer wrote:This isn’t so...
View ArticleSarah Maldoror – Et les chiens se taisaient (1974)
Quote:Recordings of extracts from the Aimé Césaire play : in a long, pain-racked poem declaimed before his mother, the rebel cries his revolt against the enslavement of his people. 150MB | 12m 51s |...
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