A stunning tribute to the resilience of Native people and their way of life- SUGARCANE, the debut feature documentary from Julian Brave NoiseCat and Emily Kassie- is an epic cinematic portrait of a community during a moment of international reckoning. Set amidst a ground-breaking investigation into abuse and death at an Indian residential school, the […]
Las novias del sur / Southern Brides Director Elena López Riera Switzerland, Spain, 2024, 39 min Women of mature years talk about their marriage, their first time, their intimate relationship with sexuality. In the repetition of these ancestral rituals, the director questions her own lack of marriage, of children, and with it, a chain of mother-daughter […]
When filmmaker Farah Kassem returns to Tripoli, Lebanon, after being away for more than ten years, she finds that while her widower father’s health is poor, his spirit is unbroken. Mustapha, a charming man in his 80s, is a celebrated poet dedicated to the classical Arabic form. He is also a traditional father. He would […]
Spanish director Albert Serra’s distressing film Afternoons of Solitude opens with a close-up of a nervous bull. Soon other bulls begin to move around in the darkness, looking directly into the camera, as though they could anticipate what is to come. Afternoons of Solitude depicts the sport of bullfighting through the performances of its young star from Peru, Andrés Roca Rey. […]
Imagine walking into a room filled with all your former lovers, and they’re talking about you. Now imagine they’re all there because you invited them. Since her late teens, Chloé Barreau documented each of her many romantic partners on film, no matter the length or strength of the relationship. This footage from her past serves […]
My Stolen Planet is a diary-style narrative by Farah, an Iranian filmmaker. Born during the Islamic revolution in Iran in 1979, she captures moments of joy and defiance in her daily life, navigating the contrast between domestic freedom and external oppression. Simultaneously, she collects 8mm archives from people she doesn’t know. Relying on these recordings from […]
Life, death and making meaning are the heart of a beautiful and often very funny film about an aging couple who, after an accident, face the inevitability of impermanence and seek a deep peace in their relationship while they still can. Thirty years after a chance encounter, Maggie and Joel, aged 75 and 84, are […]
After a break of seven years, Latvian filmmakers Ivars Seleckis and Armands Začs return to the five children they filmed extensively in 2015. How are the 14-year-olds feeling about life now? This is the year they need to make a decision about their further education, and the responsibilities of adult life are gradually coming into […]
Martin Scorsese first encountered the films of Powell and Pressburger as a child, sitting in front of the family TV. When The Archers’ famous logo appeared on screen, Scorsese recalls: “You knew you were in for fantasy, wonder, magic – real film magic.” Now, in this documentary, he tells the story of his lifelong love […]
In the face of the advancing German forces, the Red Army began evacuating Tallinn on 27 August 1941 in the direction of Kronstadt in Russia. More than 30,000 people, including survivors of the Red Army units defending Tallinn, fleeing communists, enlisted soldiers, and civilian evacuees were packed onto more than 200 ships. Over the subsequent […]