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What does it mean to lose a colour? Losing Blue is a cinematic poem about losing the otherworldly blues of ancient mountain lakes, now fading due to climate change. With stunning cinematography, this short doc immerses the viewer in the magnificence of these rare lakes, pulling us in to stand on their rocky shores, witness their power and understand what their loss would mean—both for ourselves and for the Earth.
A poetic visit to the city of Athens, based on paintings, poems and philosophical texts.
A father reflects on his strict upbringing in early 1960’s Puerto Rico, as Hi8 videos - filmed by his son - reveal his son's fascination with violence during his carefree, playful youth.
On America’s 250th anniversary, with attacks on libraries, archives, universities, and commemorative landmarks, the story of a nation’s history hangs in the balance. MONUMENT asks how looking and listening to one’s personal environment can help us understand our foundations. MONUMENT is centered on the history of Rhode Island, weaving statues, plaques, and place names together with the routine movements of everyday life.
David Kinsella, funded by the Norwegian Film Institute, arrived in North Korea ready to make a documentary about a young poet at the invitation of the North Korean government, but filming hadn’t gotten very far when Kinsella realized that everything he was filming was fiction not fact, even the young poet. Each day the government brought in extras and staged every scene too essentially create a propaganda film for the country. Not to be deterred Kinsella took the manipulation of his work in stride and started to capture large expanses of industrial areas to alter later with animation and create an amazing film.
To mark the release two weeks ago of the eighth and final movie in the series, Robbie Coltrane narrates a countdown of the movie franchise's best moments. From Harry's first meeting with Ron and Hermione aboard the Hogwarts Express through to magical mysteries.
Héctor turns 80 and celebrates it, but he is also fired. Between meals and wines, three generations, marked by different social events, contrast and reflect on its principles and values. A history of memories, narrated with passion and melancholy for the past time.
An observation of post-colonial economic relations through the intersecting trajectories of two Filipino women: one preparing to leave her native island to work as a domestic in Europe, the other to return for good.
"Personal Growth" is a Super-8 film work, an enigmatic, fragmented piece that could have been filmed at any point in the past sixty years. It conveys the haunting charge of a privately made home movie of great significance to its creators but unsettlingly mysterious to viewers. Its grainy, black and white texture vividly renders the elemental coastal seascapes where it was filmed. Langan & Le Cain appear as a couple who inhabit this wild terrain as if it were a domestic arena.
Filming in Yarinacocha-Pucallpa, the construction of a house by the Shipibo tribe in harmony with nature. Commissioned by Westdeutscher Rundfunk - Cologne, Germany.
Miracle Pets is a one-hour, live action program on the ION network, offering a perspective into the realm of human and animal interaction. Hosted by Alan Thicke, the series features animals protecting humans or other pets, one such being a llama guarding a herd of alpacas. It is also shown on Animal Planet as Animal Miracles. Each episode contains three or four segments, some extended beyond a commercial.
Kai does not identify merely as someone experiencing homelessness. He defines himself as a pigeon tamer, a fire-breather, and a modern-day traveler. The day he dons an augmented reality headset, he uses his eyes and Facebook livestreams to paint a portrait of a city in the throes of emotion, a city struck by a homelessness crisis of its own making.
"China!" is a documentary by Felix Greene presenting everyday life in the People’s Republic of China, filmed during extensive travel across the country in the mid-1960s.
Featuring the breakout stars from the series and returning legends, this documentary takes viewers behind the scenes for an in-depth look at the making of the hit original series.
Four interviewees who live with Autism Spectrum Disorder talk about the diagnosis process and the influence of Autism in their lifes.
"Ancient Superstructures“ reveals the secrets behind the world’s most famous monuments. Some of the ancient marvels which are among the most studied and scrutinized monuments in the world still remain shrouded in mystery. What if the answers were right in front of us… but invisible to the human eye? This ground-breaking series takes a unique approach in delving into engineering mysteries behind the world’s most famous ancient structures, by observing them from different perspectives of scale. From satellite imagery and aerial views right down to macro and microscopic levels, each perspective reveals data that helps shed new light on historical and construction enigmas that have baffled historians for years.
Twelfth Man belongs to Short Plays, a Daniel Gruener project commemorating the 2014 World Cup.
A resplendent documentary about the ancient art of carpet weaving, the poetics of carpet patterns, and their spiritual and national significance for Kyrgyz people.
After Russia invaded Ukraine on February 24, 2022, the village of Stara Zburivka in the Kherson region was occupied by invaders, and its head, Viktor Marunyak (one of the heroes of the 2015 film Ukrainian Sheriffs), was tortured in Russian captivity and then forced to leave. The film is made in the format of an interview with Marunyak, but in reality it is something much more: a meditation on the relativity of all earthly problems.
1999 was a year of groundbreaking success for England’s biggest and most powerful football club, Manchester United. Despite dominating domestic football during the 90s, manager Alex Ferguson was yet to restore Manchester United’s European glory when in 1999, glory arrived in an unprecedented fashion.
Presented with humour and verve, Australian Encounters celebrates ten historic encounters, each between a renowned Australian and an international mover and shaker.
Activities involving the shipment of sugar from the Dutch East Indies. This shipment took place in Pasuruan, with destinations including Europe, China, Japan, and the former British India. We see shots of samples being taken, and bags being weighed. Loading in canoes, and being transferred to the ship S.S. Tjikarang. Shots of the office of N.V. Afscheep- en Commiessiezaak, formerly known as J.F. Esser.
Uncover the art of noodle-making with world-renowned chefs as they share their culinary journeys and the stories behind their delicious signature dishes.
Pulling back the curtain on life at a privately owned TV station in the small desert town of Pahrump, Nevada, revealing a colorful cast of characters in front of and behind the cameras.
Video Diaries was a BBC television programme produced by the Community Programme Unit. The series of programmes was created in 1990 by producer Jeremy Gibson. The programme's production team offered members of the public basic video training and ongoing support. The diarist was then left to gather their material with a camcorder. They would then have further support in editing and post-production During 1991 - 1992 Bob Long was a producer. By 1993 the programmes was developed into the Video Nation project.
Professor Suzannah Lipscomb looks at the roles the press, parliament and the public have played in generating outrage and spreading scandalous royal rumours.
The father and son duo take to two wheels to explore Britain's National Parks from the saddle.
A designer uses clients' life stories to transform their homes.
A six-part series that explores centuries of worship practices, as seen through the eyes of Protestant, Catholic and Orthodox churches. From scripture, sermons and creeds to baptism and the Eucharist, from art and music to drama and media, from prayer and contemplation to service and ministry, viewers will discover the significant people and events that have shaped history and learn how modern worship practices are rooted in the earliest foundations of the Christian faith.