In Japan's far north, the white plains of Hokkaido bear witness to the cycle of life in its harshest seasons. The lens tells a remarkable tale of glaciers ruling the skies, seals battling the cold and death, and bears reborn as the ice melts. "The Gift of Ice" paints a poetic and realistic picture of the struggle for survival amidst this silent beauty.
Shattered by the death of his beloved, Hardi had tried countless times to kill himself. But in the end, he discovered a way to redirect that urge: by murdering others instead.
An independent filmmaker and a film historian discuss ideas about sound and image, documentary, and authorship, while planning a film about a (fictional) early cinema pioneer.
This documentary explores the enduring resilience of Navajo Nation families who refuse to abandon their land. In 1974, the U.S. government enacted the Navajo-Hopi Land Settlement Act, leading to widespread displacement. The film highlights the people of Black Mesa, where a few Navajo families continue to stand their ground, preserving their heritage and fighting for their ancestral right to remain on their sacred land.
For the past 50 years, a man has been planting baobab trees every year in his village located in western Burkina Faso. At the age of 80 today, he has planted over 3,000 baobab trees that stretch as far as the eye can see. El Hadj Salifou Ouédraogo has spent 2/3 of his life planting baobabs. It's been a struggle and, above all, a life dedicated to ensuring the existence of these trees despite prevailing prejudices. El Hadj Salifou Ouédraogo was misunderstood by the inhabitants of his village when he started planting these majestic and millennia-old trees, which are rare and endangered in the African savannah.
Join Sara Cox as she tests her limits, covering 135 miles across five days for her Great Northern Marathon Challenge, raising funds for BBC Children in Need.
Adrián and Diego are spending a typical day sunbathing and chatting on the balcony of their home. Diego talks while Adrián notices a man watching them from the beach.
60-year-old Marie is a sociable woman who lives in a working-class neighborhood in Paris. All her life, she has had one difficult and precarious job after another. At the end of the month, when she receives her small pension, Marie does her sums and hopes she will be able to treat herself to something.
Experimental audiovisual work of art. First I used an individually prepared (manipulated) CRT (analog) television, then digital editing followed. This piece refers to the birth of video art when the images were modified with a magnet. The sound / noise was also generated by the magnet, so it is a real-time audiovisual improvisation / 'comprovisation'. Aesthetics of error and visual music where you can almost see what you can hear.
In 2024, in the city of Manaus, as part of the Olhar do Norte Amazon Film Festival program, an experimental 16mm film workshop was held, taught by filmmaker and photographer Raffaella Rosset, a beautiful immersion in 16mm material. Through experimentation, the participants were able to paint directly onto the 16mm film, creating possibilities, freedom of thought and construction, thus generating a collective film full of feelings. The film also features the Rio Negro and its tributaries, which magically bathe the city of Manaus, which in the Manaós language means “Mother of the Gods”. All hail the magic of cinema.
A brief cinematographic exploration on Super8 that examines Taiwan's complex national identity through the prism of political utopia. Shot in emblematic locations such as the Legislative Yuan, Liberty Square, the National Human Rights Museum, 228 Memorial Park, and TSMC headquarters, the film juxtaposes these symbols of democracy and autonomy with monuments from the authoritarian past like the Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall and Cih-hu Memorial Statue Park. Through these evocative images, the film reflects on the historical, diplomatic, and geopolitical tensions that have defined Taiwan for many centuries and specially since 1949, when the Kuomintang established its government on the island following the Japanese surrender in 1945. This work explores the Taiwanese paradox: a nation functioning as a sovereign democracy while navigating a diplomatic limbo, pursuing a political utopia where its self-determination might be fully recognized.
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