A revelatory portrait of the trailblazing artist Emily Kam Kngwarray, from the Utopia community in the NT, whose work reshaped the international contemporary art world.
A group of university dorm students tackle the ethical dilemma of whether or not to evict one of their own over a morally ambiguous offence. Does the punishment fit the crime?
After a breakup, Nic and Kitty reunite at a park to clean up loose ends. Sometimes, relationship changes aren’t for better or worse—it’s just different.
For Hugo, visiting Chernobyl’s forbidden area is not a commemorative trip. If this young tourist wanders through radioactive ruins, it is mainly to feed his Instagram account. This absurd quest will lead him to discover a population he never knew existed.
Nima Shirali’s subtly humorous film follows a community tucked between Uganda’s Katwe Salt Lake and a national park. Through the eyes of an enthusiastic teacher, a jaded caretaker and a sharp-witted mother, the salt lake is seen as a vital lifeline. Between harvests and floods, the lake transforms from a role that is central to local identity and offering a promising industry, to become a symbol of failed development. The low price of salt adds to the woes of toxic labour conditions. And yet, for many in Katwe it remains the only path of opportunity. As a flamboyant, retro-styled local politician pushes grand plans onto a crumbling mine and community, the local population reflects on what the future holds.
María, an activist and drag queen, stands strong against a society that invalidates her. Through her discourse and performance, she confronts the insecurities that once brought her down, transforming her identity into a tool for resistance.
Asian-Australian Wen is in for a surprise when she tags along to Chinese New Year lunch with Aunty Poh and her friends... The Aunties take the honour of fighting to pay the bill very seriously. When limbs start flying, Wen and Aunty Poh come to terms with the importance of friendship and family.
"It doesn't matter where you work, the main thing is to save up for a house." Of course, there's no harm in dreaming about the great, but the heroes of the film "Low Tide" have been toiling away in the salt fields of the Indian state of Gujarat since their youth.
As you name a boat, so it will float. According to this logic, only happy people should live on Schastlivaya Street in Krasnogorsk (Moscow Region). Authors Maria Safronova and Vlada Platonova went there to talk to locals about happiness. Despite the fact that the street has seen a lot (for example, fires), its residents really are cheerful. And Schastlivaya is also home to many cats, each with its own nickname and character.
A moving account of a young boy’s life on the mean streets of Cape Town’s ganglands, where he quickly progresses from selling drugs to getting involved in gangsterism, before being shot in the foot and sent to a home for ‘rude children’, where he suffers further trauma and violence.
Set in contemporary Egypt, this poignant documentary follows the hidden lives of three individuals living with HIV, whose diagnosis places them at odds with a deeply conservative society.
The dacha is a religion. The dacha is an art. The dacha is a kind of time machine, once you get into it, you return to the most carefree moments of life. In its depths you can find real artifacts: from the magazine "Youth" to vintage clothes from all corners of the planet. What makes up the amazing dacha world? And why is it so important?
The story of a surf school in Kamchatka, spending its last season on the shores of the Pacific Ocean - a film about farewell, freedom and people who are not afraid to start all over again.
The moment the first gleam of sunlight trickled in gently stirring the folds of a shallow sleep… that was when the graffiti appeared. The film brings a prose poem by Makoto Takayanagi to life, read here by the poet himself.
Under the rules, we are in a box, and within the box is one game after another. This movie uses the game as a metaphorical vehicle to explore the conflict between social discipline and self-will.
Walter is convinced he’s a ninja, dedicating his days to training and meditating on the arts of Ninjutsu. His brother Nacho, who financially supports them both, grows increasingly frustrated with Walter’s obsession and urges him to get a "real" job. Tension builds between the two when Nacho confesses he feels ashamed of Walter’s behavior.
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