Rough Cut(2013)

Breaths: Breathe in the Dark(it)

On 12th October 2010, three young University researchers started to shoot a documentary about the Orfanotrofio delle Grazie, an orphanage closed 25 years earlier because of an arson which caused the dead of 10 children, the director of the institute and his assistant. On October 15th, three days later, the Police came to the abandoned orphanage, alerted by the teacher who coordinated the work of the three researchers. A rescuer discovered unearthed in the boiler room, hidden under a table, the camera used by the three guys. The dramatic images recorded in the videocassette provide documentary evidence of the last hours spent by the three guys in that damned place.

Cult Following(en)

Occult expert, Rob Regis, and hired cinematographer, Tyler Sternberg, find themselves in grave danger when they investigate an evil cult for a documentary.

Max Ernst: Journey into the Subconscious(en)

The inner world of the great painter Max Ernst is the subject of this film. One of the principal founders of Surrealism, Max Ernst explores the nature of materials and the emotional significance of shapes to combine with his collages and netherworld canvases. The director and Ernst together use the film creatively as a medium to explain the artist's own development.

Behind The Sightings(en)

Behind the Sightings follows Todd and Jessica Smith, two filmmakers from Raleigh in North Carolina, who set out to produce a documentary exploring the highly publicized, creepy clown sighting epidemic, which was investigated by local law enforcement. As the young married couple venture into Peachtree Way, Nash County, in search of clowns, what they found was far from funny.

White Walls Say Nothing(es)

Buenos Aires is a complex, chaotic city. It has European style and a Latin American heart. It has oscillated between dictatorship and democracy for over a century, and its citizens have faced brutal oppression and economic disaster. Throughout all this, successive generations of activists and artists have taken to the streets of this city to express themselves through art. This has given the walls a powerful and symbolic role: they have become the city’s voice. This tradition of expression in public space, of art and activism interweaving, has made the streets of Buenos Aires into a riot of colour and communication, giving the world a lesson in how to make resistance beautiful.

Last Known Interview With Zachary Weinstein (100 Years Old)(en)

I had the chance to interview a revered independent filmmaker four years after his death.

Horny Kid - A film essay(en)

The filmmaker's mother describes stories of his lustful youth over the phone, causing them to reflect on his current love life at the age of 30.

Bob and Roberta's Excellent Protest Adventure(en)

British artist, academic, musician and activist Bob and Roberta Smith has been waging slightly odd political protests for years, in this documentary he investigates the age of activism and discovers what people are protesting about.

Soneriada 5: Crime and Punishment(en)

Chronicles the events that lead to Charlie Charlison's untimely death employing a cinéma vérité approach.

KLLR: 108.7(en)

When a small town's killer strikes again, the town's sheriff works with the premier radio show host to find the killer.

Dark Images(ja)

There is darkness in the heart, the darkness of society, and darkness that is not illuminated by light. The darkness is infinitely deep and dark. "Dark images" The images recorded here are a number of images that appeared in everyday life at a sudden moment. Why don't you take a peek into the deep and dark darkness?

Mysterious! Unbelievable: Shock! Approaching the Mystery of the Cursed Sealed Photographs that Kill People!!(ja)

A psychic documentary series that summarizes the shocking horror experiences received from the general public. I will introduce a number of cursed psychic photos and approach the astonishing truth lurking behind it. There is no doubt that the horrible images that can't be directly seen will make everyone tremble.

Cecil Taylor: All The Notes(en)

Cecil Taylor was the grand master of free jazz piano. "All the Notes" captures in breezy fashion the unconventional stance of this media-shy modern musical genius, regarded as one of the true giants of post-war music. Seated at his beloved and battered piano in his Brooklyn brownstone the maestro holds court with frequent stentorian pronouncements on life, art and music.

Thesis(es)

While doing a thesis about violence, Ángela finds a snuff video where a girl is tortured to death. Soon she discovers that the girl was a former student at her college...

When the Screaming Starts(en)

When Norman Graysmith is invited into the home of an aspiring serial killer, Aidan Mendle, he believes he has the subject for the documentary that will make his career.

Empire of the Nude: The Victorian Nude(en)

The Victorian era is often cited for its lack of sexuality, but as this documentary reveals, the period's artists created a strong tradition surrounding the classical nude figure, which spread from the fine arts to more common forms of expression. The film explains how 19th-century artists were inspired by ancient Greek and Roman works to highlight the naked form, and how that was reflected in the evolving cultural attitudes toward sex.

Erasmus(en)

Montse just wanted to make a documentary about partying at the Barcelona night clubs. But what begins as a fun evening out turns into hours of unending terror as Montse's video cameras capture a mysterious fiend killing off her friends one by one.

Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon(en)

The next great psycho horror slasher has given a documentary crew exclusive access to his life as he plans his reign of terror over the sleepy town of Glen Echo, all the while deconstructing the conventions and archetypes of the horror genre for them.

Por Diabos(pt)

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"The prevailing stigmatization of the 'villero' universe is fed back by the images. In order to dismantle this stigmatization, other images must be presented or we need to reveal what the existing ones seek to cover up. The slum is usually represented from a limited and deceitful visual panorama. This representation has an intention. Cinema and television are two image-producing devices that strengthen the stereotypes that we have about the people who inhabit these spaces. And what happens in the field of painting? Do clichés reign there too? This visual essay seeks to confront various works by national painters and sculptors, belonging to the Palais collection, with the kinetic images of current cinema and television, to reflect on both the differences and the similarities in the meanings and discourses that both regimes of images can produce." César González