Children’s drawings made during complicated visits to their parents. For them San Vittore is a castle. San Vittore is an episode of the series The Roots of Violence which is also composed by: San Siro (2014) San Giorgio (2019)
Children’s drawings made during complicated visits to their parents. For them San Vittore is a castle. San Vittore is an episode of the series The Roots of Violence which is also composed by: San Siro (2014) San Giorgio (2019)
2019-08-13
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The personal stories lived by the Uncle, the Father and the Son, respectively, form a tragic experience that is drawn along a line in time. This line is comparable to a crease in the pages of the family album, but also to a crack in the walls of the paternal house. It resembles the open wound created when drilling into a mountain, but also a scar in the collective imaginary of a society, where the idea of salvation finds its tragic destiny in the political struggle. What is at the end of that line? Will old war songs be enough to circumvent that destiny?
San Giorgio is an episode of the series The Roots of Violence which is also composed by: -San Siro (2014) -San Vittore (2018) Actually work in progress
A forensic study of Milano’s famous football stadium that builds an increasingly intense anticipation and suspense as game-time approaches. San Siro is an episode of the series The Roots of Violence which is also composed by: San Vittore (2018) and San Giorgio (2019)
What would happen if we gave children the power to change the city? The film, which questions our urban lifestyles, follows three experiences in southern France, whose point of view is strictly below the 1m40 mark.
Daniel, an HIV-positive man, weaves his new identity in his Acadian village. Documentary about an Acadian weaver and AIDS survivor who, despite fatigue and dexterity difficulties, retreats to his loom as a form of therapy — and as a new identity. ~~ Nominations & awards ~~ Image + Nation Festival, Montreal, 2023, Best Short Film Award ~~ Image + Nation Festival, Montreal, 2023, Emerging Voices Award ~~ Festival international du cinéma francophone en Acadie, Moncton, N.B., 2023, Best Short Acadian Film Award ~~ Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival, France, 2024, Telefilm Canada Selection
Through a fusion of animation and real images, queer individuals from the Maghreb share their stories, from their homeland to various parts of the rest of the world. These individuals have fiercely broken societal taboos around gender and sexuality, defying social, legal and familial pressures, even among those who have chosen to break away from their families.
A letter to our mother Theresa Hak Kyung Cha. A gesture of love and memory.
Rodrigue and Reine live with their three children in Bangui, the capital of the Central African Republic. They make their living from a meager yield of cassava flour and are very active in the local church, where the battle between God and Satan is central, and believing in evil spirits, curses and witchcraft is common.
Documentary short film covering two survivors of the argentinian military dictatorship.
Whether you’re a devoted disciple looking to relive treasured memories of the GHOST live spectacle or among the curious uninitiated, RITE HERE RITE NOW will put you right there: putting your phones down and living in the moment—as a shadow of uncertainty looms—completely spellbound and in the thrall of this bombastic yet intimate cinematic portrait of GHOST.
A dying filmmaker decides to create a giant painting utilizing a model as a ‘Human Paintbrush’. He finds a young woman on Tinder and films her from the first moment he picks her up and brings her to his studio in Taos where he strips her naked, pours paint all over her body and rolls her on the 8’ by 16’ canvas... viola’ THE PAINTING... shot in a single day. It’s not just a painting, it’s an Artist meeting his Muse and discovering the power of Magical Thinking transcending his death and preconceived notions of Art Love and Money.
The Symphony of the Holocaust is a feature documentary about the life of master violinist and Holocaust survivor Shony Braun, who used his experiences in the Nazi death camps to compose The Symphony of the Holocaust, a haunting yet hopeful testament to the memory of the millions of Jews murdered by the Nazis during World War II.
High School. Commonly referred to as the best years of one's life. In their latest "mockumentary", Green Fez takes you up close and personal with the high school students of today, guaranteeing a display of friendship, hardship, and a story worth exploring.
The story of Ukraine's Chernihiv Psychoneurological Hospital, who endured incredible hardships during more than a month of occupation by Russia.
The rural Taiwanese outer islands of Kinmen sit merely 2 miles off the coast of China. Kinmen attracts tourists for its remains from the 1949 Chinese Civil War. It also marks the frontline for Taiwan in its escalating tension with China.
Tracing the U.S. military's long history of discrimination against the gay community and one couple's personal journey for acceptance.
Disenchanted by the modern world, Michael Lees heads into the forest of Dominica with some basic survival gear, religious texts and a camera. "Why did man ever leave the forest? And what makes for a good life?" Just as he starts to acclimatize to his new life - the unexpected; Category 5 Hurricane Maria, one of the top ten strongest Atlantic hurricanes in history, makes a direct landfall. Michael is caught out in the open in a palm leaf and bamboo hut. With the nation in ruins, the forest destroyed, and essential services knocked out islandwide, the entire country must now return to a past way of life if they hope to survive.