Beautiful by Night

Grey Ambition(en)

Canadian seniors over 65 are staying active through philanthropy, the arts, volunteerism, education, entrepreneurship, or the workplace. Profiled here are a fashion tycoon gone back to school in his 80s, a 95 year old who builds and flies airplanes, a competitive darts player and painter without hands, an entrepreneur, an avid community volunteer, and a couple in their 90s who continue to teach roller skating.

Drag(es)

The exploration of a part of the world of drag as seen through the eyes of its queens, with their presentations, performances, experiences and especially their vanity, glitz and talent.

Neverland Firsthand: Investigating the Michael Jackson Documentary(en)

A mini-documentary which further explores allegations made in HBO’s Leaving Neverland, that the King of Pop sexually abused two young boys. Through interviews with those closest to the situation, as well as members of Jackson’s family, the film sheds light on information that was excluded from HBO’s broadcast.

Catherine O'Hara: All of Us Shine(en)

From "SCTV" and "Home Alone" to "Best in Show" and "Schitt’s Creek", Catherine O’Hara collaborates with fellow performers throughout her legendary career to take comedy to new heights.

Land Without Bread(es)

An exploration —manipulated and staged— of life in Las Hurdes, in the province of Cáceres, in Extremadura, Spain, as it was in 1932. Insalubrity, misery and lack of opportunities provoke the emigration of young people and the solitude of those who remain in the desolation of one of the poorest and least developed Spanish regions at that time. (Silent short, voiced in 1937 and 1996.)

In the Image of God(it)

The fourth generation in his family to be born intersex, Jewish Rabbi Levi was assigned the female gender at birth and grew up thinking he was sick and defective. "In the Image of God" tells the story of his struggles and transitions, culminating today in a life as a religious leader and an LGBTQI+ activist living happily in Los Angeles with his wife.

A Fairy Tale(pl)

A recording of the performance of the symphonic poem entitled Fairy Tale by Stanislaw Moniuszko at the ‘Ursus’ Factory in Warsaw. It took place in 1952 and was performed by the Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra under the baton of Witold Rowecki.

Jeanne Dielman, 6 quai aux Barques, 1000 Bruxelles(fr)

A short documentary on the creation of the fresco by Alba Fabre Sacristán paying homage to Chantal Akerman's Jeanne Dielman, 23, quai du commerce, 1080 Bruxelles. Made by Akerman's childhood friend and longtime collaborator Marilyn Watelet and also co-writer and assistant director on the iconic film.

A Ghost In The Making(en)

Everyone has heard about bee declines, but with so much attention focused on domesticated honeybees, someone has to speak up for the 4,000 species of native bees in North America. Natural history photographer Clay Bolt is on a multi-year quest to tell the stories of our native bees, and one elusive species – the Rusty-patched Bumble Bee – has become his white whale. Traveling from state to state in search of the Rusty-patched, he meets the scientists and conservationists working tirelessly to preserve it. Clay’s journey finally brings him to Wisconsin, where he comes face to face with his quarry and discovers an answer to the question that has been nagging him: why save a species?

Féria(fr)

A Sunday fair with hunger in the air, in a lost Galician village under the black umbrellas of a pitiless rain...

La Rose et le Barrage(fr)

A parallel montage of the construction of a dam in Galicia and the architecture of a small Roman-style church.

Didier Rousseau, sculptor, performance(fr)

A sculptor carves and transforms himself.

Searching for Bong(ko)

Unlike our dream of becoming a great filmmaker, the movie boards that adults talk about are tough. We are looking for our idol, Bong Joon-ho...

O Voo(pt)

Dance for All(en)

Project Florida(en)

Marketing film for Walt Disney World showing the creation of the new theme park, with footage of WED designers at work, actual construction, scale models, the Preview Center, and Walt Disney discussing his hopes for the project from an earlier 1966 film.

In Search of Avery Willard(en)

In Search of Avery Willard iIlluminates the life and work of the groundbreaking, and mostly forgotten, artist Avery Willard — photographer, filmmaker, writer, publisher, leatherman, pornographer.

White Earth(en)

An oil boom has drawn thousands to America’s Northern Plains in search of work. Against the backdrop of a cruel North Dakota winter, the stories of three children and an immigrant mother intertwine among themes of innocence, home, and the American Dream.

Girl in the Hallway(en)

A story from childhood and an indelible image continue to haunt Jamie many years later.

Urban(en)

Urban is a short documentary on the importance of dance in shaping the identity of five young adolescent girls. In the Susp3ctz dance crew, they learn the basics of hip hop, house, krump, in order to learn to freestyle and reveal their own identity.