Max Selen

Learning Disabilities in Primary Care(en)

People with learning disabilities often experience worse physical and mental health. This film is a starting point to address these inequalities.

Gingers(en)

Redheads. Fire crotches… This film collects samples of their testimonials and their body hair and skin. About being different genetically, about gay gingers, doubly in a minority, from Ireland to Israel to Brazil. A film made especially for ginger lovers.

The Things I Tell You(en)

Daniela, a young woman coming out of a breakup, moves to Lisbon for a few months. Feeling lonely, she starts dating Diogo, a happy-go-lucky guy she meets on Tinder. They get to know each other as they explore solitude, love, and friendship, aware that they will soon part ways.

Love in the Time of Corona(en)

A video essay by Mark Rappaport, which spans René Magritte and Michelangelo to Bonnie & Clyde. Let’s mask up to rob a bank! But make sure that you are home before the curfew.

La quemada(es)

12 years later, a failed school short film is resignified to share the multiple experiences that exist in the creation of a film.

Infancia desterrada(es)

Every year, tens of thousands of children are forced to leave their countries unaccompanied by an adult.

The Village Detective: A Song Cycle(en)

Atlantic Ocean, off the coast of Iceland, July 9, 2016. The surprising discovery of a canister —containing four reels of The Village Detective (Деревенский детектив), a 1969 Soviet film—, caught in the nets of an Icelandic trawler, is the first step in a fascinating journey through the artistic life of film and stage actor Mikhail Ivanovich Zharov (1899-1981), icon and star of an entire era of Russian cinema.

Dukla - areál spomienok(sk)

Night and Fog(fr)

Filmmaker Alain Resnais documents the atrocities behind the walls of Hitler's concentration camps.

Under the Cloud(en)

An investigation into the unfolding history of nuclear testing, uranium mining, and nuclear waste disposal on indigenous lands in the US. It raises the voices of those who witnessed and experienced the consequences of nuclear colonialism and those who still resist.

A Graveyard and Beggar(ja)

A work of Video Earth Tokyo, it is an interview with a homeless who lived in the Aoyama cemetery. Photography by Michael Goldberg.

Feeling Right Now(zh)

An experimental film about the relation of Time and Space.

Anonymous(en)

A short film about the changing face of London Soho and the implications of gentrification on Mimi, an aging transvestite.

The Water Dwellers(en)

This short documentary introduces us to a town where no one pays rent: Simoom Sound in central British Columbia, where loggers live on sturdy river craft. Every week there are visitors: the general storekeeper, the flying postman and most importantly, the forest ranger, who is ever alert to the threat of fire.

Begegnung in Berlin(de)

Short documentary directed by Günter Schlesinger

Ocharcoaga(es)

Filmed to praise the work of the Spanish Ministry of Housing in solving the problem of shanty towns in Bilbao, it was made to be viewed by General Franco and not for public screening or distribution through the NO-DO newsreel. Although the short film was commissioned by the Ministry of Housing, director Jorge Grau produced a subtly critical work.

Under the water(en)

A daily life in Korogocho, Kenya, one of the world’s poorest slums.

James Ensor: Demons Teasing Me(en)

This film explains what James Ensor (1860-1949) meant for the development of art and makes palpable where he got his inspiration from.

People on the Road(pl)

A portrait of a traveling circus.

Goya(it)

Presents life in 18th century Spain as the painter Francisco de Goya showed it to us.