Which Is Scary

Ladakh: The Lotus of the Himalaya

January 1974 •Dutch

Short documentary on the Ladakh.region.

The Right Timing

October 1942 •English

The importance of timing in athletics

Here, We Are

October 2018 •Spanish

Laughter and joy ring out in a community besieged by drug wars. In Santiago Tuxtla, Veracruz, the vivacity of Rafael and Joel’s music brings people together and lifts them up.

Friday

December 2020 •English

A short documentary about the community within and history surrounding a historically Black Brooklyn mosque, produced in collaboration with the Jacob Burns Film Center.

Origins of Life

June 2001 •French

A documentary that explores the natural world of the sea, from the single-celled organism to more complex forms of life, OCEAN ORIGINS was originally filmed in the IMAX large format, which adds a crispness and clarity to the images. This documentary film seeks to examine the process of evolution by looking at the many creatures of the sea that can illustrate the way multi-cellular life emerged over the course of four billion years. OCEAN ORIGINS is a creative film that uses fascinating documentary footage to look at scientific theories and principles in an interesting manner

Wild Australia: The Edge

January 1996 •English

From beautiful but dangerous waterfalls to canyons and underground rivers carved into stone millions of years ago, Wild Australia is a stunning look at our fragile world and how it relates to Earth of ninety million years ago

Choice Bouquets

September 1910 •English

A display of flower bouquets, rotating to show the Kinemacolour process.

A Portrait of N. B.

November 2020 •Spanish

Through his own photographs, the Basque artist Néstor Basterretxea (1924-2014) is portrayed by the art critic and exhibition curator Peio Aguirre, a great connoisseur of his work and personal archives.

Duerrenwaid 8

May 2019 •German

An animated documentary that fuses stories of a house, a garden and a stream, and also beehives and huts in the forest.

Oil on Wind

May 2019 •Spanish

In an island on the south of Spain, a lone man collects olives from a landscape made of water and dry branches.

The Bearers of Memories

October 2021 •Lithuanian

With every moment – one more memory. But memory sometimes goes blind and what is left becomes hazy.

My Name Is Violeta

June 2019 •Spanish

Violeta leads a normal life in a well-off family, with loving parents, surrounded by everything the heart of an eleven-year-old girl might wish for. But she hasn’t always been the pretty girl she is today; she was born a boy. At age 6, she baffled her parents (the famous adult movie stars Nacho Vidal and Franceska Jaimes) when she told them she wanted to be called and dress as a girl. After the initial shock, they decided to give her all their support on the long and tough road that will lead to her becoming a woman someday. Violeta faces many challenges, medical (such as deciding whether or not to take hormone-blockers to stop the development of masculine features as soon as puberty kicks in) and legal (obtaining an ID card with her new name and gender). Later, she may consider getting a sex reassignment procedure, or the possibility of becoming a mother through adoption.

Diáře a romány Pavla Kohouta

January 2008 •Czech

Hana Zelinová

January 1995 •Slovak

Adrift by the Towers

May 2019 •Portuguese

Vila das Torres was a self-built community based on one of the largest urban gardens in Rio de Janeiro, below the energy towers of the Light Company and next to the train lines. Eight years after its removal for the construction of Parque Madureira, former residents report their memories.

Le capiage

January 1949 •English

Short documentary on the wool industry.

Le Cuir

January 1937 •French

Short documentary about the Belgian leather industry.

Lettre à mon ami Pol Cèbe

January 1970 •French

A short "working class road movie".

Being Sascha

January 2021 •German

Sascha’s name wasn’t always Sascha. But now it is. Sascha doesn’t identify as a man or as a woman, but as trans non-binary. A story about what it means to live in a society that wasn’t expecting you. A glimpse into a life that allows us to question our own categories. And a film about what it means to be oneself.

A Tale of Two Kitchens

May 2019 •English

Two countries, two restaurants, one vision. At Gabriela Cámara's acclaimed Contramar in Mexico City, the welcoming, uniformed waiters are as beloved by diners as the menu featuring fresh, local seafood caught within 24 hours. The entire staff sees themselves as part of an extended family. Meanwhile at Cala in San Francisco, Cámara hires staff from different backgrounds and cultures, including ex-felons and ex-addicts, who view the work as an important opportunity to grow as individuals. A Tale of Two Kitchens explores the ways in which a restaurant can serve as a place of both dignity and community.