In the mid-1980s, the GAL, a Spanish paramilitary group, pursues and assassinates members of the terrorist gang ETA who have taken refuge in the sanctuary they have created in the south of France. Grégoire Fortin, advisor to the French Minister of Justice, and Domingo 'Txomin' Iturbe, leader of ETA, are forced to negotiate in order to find a solution to the violence that plagues the region.
Stuck in his hometown, Venice, during the pandemic, director Andrea Segre turns the camera on the frozen city, while reminiscing about his father, a scientist and chemist, and the past.
A young journalist (Lespert) helps the French President compile his memoirs.
Short memorial documentary about Steve Dash, an actor/stuntman best known for playing Jason Vorhees in Friday the 13th Part 2.
Marking the 70th anniversary of the bombing of Darwin by the Japanese during WWII. This documentary tells the story of why the Australian government kept the bombing a secret and why the military was unprepared for such a sudden attack.
Solitudes goes from laugh to drama, from musical to documentary, from romantic comedy to mean satire, keeping loneliness focused in all its aspects at all times, in many stories that are linked to each other.
Peeling back the layers of her grandmother's life, filmmaker Linda Ohama discovers a painful, buried past in this feature-length documentary. Asayo Murakami, 103 years old, recalls life in Japan, her arrival in Canada as a "picture bride," her determination to marry a man of her choice, the bombing of Hiroshima and the forced relocation of her family during WWII. Beautifully rendered dramatic sequences are merged with an exquisite collection of memories, feelings, images and voices. Culminating in an emotional reunion with a long-lost daughter, this film is a personal reflection of Japanese-Canadian history and a testament to one woman's endurance and spirit.
Veteran journalist and author Edward Behr spent a year investigating the rise and fall of Nicolae Ceausescu. Executed on Christmas Day 1989, Ceausescu was once a hero to his own people, and in the west. Behr's film reveals the truth behind the myth, in a tale of megalomania, farce, and horror.
The Continuum Project follows some of the world's best climbing talent around the globe to document bold new routes and daring repeats on ice, rock, and in the alpine. The film focuses on these climbers' drive to explore, their passion for the mountains and the climbing lifestyles.
The new era of a “Clown” that makes out of anything, comedy. With his absurd visual gags, he takes you out of your comfort zone, and has time to make you wonder with his beautiful lines of poetry.
There Is No Modern Romance follows New York indie rock band Yeah Yeah Yeahs as they support their cult classic debut Fever to Tell on the road in the UK in 2003
The portrait of Damo Suzuki, singer of the legendary German kraut band Can, on his visit to Argentina to give two concerts with a handful of local musicians led by Alan Courtis.
The artist Cildo Meireles in search of the sound of Brazil's main water basins in order to construct the sound sculpture Rio:Oir (River:Hear) created from the play on words and concepts. From Foz do Iguaçu to the Pororoca of Macapá, from the Águas Emendadas Park to the mouth of the São Francisco river, and later, in a studio, gathering the pieces and matching them to the cacophony of residual waters and human laughter. The documentary "Listening to the River" reveals the artist's simplicity, the relation of region's inhabitants with water, and it enhances our perception between sound and image.
Craig Shoemaker's latest comedy special takes a hilarious look at the transition that happens from manhood to "dad"hood.