An Idiot's Guide to University

The Hunting Ground

2015 · ★ 7.4

A startling expose of rape crimes on US campuses, their institutional cover-ups, and the devastating toll they take on students and their families. The film follows the lives of several undergraduate assault survivors as they attempt to pursue—despite incredible push back, harassment and traumatic aftermath—both their education and justice.

La universidad vota en contra

1968

Demonstrations, confrontations, parties and divisions marked one of the most important university campaigns of the decade: the 1968 student elections.

Dear Will Carne

2019

Filmed across two years and five different cities, Dear Will Carne tells the story of an invisible illness.

Lights Over Tesco Car Park

2020

Basically, Robert reported lights over the Tesco car park. Then he told us an alien was coming to stay in his spare room. With the help of some historical abduction stories, a latex alien mask, and a bucket of flying saucers, we’re working out whether to believe him. Maybe this is a good place to believe him? Maybe you can help?

Sons and Daughters

1967

The Vietnam War protest movement from the student point of view is the basis for this documentary shot in the San Francisco Bay area and dealing mainly with a protest march from the University of California to the Oakland Army Terminal in 1966.

There is no birthday party, this is all a photograph

On the 45th anniversary of GrETUA – the Experimental Theatre Group of the University of Aveiro – photography and its subjects narrate a journey through the memories of generations upon generations who helped shape this space of learning and creation. "There is no birthday party, this is all a photograph" reflects on memory through the emotional language of these encounters.

Aberdeen

1970

Explore the growth of Aberdeen’s sparkling streets.

Research and Crime: the Reich University of Strasbourg

2018 · ★ 5

Strasbourg was home to one of three Reich Universities founded by the Nazis, known as a project close to Hitler's heart. The university, founded in 1941, is infamous for the human experiments performed on KZ prisoners by the professors of the medical faculty. What did its dean, Johannes Stein, grandfather of documentarian Kirsten Esch, know of these crimes?

MUR: Rebuilding a Legacy

A documentary piece following the Melbourne University Racing Motorsport team as they race to finish their 2025 Formula Series racing car before the looming Australasian competition. Driven by the team's strong history in competition and an award-winning club culture, students navigate changing technical, media and event landscapes post-COVID in their efforts to return to fighting form.

Euller Miller Between Two Worlds

2018

Euller Miller is a young native Brazilian of kaiwá ethnicity who leaves his small village just outside of Dourados (MS) to study dentistry at a public university in the crowded capital city of the state of Paraná. The film follows the complex transition between two very different worlds and the search for new horizons without abandoning his indigenous roots.

Playboy's Sorority Girls

1998 · ★ 4.5

They're the curvaceous coeds that drive fraternity guys - and everyone else - wild with desire.

Occupation

1970 · ★ 8

Students seeking greater control over the hiring of faculty occupy the offices of the Political Science Department at McGill University. The film crew lives with the students and follows their action through confusion, argument, dissent, and negotiations with faculty. The result is an intimate view of a student political action.