Putuparri and the Rainmakers
β 7.2 Β· 2015 Β· 92m Β· Documentary
Tom "Putuparri" Lawford is a man caught between two worlds: his past and present in modern society, where he battles with alcoholism and domestic violence; and his future as a leader of his people, reconnecting with his ancestral lands, learning about his traditional culture and shouldering his responsibility to pass this knowledge on to the next generation. Director Nicole Ma spent more than a decade documenting Putuparri's journey, travelling with him and his family on numerous occasions to Kurtal, in the Kimberley's Great Sandy Desert region β traditionally a site of great significance as a place where people ritually make rain β as they fight for their native title claim over the area. Set against the backdrop of this long fight for ownership of traditional lands, the MIFF Premiere Fund-supported Putuparri and the Rainmakers is an emotional, visually breathtaking story of love, hope and the survival of Aboriginal law and culture against all odds.
More Like This
Keyboard Fantasies
2021 Β· β 5
As a sci-fi obsessed woman living in near isolation, Beverly Glenn-Copeland wrote and self-released Keyboard Fantasies in Huntsville, Ontario back in 1986. Recorded in an Atari-powered home-studio, the cassette featured seven tracks of a curious folk-electronica hybrid, a sound realized far before its time. Three decades on, the musician β now Glenn Copeland β began to receive emails from people across the world, thanking him for the music theyβd recently discovered.
More info β
In Our Mothers' Gardens
2021
In Our Mothers' Gardens celebrates the strength and resiliency of Black women and Black families through the complex, and often times humorous, relationship between mothers and daughters.
More info β
Black Box Diaries
2024 Β· β 7.6
Journalist Shiori Ito embarks on a courageous investigation of her own sexual assault in an improbable attempt to prosecute her high-profile offender. Her quest becomes a landmark case in Japan, exposing the country's outdated judicial and societal systems.
More info β
Daughters
2024 Β· β 7
Four young girls prepare for a special Daddy Daughter Dance with their incarcerated fathers, as part of a unique fatherhood program in a Washington, D.C., jail.
More info β
Frida
2024 Β· β 6.8
An intimately raw and magical journey through the life, mind, and heart of iconic artist Frida Kahlo. Told through her own words for the very first time β drawn from her diary, revealing letters, essays, and print interviews β and brought vividly to life by lyrical animation inspired by her unforgettable artwork.
More info β
The Story of the Weeping Camel
2004 Β· β 7.1
When a Mongolian nomadic family's newest camel colt is rejected by its mother, a musician is needed for a ritual to change her mind.
More info β
Born into Brothels: Calcutta's Red Light Kids
2004 Β· β 6.8
Documentary depicting the lives of child prostitutes in the red light district of Songachi, Calcutta. Director Zana Briski went to photograph the prostitutes when she met and became friends with their children. Briski began giving photography lessons to the children and became aware that their photography might be a way for them to lead better lives.
More info β
God's Ways
2006 Β· β 10
A dual portrait of young drifters on the streets of Odessa, where every day seems the same and the future keeps getting further away.
More info β
Belfast Girls
2006 Β· β 5
The film follows teenage girls MairΓ©ad Mc Ilkenny and Christine Savage. The two young women live in the same city but at the same time in two different worlds, cut off from each other by high walls that separate people.
More info β
One Last Hug
2014 Β· β 6.8
"One Last Hug" chronicles a three day summer camp for children learning to cope with the death of a loved one. With the guidance of trained professionals, grieving children as young as seven years old learn that their feelings are normal, and that by talking about them they can begin to heal. A testament to the healing power of shared sorrow, One Last Hug shows the often-unseen and particular experience of children's grief.
More info β
Full Metal Village
2007 Β· β 6.8
The film describes the microcosmos of the small village Wacken and shows the clash of the cultures, before and during the biggest heavy metal festival in Europe.
More info β
The Pixar Shorts: A Short History
2007 Β· β 7.7
The story of Pixar's early short films illuminates not only the evolution of the company but also the early days of computer animation, when a small group of artists and scientists shared a single computer in a hallway, and struggled to create emotionally compelling short films.
More info β