Against the Tide
★ 6 · 2021 · 13m · Documentary
A remote and wild island on the west coast of Scotland is home to a small group of people that live in deep connection with the land, the sea and the weather. For different reasons, they left their city life to escape their inner demons and to live as eco-friendly and sustainable as possible.
More Like This
The Unforgettable Norman Wisdom
2011
Family and friends pay tribute to the funnyman, who was one of Britain's best-loved stars of stage, TV and film for more than 50 years - and also became a cult figure in Albania, where his films were ruled to be acceptable entertainment during the country's long years of isolation during the Cold War. Including contributions by Norman's son Nick, singer Vera Lynn and actress Honor Blackman.
More info →
Keep That Dream Burning
2017 · ★ 5.7
Rainer Kohlberger applied various algorithms to extract the noise from a vast number of action films and used this to reduce the dramaturgy of the narrative to its essence. keep that dream burning oscillates between maximum abstraction and pure blur. Within the blurriness, objects form and disappear. The surface allows the space to be conceived.
More info →
Catboy
2021
A short documentary where director Dave Jackson digs into his catboy past and life after Cat Sick Blues.
More info →
This was the MARY
1968
Short 18 minute film about QM and her last Transatlantic voyage from New York to Southampton. Joan Crawford makes an appearance and also narrates the first part of the film.
More info →
Migrant Fish
2023
A documentary short that uses fish to explore identity and belonging in a metropolis.
More info →Tatort Ostsee - Wer sprengte die Nord Stream-Pipelines?
2023 · ★ 9
A year has passed since the attacks on the Nord Stream gas pipelines, and it is still unclear what actually happened at the bottom of the Baltic Sea at that time. ARD, Süddeutsche Zeitung, and DIE ZEIT have joined forces for a large-scale investigation and set out to find the alleged perpetrators. An investigation into one of the most spectacular criminal cases of our time, an attack of historic proportions.
More info →
Entire Days Together
2019 · ★ 5
A young girl is cured of her epilepsy just as summer vacation is about to begin. During her last days with her classmates, she’ll come to experience life in a new way. Arranged as a series of elliptical tableaux, this haunting narrative from Luise Donschen (Casanova Gene) captures a simultaneous sense of discovery and disorientation as it proceeds from the confines of the classroom to a wider world of adolescent anxieties.
More info →Marie & Me
2024
This documentary explores the journey of identity reconstruction of a young woman confronted with a tumultuous past as an escort. Through a gaze marked by humanity and sensitivity, the story depicts a deeply painful experience. We follow Marie's journey which is both sensitive and brilliant, manages to bring a glimmer of hope into a dark universe.
More info →
Wigstock: The Movie
1987 · ★ 5.7
The original documentary on the Wigstock festival, back in the day when it was a much smaller affair in Thompkins Square Park. A full day of peace, love, and wigs…
More info →
The Joys and Sorrows of Young Yuguo
2022 · ★ 6.6
16-year-old Yuguo, who has a passion for Eastern European romantic poetry, makes a pilgrimage from his home in China to the foothills of Romania’s Carpathian Mountains.
More info →
Almost Thirteen
2020
A father’s heartfelt plea to have lifesaving talks with pre-teens and teens comes after his 12-year-old son’s suicide from COVID-related isolation.
More info →