In the wake of a devastating personal tragedy, struggling would-be filmmaker Parker Smith decides to take a road-trip across America. Intending to make a “lo-fi” documentary about his journey he purchases a decade old camera off of eBay, and is surprised to discover that it holds a long forgotten video tape containing strange home videoContinue reading “Ramblin’ Freak – 2017”
Category Archives: Documentary
Accidental Anarchist – 2017
Carne Ross was a government highflyer. A career diplomat who believed Western Democracy could save us all. But working inside the system he came to see its failures, deceits and ulterior motives. He felt at first hand the corruption of power. After the Iraq war Carne became disillusioned, quit his job and started searching forContinue reading “Accidental Anarchist – 2017”
DRIB – 2017
Fiction/documentary hybrid DRIB centres on the real life story of how Borgli’s friend Amir, a stand-up comedian and performance artist, almost ended up as the international face of a well-known energy drink. Director : Kristoffer Borgli Cast : Adam Pearson|Alexandra Marzella|Amir Asgharnejad|Annie Hamilton|Brett Gelman|Hugo Armstrong|Joe Hartzler Genre : Comedy|Documentary|Drama Release Date : 3/11/2017 Country :Continue reading “DRIB – 2017”
Passeio Público – 2017
Director : Andréa França|Nicholas Andueza Cast : Genre : Documentary Release Date : 10/17/2017 Country :
#BKKY – 2017
The film is based on interviews of 100 Thai teenagers age between 17-19 with diverse gender identities. They have shared their experiences, personal life, and attitude towards their social life in Bangkok, the capital of Thailand, where they have grown up in. The common theme of these stories is their coming of age, confusion withContinue reading “#BKKY – 2017”
I Am Gentrification. Confessions of a Scoundrel – 2017
Is the city of Zurich suffering from ‘density stress’? What is it like to live in mega cities such as São Paulo, Mexico City and Tiflis? Filmmaker Thomas Haemmerli broaches the topics of city development, architecture, density, housing market, xenophobia and gentrification from an autobiographical perspective. The path of his life has led him fromContinue reading “I Am Gentrification. Confessions of a Scoundrel – 2017”
Mole Man – 2017
MOLE MAN follows RON, a 66-year-old autistic man who has spent the last five decades building a 50-room structure in his parents’ backyard. Using no nails or mortar, Ron instead creates perfectly balanced structures from scavenged materials he finds in the woods outside his Western Pennsylvania home. When Ron’s father passes away, leaving him livingContinue reading “Mole Man – 2017”
Whitney: Can I Be Me – 2017
The life and tragic death of Whitney Houston. Director : Nick Broomfield|Rudi Dolezal Cast : Bobbi Kristina Brown|Bobby Brown|Cissy Houston|David Roberts|John Russell Houston Jr.|Johnny Carson|Mike Tyson|Robyn Crawford|Serge Gainsbourg|Whitney Houston Genre : Documentary|Music Release Date : 4/24/2017 Country : United Kingdom
Sea Sorrow – 2017
A very personal and dynamic meditation on the current global refugee crisis through the eyes and voices of campaigners, specially children, where past and present establish a dialogue. A reflection on the importance of human rights. Director : Vanessa Redgrave Cast : Alfred Dubs|Daisy Bevan|Emma Thompson|Juliet Stevenson|Martin Sherman|Ralph Fiennes|Simon Coates|Vanessa Redgrave Genre : Documentary ReleaseContinue reading “Sea Sorrow – 2017”
Secret Life Of The Long Haul Flight – 2017
Give them massive numbers, that’ll impress them. The Secret Life of the Long Haul Flight (Channel 5) is one of those documentaries that does that, right from the off: each year, 300 million passengers fly more than 6bn miles on long-haul flights. Some of them on an Airbus A380, which costs £280m, carries 484 passengers,Continue reading “Secret Life Of The Long Haul Flight – 2017”