Renowned Australian artist William Yang traces the labyrinthine web of his family history in this adaptation of his iconic live performance piece. William was born and raised in North Queensland, his grandparents having migrated from China to the Top End during the 1880s gold rush. Yet it was not until mid-life that he claimed hisContinue reading “William Yang Blood Links – 2014”
Category Archives: Documentary
That’s Not Funny – 2014
That’s Not Funny is an examination of the history of taboo subjects and controversy in comedy, and one comedy fan’s heartfelt and passionate defense of an art form. Director : Mike Celestino Cast : Genre : Documentary Release Date : 6/18/2014 Country : United States
Letters to Max – 2014
A record of the epistolary encounter between French artist and filmmaker Eric Baudelaire and Maxim Gvinjia, former Foreign Minister of the breakaway Caucasian state of Abkhazia, Letters to Max is both a chronicle of a developing friendship and an ingenious, unusual essay film about the inherently speculative nature of nationhood. Director : Eric Baudelaire CastContinue reading “Letters to Max – 2014”
Quelques jours ensemble – 2014
Russian people are passing before us during an endless train journey in winter. We lose ourselves in their speeches, gestures, faces, eyes. Anecdotes turn into admissions. Memory invades the compartment and seizes the empty spaces of the present. The train continues through the snow, cold and grey fog… An infinite film existing somewhere between theContinue reading “Quelques jours ensemble – 2014”
Equí y n’otru tiempu – 2014
Between October 1937 and November 1952 hundreds of Republican supporters took to the mountains of Asturias with two main objectives: to save their lives, and to continue their armed resistance against Franco. Many of them would die in those mountains. This film is centered on filming the places in the present where the major figuresContinue reading “Equí y n’otru tiempu – 2014”
The Polarman – 2014
He is well- known in the world, but unknown in his home country. Slovakian Peter Valusiak took part in more than 20 expeditions to the Polar Regions. In 1998, together with three Russian explorers, he completed the first unsupported crossing of the Arctic Ocean from Russia to Canada over the North Pole. Another great challengeContinue reading “The Polarman – 2014”
The Malagasy Way – 2014
The Chinese make everything and the Malagasy fix everything. The people of Madagascar pride themselves on producing things out of nothing: tires transformed into shoes, oil lamps made out of light bulbs, wheelbarrows fashioned from scrap metal. You see ingenuity, not underdevelopment, in their practices. A return to a conservationist lifestyle that encourages recycling, fraternityContinue reading “The Malagasy Way – 2014”
Drops of Joy – 2014
Pointing out the importance of maintaining a playful spirit, which we all have when we are kids and society forces us to abandon in our adult lives, Drops of Joy is a documentary that speaks widely about the idea that playing is something very serious and urgent. Director : Cacau Rhoden Cast : Antônio Nóbrega|DomingosContinue reading “Drops of Joy – 2014”
The Newsroom: Off the Record – 2014
In this new documentary you get to follow the life of Ekstra Bladet’s editorial staff through one of the papers most turbulent years with catastrophic readership numbers and a long row of controversial agenda-setting cases. From the common journalistic staff being pushed to deliver the daily front-page stories, to Poul Madsen in management who hasContinue reading “The Newsroom: Off the Record – 2014”
Los chicos de la foto – 2014
Director : Israel Nava|Iván Reguera|Juan José Aparicio Cast : Carlos Pumares|Diego Galán|Jean-Claude Carrière|Juan Luis Buñuel Genre : Documentary Release Date : 5/24/2014 Country :
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