Podesta Island

Podesta Island exists according to Google Earth. Podesta Island does not exist according to Wikipedia. Does it really exist? In a hyperconnected and mapped world, are there still unknown areas? The film Podesta Island paints the portrait of a controversial phantom island by confronting documentary sources with the narratives and legends inspired by this island. This exploration, where satellite imagery and live action intertwine, brings us closer to Terra Incognita and celebrates the imaginary geography.

No

A filmmaker’s journey to find a moment of joy in the midst of unimaginable destruction, death and loss in Gaza.

Zakura

Zakura is a bright seven-year-old Bedouin girl. In a few years her father Arafat must marry her off. Traditions say so.

Greed Kills

A mix of show clips, archival materials, and interviews with Greenwalt, McNamara, Pasdar, executive producer Stephen J. Cannell, and actors Lisa Blount and Lisa Zane. This documentary covers the development of the McNamara/Greenwalt partnership as well as the origins of Profit, its path to the screen, shooting the “Pilot” and attached controversies, casting, character issues and the approaches taken by the actors, the use of voiceovers, inspirations and related concepts, storylines, stretching boundaries and censorship, reactions to the show and its legacy.

Yakuaya, la esencia del agua

Yaku: water; aya: essence, blood. Yakuaya is a non-verbal documentary about the descent of water and life that follows the journey of a drop of water from its birth on a glacier until its arrival at the sea. Along the way, water influences the life of a peasant, locks himself in the rhythm of a bottling factory, brings people together in the city, transforms the life of a woman, leads a river navigator, awakens hope in a desert and welcomes the innocence of two children in the sea.

… outsiders

In this documentary dedicated to his grandfather and brother, Mateo portrays two pieds noirs brothers separated by complicated family choices and circumstances.

Lugares propios

The observation of the work process carried out by different artists, different in terms of age as well as creative discipline, puts us face to face with the problems and decisions they are obliged to make in their artistic endeavour.

Report on the Refugee Situation

An unclassifiable cross between documentary and fiction, Kipp takes the viewer through refugee camps bordering Soviet-occupied areas of Germany.

File: Marta

From 1956 to 1980, midwife Marta Rosignoli led a network of fourteen midwives dedicated to the trafficking and sale of babies in different areas of Buenos Aires, Argentina. Through dramatizations of the events, archival material from the case file and the testimonies of three victims of appropriation, the documentary delves into the mechanisms used by Rosignoli to carry out the illegal purchase and sale of newborns.

Franco, un proceso histórico

Elysian Fields

Strong winds shake the leaves of drought-stricken trees in an ancient olive grove near Delphi, reminding us of the wildfires that are engulfing the country. Here, a family of farmers attempts to restore its land.

Tsirkuselaps

As a five-year-old prodigy, he became a circus attraction. At the age of eight, the young virtuoso entertained Tsar Nicholas II and his Court. By the age of 17, he was an eagerly anticipated performer on the best stages of Europe. A year later, he conquered America as a xylophone virtuoso. He has been referred to as the world’s best jazz imitator. A tap-dancer and superb violinist. Audiences in Soviet Russia gave him standing ovations… in Soviet Georgia, he was the object of mass adulation. His stage career lasted for 80 years. So, who was this amazing artist?... The answer awaits you in the film Child of the Circus

Instrumentos da Música Popular Brasileira - A Cuíca

Testimony by instrumentalist Osvaldinho da Cuíca with historical explanation of the presence of cuíca in several countries around the world and its popularization in Brazil based on samba. Osvaldinho gives tips on how to extract the sound from the instrument and makes a presentation at the Casa Verde Samba School Mocidade Alegre.

Beyond 'PlayTime'

This short documentary from 2002, written by Jacques Tati scholar Stéphane Goudet and featuring rare archival footage, explores the genesis of the director’s hugely ambitious 1967 film production.