Yokosuka 1953
Director Tsuyoshi Kigawa
Japan
Runtime 01:47:30
Completion Date:April 15, 2021
The name of the director of this documentary is Kigawa Tsuyoshi. Just through having the same family name as Kigawa, he met YOKO. She was born in Yokosuka during the turmoil of post-war Japan and was adopted to the U.S. YOKO know how deep her mother's love for her; however, she had to be adopted and moved to the United States. She hadn't heard from her mother nor meet her more than 66 years. The director searched for her mother's whereabouts and invited YOKO to Japan. The journey to find her mother begins.
The values on the way
Director Raquel Freiría
Spain
Runtime 88'
Completion Date:Apr-2024
“Os Valores No Camiño” is a vindictive and very emotional documentary that, with a dynamic, entertaining style, sometimes with humor and other times with the rawness of the purest reality, introduces us in depth
Pierre Pinoncelli, The Artist Who Cut Off His Finger
Director Virgile Novarina
France
Runtime 01:25:00
Completion Date:September 10, 2022
Since his two hammer attacks on Marcel Duchamp’s Fountain urinal in 1993 and 2006, artist Pierre Pinoncelli has been known the world over for this iconoclastic and subversive act. This resounding artistic attack obscured the rest of his career in the eyes of the public. Stopping painting in 1966 to devote himself to happenings, Pinoncelli has never ceased to denounce the contradictions of our society.
Longorme
Director Yves Fajnberg
France
Runtime 51:08:00
Completion Date:June 12, 2023
The documentary “Longorme” by Yves Fajnberg revolves around his French folk songs recorded in 1974 on vinyls (long playing records).
The disc has been produced by studio Sonart, forgotten for 50 years, then re-edited thanks to the obsession of passionate collectors and a Spanish record label, Wah Wah records.
Cuban Women in Jazz!
Director Jack Scannell
Germany
Runtime 33:44
Completion Date: April 1, 2024
An American Jazz musician fulfills a lifelong goal of visiting Cuba for the main purpose of discovering and experiencing the current Jazz scene in Havana. He was wonderfully surprised to find some female Jazz artists playing original and exciting Latin Jazz! He convinced a star female Flautist to assemble in her band the best women jazz players in Havana for recording 3 original Latin Jazz compositions as part of a Documentary about "Cuban Women in Jazz." The final recording, entitled "Habana" is combined with the Documentary author's film and video clips to capture the essence of the city of Havana.
BLESS ANDREY!
Director Nikolay Bem
Russian Federation
Runtime 01:03:43
Completion Date:February 21, 2024
Andrey was born in Alaska and after years of travelling between the two countries he decided to move to Russia with only one goal - to quietly practice his favorite business of icon painting. Together with Andrei we will walk the path of creating an Old Believer icon and obtaining permission to live in Russia.
Wasteland
Director Dragan Gavro Gavrilovic
Runtime 54:03
Completion Date:
Wasteland is a documentary film following the life stories of five Australian-Serbian opal miners living in the opal capital of the world, Coober Pedy. They are getting old and frail but they still have a dream.
Bay of Blood
Director Krishnendu - Bose
India
Runtime 01:35:00
Completion Date: July 31, 2023
A feature documentary on the Bangladesh Genocide
On 25th March 1971, a horrific ‘Genocide’ was unleashed on the unarmed civilians of East Pakistan. This was done by their own Pakistani Army. An estimated 3 million people were killed, 10 million people were displaced to India, as refugees, and 4 million women and girls were raped by Pakistani soldiers.
MANI CHE LIBERANO (FREEING HANDS)
Director Andrea Emanuela Bossoni
Italy
Runtime 43:02
Completion Date: January 12, 2024
MANI CHE LIBERANO (FREEING HANDS) is a documentary that illustrates a fascinating journey to discover the Bertelè Method, the story of a revolutionary meeting between Laura Bertelè and Françoise Mézières and how postural re-education according to the Method founded by Dr. Bertelè laid the foundations for a profound transformation in hundreds of people involved.
God Speaks Yiddish
Director Tuvia Tenenbom
Germany
Runtime 01:18:15
Completion Date: January 17, 2024
Tuvia Tenenbom, an international bestselling author, has made Mea Shearim, Jerusalem, his home for over a year. Mixing Jewish humor and Haredi theology, this film reveals a segregated community of ultra-Orthodox Jews in a way never before done.
THE WAR DIARY
Director HAKOB MELKONYAN
France
Runtime 01:25:00
Completion Date: April 30, 2023
The Armenian director follows the footsteps of his grand father, a solder in the Soviet army. While travelling through Armenia, Georgia, Russia and Ukraine, he confronts past and present.
THE MIRROR PARAJANOV
Director Jérôme AMIMER
France
Runtime 47:34
Completion Date: October 11, 2023
Sergei Paradjanov (1924-1990), a brilliant filmmaker of Armenian origin, remains a legendary figure in the opposition to the Soviet regime which landed him in prison, notably for homosexuality, for years. A pilgrimage to his house in Yerevan by a French director of Russian origin who admires his work turns into a mystical experience in search of the spirit of the Master.
WORLD WAR II: THE SHIPWRECKS OF TRUK LAGOON
Director Christian Wehrle
Germany
Runtime 45:00
Completion Date: January 15, 2024
"World War II: The Shipwrecks of Truk Lagoon" is a 45-minute documentary that dives into the haunting underwater world of Chuuk Lagoon, a site of immense historical and ecological significance. Once a formidable fortress for the Japanese Imperial Navy during World War II, this tranquil Pacific lagoon now cradles a ghostly fleet of sunken warships and aircraft, remnants of the devastating Operation Hailstone. Through a blend of captivating underwater footage, historical insights, and expert interviews, the documentary unveils the stories of these submerged relics.
Choir of Honor: Commemorating Pearl Harbor
Director Geoff Mastro
United States
Runtime 01:20:27
Completion Date: January 5, 2024
Fourty-four teenagers of the newest generation work day and night, giving up their summers, to honor the last remaining Pearl Harbor survivors of the Greatest Generation. Along the way, they learn the harrowing WW2 tale first hand from decorated Navy veteran, 100 year old Jack Holder. Traversing a blistering schedule learning an intense new song and dance routine, plus the daily rigors of high school, follow these performing arts students as they take on a journey from the Las Vegas valley to Pearl Harbor and the heights of O'ahu's Diamondhead. Their physical triumph, overcoming the tropical cyclone of the year, is nothing compared to their transformation of heart and mind; find out why when you fall in love with "Choir of Honor: Commemorating Pearl Harbor"
Deer Bell
Director Edit Jakab
Hungary
Runtime 12:42
Completion Date: March 3, 2023
This short doc was made during Béla Tarr's Masterclass under his mentorship. The film follows a day in a life of a Roma family in rural Hungary. It focuses on the children, who are raised by their grandparents. From morning until the sun goes down, and a new day begins. And life goes on, just the same.
Black Sugar Red Blood
Director Luigi Toscano
Germany
Runtime 01:30:00
Completion Date: October 1, 2023
Anna... She doesn't know if that's her real name. Because apart from the vague memory of the sound of this name, she only associates one thing with her early childhood: horrible fear. Of doctors, of injections and the bitter-sweet taste of a piece of sugar on liberation day. Anna Strishkowa is a toddler when she stands on the ramp of Auschwitz on 4 December 1943. She neither knows the names of her parents nor where she was born.
My Father's Garden
Director Udi Zaken
United States
Runtime 45:50
Completion Date: August 15, 2023
UDI, a 48-year-old recently divorced gay man, decides to embark on the journey of parenthood with the help of a surrogate. NATAN, his 81-year-old father, grapples with physical and cognitive challenges as he battles vascular dementia.
Udi and Natan’s relationship difficulties began when Udi came out to his parents twenty-five years earlier. Natan viewed homosexuality as a sickness and predicted that Udi would lead a miserable life. Despite Natan’s grim prediction, Udi was able to thrive, became a successful psychiatrist, and was loved by his colleagues, family, and friends. Multiple attempts to reconnect with his father left Udi feeling criticized and unloved and he was eventually forced to erect a protective and impenetrable wall between them.