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  • A Page in the Book of Time

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    Memory, geology and artistic vision come together in this moving portrait of landscape painter Jeremy Gardiner and his life-long fascination with an ancient and dramatic stretch of English coastline - Dorset's 'Jurassic Coast'. The third instalment in Jesse D Lawrence's series - A Special Place ...

  • 23
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    23

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    23 is a first-person documentary that I made to clarify one essential issue of my upbringing: the reason why I was raised by my grandparents instead of my own parents.

  • The Gates of Jerusalem

    1 season

    A history of the holy city.

  • George Michael: Portrait of an Artist

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    This is the best and most definitive film of George Michael, revealing intimate never-before-told of this music legends life; his passions, battling with his demons, extraordinary generosity and compassion.

  • Destined for Blues (Skazany na Bluesa)

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    The life of Ryszard Riedel, former leader of cult Polish rock-blues band Dzem, including the history of his family relationships, music career and addiction to alcohol and drugs.

  • Breakthrough: The JFK Murder Solved

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    Celebrated historian John Hankey completes his investigation into the JFK murder with undeniable evidence on the what really happened and who was behind the assassination of a President.

  • The First Wedding

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    The First Wedding is a story about love. Bhumi and Akash fall In love and decide to get married, an unheard union in a world of otherwise only same sex couples. We see snippets of their life through self- recorded camcorder footage, and an interview discussing their decision to fight the system, ...

  • Snowy

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    The Wolf family never expected their neglected pet turtle, Snowy, to live so long. After 25 years in the cold basement, Snowy gets a chance at happiness with the help of a vet, an animal psychic, a scientist and his caretaker Uncle Larry.

  • We Define Ourselves by What We Do (Nós Determinamos O Que Somos Pelo Que Fazemos)

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    A film made by Titi Rivotril: the experiencies of everyday, the comings and goings of life and world told by her eyes.

  • Neighborhood

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    The lives of three strangers—a pigeon keeper, a webcam model, and a man haunted by ghosts—intertwine mysteriously amidst the backdrop of a rapidly gentrifying Bushwick.

  • Mike Osterhout & the Church of the Little Green Man

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    Not every church has a stripper pole. But, then again, the Church of the Little Green Man isn't like every church. You might say it deconstructs the very idea of what a church is.

  • Science Fiction Makers

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    This feature documentary examines three integral writers who over the past century wrote within the Christian science-fiction genre. Through interviews with scholars and current writers, reenactments, archival materials, and excerpts from their works, we explore a genre that has been countercultu...

  • Martin Luther

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    Martin Luther triggered a seismic upheaval that rocked the western world in the 1500s—with an impact that continues to reverberate to this day. The great drama of Martin Luther's life comes alive in this vivid portrayal of the penniless monk's quest for truth; a quest that would re-shape the chur...

  • Losing the Way

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    Follow two young explorers as they attempt to drive across the Great Western Trail of the United States: a 4500+ mile long, fifty-mile-wide corridor established by Congress that runs from Arizona to Idaho and Mexico to Canada. Watch them cross deserts, plains, mountains, and forests as they make ...

  • Love Letters in Light

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    An homage to Los Angeles, this film follows five poets and members of a public open call hired to write fifteen-word love letters responding to the heartbreak of the pandemic. Produced in partnership with LA County Library, the poems scroll on LED signs at ten LA County Library locations and plac...

  • Boundless Borders

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    "Boundless Borders" follows Victor, and undocumented student from Guatemala whose pursuit of education in the U.S. is marked by immense sacrifice, resilience, and unrelenting determination. Navigating language barriers, financial hardship, and the threat of deportation, Victor’s journey is a test...

  • Kurikinki

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    The kurikinki, sacred bird of the Incas that dominated the Andean peaks, José Cadena, 73, could not live far from the mountains. Despite his age-weakened knees, he climbs with courage and conviction to find the solitude that allow him to meditate on his past youth and present age. This film is a...

  • Come Before Winter

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    This documentary tells the true story of two individuals determined to beat Adolf Hitler by using propaganda and the church to weaken Nazi forces.

  • Adrenaline Rush: The Science of Risk

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    What happens when you have an adrenaline rush? Do you fight, or do you take flight? This documentary takes viewers on a journey into the multidimensional world of risk. From the soaring and breathtaking cliffs of Norway to the calm and inspiring immensity of the Mojave Desert, follow world champi...

  • Al Imam

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    Despite controversy and threats, a Muslim woman takes a stand for justice through a progressive practice of Islam.

  • Allée Reine Marguerite

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    Mina and Mariana are two transgender sex workers plying their trade in the Bois de Boulogne.
    They share an old truck, working part-time shifts—one in the morning, the other at night.
    Their stories, recorded right there on the job against the backdrop of traffic and engine noise, gradually immer...

  • Homecoming

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    Two brothers rebel against their upbringing in an Israeli occupied West Bank Jewish settlement. Dan now lives with his male partner in Brussels as the speechwriter of the European Commission's Vice President and a co-founder of an organization which fights against nationalism. Noam works as a mod...

  • Golden Tuna - Montreal Sessions

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    After leaving Berlin, French multidisciplinary artist Golden Tuna surfs Montreal's cold and dark wave to find inspiration.

  • Fernández Pratsch

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    Unique, free, eccentric and uncensored: this is Serafin, a Spaniard who, during the Franco regime, went into exile in Germany, seeking freedom denied in his country. Sixty years later he tells us, along with his husband, Michael, his memories and dreams to fulfill.