"The Standbys" is a story of the actors you don't see. Those performers who are so talented that huge Broadway productions trust them to stand by backstage as understudies for the lead to carry an entire show. This documentary film follows three amazingly gifted but undiscovered performers backst...

A documentary film about traveling through the Finland, snowboarding and figuring out how to practice this sport in such difficult conditions. Finland has some of the best snowboarders in the world, so we invited two interesting riders to our trip. In the film, we are driving 350km into the Arcti...

Forced to protect themselves and flee from exposure to the electromagnetic waves and fields that surround us, François, Suzanne and Lorraine share with us the torments imposed by electrohypersensitivity. Through an intimate approach, The Spectre of Waves sheds light on the humanity behind the tab...

Each year, an estimated 200,000 people are reported missing in the UK alone. But when a loved one goes missing, the space left behind in their families can mean a future trapped in a tortured present, one obsessed by the past.

In Quebec’s Kamouraska Valley, Patrice Fortier is putting down roots at his seed company, La Société des plantes. Like a copyist in the Middle Ages, he is meticulously preserving rare and forgotten cultivars with the goal of breeding the “heirlooms of the future.” As Patrice gardens, he daydreams...

"The Skin Quilt Project" is a documentary that explores colorism in the African-American community. The film addresses this complex issue through the stories of African-American quilters, and the tradition of an art form that celebrates its culture. The quilters speak of the influence of the Afri...

Nobel laureate William Shockley transformed the world with his invention of the transistor.

The Setup tracks the psychological and physical toll of living with undocumented status, under a controversial and imperiled federal program called DACA.

Most people think that Cuba and the
local fisherman Gregorio Fuentes were
the inspiration for Ernest Hemingway's
famous novel "The Old Man and the
Sea." But this documentary, filled
with memorable characters, takes you
from small fishing village in Italy,
to Bimini in The Bahamas, and
then to K...

THE SAVAGES is a documentary shot in 1967 in Venice, California, in the African-American ghetto there appropriately named "Ghost Town". The approach is part lyrical, part cinema verite. The film essays an analysis of why so many ghetto youth fail in this society, but in the voices of the young pe...

California makes some of the finest wines in the world and few places are better than Napa and Sonoma. This entertaining film looks at the wines, wineries and winemakers of Napa and Sonoma, providing fascinating insight into what makes great wines and great winemakers. From the wine novice to the...

Short film silently exploring the procedures surrounding an unclaimed body.

Don, Nancy and Vicki have formed a wonderfully complicated friendship dealing with love, loss, and dementia... throughout life, the only constant is change and friendship helps get you through tough times, at any age.

The Quest for Inspiration is an immersion into the world of landscape photographer Alexandre Deschaumes. The artist portrays his world landscapes with a dreamlike and artistic vision. After many solitary wanderings through the autumnal forests, he has developed his own universe. Guided by the dre...

Brazilian documentary on the lives of three female inmates and their inter relationships.

Roman had a turbulent life. After interrupted medical studies, he left for Singapore and became a smuggler. He smuggled people and electronics. After returning to Poland, he started working in a corporation. His life finally seemed to roll on the right tracks until the day he was arrested and acc...

The more freedom in ourselves, the more freedom the horses have.

Forty years after that band took that photo, the realities of living on Abbey Road are uncovered.

The Old, the Young & the Sea is a vivid documentary road movie about the people and lifestyles of the "European Leg" - the classic European surfing route along the Atlantic coast. Surfers and ocean-lovers are drawn to the Atlantic coast of France, Spain and Portugal.

Documentary focusing on the contributions to the American war effort of African-American soldiers.

In this installment of the Why We Fight propaganda film series, we see the events of Nazi Germany's diplomatic and military acts of international aggression. One by one, we learn of the Nazi's consistently underhanded and relenting violation of every promise of peace and exploitation of their foe...

A documentary about how a slice of New York pizza, and how it is a slice of New York life.

There is an intimate connection to one's environment that only commuting by bicycle can provide. This film is about an everyday commuter who lives for their daily ride and also needs to look good at the office. From the beautiful solitude of the North Shore to navigating the busy streets of downt...

Documentary about the 25th and last bombing mission of a B17, the "Memphis Belle". The "Memphis Belle" took part in a great bombing raid on sub-pens in Wilhelmshafen, Germany. On their way they encounterd heavy AA fire and interceptors.