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Three men search for the truth about the Romanian Revolution - and has anything really changed?
After a 20-year long fruitless search in the Cameroonian forest, Frenchman Michel Ballot is on the verge of giving up his lifelong quest to find the mysterious creature known as the Mokélé-Mbembé. Turning to local initiates for help, and torn between ancestral wisdom and scientific evidence, he embarks on a final journey into powers, knowledge and the unseen.
A documentary about Amy Winehouse.
Six men on a boat try to judge who is best.
Comedian Noam Shuster-Eliassi creates a personal and political one-woman show about the struggle for equality in Israel/Palestine. When the elusive coexistence she’s spent her life working toward starts sounding like a bad joke, she challenges her audiences with hard truths that are no laughing matter.
As the first elected councilwoman of her Iranian village, Sara Shahverdi aims to break long-held patriarchal traditions by training teenage girls to ride motorcycles and stopping child marriages. When accusations arise questioning Sara’s intentions to empower the girls, her identity is put in turmoil.
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Documentary about ex-footballer Laurentiu Ginghina's opinions on the game.
Essay film based on James Baldwin's writing about the story of race in modern America.
Refugee women living in Portugal tell their stories.
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Documentary following a family of shepherds in a mountainous area of North Macedonia.
Faced with an unintended pregnancy and a lack of local support, Autumn and her cousin Skylar embark on a brave, fraught journey across state lines to New York City.
A Native American Vietnam war veteran considers his life and philosophy as he heads across the US to a reunion.
A documentary following a teenager's transition.
2013. A 15-year-old gymnast is torn between Switzerland - where she is training for the European Championship in preparation for the Olympics - and Ukraine, where her mother is a journalist, reporting on Euromaidan unrest.
Documentary about the sanatorium of Les Fontilles, which used to be a sanctuary for people suffering from leprosy.
A young policeman crosses swords with his supervisor when he hesitates to turn in a teen caught with drugs.
Short documentary following a children's visit to a natural history museum.
Subject to depression and social anxiety, Paul has found refuge in serving women who invite him to clean their homes. By sharing his gently eccentric routines on social media, he combats loneliness and takes it one day at a time.
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Bolex camera contemplation of rural Portugal.
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A director and his leading actress converse off set about the difficulty of capturing reality.
Film noir sees a corrupt cop learn a whistling language to beat detection while trying to double-cross the mob.
A girl begins to question the world around her through her friendship with her gay best friend.
A documentarian revisits Gaza where she encounters a young athlete leading her to embark on a journey through Gaza's devastated landscape.
A filmmaker describes his abandoned Zodiac Killer documentary and probes the inner workings of a genre at saturation point.
59th New York Film Festival early bird highlights Futura, Jane By Charlotte, James Baldwin: From Another Place and The Velvet Underground
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