A harsh and dreamy story of a young girl and her loning heart. Through Betty, living below the poverty line in suburban Colorado Springs, we experience a tight family clan of children born by children where love and dependency go hand in hand.
Independent filmmaker spends 3 years making a movie. In the ensuing time, a shift in culture makes the film's release problematic. He decides to reframe the film in the style of a faux documentary to show how a film was so ahead of its time, it ended up being behind the times.
This documentary chronicles one of the most Top Secret missions of World War II, called Operation Carpetbagger. These brave soldiers were responsible for providing the French Resistance behind Germany's lines with supplies, weapons, agents and spies, sent in to infiltrate the German High Command…
Boy Soldiers: The Secret War in Okinawa (2018) (with English Subtitles) A documentary by Chie Mikami and Hanayo Oya The greatest taboo of the Battle of Okinawa, kept secret long after World War II ended, for over 70 years. Guerrilla units composed of boy soldiers, malaria epidemics, spy massacres… Until…
The Targeted Island : A Shield Against Storms (2017) (with English Subtitles) A film by Chie Mikami In Henoko, the construction of the U.S. Marine Corps base continues despite the objections of 80% of Okinawans. In Takae, the Government deployed over 1,000 riot police officers to facilitate the…
We Shall Overcome (2015) (with English Subtitles) A film by Chie Mikami The Okinawa Islands――They constitute only 0.6% of Japan's land area, but are burdened with 74% of the nation's U.S. military bases. A documentary that closely follows the people's struggle against the construction…
Blending documentary techniques with surrealist and silent filmmaking, LOST ALIEN captures the Afrofuturist cosplay of ZiggZaggerZ the Bastard as a photosensitive black alien stranded on a sunlit planet. Having lost her way from the continuum of cosmic blackness, we watch as she wanders through the planet’s…
The name ARYANA means “holy one”. Many decades ago, the nation of ARYANA was forcefully transitioned into becoming AFGHANISTAN, the land of seven tribes. This period of rule, brought tremendous suffering, especially for the women and girls of the nation. Outsiders entered and exited, raping…
The Metropolitan Police Passing Out Parade filmed on 5th November 2021at Peel centre, Hendon.
Award-winning documentary about the videomaker's grandfather (Zadie) and his nephew's non-traditional Bar Mitzvah. Brings the generations together in warmth and celebration.
Camille and Antoine, two French slackliners and alpinists have a dream, to walk between two iconic rock towers. Arves-En-Ciel tells the story of an amazing project, which required a huge team of invested people to be fulfilled. Official Selections 2021: BANFF, Chamonix Film Festival, V’allons en…
One in every 4,500 women is born without a uterus. Until recently, it was impossible for these women to carry their own children but breakthroughs in science have made womb transplants possible. In this exclusive report, filmed over nearly three years, we follow the first transplant in France. Over…
