A film by Shalom Almond. Maja lives in a human zoo in Thailand, constantly being photographed by tourists for her “long neck”. This is the story of her fight to reclaim her identity and culture. “I want to show people the truth about having a long neck” – Maja Maja…
Language: Danish and English Subtitles: English Poul is one of the last bottom trawler fishermen in Denmark. A few years back he tragically lost everything he loved. From the ruins of his old life sprouts a whole new one. At the age of 62, Poul finds the love of his life. His name is Mai and he is…
It all started with a watch, or more precisely, with over 106 rare European timepieces. One piece alone, made especially for ill-fated French queen Marie Antoinette, was valued at a whopping $30 million. On a quiet Friday evening in 1983, the collection disappeared from Jerusalem’s Museum of Islamic…
Winner Silver Horizon Award for Best Documentary Feature Film, Hollywood Arab Film Festival 2023 and Toronto International Women Film Festival 2023. "Because beloved ones never leave" (Batoul Karbijha). Filmmaker Batoul Karbijha uses the making of a film about her missing sister as a…
When Raffael falls into a dangerous depression, art saves him. He sculpts his own “Missing Screw” and takes it on an epic journey, re-inventing himself, his art, and his family along the way.
A film by Ève Lamont Filmed over two years, My Mom’s Co-op reveals a place where, despite the challenges of collective management, 40 families successfully resist the pull of the individual. This intercultural, intergenerational melting pot is the new face of the co-operative movement…
After 20 years of silence about her mother’s suicide and some more or less unsuccessful attempts to come to terms with it, Chantal decides to break the taboo in her family. Without further ado she travels to France with a view to confronting her brothers and her sister with it. The first attempt…
In the 1950s Antoinette Giguère wrote 120 letters, documenting every aspect of family life like a continuous film, seen through her eyes. Using her letters, Antoinette’s fifteenth child, director Serge Giguère, explores the joy and heartbreak of rural, Quebecois working life. My Mother’s…
An eccentric Jewish family is thrown into turmoil when two stolen children reappear after 40 years. Set across five countries, MY MOTHER’S LOST CHILDREN is the story of Melbourne filmmaker Danny Ben-Moshe’s extraordinary family saga. To discover the truth about his two lost siblings Danny…
In the late 1970s, anthropologist Sharon Bell and cinematographer Geoff Burton made three landmark documentaries about village life in Sri Lanka, observed over a two-year period, released in 1980. Decades later their son, Aaron Burton, reconnects with the communities to share experiences and aspirations…
A documentary which takes a candid look at four families and their deep and often conflicting feelings as they deal with the stresses and changes involved in caring for an aging parent. It provides no easy answers, but offers an honest and compelling insight into the need for familes to make individual…
A film by Safina Uberoi. It is no wonder that Safina Uberoi made a film about her family: She has an Indian father who collects kitch calendars, an Australian mother who hangs her knickers out to dry in front of the horrified Indian neighbours, a grandfather who was a self-styled Guru and a fiercely…
