“Set up to Sell – Surfing as a Lifestyle Product” is a documentary film about the increasing commercialization of surfing and sexism in surf culture. It focus on the nexus of surfing, lifestyle and creativity and what it means to be a female surfer. Best of Ericeira Award – International…
Version originale française Craignant pour leur vie, Afshin, Alain et Patricia ont quitté leur pays, sans leurs parents, alors qu’ils n’étaient que des enfants. Ils ont dû tout recommencer ici, au Canada, dans l’espoir d’une vie meilleure. Mêlant…
un film de Gaëlle Hamalian-Testud et Hakob Melkonyan Une photographe française part sur la trace de son aïeul placé dans un orphelinat arménien lors de la Grande Catastrophe de 1915. Sa quête est bouleversée par la rencontre d'Artur, enfant livré…
Mer de Barents, les jours sans nuit de l'été polaire se succèdent. Sur le Grande Hermine, dernier chalutier français armé pour la pêche hauturière arctique, les hommes travaillent sans relâche, face à la mer, face à eux-mêmes...
Dans un centre médico-social, Le Marronnier, en Suisse, l'artiste François Burland crée une gravure géante. Avec de jeunes migrants, au milieu des résidents. Le temps d’un été, ils se rencontrent, se racontent, se révèlent. Seuls…
Despite being blocked at almost every turn in pursuit of the sport he loved, Seve Ballesteros fought against adversity to become the most spectacular and charismatic golfer to ever play the game. Seve combines dramatic recreations with electrifying archive footage to tell his incredible rags to riches…
A record of the invasion of Czechoslovakia in 1968. A gripping comprehensive report, compiled from newsreel material and other film by Czechoslovak film-makers in exile, of the invasion of their country by Warsaw Pact countries in August 1968. An intensely moving film. DVD 1969 55 Minutes
Forty years ago, on 20th August 1968, Soviet tanks rolled into Prague to crush the rebellious Prague Spring. This evocative documentary captures the historic events of those heady days with an overpowering immediacy.
Les Blank’s first documentary photography job shooting Drag Racers in Long Beach, CA, driving everything from hopped up “Mercs” to Supercharged “Rail Dragsters”. These cars could accelerate to over 220 miles/hour in a mile. The film follows the life of Rick “The Iceman”…
This award-winning film is an inspiring story of a family of seven strong-willed colorful women and their journey off the family farm. A film Variety magazine calls "a deluxe family album," "highly engaging as well as novel." With critically acclaimed soundtrack by The Crooked Jades.…
An homage to the inspirational African-American civil rights leader, SEVEN SONGS FOR MALCOLM X collects testimonies, eyewitness accounts and dramatic reenactments to tell the life, legacy, loves, and losses of Malcolm X. Featuring interviews with Malcolm's widow Betty Shabazz, Spike Lee, and…
Alex Luger has spent five years pushing the limits of multi-pitch climbing and challenging himself in unprecedented ways on “Seventh Direction”, his hardest climb so far. As he nears the completion of his psychotherapy studies, Alex reflects on his priorities and questions his motivations…
