A young man born severely deaf faced exclusion from society from his early days on. He was bullied by his peers, branded a fool by his teachers, and locked away in a basement at his first job at a bank—but Robin Gillon found his way through, all thanks to skiing. Best Short – Winter Film…
ABU is a journey to the center of a fragmented family while they grapple with religion, sexuality, colonialism and migration. Through a tapestry of narratives composed of family footage, observation and classic Bollywood films, gay identifying Pakistani-Muslim filmmaker Arshad Khan takes viewers through the…
François is an architect with a promising career that awaits him. One day he has an epiphany and abandons everything in order to set out on an improbable quest: to discover the philosopher’s stone of surfboards! This avid surfer dreams of reusing our rubbish by transforming it into surf-worthy…
Illustre citoyen de Nyon, Jacques Muyal a voué sa vie entière à une passion dévorante: le jazz. Tout commence à Tanger où, adolescent, il anime une émission de radio influente qui présente à un auditoire international l'immense richesse…
Renowned Marine Biologist, OCEAN RAMSEY (aka “The Shark Whisper”), credits her unparalleled connection with sharks to over a decade of research. However, others are convinced it is something more… Join Ocean as she and a small team of marine biologists travel the globe in the hopes…
This moving documentary profiles the ups and downs - and everything in between - of the life of Brother Anthony Jan Thomas Penera. "Brother Tony" was many things to many people - metaphysical teacher, guide, psychic reader, gardener, radio talk show host and occasionally controversial in his…
Two cousins on opposite sides of America, both surfers and unaware of the other's existence, discover they are both descendants of An Ri, the last King of the Blasket Islands, a collection of rocky outcrops off the western-most point of Ireland. The islands, surrounded by treacherous ocean, were…
In 2007, 11 years after one of the most influential American punk bands, Jawbreaker, called it quits the three members, Blake Schwarzenbach, Chris Bauermeister, and Adam Pfahler reconnected in a San Francisco recording studio to listen back to their albums, reminisce and even perform together. Follow…
Annick, Jean-Jacques and Philippe live in Brittany, in the Vosges and in Burgundy. Annick, Jean-Jacques and Philippe are also Diannan, Ioan and Gwinver Druids, Neo- Druids. They guide us through magnificent natural sites and initiate us to their singular spiritual and philosophical worlds. Are they…
Residents of Detroit's neighborhoods fight for survival and growth in a city with an uncertain future, working tirelessly to improve their communities in spite of the lack of resources. The legacy of broken infrastructure has made Detroit one the most unstable metro areas in the US, yet the…
The documentary follows Lisa Beasley’s journey after a horrific BASE jumping accident encourages her to return to the ocean. Lisa’s journey begins with a childhood love of water and sea life. This obsession continues until it is eclipsed by her growing infatuation with skydiving and then…
As a young man, the great Spanish director Carlos Saura did not quite know what he would like to become: motorcycle racer, flamenco dancer or photographer? 60 years, 40 films and numerous film awards later, his passion for photography runs like a thread through his life. The publishers Gerhard Steidl…
