SOME GIRLS is a feature documentary following a group of troubled Latina teens from a Bronx-based suicide prevention program who are transformed by an exploration of their roots via the use of ancestral DNA testing, followed by a trip to the seat of the Americas. On that journey to modern-day Dominican…
American Yogi is a film about events that sound like science fiction to the average Westerner, as it explores the spiritual wisdom of India which is now flowing westward. Many believe that the wisdom of the east is a key if our planet is to continue being a healthy ecosystem for all earthly habitation. The…
A mosaic of asphalt adventures, landscape photography, and some of the craziest shit you’ve ever seen, Dmitrii Kalashnikov’s THE ROAD MOVIE is a stunning compilation of video footage shot exclusively via the deluge of dashboard cameras that populate Russian roads. The epitome of a you-have-to-see-it-to-believe-it…
Good-time curator Austin Vince’s latest film is an evangelical call to arms to anyone who wants undiluted, 24 carat adventure motorcycling pleasure. His seven-man, Anglo-American team heads south to the sun, riding 5000 miles in a month from London to the heart of the Sahara, almost entirely off-road!…
Not every African wants to go to Europe! In this intimate portrait of a young man struggling with his identity, we get to see a different picture of what is usually portrayed of contemporary West-Africa. Salah Salahina Sounfountera lives in Mali and he has decided to stay. Having made his decision,…
Welcome to the Hood highlights the 2 month trip to Switzerland, Austria and France shared by climbers and friends Daniel Woods, Paul Robinson, Guntram Joerg, and Anthony Gullsten. Climbing in Ticino, Murgtal, Silvretta, and Fontainebleau, the crew accomplished some of their biggest climbing achievements…
A handful of dedicated Vancouverites are bringing a new sport to their local mountains, a sport that has always been linked exclusively to Utah and the Alps: Canyoneering. Against all expectations, the surroundings of Vancouver are an amazing playground for canyoneers, and one thing sets the region apart…
Man and Nature are facing one another on one of the most feared waves of the Portuguese coast. This is the story of a sleeping monster, called Cabo Raso, and local surfers who risk their lives for the pleasure of dominating this most dangerous wave. Get to know Cape Raso and find out why surfers are…
An open exploration of the daily lives of six men consumed by their passions: performance, discipline and overcoming the body's constraints. Exploration libre du quotidien de six hommes dévorés par leurs passions : la performance, le dépassement et autres impulsions du corps. FESTIVALS Locarno…
The geography which the modern nation of Turkey occupies has been home to some of the region's most enduring and influential empires, including a 1000-year Byzantine Empire and the Ottoman Empire, which lasted roughly half as long. More recently, the Republic of Turkey was founded out of the…
The Mongol Empire was the largest the world has ever seen. Many are familiar with Genghis Khan and his conquests. But what was the secret of the Mongol success? How did a group of relatively small nomadic tribes manage to subdue most of the Asia, Persia, and parts of Europe? And what became of the Mongolian…
After lingering in a foreign land for 16 years more than 2000 Vietnamese refugees' dreams of resettlement are renewed.
