SUNDANCE 2014 - Documentary Special Jury Award | BERLINALE 2014 "We Come As Friends" is a modern odyssey, a dizzying, science fiction-like journey into the the heart of Africa. At the moment when the Sudan, the continent's biggest country, is being divided into two nations, an old…
— For Home Use Only — A Moving Images Production The Emilia-Romagna region in northern Italy has one of the highest concentrations of cooperative businesses in the developed world. The capital, Bologna is an industrial powerhouse, where prosperity is widely shared, and cooperatives…
They call themselves ‘corner’ people. No settlement lies beyond their high hills. The poorest among them are sub-subsistence; there is no electricity, and not a single shop. Children attend a 3-room school that goes up only to class 3; after that they must walk 4 hours daily. Villagers walk…
Though Azzedine is a Paralympic champion, at home in Morocco, he is an outcast. Denied a salary or social care, even the right to train in the city stadium, Azzedine and his friend Yousef prepare for the next Paralympic Games in Rio, where they will be going for glory in the seated shot put. Returning…
Directed by Kylie Boltin. Produced by Kylie Boltin and Sharyn Prentice. Strong willed, educated and forthright Indian-Australian Ramona was 27 when she fell head-over-heels in love with Anurag, the eldest son of one of Rajasthan's wealthiest merchant families. When she decided to marry him secretly…
Trapped by her servitude in Hong Kong, a Filipina domestic worker plans to dance her way towards independence, romantic love, and true motherhood. La Jetée meets La La Land, this unique photo-montage celebrates a forgotten community of millions of women, dancing simply to feel they exist.…
Directed by Warwick Thornton. Produced by Warwick Thornton and Brendan Fletcher The Southern Cross is the most famous constellation in the southern hemisphere. Ever since colonisation, it’s been claimed, appropriated and hotly-contested for ownership by a radical range of Australian groups.…
Versione Italiana disponibile qui: https://vimeo.com/ondemand/aaltoriolait The church of Riola di Vergato, in the Bologna area, is the only Italian work by Alvar Aalto, one of the great masters of modernist architecture. Unexplainably, the church remained virtually unknown to the public for forty…
[Pour la version française, veuillez consulter les fonctionnalités bonus ci-dessous.] Continents apart from one another, two farming families aim to reinvent themselves on their land. The feature documentary, WEED & WINE, interweaves their stories, urging comparisons and…
As cannabis use continues to rise, a number of states across the world have decided on a radical course of action. To turn their backs to fifty years of repressive, costly and ineffective drug policy, and to regain control of the market from violent, increasingly powerful cartels. They are resorting…
As cannabis use continues to rise, a number of countries around the world have taken a radical course of action: turn their backs on fifty years of repressive, costly, and ineffective drug policy and instead get into the drug dealing business. How does this massive shift impact dealers, cartels, government,…
"Weeding the Truth" is a powerful documentary exploring marijuana's impact on teen brain development in Massachusetts high schools. Through expert interviews and the students' own stories, the film provides essential information about cannabis's effects on adolescent mental…
