As Hungary’s political climate becomes increasingly radicalized, Virág, a former green politician, loses faith in the pretend-to-be democratic parliament of Hungary and retires from politics. She and her musician partner Nóra decide to adopt a child and focus on building a family…
Never have the stakes and the waves been so high. Bangla Surf Girls is an immersive documentary that takes us into the heart of Cox’s Bazar in Bangladesh. We witness the transformation of young girls who join a local surf club and dare to dream of freedom and escape from a life of drudgery and…
The Drive In Comedy Show was a success, but it didn’t come without any problems. Someone was offended by a joke targeting the trans community. Comedian Thai Rivera, a gay man, along with the LGBTQ Center have a meeting to discuss the matter for both sides to be heard.
A quintessential New York story. For over 70 years, the influential Fashion Calendar with its iconic pink pages laid out every fashion event in New York City, including New York Fashion Week. Behind it was founder Ruth Finley. In 2014, Ruth retured at 95 and sold the Fashion Calendar to the Council of…
In early 2020 live music was booming and concerts were selling out. Then Covid-19 hit and it all abruptly came to a screeching halt. This candid documentary features first-hand recollections and new outlooks on life from known musical artists of their experience living through a shutdown that affected…
Music was a mission in this case. A family affair it certainly was long before the “Swiftie” fan club took root. So Taylor Alison Swift’s saga would unfold with her dream-come-true move from a Christmas tree farm in Reading, Pennsylvania to Nashville, Tennessee in 2004. Her parents’…
Shot in the attic of an home built in 1906 this combination of fine art, boudoir, and effects photography is just a lot of fun to work on.
A film by HUANG Weikai (Xianshi Shi Guoqu de Weilai) / From the dGenerate Collection at Icarus Films / An Icarus Films release Huang Weikai's one-of-a-kind news documentary captures, with remarkable freedom, the anarchy, violence, and seething anxiety animating China's major cities today.…
Der Wald ist in Deutschland mehr als die Summe seiner Bäume: Er ist ein Mythos, Kulisse eines großen deutschen Theaters. Betrachtet man die deutsche Kulturgeschichte, fällt es leicht, den Wald als Leitmotiv zu erkennen. Und als einen Topos, auf den man auf der Suche nach einer nationalen…
Le Maloya réunionnais désigne un chant traditionnel religieux afro-malgache, né de l’oppression et de la révolte des esclaves des champs de cannes à sucre. Une fois la Réunion devenu département français en 1946, cette musique contestataire…
Olivier et Vincent Magré sont professeurs en lycée depuis plus de 20 ans dans la région de Saint-Nazaire. A la mort de leur père, ancien ouvrier et délégué syndical des Chantiers de l’Atlantique, ils découvrent l’ampleur de ses combats…
Emancipation of women in Sub-Saharan Africa is rather different from in the west. The film follows several such women, who have rejected the idea of love and the couple as the basis of family life. These women have children, but the man responsible for them is the uncle, and they are cared for but by…
