Life between reality and phantasy: a fated game-nerd meets a phantasy character through which he learns how to combat his life experiences of injustice, and finally to break out of his isolation from society.
“Are you now, or have you ever been, a member of the communist party?” This is the question thousands of Americans were forced to answer during the years of anti-communist paranoia. From chewing gum vignettes for children to movies made in Hollywood, anti-Communist propaganda would become…
Allegations of satanic rituals, obscene art and sex orgies in 1950s Sydney. Inspired by the work of Aleister Crowley, bohemian artist Rosaleen Norton advocated a pantheist vision of witchcraft, and a sexual magic freed from religious and moral rules. Eventually the relentless scandals led to the downfall…
Discover the powerful untold story of whales in "The Witness Is a Whale." This award-winning documentary takes you on a captivating journey around the world and across seven decades, revealing the hidden history of one of the greatest environmental crimes of the 20th century—massive illegal…
Festivals: New Generation Film Festival 2021 (Winner of the Best Biographical Documentary and Best Director of a Documentary Film); Jaipur India Film Festival 2021 (Winner of the Top 2 Documentary Feature Award); Anatolia International Film Festival 2021 (selected), Kalakari Film Fest 2021 (selected),…
In the Gospels we hear Jesus refer to his mother Mary as “Woman”. This reference should draw our attention to the woman mentioned in Genesis, as well as in the book of Revelation. But who is this “Woman”, and why is she so central in the history of Salvation? This powerful…
Kate Blackmore looks at motherhood and mobility, film and feminism, through the prism of Margaret Dodd’s classic short THIS WOMAN IS NOT A CAR (1982). Blackmore and Dodd are both Adelaide-born artists, making films a generation apart. Sitting in an FX Holden, Blackmore talks to Dodd, and her…
A Western woman's quest for salvation in Islamic Jihad becomes a descent into a hell of captivity and torture at the hands of the Taliban. The Woman Who Joined The Taliban is the personal and tragic story of a woman's quest for truth amidst the war on terrorism. Beverley Giesbrecht was…
Swetlana Geier is considered the greatest translator of Russian literature into German. Her translations of Dostoyevsky’s five great novels, known as the "five elephants", are her life’s work and literary mile-stones. Her work is characterized by a great and sensual feeling for…
THE WOMEN AND THE WAVES is a documentary surf film that explores the lives of female surfers who, through the decades, have chosen to paddle head first into the male dominated sport of surfing and found a place of their own. Surfer girls, women who surf, women who don’t, female athletes, and the…
"The Women and the Waves 2' is a documentary surf film that celebrates women and their unique approach to surfing and life. The film looks at the state of surfing today from a feminine perspective and features positive role models that give back to people and the planet. Following in the footsteps…
This film tells the story of the daily and steadfast commitment of a group of women in the Lunigiana region of Italy who took up the work of their grandfathers. These women of Zeri are raising a particular breed of sheep that, up until a few years ago, faced extinction. As a result of this effort, the…
