From the award-winning director of COMIC BOOK CONFIDENTIAL and GRASS comes TALES OF THE RAT FINK, Ron Mann's wildly inventive bio about Renaissance man Ed "Big Daddy" Roth, who engineered a shift in mid-twentieth century culture with his customized cars, "monster" T-shirts and…
Autrefois, dans pratiquement toutes les villes industrielles coulaient d'innombrables rivières. Les maisons s'érigeaient le long de leurs berges. Les routes embrassaient leurs courbes. Et leur courant permettait d'alimenter moulins et usines. Mais, au fur et à mesure…
Illiterate provides a striking picture of the limited world of Anneke, a young woman who can hardly read. Bravely and brimming with emotions she tackles the task of learning to read and write. An irreversible sense of pride and liberation takes over and she can embark on a new future. Screened at: IDFA,…
Breaking Free introduces the subject of hydraulic fracturing in an easy-to-understand way, enhanced by stories of the people living in the towns, sharing the good and the bad, with the goal of informing and educating in a nonpartisan way the benefits of becoming energy independent in our lifetimes. The…
Nic’s Life revolves around exchanging romantic Text Messages with women he finds by trawling the job ads. This virtual world is his escape from his all too real paternal responsabilities, his way of saving his soul.
In 2005, famous designer and architect Maarten van Severen dies. He left us with one of the most extraordinary collections of furniture and several exquisite architectural project but also 4 young sons who carry part of their father’s talent and personality. While we follow the boys’ steps…
Dokumenttielokuva, 13 min Ohjaaja: Jani Peltonen Väinö Myllyrinne oli yksi Suomen ensimmäisistä kansainvälisistä kuuluisuuksista. Tähän kaikkeen riitti noin 2,5 metriä pituutta. Kuolemansa jälkeen Väinöstä, tai oikeastaan hänen…
Documentary, 28 min Director and Script: Kimmo Leed "What if a Story Was Made of Snow?" explores the world of Finnish and Lebanese children with the help of story crafting. We get to see this Finnish innovation exported to other countries by psychologist Kirsti Palonen. Through children’s…
It's hard to achieve inner peace with crippling stomach pains. Luckily for one group of Tibetan monks fate has brought a solution to their endemic problem, which may finally cure an ancient affliction. Australian Drs. Barry Marshall and Robin Warren won the Nobel Prize for discovering how to detect…
ENG Myopic official policies, coupled with huge economic interests in waste management, have already caused irreversible damage. The film follows the case of the city of Naples, which, after decades of waste crisis, seems to have today a new hope thanks to a Utopian madman and his fellow citizens. The…
LABRANZA OCULTA: Cada ciudad oculta sus propios secretos, pero es justamente en el interior de las casas, tras sus paredes silenciosas, donde se esconden los secretos más intensos y humanos. La Casa del Alabado se construyó en 1671 como parte del centro histórico de Quito y ha sobrevivido…
For the first time, a centre for the treatment of eating disorders has opened its doors to allow observation of psychotherapy sessions. We record stories of the tragic attempt to dominate one's own body, stories of unease, disquiet, suffering and feelings of inadequacy, but also stories of hope.…
