Underwater Impressions

Around the Village Green

Contrasts traditional and modern village life, as changes occur with better transport and as country estates are sold off for housing.

1937

Repare Bem

The lives of three generations of women who suffered political persecution during the military dictatorship in Brazil.

2012

Mergui

Using nature shots with narration and a musical score, this documentary tells the story about the Moken, Myanmar's last sea nomads.

2018

Eyes on Russia: From the Caucasus to Moscow

An extremely rare subject by the famed still photographer. A 1934 short.

Lila

A 1980 short about the life and work of 80-year-old practicing psychiatrist Lila Bonner-Miller, who is at once a doctor, a church leader, an artist, a

Passing Quietly Through

A blunt and human encounter between a nurse and an aging man.

Punk Girls - Die weibliche Geschichte des britischen Punk

London 1976: Between economic crises and the Silver Jubilee, something is brewing in the squats and basement clubs of West London: Punk. A promise, a

2024

Dolorès Marat: The Wave

A passionate photographer from an early age, Dolorès Marat spent much of her life in photo labs, developing shots for fashion magazines. In the early

Agnes Martin Before the Grid

Agnes Martin is one of the most important artists of the twentieth century. Before she died in 2004 at the age of 92, her paintings sold for millions

2016

Holding Our Ground

Filmed in a squatter community of Labangon in Cebu, Philippines, Holding Our Ground is the inspiring story of a group of women who have organized coll

1988

Tom Daley: Illegal to Be Me

As thousands of athletes prepare to compete on the global stage at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, Olympic gold medallist and double world

2022

With Babies and Banners: Story of the Women's Emergency Brigade

With Babies and Banners: Story of the Women's Emergency Brigade is a 1979 documentary film directed by Lorraine Gray about the General Motors sit-down

1978

Fragments of Kubelka

This epic documentary subtly introduces the complex worldview of iconic filmmaker and theoretician Peter Kubelka (born 1934, Vienna). While Kubelka’s

2012

Chantal Akerman by Chantal Akerman

Janine Bazin and André Labarthe approached Chantal Akerman about making a film for the series; eagerly, Akerman proposed a number of filmmakers—but al

1997

Mondo Lux: The Visual Worlds of Werner Schroeter

Werner Schroeter was one of the most significant proponents of New German Cinema. Schroeter was diagnosed with cancer in 2006. In her film, Elfi Mike

2011

Normal School

Student council elections are about to be held at a school in Parana, Argentina and the two main parties are putting the finishing touches to their ca

2012

The Angela Murray Gibson Experience

In the 1920s, Angela Murray Gibson chose an unusual location to embark on a career in silent filmmaking: her tiny hometown of Casselton, North Dakota.

1998

Black Panthers

A film shot during the summer of 1968 in Oakland, California around the meetings organised by the Black Panthers Party to free Huey Newton, one of the

1968

Hello Cubans

A photo montage of Cubans filmed by Agnès Varda during her visit to Cuba in 1963, four years after Fidel Castro came to power. This black & white docu

1963

Andrew Bird: Fever Year

The acclaimed musician's rigorous touring year culminates in perpetual fever as he crosses the finish line on crutches from an onstage injury. Concert

2011