Liu Juan's film tells a story that takes place in a Chinese art school in the 1990s. Amidst the clash of idealism vs. reality as well as tradition vs. modernity, a group of youths live their lives to the fullest as they pursue art and their dreams, form strong friendships, and fall in love. A unique tale of youth is painted under the brush of a distinctive narrative and aesthetic style
The life of Charlotte Salomon has inspired novels, plays, operas, and even an animated film. This new documentary offers an intimate look at the young woman who, though she was murdered in Auschwitz at age 26, completed an astounding amount of art, including some 1,300 paintings, before her deportation.
Comprised entirely of hundreds of film samples, HELLO DANKNESS is a political fable that bears witness to the psychotropic spectacle of American politics from 2016 to 2021, and the mythologies and lore that took root around it.
The camera is a fantastic machine. Filmmakers Axel Danielson & Maximilien Van Aertryck (TEN METER TOWER, JOBS FOR ALL!) turn their cameras directly on society once again, this time to explore, explain, and expose how our unchecked obsession with image has come to change our human behavior.
Social isolation affects millions of people, even Mars-bound astronauts. A savvy NASA psychologist is tasked with protecting these daring explorers. This new documentary by Ido Mizrahy premiered earlier this year at the Sundance Film Festival to critical acclaim.
In the aftermath of a devastating rumor, Iman and his family are forced to flee Iran. As refugees, they end up in a run-down hotel in Sweden. Despite feeling powerless, Iman tries to maintain his role as the family patriarch. To increase their chances of asylum, he breaks a promise to his wife and joins the local wrestling club.
A woman on the verge of financial collapse attempts to reconnect with her wealthy, estranged father and his new family. "Cruelly funny, while evoking the spirit of that master of the French thriller Claude Chabrol, with hints of Patricia Highsmith and Ruth Rendell" (THE GUARDIAN).
Countess Irma finds Empress Sisi in Greece, away from the etiquette of the court. They live in freedom, but no matter how much Irma and Sisi resist, they are left with only one fatal path that will ultimately bind them forever.
In the darkness of a smoke sauna, women share their innermost secrets and intimate experiences, washing off the shame trapped in their bodies and regaining their strength through a sense of communion.
This unique film blends documentary and fictionalized performances and tells a seemingly minor story – that of a series of tuba robberies in Southern California - in order to examine big questions about the ways in which we perceive our world.
How can we be more inclusive? That is a question that many companies ask themselves, including the prestigious Stedelijk Museum for modern art in Amsterdam. The search for diversity turns out to be more difficult than expected.
