1. Isan: Folk and Pop Music of Northeast Thailand
Welcome to ISAN, Thailand's forgotten frontier, where Lao, Thai and Cambodian folkloric traditions have conspired to create a mystifying pageantry of music and dance still relatively unknown to outsiders. Explore the raw cultural heritage of the Mekong interior, land of the Phin guitar and the bamboo Khaen and discover musical styles such as "Molam" and "Pong Lang". Take a forbidden look into the sultry Go-Go scenes of Gentleman's clubs and witness a spectacular Lam Sing stage show cabaret backed by a psychedelic Rock band!
2. Camp solskinn
An existentialist youth festival documentary set on the small Norwegian island of Tromoya
3. Paléo 2016 (Paléo 2016)
(Paléo 2016)
4. We're Off to See the Munchkins
The last eight surviving Munchkins from The Wizard of Oz share their memories in this 1993 documentary hosted by Oz historian John Fricke.
It has an average vote of 5 on TMDB.
5. Héroes Anónimos (Héroes Anónimos)
(Héroes Anónimos)
It has an average vote of 10 on TMDB.
6. CMA Music Festival - Country's Night to Rock 2015
Every summer, thousands of country music fans from all over the world move in to Nashville for four days to experience CMA Music Festival - four days of music from hundreds of artists including live concerts, meet & greets, autograph signings, celebrity sporting events, and more.
It has an average vote of 10 on TMDB.
7. The Secret History of Eurovision
A television documentary charting the history of the Eurovision Song Contest and its impact on European political and social structure.
It has an average vote of 6.3 on TMDB.
8. A Year Towards Tomorrow
Documentary about the VISTA program.
It has an average vote of 5.7 on TMDB.
9. Bodø Hardcore Festival (Bodø Hardcore Festival)
(Bodø Hardcore Festival)
10. Je vous écoute (Je vous écoute)
(Je vous écoute)
11. Japan in Feast (Japan I Fest)
An actuality film showing a Buddhist festival in Kyoto. The procession includes Buddhist monks, geishas, and others dressed coordinately to the Japanese tradition.
It has an average vote of 6.5 on TMDB.
12. Shadows of Light (Shadows of Light)
Shadows of Light combines the loud and soft tones of life. The centerpiece is an Austrian mountain pasture where the summer solstice is celebrated with international artists and where tradition and zeitgeist are not contradictory.
It has an average vote of 10 on TMDB.
13. Scotland the Rave
Best-selling author Graeme Armstrong reveals his passion for rave, meeting some of the superstar DJs and hardcore party people who created the vibrant and little-explored world of the Scottish rave scene.
It has an average vote of 7 on TMDB.
14. State of Bacon
State of Bacon tells the kinda real but mostly fake tale of an oddball group of characters leading up to the annual Blue Ribbon Bacon Festival. Bacon-enthusiasts, Governor Branstad, a bacon queen, Hacksaw Jim Duggan, members of PETA, and an envoy of Icelanders are not excluded from this bacon party and during the course of the film become intertwined with the organizers of the festival to show that bacon diplomacy is not dead.
15. Mexican Police on Parade
This Traveltalk series short showcases the Mexico City police department's various units as they participate in a yearly festival. Included are a marching band, a parade of patrol cars, the motorcycle unit, equestrian unit, and the department's pistol team.
It has an average vote of 5 on TMDB.
16. Hirde Dyama (Hirde Dyama)
The first Hirde Dyama National Festival of Culture of the Republic of Guinea was held in March 1970 in the country's capital city of Conakry. The film features many colorful and diverse performances and highlights the protection of traditional West African cultural traditions and art forms under President Ahmed Sékou Touré.
17. Underdog (Zoek!)
Esther van Neerbos searches for missing people with her dogs. Her dogs are specially trained to recognize the smell of death. Thanks to Esther's efforts, many bodies are recovered and she puts an end to the uncertainty in which those left behind live.
It has an average vote of 5 on TMDB.
18. O eclipse do cinema (O eclipse do cinema)
(O eclipse do cinema)
19. Tohoku Tomo
A documentary film telling the story of true friendship and commitment to Japan’s recovery by the international community following the Great East Japan Earthquake. Many of these people dropped what they were doing and dedicated themselves to Japan’s recovery. Many of these them even took it upon themselves to establish non-profit organizations aimed at connecting with and rebuilding Tohoku and its communities.
20. plant portals: breath
"plant portals: breath" is an experimental meditation on the unspoken history many queer and trans people of colour carry daily, connecting bumblebees, colonial trauma, alternate universes and the complicated concept of "rest" to ask: Can nature heal us? Shot entirely on an iPhone, the film is intentional in imagining what is possible, and manifests a reality rooted in mindfulness.“
