1. Araucaria Araucana (Araucaria Araucana)
In the Southern Andes, a living being survives since 200 million years: the "Araucaria Araucana" with its incredible history, little known and forever linked to an Amerindian people of Chile: Pehuenches. This isolated community survived during centuries thanks to the Araucarias. A perfect harmony between man and nature, forever upset by the invasion of the Spanish colonists, the conflicts of territories and the increase of logging. Protected today, this sacred forests are the refuge of a unique and wild nature; but fires threaten this balance. What remain of these people and the link with this tree? What can they teach us about our environmental problems?
It has an average vote of 8 on TMDB.
2. Grandmother of Russian Feminism (Бабушка русского феминизма)
Portrait of a typical European feminist - Olga Lipovskaya , journalist, translator, poet, founder of the women's non-profit organization St. Petersburg Center for Gender Issues , editor of the samizdat magazine Women's Reading.
It has an average vote of 4.5 on TMDB.
3. Wish You Were Here
Phone and video camera footage of Jane's lonely family trip to Europe. Takes place months before certain events take place.
4. Sobre o Amor (Sobre o Amor)
(Sobre o Amor)
5. To Live and to Die in Samarkand (Жить и умереть в Самарканде)
Having gone to Samarkand in search of traces of colonial culture, of which there were quite a few left there, having carefully photographed them, we suddenly discovered that it was not the dead buildings that were much more interesting, but the living carriers of this very colonial culture. The result is a film about people who live on the ruins of an empire.
6. Live and live in Fergana (Жить и жить в Фергане)
About Russians living in Fergana, why they are not going to leave and what they see as the meaning of their presence on the land of Turkestan
7. Live and not die in Copenhagen (Жить и не умереть в Копенгагене)
Travel to Copenhagen
8. King of Swashbuckler: Life of Tsumasaburō Bandō (阪妻―阪東妻三郎の生涯)
A biographical documentary produced as part of the 20th anniversary project of the silent film appreciation society led by Shunsui Matsuda, who was known as a silent film narrator, film collector and exhibitor. The film features interviews with directors and related parties involved in the production while inserting scenes from period dramas starring Tsumasanburo Bando throughout from Matsuda’s extensive collection. Completed in 1980 but not released to the general public until 1993 on the 40th anniversary of Bando’s death and Matsuda’s seventh anniversary.
9. California Light
One filmmaker's exploration of natural light in California and its influence on people's lives.
10. ... enquanto houver vida, estarei aqui (... enquanto houver vida, estarei aqui)
(... enquanto houver vida, estarei aqui)
It has an average vote of 10 on TMDB.
11. The Water Map (El Mapa del Agua)
The Water Map is an essayistic journey through the ethnography and landscapes of the Region of Murcia. These places are in the process of disappearing due to the increasing and abundant agricultural exploitation. Water has marked the territory and the culture of the area, and with its disappearance, the memories of four characters fade away.
12. Twilight (Сумерки)
Filming for this picture took place in Russia over the course of a quarter of a century: in 2000, 2010 and 2022. The film is preceded by an epigraph: “The fate of every person depends on the country where they live, just as the fate of a country depends on its citizens”.
13. 1940: Taking over French Cinema (1940, main basse sur le cinéma français)
Paris, 1940. German occupation forces create a new film production company, Continental, and put Alfred Greven – producer, cinephile, and opportunistic businessman – in charge. During the occupation, under Joseph Goebbels’s orders, Greven hires the best artists and technicians of French cinema to produce successful, highly entertaining films, which are also strategically devoid of propaganda. Simultaneously, he takes advantage of the confiscation of Jewish property to purchase film theaters, studios and laboratories, in order to control the whole production line. His goal: to create a European Hollywood. Among the thirty feature films thus produced under the auspices of Continental, several are, to this day, considered classics of French cinema.
It has an average vote of 9 on TMDB.
14. Farm'ly Life
A Documentary/Mockumentary that follows the story of Charlie who is passionate for farming.
It has an average vote of 10 on TMDB.
15. NANA MIZUKI LIVE SENSATION 2003 DOCUMENT (NANA MIZUKI LIVE SENSATION 2003 DOCUMENT)
Documentary of Nana Mizuki's summer tour of LIVE SENSATION, filmed at Shibuya Public Hall with Zepp and Hal Another Side.
16. David Mirisch, the Man Behind the Golden Stars
The documentary about the life of legendary Hollywood P.R. man David Mirisch.
17. Skin: A History of Nudity in the Movies
The definitive documentary on the history of nudity in feature films from the early silent days to the present, studying the changes in morality that led to the use of nudity in films while emphasizing the political, sociological and artistic changes that shaped that history. Skin will also study the gender inequality in presenting nude images in motion pictures and will follow the revolution that has created nude gender equality in feature films today.
It has an average vote of 6.7 on TMDB.
18. Blue Carbon
Blue Carbon - Nature's Superpower is a documentary that uses music and science to portray perhaps the best weapon in the fight against climate change.
19. Sheltering Skies (Sheltering Skies)
Exploration of the ordinary lives led by women of different classes—a college professor, an unmarried woman, and a seasoned drama artist. They unveil the societal intricacies woven into their social backgrounds, with typical evening talks besides them. Gripping tales of yore immersed in the metaphorical embrace of their surroundings, their familial shelters are emblematic of resilience and protection, where profound truths lie hidden within the depths of the commonplace.
20. Small trades in Paris (Petits métiers de Paris)
Grinders, rag-men, China menders, mattress carders are among those small trades of yesteryear that have disappeared from our sight and fallen into oblivion. But way back in 1931 they were far from extinct and still populated and livened up the streets from dawn till dusk. The tenderness of Pierre Chenal look at them is only accentuated by the nostalgia experienced by today's viewer.
