1. I Married a Munchkin
Chesterton, Indiana's annual WIZARD OF OZ parade provides the backdrop for I MARRIED A MUNCHKIN, Tom Palazzolo's study of the life and career of Mary Ellen St. Aubin. Self-described as "normal, but little," Mary Ellen details her early start in show business as a performer in an all-dwarf vaudeville act, her brief appearance in 1946's THREE WISE FOOLS, her 1948 marriage to former Munchkin Parnell St. Aubin and their subsequent retirement from entertainment to run a bar in the South Side of Chicago. Two other former Munchkins briefly appear among the day's revelry. Also included is a postscript featuring Mary Ellen briefly describing the original size of her role in THREE WISE FOOLS, which originally featured a line and an ill-fated "flying" effect. - Tom Fritsche
It has an average vote of 4 on TMDB.
2. Insides and Outsides (Insides and Outsides)
Insides and Outsides is a documentary film project, which captures a timeline from the end of 2019, when the CAA/NRC protests were at their peak, till 2022 when the pandemic had upturned everyone's personal life. In an increasingly hostile environment of escalating violence, Arbab explores what it is like being a Muslim in India. The film ebbs and flows between looking outside, where a constant stream of hate erupts, and inside, where Arbab's parents renegotiate their place in the country with changing times.
3. Naija Odyssey
Pro basketball player Giannis Antetokounmpo narrates his journey reconciling himself with his roots between cross-cultural worlds.
It has an average vote of 6 on TMDB.
4. Carnival: Looking for Paulo 'Miller' (Carnaval: à procura de Paulo Moleiro)
A 2008 short made in accompaniment with Our Beloved Month of August, documenting Gomes's and his crew's hapless search, during 2007's carnival, for one of Arganil's most storied and elusive characters . Paulo "Miller" is known for taking a dangerous jump into the Alva from a bridge each year during carnival, but what this film is about is, in keeping with the free-roving feature, much less the subject himself than Gomes and co.'s inability to pin him down; not only does he not do his famous jump during this year's carnival, but an ostensible technical/audio failure during Gomes's initial on-camera meeting with Paulo "Miller" leads to five minutes of lip-readers attempting to decipher their conversation.
It has an average vote of 6 on TMDB.
5. Bread
Presented without voiceover, various kinds of breads are displayed and broken in a joyous celebration of starch, seed and salt.
It has an average vote of 6 on TMDB.
6. Thanadoula
Layering real-life details with an otherworldly magic, Thanadoula recounts the story of an end-of-life doula brought to her calling through the loss of her beloved sister.
7. Granny's Sexual Life (Babičino seksualno življenje)
A trip into grandma's intimate life shows the status of Slovenian women in the first half of the 20th century.
It has an average vote of 6.3 on TMDB.
8. Visions of Europe
Twenty-five films from twenty-five European countries by twenty-five European directors.
It has an average vote of 4.882 on TMDB.
9. Chris on Chris
A short film on Chris Marker
10. Pogoniskos (Πωγωνίσκος)
A trip to Pogoniskos, a Greek village in the northern borders of Epirus. Stories about war, but also about fairies. Without a purpose and without an end. Our grandfather was the narrator, while our grandmother took care of us. Their return to their roots made our own journey unique.
11. Halter Off
Set in Charles Town, West Virginia, Halter Off offers an unapologetic look at one man's shot at a second chance. Angelo Jackson, a 50-year old horse trainer with a checkered past, is looking to redeem himself after being one charge away from a life sentence in prison. Banned from the track and with the odds against him, Angelo is facing the biggest race of his career against mentor and legendary horse trainer, James W. Casey. As Angelo finds himself downs on his luck and with the system he is working for working against him, he puts it all on the line to win the race of his life.
12. Uno+uno
The motivations behind Paratriathlon Events Gold Medal winners, Spanish José Luis García and his guide, Francisco Nieva, and the strong bond between them.
It has an average vote of 7 on TMDB.
13. Natalia Nikolaevna (Natalia Nikolaevna)
Natalia Nikolaevna lives 400 km from Havana, in the city where the first nuclear power plant would be built in Cuba. He arrived 20 years ago from the USSR, to be reunited with her husband and work as an opera singer. In 1992, he began the great crisis, known as the Special Period. Natalia divorced, and rooted in the place gradually discovered him as the most hostile of spaces. Single mother without job opportunities, invented their own stage-a park-, their own -the spectators tourists- and their own livelihood: what gave him for his arias.
It has an average vote of 5 on TMDB.
14. Terminal City
Terminal City records the demolition of the Devonshire Hotel in Vancouver; through extreme show motion and symmetrical diagonal framing, Gallagher underscores the passage from order to chaos within the event. The sparseness of this centering and he patience required of the viewer heightens the literally explosive climaxes of the film, and transforms the everyday violence of the events into moments of convulsive beauty. – Jim Shedden, Michael Zryd, The Independent Eye
15. Climat déréglé, santé en danger (Climat déréglé, santé en danger)
(Climat déréglé, santé en danger)
16. Maria Maculada (Maria Maculada)
Maria tells her stories and, on the chords of experience, make us listen to her like a song. Maria, how many Marias. Her strenght is on the flaky skin that the existence insists on flaking. Macula, maculate, Maria.
It has an average vote of 10 on TMDB.
17. George Dumpson's Place
Employing experimental techniques, Emshwiller magically moved through a collection of objects and artifacts in order to capture the spirit of George Dumpson and his backyard museum.
It has an average vote of 6 on TMDB.
18. Queer Bodies
A self-reflexive, multi-portrait film following the filmmaker, Emma Barda, and other queer artists exploring queerness and gender identity through their art. The film takes a deep dive on how queer / gender non-conforming people interpret and represent body and gender identity through various facets of art and identity, with the aim to showcase the unique and wonderful world of queerness.
19. Climate Change By Numbers
A look at three key numbers that clarify the important questions on climate change, giving a unique perspective on what we know about the past, present and future of our climate.
20. Légendes et châteaux (Légendes et châteaux)
A short documentary about witches.
