Illuminated Texts
“Breathtaking in its techniques, rhapsodic in its passion, and encyclopedic in its scope, the film traces the long fall from paradise into modern barbarism.” – Art Gallery of Ontario
Genre: Documentary
Director: R. Bruce Elder
Actors: Anna Pafomow, Henry Jesionka, James D. Smith, R. Bruce Elder
The Last Blockbuster
A documentary on the last remaining Blockbuster Video in Bend, Oregon.
Get Better: A Film About Frank Turner
The unsolved rape, mutilation and murder of young G.I. Darlene Krashoc has haunted Joe Kenda in the years since he turned in his gun and badge. Until a crack team…
Elvis: That’s the Way It Is
This 1970 concert documentary captures Elvis Presley midway through a fateful transition, seeking to reclaim his musical primacy after a decade of self-imposed exile from concert stages. Sidelined by his…
Verified Couple
Pornfluencer – these are the new influencers that nobody talks about, but that everyone knows anyway. Jamie Young and Nico Nice aka Youngcouple9598 aka Andreea and Nico have made a…
Diary of a Harlem Family
Presents Gordon Parks’ photo-essay “A Harlem Family”, framed by a filmed segment featuring Parks and the Fontanelle family and narrated by Parks.
Ramen Heads
In Ramen Heads, Osamu Tomita, Japan’s reigning king of ramen, takes us deep into his world, revealing every single step of his obsessive approach to creating the perfect soup and…
Falciani’s Tax Bomb: The Man Behind the Swiss Leaks
Documentary – In 2008, Hervé Falciani left his job at the Swiss branch of HSBC, taking with him – without authorisation – a hard-drive containing a database of 130,000 named…
Notes Towards an African Orestes
The director presents takes and scenes filmed on location in Africa for a film-that-never-was, a black Oresteia.
Zen for Nothing
Hidden in the wooded mountains on the west coast of Japan lies the small Zen monastery Antaiji. A young woman sets off to immerse herself through autumn, winter and spring…
Guy Martin: The World’s Fastest Van?
Guy Martin rebuilds his beloved transit van and tries to break the van lap record at the dangerous and demanding Nürburgring in Germany. But the huge undertaking threatens to end…
The Youth Governor
4,000 teenagers of a YMCA run a mock government complete with elections, legislators, lobbyists, and political party bosses.
Awaken
A documentary film exploring humanity’s relationship with technology and with the natural world. Shot over a 5-year period in more than 30 countries, the film pioneers new timelapse, time-dilation, underwater,…