Las Toreras (2023)

A documentary about the traditional music of the 'Are'are people of the Solomon Islands.

French humorist Yacine Belhousse tours the world to explore how stand-up comedians make audiences laugh across cultures.

Las desventuras de un grupo de jóvenes que buscan una vida mejor convirtiéndose en toreros, la única manera de dejar su pobre existencia en los barrios bajos de Barcelona.

Min Mors Hemmelighet (Suddenly Sami) is a personal film about identity. During the director’s childhood and youth in Oslo her mother never told her about her indigenous Sami background in the Arctic area of Norway. Why didn’t she? And how can the director suddenly become Sami in the middle of life? And does she really want to?

Two surfers tell us about life in Bali and what surfing means to them. One of them being a native indonesian, the other one immigrated from the USA, it's fascinating to hear two completely different stories.

An elegant meditation on time, travel, and ceremony in the form of a journey. In her first foray into digital video, Minh-ha deconstructs the role of ritual in mediating between the past and the present. She explains, "Shown in their widespread functions and manifestations, including more evident loci such as festivals, religious rite and theatrical performance, 'rituals' involve not only the regularity in the structure of everyday life, but also the dynamic agents in the world of meaning." With its lush imagery, Minh-ha's Japan is viewed through mobile frames, with doors and windows sliding shut, revealing new vistas as it blocks out the old light.

Compuesta de imágenes y de testimonios, la película del fotógrafo y cineasta Yann Arthus-Bertrand retrata la humanidad de hoy en día. Rodada en 60 paises durante más de 2 años, las 2.000 personas entrevistadas entregan testimonios auténticos y profundos, abarcando temas universales como la lucha contra la pobreza, la guerra, la homofobia pero también el amor, la familia y el futuro de nuestro planeta. Una combinación de testimonios y planos aéreos hacen de Human un documental único. Esta experiencia es una introspección sobre el ser humano como individuo y como ser perteneciente a una comunidad. A través de las guerras, las desigualdades y las discriminaciones, Human nos confronta con la realidad y la diversidad de la condición humana. Más allá del lado oscuro, los testimonios muestran también la empatía y la solidaridad de las que somos capaces.

A documentary revealing an observation on three barbershops throughout the course of one summer's day in the city of London - Hackney, Herne Hill, and Catford.

All Creatures Welcome explores the world of hackers and nerds at the events of the Chaos Computer Club, Europe's largest hacker association. The film dispels common clichés and draws a utopian picture of a possible society in the digital age.

Treading new ground in the field of social psychology, Albert Bandura’s work has become basic to an understanding of how social forces influence individuals, small groups and large groups. From his early BoBo doll experiments through his work with phobias, to his recent work on self-efficacy, Bandura has given us a sense of how people actively shape their own lives and those of others. Utilizing archival materials and newly shot visuals, students will be introduced to the vocabulary and innovative methods of this influential thinker. Dr. Bandura’s narration imbues this video with his compelling presentation style and intellectual authority.

Lizzie Lovejoy’s mini-documentary explores the world of non-traditional performance spaces, especially in the Tees Valley and celebrating the fantastic work they do. Lizzie spoke to Bobby Benjamin, artist and curator of Pineapple Black in Middlesbrough, about the exciting range of work the gallery has housed over the past couple of years during festivals, exhibitions and events. And from Redcar Palace Art Gallery, director James Beighton and curator Beth Smith of Tees Valley Arts discuss how the venue is used to create works as well as share them, and why accessibility has become one of their main focuses. People connect to performance in different ways than visual art, but both can be incredibly powerful and influential. Using local creative spaces to pull both together highlights how fantastic our local cultural community really is. This is an Art Mouse film for NARC. TV, written and directed by Lizzie Lovejoy.

Masao Adachi, the author and director of experimental works and pinku-eiga in the 1960s, was a member of the Japanese New Left that shifted from being a filmmaker to a guerrilla fighter. In 1974, he joined the Japanese Red Army in Lebanon, which worked closely with the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine. Filmmaker Lutz Dammbeck met Adachi in Tokyo in 2018 and talked with him about a wide range of topics, including art, revolution, the influence of western avant-garde art and American underground; the Japanese Red Army; collaboration with secret services; the role of the Left after 1968; and the reasons for failures of leftist ideas and strategies.

130 years after he was created, Sherlock Holmes is a literary character who exceeded his author's expectations and is known throughout the world. Find out the true story behind the author, Conan Doyle, and his struggle to come to terms with the phenomenon that is Sherlock Holmes.

First broadcast in 1987 on the UK's Channel 4, Bombin' is a documentary about Afrika Bambaataa's Zulu nation bringing American hip-hop culture to the UK for first time. The main focus is the graffiti art of Brim and the variety of reactions he is faced with from the British public and press.

Aclamado documental sobre la naturaleza del planeta Tierra. Rodada en 24 países diferentes, trata de captar la esencia de la naturaleza y la cultura de la humanidad y sus costumbres, al tiempo que señala las formas en las que el ser humano se relaciona con su medio ambiente. La aparente fragilidad de la vida humana es contrastada con la grandeza de sus obras, subrayándose la desigual relación entre hombre y naturaleza. Baraka no tiene argumento lineal, ni personajes ni diálogos, pero, en medio de estos enormes contrastes, la espiritualidad de la humanidad surge como el elemento más importante que la distingue de otras especies. Un mundo más allá de las palabras.

A 7-minute portrait of natural born fashion and street photographer 'Jimmy on the Run'. Coming from rural China, he now roams the streets of Amsterdam always chasing the next best picture. This short film shows Jimmy's passion for the lens, his dynamic lifestyle and his struggle with family expectations.

La Cosa Nuestra is a journey to the most hidden and surreal face of the bovid-bullfighting universe. Fun and tremendous, operating in iconographic cannibalism. It is a work that shows another reading of the national holiday, demystifying it. Confronts the Spanish bullfighting culture with the visions and uses of the bull in other civilizations. This video creation immerses itself in the aesthetic, ritual and cultural universe of the world of bullfighting, rebuilding it critically, but at the same time with healthy irony.

The rugged Swiss mountain valley of Bregaglia has produced an entire dynasty of artists: the Giacomettis. Alberto revolutionised the art world with his slender sculptures. Before him, his father was an Impressionist of the first hour. What makes this valley the birthplace of so many artists?

An epic family saga told by the women around the famous architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe.