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.

The misadventures of a group of young people who seek a better life by becoming bullfighters, the only way to leave their poor existence in the slums of 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.

어느 한 시간과 또 다른 시간과의 연결에 관해 이야기 하고 있다. 영화는 전통과 근대성, 과거와 현재, 동서양문화의 혼합 등에서 발생하는 구체화된 긴장감들이 나타나고 있는 현대 일본사회 속을 파고 들어간다. 사회 속의 여러 모습을 담은 장면들을 혼합하면서, 감독은 우리가 살아가고 있는 순간에 대한 자신의 주관을 관객에게 전달해 준다. 또한 다양한 효과들(화면분할이나 프레임 속 프레임 등)을 사용하여, 현재 일본에 대한 시각을 재구성할 수 있는 비디오의 모든 잠재 가능성을 실험하고 있다.

헬리콥터 고장으로 종일 농부와 나눈 대화에 영감을 얻은 감독은 가장 높은 상공에서, 동시에 가장 친근한 거리에서 인간을 담았다. 3년간 110회차 촬영을 통해 완성된 장대한 다큐멘터리.

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.

바라카는 아랍어로 신의 은총 또는 삶의 본질이라는 의미로, 인간의 다양성과 환경으로부터의 영향이라는 주제를 가지고 탄자니아, 중국, 브라질, 일본, 네팔, 미국 그리고 유럽 등 6대륙 24개국을 촬영한 다큐멘터리 영화다. 자연의 경이로움과 인간의 모습 등 다양한 조화를 영상언어로 보여준다. 히말라야의 설산과 온천욕을 즐기는 일본 원숭이, 그리고 네팔의 파탄과 파쉬파트나트등 신비로운 음악과 함께 시작되는 영화는 대자연과 인간의 삶에 대한 영상과 음악의 완벽한 조화만으로 공감과 감동을 끌어낸다.

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.