Lift (2023)

Geri is a serious drug addict, using designer drugs intravenously. Between two flashes, he lives an active social life on the streets of Budapest, in a subculture that "normal" people cannot see.

A prominent Russian ballet dancer and teacher Alexander Shiryaev had another talent hidden for almost a century. Archive materials that date back to 1906 reveal his bold experiments at stop-motion and paper animation.

Stories about young Ukrainian dancers and their hasty flight to the Netherlands. You see their new life as refugees. The former conservatory in The Hague is a shelter for them where they collect their lives and find refuge in their profession: dance. The formation of a new ballet company, The United Ukrainian Ballet, is an important foothold in winning back their lives. They find comfort in each other and close friendships develop. In addition, there is the great love for ballet, for the dancers the best way to express themselves.

A documentary view of an encampment of homeless people on the outskirts of Nashville, Tennessee in the Southern United States.

This documentary about teenagers living on the streets in Seattle began as a magazine article. The film follows nine teenagers who discuss how they live by panhandling, prostitution, and petty theft.

A cinematic portrait of the homeless population who live permanently in the underground tunnels of New York City.

A group of women dressed up as Commedia dell'Arte characters dance together.

This documentary asks, what is happening to our homes? This is what’s going on all around this country while they’re trying to get everyone to focus on everything else that isn’t this.

49 Up is the seventh film in a series of landmark documentaries that began 42 years ago when UK-based Granada's World in Action team, inspired by the Jesuit maxim "Give me the child until he is seven and I will give you the man," interviewed a diverse group of seven-year-old children from all over England, asking them about their lives and their dreams for the future. Michael Apted, a researcher for the original film, has returned to interview the "children" every seven years since, at ages 14, 21, 28, 35, 42 and now again at age 49.In this latest chapter, more life-changing decisions are revealed, more shocking announcements made and more of the original group take part than ever before, speaking out on a variety of subjects including love, marriage, career, class and prejudice.

Up to 30,000 youths are homeless in Australia, resorting to drugs, prostitution and crime to stay alive. This underclass of physically and emotionally abused children are the subject of this documentary. The program looks at massive changes in the home where violence is on the increase and some kids have no option but to find accommodation elsewhere and looks at positive steps to prevent these situations in the future.

주인공 Alexis는 쿠바 국립 발레 학교의 유망한 15살 학생이다. 그와 그의 여자친구이자 댄스파트너인 Yelenia와 앙트르샤와 체스를 연습하며 나날을 보낸다. 하지만, 그의 부모님이 그의 여동생을 재회하기 위해 플로리다로 이사할 때, 그의 행복한 10대 시절은 흔들리기 시작한다. 어쩔 수 없이 상황 속에서 쿠바, 학교 친구들, 여자친구를 두고 떠나게 되자 Alexis는 상실감과 외로움에 빠지게 된다.

A documentary about the epidemic of homeless youth in America.

In Freetown, the capital of Sierra Leone, a group of friends lives on the streets. They call themselves the Freetown Streetboys, even though there are some women among them as well. Suley, Lama, David, Alfred, Shero and Sarah have all faced enormous physical and psychological challenges, and have been abandoned by the world around them. Without commentary and in poetic, cinematic images, the camera records the dark environment that they inhabit. The group shares their heartrending stories of the precarious nature of life in this complex country. But there is also room for everyday personal struggles, such as starting relationships, how to bring up children (or not), and sex.

COMEDY CONFESSIONS takes you on a journey into the lives of three struggling comedians who have decided to pursue their dreams of careers in stand-up comedy despite the harsh realities of being homeless. For these comedians, their cars are lifesavers providing safety and shelter at night and transportation to auditions and performances during the day. Their daily struggle to avoid sleeping on the street is startlingly juxtaposed with the extravagant wealth of the opulent mansions they park in front of at night. One of them, Tiffany Haddish will achieve her dreams to become a true Hollywood movie star, the other two, Doc Jones and Steve Lolli find the lure of the spotlight takes an unforgiving toll on their hopes and ambitions. This honest and touching movie is told in their own words revealing the passions, dedication and pains that drive them.

2003년 1월의 베를린, 버스 정류장이 있던 장소에서 놀라운 광경이 펼쳐졌다. 25개국에서 온 250명의 학생이 스트라빈스키의 “봄의 제전”에 맞춰 춤을 춘 것이다. 베를린 필하모닉 오케스트라의 첫 번째 대규모 교육 프로젝트를 통해, 클래식 음악의 문외한이었던 이들이 3개월의 연습기간을 거쳐 음악과 예술의 세계에 흠뻑 빠져든다.

In Jacob Sutton’s film “Ascension”, two young dancers soar up from the darkness beneath the stage at Bastille to the sumptuous Grand Foyer and eventually to the rooftop of the Palais Garnier, where they experience moments of heavenly, dreamlike luminosity.