Arthur et les confettis (2023)

On the outskirts of Rio de Janeiro during its world famous Carnival, far from the beach and the touristic clichés, there is an explosive contest between neighbourhoods. This old form of carnival features teams of futuristic gladiators that are a surreal mixture of play and menace. A tradition that has its roots in ancient European carnival traditions and in African rituals, they look like visitors from another planet.

The horn sledges were used throughout the Alps in forestry and agriculture for material transports on steep terrain. In the Muota valley, in the heart of Switzerland, a group of idealists is continuing to preserve the old tradition of «Mänere».

In Papua New Guinea, pig tusks and shell money are currencies which can buy most things. Henry Tokubak’s dream is to create the first bank where traditional money counts as legal tender.

A journey through Italy across a century of popular religious devotion. Ancient and more recent saints, white and black Madonnas, devotional processions... are the expression of a need for the sacred that seems very distant from our way of being, but perhaps is not that distant at all. Today, especially in the South, but with some “isolated” locations in the North, popular faith is still a very real thing, which finds its finest expression in song and in music.

What motivates a cock-fighter to fight a rooster he loves? In Costa Rica, cockfighting is considered a crime and has been banned for 99 years. A large part of society rejects this tradition and those who practice it, but is it fair to morally judge a cock-fighter as a criminal? We will get to know the other side of the coin through the gaze of the cock-fighter.

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.

Documentário raro mostrando a Unidos de Vila Isabel em 1965. Faz parte da compilação "Brasil Verdade" de 4 médias-metragens realizados entre 1964 e 1965, lançados na forma de um longa de episódios em 1968, que veio a se tornar um dos clássicos do documentário brasileiro, a produção geral dos filmes foi de Thomaz Farkas.

O documentário desvenda o que há por trás da construção do Carnaval carioca. Com imagens dos bastidores da Portela, que vão desde a escolha do samba-enredo até a apuração dos votos na Quarta-Feira de Cinzas, o filme lança um olhar sob esse fenômeno cultural que atrai os olhares do mundo inteiro, todos os anos.

A short documentary that celebrates Dene cultural reclamation and revitalization, in which a father passes on traditional knowledge to his child through the teachings of a caribou drum.

Uma família de pastores nômades ajuda uma camela durante um parto difícil, que resulta num raro filhote branco. Mas a mãe rejeita o filhote, e a família manda dois garotos buscarem um músico, esperando que ele consiga fazer a camela mudar de ideia.

This short film traces Pete Standing Alone's personal journey from cultural alienation to pride and belonging. As a spiritual elder, teacher and community leader of the Blood Indians of Southern Alberta, Pete works with youth to repair the cultural and spiritual destruction wrought by residential schools. At age 81, he has come full-circle in his dedication to preserving the traditional ways of his people.

Claudia Leitte apresenta a sua trajetória pessoal para chegar ao tema do carnaval 2020 (o ultimo antes da pandemia do novo coronavírus), enquanto passa por um difícil quadro melancólico de 'Baby Blues' após dar a luz a sua primeira filha. A cantora, então, decide levar a força da mulher para o centro festa.

Set in the coldest waters surrounding Newfoundland’s rugged Fogo Island, this short film follows a group of “people of the fish”—traditional fishers who catch cod live by hand, one at a time, by hook and line. Filmmaker Justin Simms takes viewers deep inside the world of these brave fishermen. Travel with them from the early morning hours, spend time on the ocean, and witness the intricacies of a 500-year-old tradition that’s making a comeback.

The Shipibo-Konibo people of Peruvian Amazon decorate their pottery, jewelry, textiles, and body art with complex geometric patterns called kené. These patterns also have corresponding songs, called icaros, which are integral to the Shipibo way of life. This documentary explores these unique art forms, and one Shipibo family's efforts to safeguard the tradition.

National folk dances performed by "Tanec" folk dancers) from Skopje.