Streets of Plenty (2010)

From challah to immigration to the wandering Jew, Ma Nishma Manitoba is a mid-length documentary that explores Manitoban Jewish stories of identity and history. Filmmakers Johanna and Sara put their own experiences in local context by chatting with several Jewish Manitobans, including a rabbi, politician, artist, Israeli immigrant, and others. Archival materials, illustrations, and stop animations connect history with present-day opinions and stories, as Sara and Johanna explore what being Jewish in Manitoba means to them and others.

A short documentary following the last 5 hours of a 59-years-old man, Ahmed before becoming homeless due to the late payments and bureaucracy by the Department for Work and Pensions.

Toad People introduces audiences to the stories of people like Steve Clegg who make up a community-led movement to save this threatened species. In different parts of the province, people from all ages and walks of life come together to do whatever it takes to help toads survive. They stop road traffic, collect toads in buckets and carry them across the road, build toad tunnels. In the Kootenays, Debbie Pitaoulis is fighting to protect the toad habitat from logging. The film follows these individuals’ passion for the natural world, their fighting spirit, perseverance but also their struggles, demonstrating that people do not need to be environmental activists or scientists to take action, they just need to be citizens who care.

The Lacosse family goes on a roadtrip to Rockglen, SA.

Two young men spend an ordinary weekend together as Jehovah's Witnesses in the historic industry town of Trail, British Columbia. They eat junk food, play video games, watch movies, drink energy drinks, go out in the Ministry, then go their separate ways towards the silence of living. In that silence they contend with the hidden realities of their lives and feelings.

A fantasy about a daughter’s yearning for her mother’s warmth and comfort, which turns into a nightmare about harsh reality of a group of homeless quarry workers. Masha arrives at the quarry with a heavy heart, burdened by a secret she hasn’t told anyone about. She wants to speak with her mother, Vera, but she has struggles of her own. A young woman finds herself in a deafening masculine environment where no one's listening. A journey to save herself quickly blurs into a venture to save her own mother. Ants crawling on the walls of the house, childhood photos and Russian food, are the harsh reality of one woman, and a comforting memory for the other.

What is possible when we have guaranteed money to meet our basic needs? No requirements. No stipulations. No paybacks. We look to the village of Busibi to discover what’s possible when we give money directly to people. No strings attached. The answer lies in the residents’ personal stories. Their successes and tribulations illustrate the impact of one of the most daring projects in contemporary development cooperation. Their life stories unexpectedly prove to be all too familiar. They make us laugh. They move us. Blending in together, they create a colorful and poetic reality portrait, illustrating the big consequences of a small sum of money …

Kirsty must survive an afternoon in the city centre until her accomodation can be arranged at a homeless shelter.

Jonathan must protect himself and his younger sister by escaping the home of their abusive father.

A celebrity reflects on his dark rise to fame.

'M' is an old woman who lives adrift: a lonely shadow that crosses her own geography every day. She spends her days dreaming about her past, until one day she finds something very similar to her - an ant. M decides to share her world haunted by nostalgic memories and a dark presence, until the day a "mechanical angel" arrives to help her...

A busca de Willy para encontrar seu amor há muito perdido o trouxe do México para Montreal, Canadá, como trabalhador sazonal. Destinos se cruzam, momentos de realismo mágico surgem, mundos colidem e tensões aumentam em meio aos longos dias de trabalho físico. Representante do Canadá no Oscar 2022 de Filme Internacional. Seleção do Festival de Toronto 2021.

A jetliner spans the miles, sheering through clouds to open sky and scenic vistas of the provinces below. Glimpses of town and country, of people of many ethnic origins, of a resourceful and industrious nation - impressions it would take days and weeks to gather at first hand - are brought to you in this vivid 1800-kilometer panorama.

Living by the railway tracks, a homeless man makes his living by selling novelty items at the busy traffic signals on the streets of Mumbai. The high point of his existence is passing a restaurant that serves the food he dreams of. One day he gets an opportunity to fulfil his life's big desire.

Film directed by George Cowan

‘No Longer Human’ follows the life of a newly homeless man who has fallen deep into the pits of loneliness. We all need someone, or something, to make sense of everything. That could take the shape of God, a partner, a best friend, but in this case... a dog.

Monty (Brendan Fraser) é um estudante que está prestes a completar sua pós-graduação na Universidade de Harvard. Com o computador estrago e apenas uma imprssão da sua tese em mãos, ele corre em uma loja para copiar seu trabalho, mas, acaba caindo no subsolo de um prédio. Monty descobre que Simon (Joe Pesci), um sem-teto encontrou sua tese. Esperto, Simon resolve fazer um acordo, a cada dia que Monty lhe der acomodação e comida, Simon lhe devolverá uma página da tese.

Acostumado a dirigir filmes simples e sem grandes implicações, o cineasta John L. Sullivan decide fazer um filme sobre os problemas sociais, mas é desencorajado por seus produtores, que o acham incapaz para tal. Para provar o contrário, ele se traveste de mendigo e vai para as ruas, para viver a experiência de perto e ter contato com a realidade.

Depois que Adam (Howard Keel), o irmão mais velho de uma família de caipiras, volta para sua fazenda com uma noiva, seus outros seis irmãos solteirões decidem ir para a cidade e arrumar seis noivas para morarem com eles na fazenda também.

A detailed look at the gradual decline of Shenyang’s industrial Tiexi district, an area that was once a vibrant example of China’s socialist economy. But industry is changing, and the factories of Tiexi are closing. Director Wang Bing introduces us to some of the workers affected by the closures, and to their families.

Don Emilio is a humble, 63-year-old man who lives in the Amazon rainforest, seven miles from the city of Iquitos, Peru. For all of his adult life he has worked as a curandero and vegetalista, a traditional healer. He estimates that in his career he has treated more than 2,500 clients. Through the camera lens of anthropologist Luis Eduardo Luna, Don Emilio tells us about his practice, his beliefs, his community, and his life. He shows us how he prepares ayahuasca and other herbal medicines. Finally, we see Don Emilio treat a man who has come to him for help, and hear from a poor woman who has brought her infant son for medical care.

A TV movie directed by Bob Mahoney. Based on the book by Dick Lee & Colin Pratt it tells the true story of a long running Police investigation which resulted in the arrests of 120 people and jail sentences of 170 years for the manufacture and distribution of £100M of LSD.

Actor Val Kilmer narrates this powerful film exploring the methamphetamine epidemic that's ravaged blue-collar America. Putting a human face on the problem, filmmaker Justin Hunt reveals the damage being done by this rural drug of choice, as well as the steps being taken by communities across the nation to wipe out the scourge. From Wyoming to New Mexico, Montana and Oregon, American Meth paints a picture of both devastation and hope.

Documentary filmmaker Zhou Hao examines the complicated relationship between two drug addicts who become dealers over the course of three years. Shot in the city of Guangzhou, the film offers a rare look into China's unknown heroin subculture.

An American ballerina arrives in Hungary to enroll in a ballet school and it soon becomes apparent that things are not what they seem.

An adventurous love story between two young women of different social and economic backgrounds who find themselves going through all the typical struggles of a new romance.

25 years ago, Louis Sarno, an American, heard a song on the radio and followed its melody into the Central Africa Jungle and stayed. He than recorded over 1000 hours of original BaAka music. Now he is part of the BaAka community and raises his pygmy son, Samedi. Fulfilling an old promise, Louis takes Samedi to America. On this journey Louis realizes he is not part of this globalized world anymore but globalization has also arrived in the rainforest. The BaAka depend on Louis for their survival. Father and son return to the melodies of the jungle but the question remains: How much longer will the songs of the forest be heard?

At the end of the 15th century, two traveling minstrels Gilles and Dominique come to the castle of Baron Hugues. Gilles charms Anne, Hugues' daughter, while Dominique charms both Hugues and Anne's fiance. Gilles and Dominique are not really in love: they were sent by the Devil to test desperate people. But Anne is so pure that Gilles is caught in his own trap... How will they fight against the Devil?

An intimate, affecting portrait of the life and work of ground-breaking performance artist and music pioneer Genesis Breyer P-Orridge (Throbbing Gristle, Psychic TV) and his wife and collaborator, Lady Jaye, centered around the daring sexual transformations the pair underwent for their 'Pandrogyne' project.

O provincialismo espanhol ganha destaque quando um homem do País Basco embarca em uma missão para impedir que sua filha se case com um pretendente da Catalunha.

The story of six young people addicted to heroin in Sofia, Bulgaria.

Come Back, Africa chronicles the life of Zachariah, a black South African living under the rule of the harsh apartheid government in 1959.

O documentário retrata o estudo pioneiro de Jane Goodall com chimpanzés no Parque Nacional de Gombe, na Tanzânia, usando principalmente mais de cem horas de gravações inéditas feitas pelo cinegrafista Hugo Van Lawick, a serviço da National Geographic Society, nos anos 1960. Considerada a maior especialista do mundo na espécie, Jane teve seu primeiro contato com os animais sem qualquer experiência anterior em trabalho de campo e dedicou sua vida inteira às pesquisas.

Part film, part baptism, in BLACK MOTHER director Khalik Allah brings us on a spiritual journey through Jamaica. Soaking up its bustling metropolises and tranquil countryside, Allah introduces us to a succession of vividly rendered souls who call this island home. Their candid testimonies create a polyphonic symphony, set against a visual prayer of indelible portraiture. Thoroughly immersed between the sacred and profane, BLACK MOTHER channels rebellion and reverence into a deeply personal ode informed by Jamaica’s turbulent history but existing in the urgent present.

O jovem lutador Leroy Green busca o nível final das artes marciais. Durante o tortuoso caminho ele terá que combater o maléfico Sho'nuff, também conhecido como Shogun do Harlem, e salvar a bela cantora Laura Charles de um obcecado empresário.

This documentary, set in the Lower East End of Vancouver's downtown core, is a pretty honest account of life on the streets in urban Canada. It is aimed at educating high school kids on the dangers of addiction to hard drugs and is the brainchild of a group of city police officers who videotape their interactions with local homeless personalities.

Após uma missão muito difícil, os assassinos de aluguel Ray e Ken recebem a ordem de se esconder na cidade medieval de Bruges, na Bélgica. Isso porque durante o trabalho, uma pessoa inocente perdeu a vida. Ray não gosta nada do lugar, mas Ken acha a sua beleza e tranquilidade encantadoras. As experiências dos dois se tornam cada vez mais surreais quando eles encontram turistas, moradores, um anão americano e um romance para Ray.