Before Cinema Novo revolutionized the Brazilian cinematic scenery, a young craftsman and Bahian filmmaker had already paved the way for the beginning of the journey for some of the biggest and most popular films of Brazilian history. The documentary tells fragments of the story of director Roberto Pires, through snippets of his life and a journey through his body of work, interspersing archival footage, scenes of his films and an interview with his son, also a filmmaker, Petrus Pires, followed by a poetic narration and an original soundtrack inspired by his film Abrigo Nuclear.

For this behemoth, Bressane took his opera omnia and edited it in an order that first adheres to his...

Finnish filmmaker and artist Sami van Ingen is a great-grandson of documentary pioneer Robert Flaher...

Takes us to locations all around the US and shows us the heavy toll that modern technology is having...

An excerpt about the troubled, passionate and intriguing relationship of an actor with his own life.

Documentary about the making of Sam Peckinpah's 1971 film "Straw Dogs."

Luis Bunuel, the father of cinematic Surrealism, made his film debut with 'Un Chien Andalou' in 1929...
A haunting story of the FBI's dark hand in American life. In 2015, Khalil Abu-Rayyan was just a you...

Starting with a long and lyrical overture, evoking the origins of the Olympic Games in ancient Greec...

Part two of Leni Riefenstahl's monumental examination of the 1938 Olympic Games, the cameras leave t...

Filmmaker Tobias Hermansen, known for Dreamscape and Mentally Unavailable, has battled depression fo...

An Australian icon found on every supermarket shelf, and coating every game day pack of hot chips. B...

What happens to a relationship if a partner suddenly becomes severely disabled after an accident? Fo...

Offers audiences a unique window into a bygone era when a thrilling new invention, the motion pictur...

A woman narrates the thoughts of a world traveler, meditations on time and memory expressed in words...

A glimpse into the existential angst of an idyllic summer.

In rocky Newfoundland, renowned French artist Jean Claude Roy gathers his paints and sets off to fac...

During the Vietnam War, the US bombed Laos more heavily than any other country had been bombed befor...

A 25-year-old former cult member seeks out his family in a closed world of neon crosses, deadly alco...

Between 1968 and 1970, J M Goodger, a lecturer at the University of Salford, made a film record of t...

The documentary Migliaccio - O Brasileiro em Cena follows the path of those who take risks for the a...