Shot almost in its entirety in the corridors of the Villa 21, one of Buenas Aires' most well-known shanty-towns, Estrellas (Stars) revolves around the work of Julio Arrieta, who is both a theatre director and is responsible for providing shooting locations for those directores wishing to film in an Argentine ghetto.

Cartoneras is a documentary that grapples with Latin America’s urban realities, and the cardboard pu...

In 1996, electric cars began to appear on roads all over California. They were quiet and fast, produ...

Record high oil prices, global warming, and an insatiable demand for energy: these issues define our...

Filmmaker Alain Resnais documents the atrocities behind the walls of Hitler's concentration camps.

This award-winning, thrilling story is about a group of discarded kids who revolutionized skateboard...

An intimate portrayal of the everyday lives of Carthusian monks of the Grande Chartreuse, high in th...

This 2005 documentary film chronicles the life of Daniel Johnston, a manic-depressive genius singer/...

Images of Argentinian companies and factories in the first light of day, seen from the inside of a c...

Chennu committed his first crime when he was 15 years old: being a street kid. And he entered hell: ...

On August 7th 1974, French tightrope walker Philippe Petit stepped out on a high wire, illegally rig...

When an Iranian-Canadian filmmaker hears the story of Master Ghadamyar- a Kurdish 120-year-old Tanbu...

This revealing portrait of Cuba follows the lives of Fidel Castro and three Cuban families affected ...

Explores the lives of Sara, Gigi and Giovanna, three Latino transvestites who for years have lived o...

Director Peter Judson's semifictitious tale opens a revealing window into the indie filmmaking proce...

For over 85 years, steamship Ste. Claire transported generations of Detroiters to Boblo Island, an a...
"The prevailing stigmatization of the 'villero' universe is fed back by the images. In order to dism...

The political journey of Canadian photographer Elaine Brière from the villages of East Timor to the ...

A filmmaker's lifelong dream quickly becomes his worst nightmare when he attempts to make a low budg...