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Charlie Surfer
Charlie is 10 years old and diagnosed with Asperger (ASD). He is proud of his diagnosis but sometimes wishes he could be more like the other boys in his class. Feeling different makes him feel left out at times. Because of his Asperger Charlie struggles with team sports. But he has found two thin...
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Meherio
Originally from France and Mathilde's family relocated to the island of Raiatea in French Polynesia when she was a child. Her father Gwen, a professional windsurfing instructor began teaching her to windsurf from an early age on the island's beautiful lagoons. It wasn't long before Mathilde cau...
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Hungry Hill
Hungry Hill follows the day-to-day lives of a community of sheep farmers who are in perpetual negotiation with the demands of the terrain, changing societal attitudes, and the impact of globalisation. Central to the film is the story of three generations of co-director Vanmechelen's family, who ...
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Women Behind The Wheel
Cat and Hannah undertake a treacherous road trip across Central Asia on a mission to uncover women’s stories in a region miles from their own. Their route brings them to the doorsteps of women from all walks of life, revealing a women's movement that's had as many ups and downs as the drive itsel...
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Ocean Of Grass: Life On A Nebraska Sandhills Ranch
An experiential, immersive documentary capturing a year in the life of a 130 year old Nebraska Sandhills ranch in a lyrical, timeless manner. The film presents the intriguing personalities and opinions of those individuals who choose this sparse, rugged lifestyle. From old school patriarchs to ...
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Ghost Mountain
Family tried to flee, but ended up in an even more life-threatening situation. Without the tireless efforts of Non-Governmental Organisations and Government officials,who saved them in dramatic conditions, they would have been forgotten, like the millions of Cambodians who died. Decades later, wh...
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Mergui
The film concerns the Myeik Archipelago in most southern Myanmar. Myanmar, also known as Burma opened its doors to foreign visitors just a few years ago. Today these 800 Islands are among the top 10 destinations of travelers and scuba diver´s bucket lists. This documentary acts as a beautiful hom...
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Still Tibet
A deep and personal portrait of one of the world's most ancient and threatened civilizations.
Still Tibet Embarking on a deep journey through one of the most remote ethnically Tibetan areas of China's Sichuan Province, filmmaker Miguel Cano hitchhikes, motorbikes and takes to foot to reach parts ... -
Dreams From The Outback
Once, Australia discussed whether Aboriginals belong to fauna or to human beings. Today in the Kimberley, home to various Aboriginal communities, most is in transition, causing limbo and distress. Some have given up; others choose to fight to bring a change for the better to their people. Gabri...
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The Eye Of Istanbul
The story of legendary Armenian-Turkish photographer, Ara Guler
An insightful doc thick with the sights and smells of a foreign rarely glimpsed world. Ara Güler's archive of photographs captures the essence of Istanbul over sixty years. The legendary Armenian-Turkish photographer dedicated his li... -
He Ain't Gonna Make It
A road-movie starring Argentinian songwriter Tomi Lebrero. Away from folkloric cliches, together with two mares and a colt tamed along the way, he throws himself into an adventure across the Argentinean pampas against all odds, meeting all kinds of crazy characters on the road. All through this...
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Yakuqnan, Water Paths
The pre-Columbian civilizations of Peru grew on the basis of respect for water and land. How do the women and men of the Peruvian coast, highland and jungle relate to it today and what does water mean in their lives? A tour of spectacularly beautiful settings that star from sea, crossing snow-cap...
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Peace On The Tigris
The Tigris River, which was the site of the ancient civilization of Mesopotamia, still flows majestically through Baghdad, Iraq's capital. In March2003, the area around this river underwent intense airstrikes by U.S. and British forces. The U.S. armed forces gained control of Baghdad. Journalist ...
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Stepping Out
China is usually seen through the lens of economics, politics and a regimented population. But in Stepping Out, we meet people who have left home and set out on the road to discover their China and themselves. Su Min, who feels she has done her duty as daughter, wife, mother and grandmother and i...
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In The Starlight
In the Starlight is an intimate portrayal about the life of nature photographer Paul Zizka and his quest to capture the night skies.
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The Curse Of The Terracotta Warriors
The remarkable story of the discovery of one of China's greatest treasures--the magnificent Terracotta Warriors, guardians of the tomb of China's first emperor.
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Alaska Long Hunters
This story follows the life of a young pilot who flew in Alaska’s frontier Arctic. You'll experience the front-seat thrills of bush planes that operated in the most dangerous conditions on earth and scenery that only Alaska has to offer.
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Aegean Marine Life Sanctuary
In a world where dolphins are living behind bars, a team of marine conservationists have a mission, to give these majestic mammals a home back in the wild.
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Ocean To Sky
In 1953, Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay were the first to summit Mount Everest. That same year, the jetboat was invented. With this new invention, Hillary strove to also become the first to tackle the Himalayas' greatest river: the Ganges. It was a perilous journey from ocean to sky, achieved ...
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Messages From The End Of World
The documentary describes the dramatic consequences of the climate change in the Arctic zone. Thanks to the Swiss Arctic Project five young people have been navigating for three weeks through hostile and beautiful landscapes up to the North. They have documented the signs of global warming and ra...
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Following Seas
The family who disavowed the constraints of society in favour of life on the high seas. Bob and Nancy Griffith made twenty ocean voyages over two decades, fulfilling a dream of freedom and adventure in their 53-foot sailboat. Nothing seemed impossible for this couple and their growing family as ...
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Silent Forests
More than half of the Central-African forest elephant population has been decimated by poachers in the last decade. Following one of Cameroon’s first female eco-guards, a grassroots law enforcement group, a Congolese biologist, a reformed poacher and a Czech activist, this intimate portrait gains...
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Perseverance
Dimitri is Fish Captain in Trouville-sur-Mer, Normandy. accompanied with his deckhands, Joris and Omar, embarked on a trawler, they track fishes... Far from their families from Monday to Friday, in the harshness of the job, they face the whims of the sea. Welcome aboard of "La Persévérance".