Off the Rails
52mins/91mins | United Kingdom - 2022Growing up isn't an easy journey...
Rikke Brewer and best friend Aiden Knox hone their spectacular UrbEx stunts and gravity-defying Parkour skills, hoping that millions of likes on social media will be their ticket out of boring Guildford. But the trauma of a close friend's death triggers darker stories, of broken families and fragile mental health, threatening to send them both off the rails.
Heart Failure
45mins | Australia - 2022An investigation into the hidden killer in remote Australian communities
In remote parts of Australia, people with treatable heart conditions are dying. Young women in particular are dying, due to an appalling lack of healthcare. At the heart of the matter is an apparent disregard for the lives of those in remote communities - including aboriginal lives.
F@ck This Job
60mins/104mins | Russian Federation - 2021The rise and fall of Russia's most rebellious TV channel
Moscow, 2008. Meet Natasha Sindeyeva, 35: a confident woman originally from Michurinsk and now the brand new wife of a successful banker. One day, she decides to launch an independent news TV station. F@ck This Job follows Natasha and Dozhd from its birth to the days that perhaps foreshadowed its death.
Lady Buds
96mins | United States - 2022It's all about the females
When California legalized marijuana, six women emerged from the shadows of the cannabis underground, and into the light of a legalized market. But with major corporations and heavy-handed regulations to reckon with, these trailblazing women must risk everything in order to claim their own piece of the American dream in the market they helped to create.
Only I Can Hear
53mins/76mins | United States - 2022The story of CODA - Children of Deaf Adults
In the American Midwest, three hearing teenagers come of age in the vibrant, raucous Deaf community. In search of a home between two disparate worlds, the young women explore their unique identity as CODA — Children of Deaf Adults, as they strive to fit into both the deaf and hearing communities to which they belong.
The Assassination and Mrs Paine
52mins/100mins | United States - 2022One woman’s unshakable connection to the JFK assassination continues to haunt her fifty years later.
According to her detractors, Ruth Paine is a government agent who helped frame Lee Harvey Oswald as the assassin of the president. But to her defenders, she is simply an innocent bystander caught up in history. The Assassination and Mrs Paine juxtaposes Ruth’s first-hand account alongside the assassination researchers who suspect her and the defenders of the official story with whom she sides.
Ian Cognito: A Life and A Death On Stage
60mins/73mins | United Kingdom - 2022Nothing is off limits
Rising to fame amid the 1980s alternative comedy boom, Ian Cognito was one of the UK's most popular comedians. His performances left audiences in hysterics - but behind the laughter was a troubled and often controversial figure. This is the story of the comedy scene that nurtured a comedic genius, and the real life of a man famed for his outlandish sense of humour.
The Other Half
52mins/71mins | Greece - 2022The dark crossings of European borders
As if they never existed. People on the move. Facing danger in unfamiliar and unwelcoming places. For 15 years, Greek photojournalist, Giorgos Moutafis, bears witness to the journey of migrants across the dark crossings of European borders. Futility, death, and exhaustion from a never-ending struggle, as well as pushbacks, represent a large part of his work. His camera delves into inaccessible places, documenting the stories of people who push human boundaries, to reveal how "the Other Half" lives.
Jacinta
52mins/105mins | United States - 2021A deeply intimate portrait of mothers and daughters, and the effects of trauma
Jacinta follows a young woman in and out of prison as she attempts to break free from an inherited cycle of addiction, incarceration and crime. Filmed for over three years, Jacinta begins at the Maine Correctional Center where Jacinta, 26, and her mother Rosemary, 46, are incarcerated together, both recovering from drug addiction. As a child, Jacinta became entangled in her mother's world of drugs and crime and has followed her in and out of the system since she was a teenager. This time, as Jacinta is released from prison, she hopes to maintain her sobriety and reconnect with her own daughter, Caylynn, 10, who lives with her paternal grandparents. Despite her desire to rebuild her life for her daughter, Jacinta continually struggles against the forces that first led to her addiction. With unparalleled access and a gripping vérité approach, director Jessica Earnshaw paints a deeply intimate portrait of mothers and daughters and the effects of trauma over generations.
The Snow Calls
49mins | Iran, Islamic Republic of - 2022Within the tight constraints of Iranian society, one woman faces an ultimatum to produce a male heir
Mina has borne three daughters, and now she is pregnant once again. But living in a society in which a man is expected to have at least one son, Mina's husband is growing impatient. An ultimatum is issued: the fourth child must be a boy, or he will find a new wife. A heart-breaking and intimate portrait of the conflict between familial ties and societal pressures.
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Off the Rails
United Kingdom - 2022
Growing up isn't an easy journey...
Rikke Brewer and best friend Aiden Knox hone their spectacular UrbEx stunts and gravity-defying Parkour skills, hoping that millions of likes on social media will be their ticket out of boring Guildford. But the trauma of a close friend's death triggers darker stories, of broken families and fragil…
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Heart Failure
Australia - 2022
An investigation into the hidden killer in remote Australian communities
In remote parts of Australia, people with treatable heart conditions are dying. Young women in particular are dying, due to an appalling lack of healthcare. At the heart of the matter is an apparent disregard for the lives of those in remote communities - including aboriginal lives.
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F@ck This Job
Russian Federation - 2021
The rise and fall of Russia's most rebellious TV channel
Moscow, 2008. Meet Natasha Sindeyeva, 35: a confident woman originally from Michurinsk and now the brand new wife of a successful banker. One day, she decides to launch an independent news TV station. F@ck This Job follows Natasha and Dozhd from its birth to the days that perhaps foreshadowed its d…
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Lady Buds
United States - 2022
It's all about the females
When California legalized marijuana, six women emerged from the shadows of the cannabis underground, and into the light of a legalized market. But with major corporations and heavy-handed regulations to reckon with, these trailblazing women must risk everything in order to claim their own piece of …
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Only I Can Hear
United States - 2022
The story of CODA - Children of Deaf Adults
In the American Midwest, three hearing teenagers come of age in the vibrant, raucous Deaf community. In search of a home between two disparate worlds, the young women explore their unique identity as CODA — Children of Deaf Adults, as they strive to fit into both the deaf and hearing communities to…
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The Assassination and Mrs Paine
United States - 2022
One woman’s unshakable connection to the JFK assassination continues to haunt her fifty years later.
According to her detractors, Ruth Paine is a government agent who helped frame Lee Harvey Oswald as the assassin of the president. But to her defenders, she is simply an innocent bystander caught up in history. The Assassination and Mrs Paine juxtaposes Ruth’s first-hand account alongside the assas…
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Ian Cognito: A Life and A Death On Stage
United Kingdom - 2022
Nothing is off limits
Rising to fame amid the 1980s alternative comedy boom, Ian Cognito was one of the UK's most popular comedians. His performances left audiences in hysterics - but behind the laughter was a troubled and often controversial figure. This is the story of the comedy scene that nurtured a comedic genius, …
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The Other Half
Greece - 2022
The dark crossings of European borders
As if they never existed. People on the move. Facing danger in unfamiliar and unwelcoming places. For 15 years, Greek photojournalist, Giorgos Moutafis, bears witness to the journey of migrants across the dark crossings of European borders. Futility, death, and exhaustion from a never-ending strug…
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Jacinta
United States - 2021
A deeply intimate portrait of mothers and daughters, and the effects of trauma
Jacinta follows a young woman in and out of prison as she attempts to break free from an inherited cycle of addiction, incarceration and crime. Filmed for over three years, Jacinta begins at the Maine Correctional Center where Jacinta, 26, and her mother Rosemary, 46, are incarcerated together, bot…
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The Snow Calls
Iran, Islamic Republic of - 2022
Within the tight constraints of Iranian society, one woman faces an ultimatum to produce a male heir
Mina has borne three daughters, and now she is pregnant once again. But living in a society in which a man is expected to have at least one son, Mina's husband is growing impatient. An ultimatum is issued: the fourth child must be a boy, or he will find a new wife. A heart-breaking and intimate por…
