(The Importance Of) Hair

Chauves, la revanche

March 2023 •French

They take over on the fields of sport and show business. For a few years, bald people took a sensational revenge. But they had to impose themselves as they usually are targets of jokes in popular culture. For now, they show their baldness in broad daylight, or simply are comfortable with their difference. An intimate revolution, related by those who lived it.

Don't Tell Her It's Me

September 1990 •English

Gus is a fat cartoonist that recently won a battle against cancer, which explains his baldness. But he is also lonely. Therefore, his caring sister tries to set him up with suitable woman. But to do so, she must turn him into an irresistible man. When he falls in love with Emily, Gus takes the identity of a mysterious biker from New Zealand.

The Bald Future

November 2016 •French

In this funny and inventive animation, Paul Cabon shows us that you can come to terms with going bald, but that you don’t have to like it.

Por los pelos

August 2022 •Spanish

Juanjo (Antonio Pagudo) is a forty-year-old man who, despite not having low self-esteem due to his baldness, his wife, Inma (Eva Ugarte), obsessed with image and aesthetics, is in charge of making him complex about it. On the other hand, his friend Sebas (Carlos Librado "Nene") is affected by his lack of hair and is willing to do whatever it takes to regain his younger version, something that affects his ex-wife, Sofía (Amaia Salamanca) , and their daughters. Ready for anything, both get into a little trouble to get the money to allow them to travel to Turkey and have a hair transplant. In Istanbul they meet Rayco (Tomy Aguilera), a young reggaeton singer who is having great success, but after discovering his alopecia at a concert, he needs an urgent hair transplant. In this way, the three of them will try to seek happiness through aesthetics, but perhaps they will discover that there is something far beyond the physical.

Blue Sunshine

March 1978 •English

At a party, someone goes insane and murders three women. Falsely accused of the brutal killings, Jerry is on the run. More bizarre homicides continue with alarming frequency all over town. Trying to clear his name, Jerry discovers the shocking truth...people are losing their hair and turning into violent psychopaths and the connection may be some LSD all the murderers took a decade before.

Bald

November 2021 •English

The heartwarming tale of how the baldest man in the world accidentally started a moon-worshipping cult in a working men's club in Wales.

Baala: The Rhythm of Life

November 2019 •Oriya

When premature baldness becomes apparent, Daitary's confidence is greatly affected, as his life was always identified by his voluminous hair. He ultimately finds a way of coping by inspiring other bald men to live happily.

The Land of Mine

June 2016 •Finnish

Republic of Finland is promoting clean technology by organizing Green Mining seminars where foreign experts tell us how the development of the world is becoming increasingly expensive by 2050. The Earth is running out of resources and mining companies have to use increasingly low-grade metal deposits. Finland aims to be a model country for environmentally friendly mining. Its pioneer project is Talvivaara, which uses new biotechnology to extract nickel, zinc and uranium. Through several charismatic characters, the documentary film The Land Of Mine follows the rise of the biggest nickel mine in Western Europe and the ensuing disasters whose effects continue to reverberate in the nation.

Kierkegaard - Dangerous Thoughts

December 2013 •German

Ku hai mueng ruay

December 2014 •Thai

Story of the merits of the revered abbot Luang Pho Khoon.

The Joy of Data

July 2016 •English

A witty and mind-expanding exploration of data, with mathematician Dr Hannah Fry. This high-tech romp reveals what data is and how it is captured, stored, shared and made sense of. Fry tells the story of the engineers of the data age, people most of us have never heard of despite the fact they brought about a technological and philosophical revolution.

Abbas Kiarostami: A Report

January 2013 •Persian

A look at the formation of the career of Iranian filmmaker Abbas Kiarostami.

Miraculous Spiral

September 2016 •English

Water, air, earth, fire, ether. Four different stories that tell and show a reaching out towards immortality. We dedicate the element water to immortality in science, that of air to the immortality of art, that of earth to the immortality of faith and that of fire to the immortality of feelings. Ether, linked to the cosmos and the stars, is a tribute to the film industry.

Les Pépites

October 2016 •French

Germany: A Summer's Fairytale

October 2006 •German

A documentary of the German national soccer team’s 2006 World Cup experience that changed the face of modern Germany.

Riding Giants

July 2004 •English

Riding Giants is story about big wave surfers who have become heroes and legends in their sport. Directed by the skateboard guru Stacy Peralta.

Dave Chappelle's Block Party

September 2005 •English

The American comedian/actor delivers a story about the alternative Hip Hop scene. A small town Ohio mans moves to Brooklyn, New York, to throw an unprecedented block party.

National Geographic Investigates: Narco State: Aftermath

March 2023 •English

2009. Ciudad Juárez, murder capital. Phoenix, Arizona, kidnapping surge. NG explores how guns, drugs, people, and money factored into the violence.

Fashion Forward: Wardrobe and Styling

December 2007 •English

A look back to the 2019 fashions, costumes and make-up as seen in Ridley Scott's Blade Runner.

The Light That Burns: Remembering Jordan Cronenweth

December 2007 •English

Cinematographer Jordan Cronenweth's work on Blade Runner is remembered by friends, colleagues and relatives.