Now Is the Time

No One Is an Island

October 2024 •English

Through an animated conversation, scientists explore if everyone can live well without harming the environment and reveal how hope and creativity can inspire change.

Color-Blind

August 2019 •French

A synaesthetic portrait made between French Polynesia and Brittany, Color-blind follows the restless ghost of Gauguin in excavating the colonial legacy of a post-postcolonial present.

Joe's Violin

April 2016 •English

A 91-year-old Polish Holocaust survivor donates his violin of 70 years to a local instrument drive, changing the life of a 12-year-old schoolgirl from the nation’s poorest congressional district, and unexpectedly, his own.

To Kill a Mockingbird: All Points of View

October 2022 •English

A 60th anniversary retrospective documentary on the influence and context of the 1962 film, To Kill a Mockingbird.

Salmon

September 2015 •

Transformed into a salmon, an Indigenous street artist travels through decayed urban landscapes to the forests of long ago, in this sublime mixed animation.

Salvage with a Smile

January 1940 •English

Wartime propaganda short in which a professor enlists the help of a dustman to explain the importance of saving paper, bones and metal to help the war effort.

2ⁿ: A Story of the Power of Numbers

March 1961 •English

2ⁿ is a story about the exponential growth of numbers raised to powers. Part of the Mathematica Peep Shows, one of five films made to accompany the Mathematica: A World of Numbers and Beyond exhibition at the California Museum of Science and Industry and the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago.

Piet Bekaert

January 1984 •Dutch

Short documentary on Belgian artist Piet Bekaert.

Subotika: Land of Wonders

July 2015 •German

Subotika, a little-known island on the other side of the globe. An enchanting country with extraordinary sights, grand visions and a couple of minor problems.

School of Fine Arts. Return

January 1990 •Russian

The second part of the duology on the famous Estonian artist Ülo Sooster continues his life story, paying homage to many other great artists who were spiritually consonant with his work.

School of Fine Arts

December 1990 •Russian

An animated film in two parts, about the tragic fate of Estonian artist Ülo Sooster and about his work.

Laundriness

July 2011 •English

Serif, the manager of a launderette in London’s Bethnal Green, dedicates her time to her regulars. Serving cups of tea and listening to their stories, Serif enriches their lives by helping the local elderly community. Laundriness is a simple and sensitive observational documentary about the meaning of life, fate, hope and regrets.

The Boys in the Band: Something Personal

September 2020 •English

Decades after his play first put gay life center stage, Mart Crowley joins the cast and crew of the 2020 film to reflect on the story's enduring legacy.

Furia libertaria

January 2011 •Spanish

San Sebastián de los Reyes Bullring, Madrid, Spain, March 27, 1977. In response to the strange political alliances that were taking place between antagonistic forces in search of a self-serving consensus, the anarcho-syndicalist union CNT organizes a rally to denounce the reprehensible machinations of its adversaries. (Documentary shot in 1977; edited and released in 2011).

Island of Hope, Island of Tears

January 1989 •English

The story of Ellis Island and the American immigration experience. This film is a tribute to the 18 million men, women and children who made the torturous journey from the Old to the New World between 1890 and 1920, in the single largest migration in human history. The film radically tells the immigrants' stories as they braved the unknown, from the time they left their homelands, their journey across the ocean, to the moment the doors of Ellis Island opened, revealing the great promise of America.

St Buryan to Lamorna/Orange

November 2013 •English

A trip down memory lane, and an actual lane.

Innu

December 1994 •French

Mining Poems or Odes

June 2015 •English

Robert, an ex-shipyard welder from Govan in Glasgow, reflects on how his experiences have influenced his compulsion to write.

The Sacred Food

February 2007 •English

A short documentary about the Ojibwe Native Americans of Northern Minnesota and the wild rice (Manoomin) they consider a sacred gift from the Creator. The film tells the Creation and Migration stories that are central to the tribe's oral history and belief system while showing the traditional process of hand-harvesting and parching the wild rice. Biotech companies are currently researching ways to genetically modify the rice and the community is fighting to keep it wild.

Ten Meter Tower

January 2016 •Swedish

10 Meter Tower is a short film taking place in a swimming pool with 6 cameras aimed at the tallest diving tower. All focus is on the 43 people between 9 and 78 years old. They have one thing in common, this is the first time in their lives they climb up to the platform to make the decision whether to jump or not. The situation itself highlights a dilemma: to weigh the instinctive fear of taking the step out against the humiliation of having to climb down.