Matter Out of Place

Megacities

August 1998 •English

Megacities is a documentary about the slums of five different metropolitan cities.

The Gleaners and I

July 2000 •French

Varda focuses her eye on gleaners: those who scour already-reaped fields for the odd potato or turnip. Her investigation leads from forgotten corners of the French countryside to off-hours at the green markets of Paris, following those who insist on finding a use for that which society has cast off, whether out of necessity or activism.

Armin und die blaue Tonne

June 1998 •German

Go with Armin and the blue garbage can through Munich and discover what happens to the garbage: Let us show you how 365 cans fit into just 16 water bottles. See how new paper is made from an old newspaper. Watch how waste from the organic waste garbage can is turned back into potting soil.

Dumpster Diving

October 2021 •Norwegian Bokmål

A Plastic Tide

January 2017 •English

Over eight million tonnes of plastic enters the ocean each year, killing sea life. Now new evidence says it's entering our food chain with unknown health effects.

Você Acredita em Lobisomens?

February 2026 •Portuguese

Can i Die on Camera?

March 2024 •German

Treasures from Trash

June 1946 •English

This short film presents an unusual Beverly Hills store called the Patio Shop, where trash is turned into art.

The Story of Stuff

December 2007 •English

For most of the world, consumption has been the unquestioned duty of every individual. Then garbage activist Annie Leonard brought her two-hour lecture to Free Range who helped her turn it into a 20-minute animated revolution. Shown in thousands of classrooms, endlessly blasted by Fox News, viewed more than 10 million times, The Store of Stuff finally opens the door to a serious cultural dialog about the costs of consumption.

Solo, Piano

December 2012 •English

On a cold winter morning, a lone piano stands curbside in New York City. All day long, passersby stop to play. They collect and disperse, measure and push. Who abandons a piano? Plinking slightly out-of-tune over the white noise of Broadway's cars, buses, trucks, and sirens, the piano awaits its fate. Solo, Piano - NYC is a 5-minute film of the last 24 hours of a once-wanted piano.

Geliebter Müll!

January 2001 •German

Documentary about the messie Günther Hilmer, in whose house the garbage is piled up to the ceiling. For him, trash is more of a passion than a vice, but his particular penchant for garbage has negative consequences for his social life.

ly débora

Invalid date •Portuguese

The twin brothers who invented the "dab" tell their story.

Versenkt und Vergessen

April 2013 •German

Environmental activists have been trying to prevent the dumping of nuclear waste on the high seas since the 1970s. But the nuclear freighters always won. Barrels of radioactive waste were simply thrown overboard. When the public found out what was happening at sea, the environmental organization Greenpeace won its battle.

Zero Waste

May 2023 •Korean

As the world continues to come face to face with the consequences of decades of environmental degradation, Danny Kim’s documentary Zero Waste explores the ways that five individuals in South Korea have taken it upon themselves to create solutions to the country’s plastic waste problems, which has been exasperated by the global pandemic, and whether their efforts can be enough to make up for decades of neglect. Both sobering and uplifting, Zero Waste paints a portrait of both the magnitude of the problem, and the perseverance of those people willing to address them.

Kill the Irishman

March 2011 •English

Over the summer of 1976, thirty-six bombs detonate in the heart of Cleveland while a turf war raged between Irish mobster Danny Greene and the Italian mafia. Based on a true story, Kill the Irishman chronicles Greene's heroic rise from a tough Cleveland neighborhood to become an enforcer in the local mob.

Fangs & Claws 2

September 2016 •Portuguese

In the line of b-movies from the VHS craze and Italian splatter and trash films, comes the continuation of the story of "Dentes E Garras!". Three months after the events of the first film, an aquatic monster that escaped from the grip of the army is terrorising tourists and swimmers at a summer lake resort. Meanwhile a surviving dinosaur hatchling is about to join in the fun, triggering a catastrophic outcome.

Clean

January 2022 •English

Tormented by a past life, garbage man Clean attempts a life of quiet redemption. But when his good intentions mark him a target of a local crime boss, Clean is forced to reconcile with the violence of his past.

Tropical SOV

May 2025 •Portuguese

Tropical SOV is a Brazilian anthology that brings together 23 independent filmmakers who bring to life 21 hilarious, strange and bizarre stories that could only happen in Brazil. From brains that produce cocaine to the incredible human videocassette, including the secrets of synthetic meat, baldness cures, castration of rapists, nihilistic fruits, magical sweets and the poop king of Evangelistão.

Fisher of Men

May 2025 •English

A tentacled lake monster exacts revenge upon a noble but flawed fisherman.

Sam & Miguel (Your Basura, No Problema)

January 1992 •English

Sam and Miguel are your typical come-what-may laborers, collecting garbage in flashy subdivisions. In their workplace, they get maltreated by two of their co-workers, sometimes getting them into trouble.