Truman Capote
Adrian Stangell | Germany | 2016 | 52:14 English, German with English Subtitles The documentary recounts the unbelievable story of Truman Capote, the writer who rose from poverty to high society, quickly becoming the wonderboy of American literature. Who was this short, bespectacled man with the high-pitched voice who amazed the world with classic books… Read more »
The Slave Circle
Alex Semchuck | United States | 2017 | 1:38:18 Website | Facebook Pyramid scheme, scam, cult…all words used to describe the direct sales/marketing operation profiled in The Slave Circle – a film about a business where you are owned. From how the business seeks out the most vulnerable recruits, to the psychological pressures used to… Read more »
A Sniper’s War
Olya Schechter | United States | 2017 | 1:20:00 Russian with English Subtitles Website | Facebook A Sniper’s War is a story of a sniper, whose anti-US views led him to join the pro-Russian rebels in the ongoing Ukrainian conflict—a primary source of tension between the United States and Russia. When social media becomes a… Read more »
Genesis: Paradise Lost
Ralph Strean | United States | 2017 | 1:40:00 Website | Facebook | Twitter If there is one part of the Bible that has undergone more scrutiny and abuse than any other, it is the beginning—Genesis. The heated debate over origins has questioned the Creation and ultimately the Creator. So what exactly happened at “Creation,”… Read more »
The Celebration
Alexandra Wesolowski | Germany | 2017 | 1:15:00 Website The family party that unveils long-forgotten family secrets is a frequent plot twist in fiction cinema. This film seduces the cinephile memory almost to the point of labelling it as fiction, while remaining a masterful exercise in documentary observation. The Celebration follows a Polish family as… Read more »
Chamber Music Wonderland
Emanuel Altenburger | Austria | 2017 | 50:00 German with English Subtitles Website Chamber Music Wonderland takes viewers on a fascinating musical voyage, accompanying a group of musicians who set up their own music festival to showcase the very best of 500 years of musical history. Avoiding a narrator, the film allows the protagonists the… Read more »
The Hidden Rebellion
Daniel Rabourdin | United States | 2016 | 1:15:00 English, French with English Subtitles Website | Facebook “Old men know what war is… Set ten years after the American Revolution in the idyllic French countryside of the Vendee, “The Hidden Rebellion” combines insightful documentary with richly dramatic scenes of battle, resistance, and love as the… Read more »
Who’s Gonna Love Me Now?
Tomer Heymann, Barak Heymann, Alexander Bodin Saphir | Israel |2016 | 1:25:00 English, Hebrew with English Subtitles “Saar has never fulfilled his parents’ expectations. Ever since he defied the rules of his kibbutz and was barred from the settlement community seventeen years ago, as far as his family is concerned, he simply does not exist…. Read more »
San Cipriano Road
Lea Schlude | Germany | 2018 | 1:06:00 Italian with English Subtitles Facebook “On a blazing summer day the granddaughter of Emilia, the eldest of four, sets out for a visit to San Cipriano Road on a suburban hill of Rome, where the siblings over ninety live together. Husbands and wives have since passed away,… Read more »
Chasing Trains
Donna Lipowitz | United | Kingdom | 2018 | 1:19:50 Website | Facebook | Twitter “A surprisingly thrilling adventure film about three British lads filming steam trains in Continental Europe. CHASING TRAINS is a behind the Scenes look into the making of Rail Enthusiast video series ‘Steam Locos in Profile’ Fans liken his show to… Read more »