The film has upset many within Islam, and the director has been the subject of death threats and an online hate campaign. The journey of Indian-born filmmaker Parvez Sharma began in 2011, when he embarked on the annual pilgrimage known…
In the near future, during a four month worldwide drought, an ordinary man randomly gets picked to be on a famous radio show. He reveals an extraordinary journey of a life, lived like a legend, looking for something he lost:…
“Human” is a collection of stories about and images of our world, offering an immersion to the core of what it means to be human. Through these stories full of love and happiness, as well as hatred and violence, HUMAN…
“Gayby”means the child of a gay couple. But who are these kids? What do they think about having same-sex parents? And do they face different issues to other kids? At a time when the world is debating marriage equality, these…
Produced by Filmhaus Wien and Schatzi Productions in association with Thought Engine, “Home Less” is about the underbelly of the American Dream, the hidden backyard of our society. Mark’s life stands as a metaphor for the struggle of the vanishing…
This is a short documentary film questioning our freedom, the education system, corporations, money, the capitalist system, the governments, world collapse, the environment, climate change, genetically modified food, and our treatment of animals… “At this moment you could be anywhere, doing…
Referred to as “the Australian Earthlings”, LUCENT is a documentary produced through a combination of hand-held and hidden cameras. It explores the darker side of Australia’s pig farming industry, highlighting the day-to-day cruelty accepted by the industry as standard practice.…
One of the most extraordinary films about Australia has been released in the UK and Australia. This is Utopia, an epic production by the Emmy and Bafta winning film-maker and journalist John Pilger. Utopia is a vast region in northern…
Dimitris Papaioannou was born in Athens in 1964. He trained with legendary Greek painter Yannis Tsarouchis. At the age of 19, he turned his hand to comics art, and to contemporary dance in all its aspects (as a performer—director—costume, set…
Filmmaker Sébastien Lifshitz began compiling vintage photographs of queer couples when he happened upon a photo album that he realized contained the life a lesbian couple. Intrigued by the visibility with which they claimed with these photographs, despite living in…
If it feels like you're spending longer periods of time than ever in a cinema seat, you're not imagining it: movies are officially getting longer. And with upcoming big screen treats such as The Hunger Games: Catching Fire and Mandela:…
Darcy Prendergast of the Melbourne-based production company Oh Yeah Wow decided to challenge his team with an ambitious project. In just seven days, they would gather 350 people and shoot thousands of portrait photos of them that they would then…
There are three identities that come to mind when I think of Iceland. One is of the vast and breathtaking landscape, which is so obscenely grand it is almost supernatural. The second is the capital of Reykjavík that carried the…
You’ve gotta love Spike Jonze. He’s back with a new film called Her, about a lonely man named Theodore Twombly who finds companionship in a futuristic, Siri-like operating system. I love everything about this trailer – the cast, the music,…
Saman Kesh proves once again his talent for staging and directing with the short-film “Controller”. A dynamic creation and perfectly mastered produced by Marq Films, a prisoner girl with great powers takes control of her boyfriend to come rescue her.…
In Saturn’s Rings is a non-profit giant-screen art film that takes audiences on a journey of the mind, heart and spirit from the big bang to the near future via the Cassini-Huygens Mission at Saturn. Currently in production after years…
“Everyone has an inner voice. I found a way to let mine out.” These are the words of Carly Fleischmann, a young woman living with autism. Though unable to speak, she found a way to communicate through typing on a…
The film is tipped to win the Palme d'Or prize at this year's Cannes film festival. A film featuring the love story between two women, and which has shocked some critics because of some graphic sex scenes, is hotly tipped…
Apparently there's still a lot about Star Trek that I still don't know. This latest infographic that's been released points out a few things that I didn't know until today. Like actor James Doohan who played Scotty on the original…
On the other side of the county, in the capital Reykjavik, Icelanders that were affected by the financial crisis came to inspire Come to Harm by director/photographer Borkur Sigthorsson. Come to Harm is Iceland’s version of Sam Peckinpah’s Straw Dogs.…