Given is the simple yet powerfully contemplative story of a unique family legacy come full circle. Told through the visceral experience of a 6 yr. old, Given follows legendary surfers Aamion and Daize Goodwin from their island home of Kauai through 15 different countries in the quest for surf and to fulfill a calling handed […]
“There’s so much crazy shit, that it’s hard to know where to start.” These are the words of Allison Adonizio, a Harvard microbiologist hired by John McAfee to research natural medicine in the jungle – work that would end with her accusing him of rape. McAfee, quite the paranoid narcissist, is the brain behind the […]
Cameraperson is a cinematic tapestry of director Kirsten Johnson’s memories of her 25-year career. Kirsten has shot documentaries all over the world, from Brooklyn to Bosnia-Herzegovina and all the way up to Nigeria. This documentary is compiled from clips and shots that didn’t make their way into the final cuts. This visual memoir is a […]
Because The World Never Stops. Studio 5 Dir Maximilien Van Aertryck, Axel Danielson Sweden 2016, 10 min When we tune into a newscast, we expect a reassuring authority, but is what we see anything other than a performance? Shot behind the scenes during a live broadcast, Because the World Never Stops is a revelatory look at […]
Once-promising art student Veronika despises ordinary life, so she lets binge drinking and style games fill the void. Her sidekick, gorgeous homosexual Raivo is deeply but platonically in love with her. The love triangle is completed by ex-con Fred, a tragic figure who wants to abandon his past. He sees Veronika as his only savior, […]
”What kind of world would this be, if we didn’t allow ourselves to live?”, Peter Madsen asks. Life is short, and so we had better plunge in and live it to the fullest. Madsen intends to build the first Danish space rocket. Madsen starts the project together with his friend Kristian von Bengtson, with a […]
Mati is a young man of 25, who has never experienced love. All of his friends are married or living with their girlfriends. Mati has never kissed a girl and all attempts to create a real loving relationship have failed. Mati is motivated to find the right girl. Someone with whom he could share love […]
In Snåsa, Norway, the healer and clairvoyant Joralf Gjerstad is a local legend. Many know him better as the Snåsamannen or Snåsakaill’n. During the last 65 years, more than 50 000 people have travelled to see Gjerstad and seek help for their plight. Some have their youth ruined by bullies; some have their health destroyed […]
“We are the most racist team in the country!” shout Beitar Jerusalem ultras, hard-core members of the Beitar Jerusalem football fan club. At the practise and games of the Jerusalem-based Beitar Jerusalem FC you can hear them use even harsher words. If the team plays against the only Arab team in the league, you can […]
Safari is a holiday film about killing. In DocPoint 2016 director Ulrich Seidl shocked audiences with his film In the Basement. Now he returns with a new film. In the African savannas Austrian and German trophy hunters lie in the bushes waiting for their prey. When they finally shoot a zebra or an antelope or […]