A Royal Hangover
A Royal Hangover is a feature length documentary about the ambivalent alcohol culture of Britain. Think Bowling For Columbine, only with alcohol instead of guns. Drinking for Britain: We don’t shoot ourselves to death here, we kill ourselves with drink – much more dignified!
Cat Wars: Lion vs. Cheetah
After filming one of the most unusual attacks ever seen in the African savannah – four cheetahs being brutally attacked by two male lions – filmmaker Reinhard “Leo” Kuenkel joins…
Jane by Charlotte
Charlotte Gainsbourg looks at her mother Jane Birkin in a way she never did, overcoming a sense of reserve. Using a camera lens, they expose themselves to each other, begin…
Willem & Frieda: Defying the Nazis
Willem was an artist who lived openly as a gay man at a time when few did. Frieda was a well-connected musician who became the first woman to lead an…
Ski ala Carte
“A good ski run is like a good meal.” So begins the unmistakable musings – and voice – of Warren Miller as we journey back to the “Me Decade” and…
The Unknown Flag Raiser of Iwo Jima
In February 1945, Associated Press photographer Joe Rosenthal captured the image of five U.S. Marines and one U.S. Navy Corpsman hoisting the American flag atop a mountain in Iwo Jima.
The B-Side: Elsa Dorfman’s Portrait Photography
Portrait photographer Elsa Dorfman found her medium in 1980: the larger-than-life Polaroid Land 20×24 camera. For the next thirty-five years, she captured the “surfaces” of those who visited her studio:…
A Place of Our Own
Filmmaker Stanley Nelson’s look back at the 40 years he spent summering at Oak Bluffs, a black-oriented resort community on Martha’s Vineyard.
WWE: Twist of Fate – The Matt & Jeff Hardy Story
Matt Hardy was born to wrestle from his earliest days In homemade rings he and his brother created through his unbelievable matches on WWE SmackDown. The road to the top…
9/11
An on-the-scene documentary following the events of September 11, 2001 from an insider’s view, through the lens of two French filmmakers who simply set out to make a movie about…
Surveilled
Uncover the insidious ways in which our daily lives are being surveilled by the state. In a gripping chase, Ronan Farrow travels across the world following breadcrumbs and finally exposing…
Project Acheron: Patagonia
This documentary follows four elite athletes as they traverse the beautiful and wild terrain of Patagonia. Led by two American Navy SEALs and a Patagonian guide, the team undergoes a…
Pure
PURE is the second “Shades of Winter” movie of Austrian free skier and filmmaker Sandra Lahnsteiner. Sharing her platform with some of the best female athletes from all over the…