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  • The Middle Way Trailer

  • Unknown Distance Trailer

    After five tours and ten years as a Marine Sniper, Sergeant Douglas Brown, alongside director and producer Gordon Clark, takes us on an emotional journey across America, documenting the powerful testimony of returning combat veterans - all trained with a deadly skill set, now rendered useless. Ho...

  • Golden Age Trailer

    Glitz vs. lethargy. "Golden Age" reveals The Palace, Miami's #1 senior living community: a Versailles-like luxury hotel in a permanent party. But beneath the marble and chandeliers, anxiety persists and old age is a booming market. A dizzying look at our universal relationship with aging.

  • The War You Don't See Trailer

  • One of Them is Brett

    Roger Graef and The Thalidomide Society's groundbreaking film about Brett, a boy born without arms, introduced the plight of Thalidomide children to the world. We see touching and personal scenes from his home life - rough and tumble with his brothers, meal times and other practical activities, r...

  • Nano Worlds Trailer

    Sheri Neva's day job leads here into an unexpected realm of artistic discovery at the nanoscale. Her work invites us to reexamine the world around us through the lens of an electron microscope. We follow Sheri as she purses the tiny water bear, or tardigrade as her next subject in microphotogra...

  • The Negotiators - How To Make Peace Trailer

    21st-century conflict resolution demands immense diplomacy and patience. Through negotiators' eyes, we witness immense personal sacrifice amid entrenched global crises. While negotiation is a fundamental human skill, ingrained in our very DNA, this innate ability doesn't make navigating difficult...

  • The Nip Tuck Trip Trailer

    Why do we spend more time, money and effort trying to keep up appearances than at any other time in history? Are we obsessed? Or are we just trying to fit in? Follow women on a cosmetic surgery holiday to Kuala Lumpur, and find out why they go to such great lengths to alter their looks. (33 M...

  • Twisted Tales (series 1/5 The Butterfly) Trailer

    We uncover the hidden stories behind the butterfly's enchanting beauty. From their tough beginnings as caterpillars to the mysterious nocturnal lives of moths, discover how these creatures are more than just delicate beauties. Explore their fascinating transformation and cultural myths in this ca...

  • 3 Cents A Kilo Trailer

    The day-to-day lives of three Singaporean cardboard collectors. 3 Kilos takes us through their routines and ruminations, showing us how they meet unremitting hardship with grit, humour, and back-breaking hard work.

  • Black Harvest

    Black Harvest follows Joe Leahy (the half-caste son of one of the first explorers of the Papua New Guinean interior) and his progress in convincing the indigenous Ganiga people to join him in his coffee growing venture. While Joe's relations with the local Ganiga tribe who work his coffee plantat...

  • Raised On Rock - The Burnette Family Legacy Trailer

  • The Indian Queen Trailer

  • Discover China - Designs of The Forbidden City Trailer

    The BBC's "Discover China," a 4-year collaboration with Chinese authorities, reveals unseen locations. A pivotal story follows two architectural scholars who unearth an ancient sketch. This document, a shocking discovery, proves to be a lost blueprint. It unlocks the secret construction methods b...

  • Birds Without Wings Trailer

    Two adults who grew up in the slums of Delhi strive to give new wings to the kids bounded by the shackles of poverty, drugs, and society.

  • What Ami Did Not Know

    Nearly all maternal deaths could be prevented, if women had access to essential maternal and healthcare services. This animated film explores maternal and newborn health through the mind of a baby girl called Ami.

  • The Loop FB/IG Trailer

    A small discovery leads two adventurers to climb the cliffs of their home island and make unexpected discoveries. Their challenge, obstructed by tons of pollution that is swept up the coast every day, marks a shift in perspective and their interaction with our environment.

  • If I Were A Superhero Trailer

    This short documentary made in an orphanage in India, shows with great humanity how eight children carry within them the seeds of "everyday superheroes".

  • Calais The Last Border

    While the British perceive Calais as the gateway to Europe or a place to buy cheap alcohol, others see it as the last frontier in the quest for a better life in England. This character-driven film follows the lives of refugees and migrants who have come from afar only to be stranded so close to t...

  • The Man Who Knew Too Much Trailer

  • Koka The Butcher Trailer

    Koka’s world revolves around the humble pigeon. As a respected figure in Cairo’s pigeon fighting world, Koka devotes his time to training and caring for hundreds of pigeons in his self-built wooden tower. Under immense pressure from his conservative community to give up his passion, Koka is faced...

  • Springtide: A Burmese Tale Trailer

    From the machinery of a wood workshop in Yangon to the breaking swell of the Bay of Bengal, Springtide depicts the birth of wave riding in Myammar.

  • Black Rio

    Rio Brazil is a city where racism and inequality are alive and well despite much of its population having ancestral connections to slaves and a 53% of its population identifying itself as 'brown'. Today, women of colour such as Ludmilla must fight to empower themselves in the face of judgment and...