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The risk and adrenaline rush of skydiving can heighten the feeling of being alive. In this compelling documentary, five HIV-positive gay men spend a week preparing for their first solo parachute jump. The camaraderie inspired by the rigorous training and team-building exercises encourage the men to...

The latest trend among the Russian oligarchs is to purchase works of art, a way to get into the Kremlin’s good graces, to gild their image… and to cover up the origin of their fortunes, often acquired in the shadow of post-soviet power. Following these new amateurs in the footprints of the well-kno...

Every two years, the small town of Beverungen, somewhere in the middle of Germany, celebrates its traditional Marksmen's Festival. In 2008, Beverungen has the honour of hosting the annual festival of the “Confederation of Historical German Marksmen's Brotherhoods" with thousands of participants com...

After being evicted from their housing, the Kamalanathan family, who arrived from Sri Lanka nearly 30 years ago, moved into the cramped backroom of their grocer’s shop. This film, filled with tenderness and audacity, and peppered by Bollywood-style musical interludes sung by the protagonists, also i...

The Hummer, a direct descendent of the HUMVEE, the vehicle of the American army, is quickly becoming the 4x4 of choice in European cities. Half truck, half car, the gas-guzzler is a big hit among automobile enthusiasts, especially women. In this humorous documentary, the director went looking for th...

"Journey to the West" is an embedded documentary film into a bus of Chinese tourists visiting Europe for the very first time (6 countries in 10 days!). This road movie captures with humor and spirit the cultural differences between China and Europe in a play of mirrors and contrasts. It also destroy...

When filmmaker, Marc Isaacs, decided to make a documentary about a lift in a London tower block he had no idea how the residents would react and what they would reveal of their lives. He simply set himself up in the lift with his camera and waited for the right moment to ask questions. The result is...

This documentary comedy shows us that a scientific film can be both funny and effective at once. Thomas B, hardcore smoker, is giving up. He was a heavy but happy smoker will he become a happy non-smoker ? Through his personal diary, we bare witness to his changing moods. We accompany him on his reg...

Dominique, Robert and Ginette are film extras. They go from set to set and merge into a group the time it takes to shoot their scenes. Is there hope for a real role or is this fun enough? Every one of them has their own good reason to be there, to throw themselves into this environment that sheds s...

Harlem 1968, a group of young poets get together and found THE LAST POETS, the founding fathers of today’s hip hop, rap and slam. The group denounces the oppression of African-Americans, while painting a devastating yet humorous picture of life in the ghetto. Nearly forty years after their separatio...