A.D.VERSE

Land Without Bread

An exploration —manipulated and staged— of life in Las Hurdes, in the province of Cáceres, in Extremadura, Spain, as it was in 1932. Insalubrity, misery and lack of opportunities provoke the emigration of young people and the solitude of those who remain in the desolation of one of the poorest and least developed Spanish regions at that time.

The Fourth Parcae

Sabina Cervoni, member of Exit, provides assistance to whoever chooses to take its own life legally.

Catboy

A short documentary where director Dave Jackson digs into his catboy past and life after Cat Sick Blues.

High Cities of Bone

Karlon, born in Pedreira dos Húngaros (a slum in the outskirts of Lisbon) and a pioneer of Cape Verdean creole rap, runs away from the housing project to which he had been relocated.

Conversations of a Marriage

A portriat of the daily lives of Beatriz and Gilberto, a couple that has been together for over 40 years. A reflection about love and marriage. An intimate glimpse into the lives of two people who struggle to live in harmony.

Alone

This investigation into the layers of mass incarceration and its shaping of the modern black American family is seen through the eyes of a single mother in New Orleans, Louisiana.

The Tickle King

Featuring new, previously unseen footage documenting the bizarre and unsettling things that happened to filmmakers David Farrier and Dylan Reeve as Tickled premiered at film festivals and theaters in 2016. Lawsuits, private investigators, disrupted screenings and surprise appearances are just part of what they encounter along the way. Amidst new threats, the duo begins to answer questions that remained once the credits rolled on Tickled, including whether the disturbing behavior they uncovered will ever come to an end.

Ray of Hope

The powerful story of a couple who's hopes of having a child went from infertility, to a miracle, to tragedy.

Einführung in die Zwölftonmusik

Short film about dodecaphony aka. twelve-tone music

Elektrisch betriebene Strecken der Eisenbahn

Short film about electric railroad lines

Emil Nolde

Short film about the German painter Emil Nolde

Die Entdeckung des Quastenflossers

Short film about the coelacanth

Der Rote November lebt

East German short film

Clown*esses

Clowns are more than jesters; they hold a mirror up to society. They move between the worlds and like to break rules, albeit with a wink. At the same time, clowns are contradiction experts by nature, because they know on the one hand that life is far too short to be sad, and on the other hand use their art not only to entertain us but to make oppression and violence visible and attackable.

Breu Febril

Gustavo, a young man passionate about the sea and photography, shares experiences about the strange meaning of being black through his memories, venting his feelings amid the materialities of life.

No abras los ojos y tendrás mi piel

Night and Fog

Filmmaker Alain Resnais documents the atrocities behind the walls of Hitler's concentration camps.

Calthoum

At 60 years old, Calthoum recalls his bittersweet journey to Brazil where memories of joy and anguish intertwine.

The Vowel A

The story of Luisa Kiara Marabolí Barrientos a transgender woman, and her journey from living 44 years in obscurity under an imposed identity to becoming a proud social leader and role model in her community.

Letter of Sanabria

At the end of 1954, Eduardo Ducay, Juan Julio Baena and Carlos Saura travelled to the region of Sanabria (province of Zamora) to make a commissioned documentary on the construction of a system of reservoirs. Much of the filmed material was unusable due to a technical problem, but Ducay rescued part of it and combined it with voice-over to construct a work on absences.