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Ernest finds his old family album in the attic and discusses his family members from the album to his neighbor, Vern.

The Samatya Sahakyan Choir was founded in 1703 and is the oldest church choir in Turkey. This documentary follows the choir's preparation for their 2020 New Year's concert step by step starting from their first rehearsals. Along the way, the creative history and social role of what is a vital part of Armenian identity and culture is explored through the stories of the choir’s members and their ancestors.

Papa Jah, a Haitian gardener, has spent the last forty years in the Bahamas, living in a marginalised community named the Mud. When news arrives that his 103-year-old father has taken ill back in Haiti, Papa Jah fears he may not see him before he passes. Papa Jah travels back to Haiti, to his family’s small village on the island La Tortue, to reunite with his father, hopefully before it is too late.

Yosua is Mr. Suseno's first child. During the COVID-19 period, he has to stay away from any social activities because of the strict health protocols implemented by his father.

Hank is just like his father. He's inherited his same sins and addictions.

A 9/11 survivor returns to New York from Argentina to reconnect with family and discovers private intimate recordings from his late father that reconcile his past and provide indelible life lessons for his 8-year-old son.

A traditional gamekeepers expectations for his son are challenged when his son explores his sexuality.

My Father's Garden is an engrossing documentary about the use and misuse of technology on the American farm. The main story concerns Fred Kirschenmann, organic farmer and leader in the sustainable agriculture movement. Fred's message is deeply serious. We are rapidly losing the natural resources and human wisdom that are necessary to grow food...but there is a way out of this dilemma. Intertwined with Fred's story is the personal narrative of the filmmaker, told through the use of home movies from the 1950's. Her father was a successful and innovative farmer at the dawn of the chemical era in agriculture. His use of the new miracle sprays enabled him to utterly transform their Florida farm into a man-made paradise. My Father's Garden is at its essence a story of hope. By examining the central philosophies that guide our relationship with nature, the film shows how each of us can bring health and beauty back into the Garden, our planet.

"I shed my father's name like a snake, and then I ate the skin." A video poem about inherited dust.

This intriguing documentary centers on the unconventional lifestyle of John Blalock, a rugged individualist who lives among homeless alcoholics in the woods, scavenges scrap metal to survive and purposely chooses to exist outside mainstream society. Throughout the film, the eccentric Blalock shares his nonconformist views about a number of topics, including recycling, the stock market and personal freedom.

A young Kashmiri girl fights to safeguard the honor of her father's doctor.

The elderly of Mazraat Bani Saab, a small village in north Lebanon, share their memories and "last will" in this film for the generations to come; a message of love and loyalty to the land. “When an old man dies, a library burns to the ground” (African Proverb)

My Father's Daughter is the story of a family that moves from Delhi to Dallas and the adjustments they endure as a result of their changing environment. The story explores many facets of family dynamics.

In light of an absence from her 18th birthday, Adrienne reflects on her relationship with her vacant father.

A Joburg city slicker needs to survive his royal girlfriend's father during the festive season, at the young woman's very traditional family home.

My Father’s War, an animated documentary produced by Humanity in Action, brings to life the experiences of Peter Hein and his son David Hein. As a Jewish toddler in the Netherlands in the 1940s, Peter was separated from his parents and whisked from hiding place to hiding place to escape deportation. From feigning scarlet fever to avoid a Nazi raid, to suffering crippling injuries during a bombing campaign, Peter somehow survives, one day at a time, even as capture and death surround him. Meanwhile, the film also follows Peter’s parents, who themselves must make a series of daring escapes as their hiding places are revealed to Nazi forces by Dutch collaborators. By the end of the war, when Peter and his parents are finally reunited, Peter cannot even recognize them. “I just saw a strange man with long black hair and a little woman who was crying and trying to kiss me. I didn’t want anything from them,” Peter recalls in the film.

Experimental short made from a family recording.

A lonely props maker begins a sexual relationship with a picky woman who only agrees to sleep with him if he wears a lifelike mask containing features of her ex-boyfriends.

"My Face" is a short film that tells the story about the psychological and emotional challenges faced by children with cleft and craniofacial anomalies. Presented by the Department of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery, KKH, the short film "My Face" hopes to raise awareness of the social stigmatisation they face.

"Father, why did you die?" With this deeply intimate statement of grief, Kubota mourns the death of her father. Video and television are central to her ritual of mourning, and allow her father to assume a presence after death. Kubota and her father, who was dying of cancer in Japan, are seen watching television together on New Year's Eve. The suffering of father and daughter is rendered even more poignant when contrasted with the everyday banality of the pop music and New Year's celebrations on TV. After his death, Kubota weeps alone in front of a video monitor. Awash with tears and personal pain, My Father is a cathartic exorcism of grief, with video serving as witness and memory.