The Stories From The Search

The survivors, three boys and one girl -- recount their experiences in a powerful new film produced by UNICEF Lao PDR and Handicap International Belgium.

Nine Icelandic gay teens tell us about their lives in their frozen corner of the world. Feeling excluded, experimenting with drugs and sex, finding others like themselves, self hatred, thoughts of suicide, coming out to parents. These honest interviews show us that no matter where they are in the world many aspects of being gay are universal.

9/11 Stories from the City are stories told by all kinds of people who were on hand at the time of the September 11th attack. This film tells their stories of fear, bravery, faith, and patriotism they faced in America's darkest hour.

The Music Hall, Kansas City, MO. 720 x 480

Judy Collins - along with critically acclaimed Norwegian folk artist Jonas Fjeld and masterful Americana band Chatham County Line - invite you to a hootenanny at the Oslo Opera House. Filmed in February 2020 off the tails of the newly formed groups' critically-acclaimed studio release “Winter Stories.”

This kid-friendly collection of slightly spooky animated tales includes an adaptation of Mike Thayer’s “The Teacher from the Black Lagoon,” about a boy’s wild nightmares concerning his teacher on the first day of school. Other stories include Tomi Ungerer’s “The Three Robbers,” James Stevenson’s “What’s Under My Bed?” and Caroline Stutson’s “By the Light of the Halloween Moon,” in which a clever girl foils the plans of holiday ghouls.

Repairing the World: Stories from the Tree of Life documents Pittsburgh's powerful community response to hate in the aftermath of the deadliest antisemitic attack in U.S. history. Through the voices of survivors, family members, diverse Pittsburgh residents and leaders, the film shows unity in a moment of crisis, the resilience of a vibrant city, and a community working together to understand what it means to be "stronger than hate."

"...then he saw a tree with white fruit. This sweet fruit made those who ate it happy..." Casting out along rivers of time, evoking the souls surrounding the obelisk itself, the camera traces several stories in two distinct phases...

A sake factory worker on holiday returns to his home town, where he rapes the wife of one of his co-workers in the forest. The other man returns home to find his wife changed and suspects that she has been unfaithful.

A look at the Mau Mau Rebellion of the 1950s as experienced by filmmaker Donald McWilliams.

Sonja, 16, is a porn model, and her middle aged lover is obsessed with her. Sonja knows how to benefit from this, and as he spies on her, he finds out that there's more to her than he would expect.

Tania learns that her grandmother spent the last years of her life in the loving company of an alien. Together with two friends, she travels through rural Argentina to bring the creature back to its place of origin.

As Florida's violent legislation dominates headlines, LGBTQ2S+ communities are also on the frontlines of accelerating climate change. “Can’t Stop Change: Queer Climate Stories from the Florida Frontlines” weaves interviews with 14 LGBTQ2S+ artists, organizers, and educators across Florida (and the new Florida diaspora) into an intersectional climate justice narrative.

Agriculture and technology both have a long history in California, but have rarely intersected. Tech is focused on disruption and innovation, while much of Central Valley and Central Coast’s agriculture is still managed with clipboards and pencils. One commonality is that women and minorities have historically been underrepresented in both industries. Now, a new generation of startups led by minority women are seeking to solve agriculture’s problems with tech innovation. "From Farms to Incubators" tells the stories of women entrepreneurs dedicated to agtech, a fast-growing sector within agriculture.

The university student Sota falls in love with a girl at the library at first sight. However, she was born deaf. Determined not to give up, Sota starts learning sign language and they fall in love. Will they be able to overcome the fact that they live in different worlds?

Miki is a senior in high school who no longer trusts people or go on dates after being betrayed by her classmates and ex-boyfriend. The only meaning in her life is music. Singing with her guitar, she shares videos on social media as SHINO. One day, Miki gets a comment from Naoto, telling her how he was moved by her singing. Naoto was dealing with frustrations as an emergency medical technician but gained strength after hearing Miki sing. Through his encouragement, Miki starts to perform on the streets of Tenjin. They talk on social media and grow closer without meeting in real life. Can a miraculous love story rise from music and social media?

A film, music and aural presentation by Eric Isaacson of Mississippi Records, Portland, USA. Featuring archival film, images & stories spanning 1890 to the present day, illustrating Eric's own special history of underground music movements and bonafide individuals. The live footage performances are culled from rarely seen film shot during Alan Lomax's North American travels between 1978 to 1985 and Mississippi Record's own enormous library of folk blues, gospel, esoteric, international & punk music.

Amidst the period of social isolation, we interviewed writers, philosophers and political scientists who brought pertinent and urgent reflections on possible scenarios for a post-2020 world.

The film is based on a true event that happened a long time ago in a village near Visoko (Bosnia) that no longer exists... The story seeks to bring the spirit of tradition and customs that reigned and remind of now-forgotten values.