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Grandma Lo-Fi: The Basement Tapes Of Sigríður Níelsdóttir and Chasing Ice
Amateur
(Country: Argentina; Year: 2011; Director: Néstor Frenkel)
Factotum makes mini-epic movies.
An Angel In Doel
(Year: 2011; Director: Tom Fassaert)
Near the port of Antwerp lies Doel, a village about to be razed to make way for an expansion of the harbour. While Doel slowly dies, Emilienne Driesen, an elderly widow stolidly refuses to leave the only house she’s ever known.
Art Will Save The World
(Country: Ireland; Year: 2011; Director: Niall McCann; Stars: Luke Haines)
A look at the work, life and legacy of Luke Haines.
Chasing Ice
(Country: US; Year: 2012; Director: Jeff Orlowski; Writer: Mark Monroe; Stars: James Balog, Svavar Jonatansson, Adam LeWinter, Jeff Orlowski), Official Site, Trailer
Time-lapse photography of glaciers over several years providing tangible visual evidence of climate change.
Dreams Are Free
(Country: UK; Year: 2012; Director: Gary Barber)
The rise, fall and redemption of critically acclaimed British saxophonist Bobby Wellins.
Side By Side and Art Will Save The World
Enemy Engagement (Feindberuhrung)
(Country: UK, Germany; Year: 2011; Director: Heike Bachelier)
A documentary thriller from the days of the Cold War. Two ex-friends from the now defunct East Germany meet up after many years. One was once a dissident, the other spied on him for the Stasi. One went to prison and one did not.
For You Naked
(Country: Sweden; Year: 2012; Director: Sara Broos)
An intimate and sensitively filmed love story between one of Scandinavia’s most highly regarded modern painters and a young Brazilian dancer.
Grandma Lo-Fi: The Basement Tapes Of Sigríður Níelsdóttir (Amma Lo-fi, Grandma Lo-Fi: The Basement Tapes Of Sigrídur Níelsdóttir)
(Country: Denmark, Iceland; Year: 2011; Director: Ingibjörg Birgisdóttir, Orri Jónsson, Kristin Björk Kristjánsdóttir; Stars: Sigrídur Níelsdóttir), Official Site
The true story of the elderly woman who, by chance, started making experimental music with ordinary household objects, and became a cult star.
Gregory Crewdson: Brief Encounters
(Year: 2012; Director: Ben Shapiro)
Documentary tracks a decade in the life of the photographer.
Hit Me With Music
(Country: Spain, Jamaica; Year: 2012; Director: Miguel Galfore)
An infectious documentary exploring Jamaica’s dancehall explosion, and its relationship with wider Jamaican society.
Hit So Hard: The Life And Near Death Story Of Patty Schemel
(Country: US; Year: 2011; Director: P. David Ebersole; Stars: Patty Schemel, Courtney Love)
A portrait of the Hole drummer featuring extensive video diary material and exploring her addiction to heroin.
Last Shop Standing: The Rise, Fall And Rebirth Of The Independent Record Shop
(Country: UK; Year: 2012)
Inspired by the book of the same name by Graham Jones, Last Shop Standing takes you behind the counter to discover why nearly 2000 record shops have already disappeared across the UK.
Make Your Own Damn Art: The World Of Bob And Roberta Smith
(Country: UK; Year: 2012; Director: John Rogers; Stars: Patrick Brill)
A documentary exploration of the political art of Patrick Brill, aka Bob and Roberta Smith.
National Hymen. Malaise In Islam
(Country: Tunisia; Year: 2011; Director: Jamel Mokni)
The surgical reconstruction of the hymen, hymenorrhaphy, is an increasingly common practice in Tunisia. In a country considered a model for the rest of the Arab-Muslim world on how to modernise, it is still essential for a bride to be a virgin on her wedding day.
Side By Side
(Country: USA; Year: 2012; Director: Chris Kenneally)
Documentary exploring the science behind the development of digital cinema technology and its effects.
To Dance Like A Man: Triplets In Havana
(Country: UJK; Year: 2012; Director: Sylvie Collier)
Angel, César and Marcos are identical 11-year-old boy triplets in Cuba who share a single passion. They want more than anything to be professional ballet dancers.
Turning
(Country: Denmark, US; Year: 2012; Director: Charles Atlas; Stars: Antony, Johanna Constantine, Catrina Delapena, Honey Dijon, Eliza Douglas, Connie Fleming, Joey Gabriel, Joie Iacono, Stacey Mark, Nomi, Kembra Pfahler, Morisane Sunny, Shiroma, Julia Yasuda)
Antony and the Johnsons and American artist Charles Atlas began collaborating in 2006 on acclaimed live music and visual art project, ‘Turning’. This film follows the collaboration as it tours to major cities in Europe.
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