A seaside 'Punch and Judy' puppeteer spirals into a disturbing confession when the slapstick routine begins to mirror his own history of domestic abuse.
Through nearly a thousand found footage videos from the early internet, filmmaker Marcus Batto recreates the day of Michael Jackson's passing, assembling a vast, fragmented portrait of the cultural earthquake. Equal parts elegy, musical, and excavation into the death of the King of Pop from the lens of strangers, critics and bystanders.
I think I'm a masochist I crave intimacy more than any other feeling To have someone look at me and put all their emotions onto my body and mind The idea of being hit excites my mind more than any feeling of bodily pleasure The outburst of another inflicted on my skin, as their fist connect with my flesh and the blood vessels explode within like tiny orgasms To feel the ache graze over my skin and soothe into a warm and tingling sensation The idea of purple and red flowers blooming on my body in an act of true emotions I never got bruises from the hits They were never sexual or romantic I don't like to be hit in my face.
In Algeria, football supporters’ chants are music in their own right. And since 2019, by mixing them with raï and rap, artists and producers have given birth to zenqaoui, a hugely popular musical genre. Thanks to it, its singers make their sometimes politically engaged lyrics resonate beyond the stadiums, the birthplaces of modern protest in Algeria.
As the Supreme Court refuses to grant marriage equality, Queering India captures a pivotal moment in the world’s largest democracy. Through the eyes of journalist and actor Swapnesh Dubey, the film weaves a powerful narrative, combining his coming-out journey with voices from across India. This multilingual documentary doesn’t look outward for validation, it looks inward, reclaiming a forgotten truth: that queerness in Indian culture was once revered, not erased. It confronts colonial hangovers, societal silences, and the class and language divides that shape who gets to participate in the national conversation.
The 'Rights of Nature' movement, which legally guarantees nature's right to exist, thrive, and regenerate, is spreading globally. A prime example is New Zealand's Whanganui River, which was granted legal personhood equal to that of a human. By exploring the Whanganui River and Mount Taranaki in New Zealand, we examine what lessons can be drawn for the current initiative to institutionalize 'eco-legal personhood' for the Jeju Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphin—the first of its kind in South Korea. Ultimately, this leads us to reflect deeply on how we should connect and forge relationships with nature.
DJ, a mentally-plagued electronica musician, stumbles upon the “Master Frequency”—a dangerous sound wave that distorts the body and mind. As DJ falls deeper into the frequency’s grasp, they must save their mind and loved ones.
After a late night at his boring office job, Peter can’t seem to find his way home. After being trapped in the city and encountering some strange people, he realizes the truth he's been avoiding this whole time.