Documentary
The filmmakers' 21-year-old daughter journeys from locked-down psych wards and diagnostic labels toward expansive worlds of creativity, connection, and greater meaning. Featuring insights from trauma experts and others, the film challenges the widespread idea that mental illness should be understood purely in biological terms, revealing the myriad ways that madness has meaning beyond brain chemistry.
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Sieben Mulden und eine Leiche
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Florida, Man
My Dear Theo
Alexis Tremblay: Habitant
Feel Better with Pressure Point Therapy
Kryptonite
In Between
Auf der Suche nach Heilern
Mi'kmaq Family (Migmaoei Otjiosog)
A Conversation Between Parents
This Beggar's Description
La memoria inmortal
My new friends from ward three
The Story of a Butcher Shop
WICCA
Mount Lawrence
Dolphin Reef
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Sieben Mulden und eine Leiche
IMDB 8.2 | Apr , 2007
Thomas Haemmerli is about to celebrate his fortieth birthday when he learns of his mother's death. A further shock follows when he and his brother Erik discover her apartment, which is filthy and full to bursting with junk. It takes the brothers an entire month to clean out the place. Among the chaos, they find films going back to the 1930s, photos and other memorabilia.The Cult Next Door
IMDB 7 | Feb , 2017
A short documentary featuring a brief overview of Bill Gothard's ministries, and some of the consequences for his followers.Not Without My Dogs
IMDB 0 | Oct , 2013
Out of love for Huskies, nature and cold winters Dave and Kristen Olesen moved from Minnesota to the North West Territories in Canada 25 years ago to create their own little universe on the magnificent East arm of Great Slave Lake. With their two daughters Annika 15 and Liv 12 and their 37 dogs, the Olesens enjoy a unique lifestyle in the wide open wilderness far away from civilization. One winter they all leave their self-built homestead with ten dogs on a two and a half thousand mile family expedition allowing Annika to run the Junior Iditarod in Alaska. As unexpected obstacles all along the trip culminate in three heavily injured dogs the whole endeavor is at risk. Optimism, love and loyalty prevail on this exciting epic family voyage.Sam & Mattie Make a Zombie Movie
IMDB 6.7 | Apr , 2021
Documentary about the making of ’Spring Break Zombie Massacre.’Florida, Man
IMDB 0 | Jun , 2025
Florida, Man is a "mostly real" faux documentary exploring filmmaker Evan Jordan's haunted past and future possibilities - shot on location in his hometown and featuring a roster of extended family, friends, and other colorful characters from the American South.My Dear Theo
IMDB 0 | Mar , 2025
In a series of letters to her young son, a mother, soldier and filmmaker documents her thoughts from the Ukrainian frontline.Alexis Tremblay: Habitant
IMDB 0 | Jan , 1943
This short documentary illustrates rural French Canadian life in the early 1940s. The film follows Alexis Tremblay and his family through the busy autumn days as they bring in the harvest and help with bread baking and soap making. Winter sees the children revelling in outdoor sports while the women are busy with their weaving, and, with the coming of spring young and old alike repair to the fields once more to plough the earth in preparation for another season of varied crops. One of the first NFB films to be produced, directed, written and shot by women.Feel Better with Pressure Point Therapy
IMDB 0 | Jan , 2016
Dr. Michael Pinkus, D.C., utilizes alternative Eastern medicine practices and applies techniques involving ancient acupressure points in order to provide pain relief and shows viewers how to apply these techniques in daily life. Often airs on PBS stations during pledge drive season.Kryptonite
IMDB 0 | Oct , 2023
In Between
IMDB 3 | Feb , 2019
In rural Kosovo, identical houses are built for family members working abroad, in the hope that they will one day return to settle in their old homeland.Auf der Suche nach Heilern
IMDB 0 | May , 2014
“I am a hypochondriac”, admits Rosa Von Praunheim, the icon of the gay movement, right at the beginning at the film. The director, who turned seventy in 2012, is afraid of cancer, and he actually suffers from glaucoma, with osteoarthritis in his big toe. Von Praunheim is interested in alternative medicine and goes on a foray into the scene.Mi'kmaq Family (Migmaoei Otjiosog)
IMDB 0 | Oct , 1994
This documentary takes you on a reflective journey into the extended family of Nova Scotia’s Mi'kmaq community. Revisiting her own roots, Mi'kmaq filmmaker and mother Catherine Anne Martin explores how the community is recovering its First Nations values, particularly through the teachings of elders and a collective approach to children-rearing. Mi'kmaq Family is an inspiring resource for both Indigenous and non-Indigenous audiences who are looking for ways to strengthen and explore their own families and traditions. We hear the Mi'kmaq language spoken and a lullaby is sung by a Mi'kmaq grandmother featured in the film.A Conversation Between Parents
IMDB 0 | May , 2017
A year after Thadd and Shannon gave birth to their son, A Conversation Between Parents highlights a climactic conversation in their lives -- as both young parents grasp at the last threads of their ideal family. On an afternoon off of work, the couple sits on their couch, while their son sleeps in his crib, and the family grapples with their limited options one last time. Dietrich’s camera ties the couple’s painful conversation together with flashbacks of both parents’ precious memories of their first year with Jasper, attempting to find a way to articulate their struggles in the last conversation they have together as a couple.This Beggar's Description
IMDB 0 | Jul , 2006
It's a sensitive, moving doc chronicling the life of Tétrault's brother Philip , a Montreal poet, musician and diagnosed paranoid schizophrenic. A promising athlete as a child, Philip began experiencing mood swings in his early 20s. His extended family, including his daughter, share their conflicted feelings love, guilt, shame, anger with the camera. They want to make sure he's safe, but how much can they take?La memoria inmortal
IMDB 0 | Aug , 2023
My new friends from ward three
IMDB 0 | Sep , 2024
Frans Bromet ends up in the Reade rehabilitation clinic in Amsterdam after a brain haemorrhage. He soon picks up his camera and films his roommates and healthcare staff. Frans discovers how important intensive guidance is. But the bond with his fellow sufferers is also greater than expected. When he hears of upcoming budget cuts, his concerns grow about the future of the institution and therefore also about the rehabilitation process of the clients.The Story of a Butcher Shop
IMDB 5.2 | Nov , 2013
The Kitades run a butcher shop in Kaizuka City outside Osaka, raising and slaughtering cattle to sell the meat in their store. The seventh generation of their family's business, they are descendants of the buraku people, a social minority held over from the caste system abolished in the 19th century that is still subject to discrimination. As the Kitades are forced to make the difficult decision to shut down their slaughterhouse, the question posed by the film is whether doing this will also result in the deconstruction of the prejudices imposed on them. Though primarily documenting the process of their work with meticulous detail, Aya Hanabusa also touches on the Kitades' participation in the buraku liberation movement. Hanabusa's heartfelt portrait expands from the story of an old-fashioned family business competing with corporate supermarkets, toward a subtle and sophisticated critique of social exclusion and the persistence of ancient prejudices.WICCA
IMDB 10 | Oct , 2018
I was scrounging around the neighborhood for inspiration. Within a block from my apartment, I found a wild mushroom in the grass, and an advertisement for a psychic named Sara.Mount Lawrence
IMDB 0 | Mar , 2015
Chandler Wild, A New York based filmmaker, travels 6,700 miles to the end of the road in Alaska to honor his deceased father by naming a mountain after him.Dolphin Reef
IMDB 6.8 | Mar , 2018
Echo is a youngster who can't quite decide if it's time to grow up and take on new responsibilities-or give in to her silly side and just have fun. Dolphin society is tricky, and the coral reef that Echo and his family call home depends on all of its inhabitants to keep it healthy. But Echo has a tough time resisting the many adventures the ocean has to offer.