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Gone is the once ambivalent torpor of the Irish folk music scene. Útóipe Cheilteach (Celtic Utopia) by Dennis Harvey and Lars Lovén tells the story of a new generation of artists bringing it back to its cynical, political and countercultural roots. Discover an exclusive teaser of the film on the day of its World Premiere at Locarno Film Festival 2025.
The setting is hazily atmospheric - neon red, smoky scenes in a dive bar in Las Vegas - aptly named The Roaring 20s - about to close its doors for the last time.
A proud subculture has developed in Indonesia around the crazy potential for modifications to the legendary Vespa scooter. Director Marc Ressang is one of the few filmmakers to have followed the community closely and his awesome short “Rebel Riders” is our latest Short of the Week.
In 2018 Latin America’s largest collection of natural and scientific history, the National Museum of Rio de Janeiro, burned to the ground in a what is now known to have been a wholly preventable fire. Director Marta Miskaryan became fascinated by this tragedy which has had a traumatic effect on the people of Rio, not only wiping the building from the map, but also taking with it generations of emotional attachment and fond memories.
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A few years ago, after a long day at work, Richard began to consider whether he really needed any of his possessions. Looking around his London flat at the TV he never had time to watch and the playstation he’d never even used, he realised that all he truly cared about was his hot shower.
This is the calming and affecting study of L’Arche, a community of people with learning disabilities in France, who despite common beliefs have a huge amount of knowledge to impart on the world.
This is a modern classic of the documentary genre and a deserved Oscar winner back in 2013.
Documentary Weekly was invited to attend the premiere of Children of the Snow Land, where we caught up with Director Zara Balfour to talk about her inspiration for the film, how the process has changed her outlook and one of the film’s most enthusiastic patrons, Bear Grylls.
“Less but better”. Dieter Rams, the most influential designer alive to day, has an important message for our consumption-fuelled lives. This film looks back at his timeless pieces of work with Braun in the 50s and 60s.
At more than 430 miles long, the Mauritania Railway has been transporting iron ore across the blistering heat of the Sahara Desert since 1963.
In just 93 days, what started as peaceful student demonstrations became a violent revolution.
