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‘Til Madness Do Us Part
China’s most famous documentary maker spent months in a municipal asylum, where patients are sometimes incarcerated for decades. This four-hour documePublished on: -
The Orphanage
Bollywood-film nostalgia colours the experiences of fifteen-year-old Qodrat, who ends up in an orphanage during Afghanistan’s 1980s Soviet-oriented pePublished on: -
Ida
Poland, early 1960s. Devout novice Ida visits her sole family member, having been warned by the Mother Superior. The chain-smoking, cynical Wanda revePublished on: -
Made in Hong Kong
HK 1997, where young people dream of death. Presaging the spirit of militant, self-sacrificing HK youth we see today, re-incarnated as political resisPublished on: -
La nuit
Quneitra on the Golan Heights was destroyed by Israel during the war with Syria in 1967. The father of Malas, a Palestinian freedom fighter, is…Published on: -
Rocks
Rocks, an East London teenager, has to look after her kid brother when her mum suddenly disappears. A drama bursting with youthful energy.Published on: -
Division
The simple process of dividing and reassembling a piece of paper by hand creates a complex and intriguing animation that defies what seems impossible.Published on: -
About Endlessness
In his characteristic style, Andersson at his existential, succinct best: everything that makes life human, in an hour and fifteen minutes.Published on: -
Venomous Folds
Video essay on poison, medicine men, possession and death. Four Indians including a toxicologist and a snake charmer explain how they read the signs.Published on: -
The Buried Alive Videos
A magical omnibus of posturing and illusion from a dysfunctional band of Soviet émigrés. Their hatred is democratic, their hatred is universal.Published on: