All Films

Dance of the Little Swans: Vaganova Academy Auditions Young Dancers

2016 • 27 min

Many young girls dream of becoming ballerinas, but only very few are prepared to apply the all-out effort and make the sacrifices that this dream demands. The famous Vaganova Ballet Academy in St.Petersburg welcomes the most talented and determined young dancers, but it makes them no promises. RT Doc meets some of the young hopefuls storming the doors of the famous Academy to find out more about the dream they share, and to follow them on their first steps towards achieving it.

Ferdy the Ant

2016 • 42 min

A film programme with 5 animated short films Hermína Týrlová : Ferda The Ant In The Foreign Service, The Mischievous Boy, Devilish Tricks, Corral Tale, I Count On The Wire. Hermína Týrlová, the first woman director of Czech animation, had the talent to know how to give life to all the materials that came to hand: balls of wool, handkerchiefs, toys, fabrics ... Her cinematographic work has been rewarded numerous times. Films without language, intertitles narrated in french.

I Ii Iii Iiii

2016 • 1 min • Italy

Short film by Ignazio Fabio Mazzola.

Panda

2016 • 3 min

The soldier wants to make love to the statue of Venus. But first he has to break her leg.

Gay Cake

2016 • 3 min

This delicious cake shop doesn't serve gay people...OR does it?

Speeches That Changed The World

2016 • 52 min

Words and delivery can combine to galvanize an audience, creating ‘I remember where I was when...’ moments. JFK at the Brandenburg Gate or Martin Luther King at the Lincoln Memorial provide unforgettable examples that still stir today. This collection of classic speech excerpts contains not only inspiring orations to democratic freedom and the noblest aspects of human endeavor, but also some of the darkest and most despicable speeches delivered in modern times.

Time Scanners: Colosseum

2016 • 60 min

How did the Romans produce some of the most impressive gladiatorial games ever seen in Europe? How did the Colosseums mysterious roof really work? And how does the mighty Colosseum compare to the popular sports venues of the 21st century? Structural engineer Steve Burrows and his team of laser-scanning experts head to Rome on a quest to answer these questions and uncover some of the oldest mysteries of the ancient stadium.

Sorcerer Of Piss

2016 • 29 min

Chapter Four from 'The Angela Chapters'.

We Are The Explorers

2016 • 13 min

Super 8 film was a format created for home movies. Eve-Lauryn LaFountain uses her super 8 films to juxtapose her own personal experiences with each other and with history. This film was mostly shot during a trip home to New Mexico and also features a trip to Joshua Tree on the first day of 2015. There are undercurrents of the legacy of colonialism and missionaries while showing the 90th annual celebration of the burning of Zozobra, and an ascent to an ancient Kiva. Clues of place and history appear in the sound collage of her field recordings. There's mention of cutting off Juan de Oñate's foot, drones, and an Ojibwe burial song recorded at LaFountain's grandmother's funeral and used as a blessing for the ancestral people of Bandelier National Monument. Her use of montage creates a collage of the artist's life.

Profiled

2016 • 54 min

Profiled is a feature length documentary that knits the stories of mothers of Black and Latin unarmed youth murdered by the NYPD into a powerful indictment of racial profiling and police brutality, and places them within a historical context of the roots of racism in the U.S. Driven by anger when their demands for justice are ignored the women transition from grieving parents to activists participating in the grass roots movement now spreading across the country since the much-publicized deaths of Michael Brown and Eric Garner.

Digital Immigrants

2016 • 21 min • Switzerland

A group of senior citizens is trying to find their place in the digital age.

Taras

2016 • 4 min

The Exterminator

2016 • 13 min

A man living alone confronts a mysterious infestation in his apartment.

Country's Family Reunion Tribute Series: Vince Gill & Blake Shelton

2016 • 60 min • United States of America

Spend time with country music legends Vince Gill and Blake Shelton as they tell their stories and sing their biggest songs in this tribute series.

The Kraken

2016 • 3 min • Sweden

A little mood piece based on the poem by Alfred Tennyson.

Johnno's Dead

2016 • 9 min • United Kingdom, France

Despite having time to reflect upon his twelve years behind bars, he can’t shake off the ghosts of the past. If he could catch up with Johnno, the guy who put in him in prison. Make him understand what it was like to have entire life waste.

Ss Vs As

2016 • 48 min

A Documentary on Sylvester Stallone and Arnold Schwarzenegger

Daesh Girl

2016 • 13 min

This short film tells the story of Noorah, a young Arab woman drawn into a world of violence and treachery when her friend, Sarah, is abducted by Islamic militants and forced into servitude.

When Justice Isn't Just

2016 • 42 min

Directed by Oscar-nominated and NAACP Image Award winner David Massey, this dynamic documentary explores why so many unarmed black people have been targeted and killed by police officers. The filmmakers talk to legal experts, activists and law enforcement officials who discuss the inequality within our criminal justice system and who confront the crucial question of how to prevent more violence in this country, including Black on Black deaths. As the Black Lives Matter movement - and citizens nationwide - question the accountability of our justice system in cases of police violence, When Justice Isn't Just is an essential addition to the ongoing discussion about reform and renewal.

Rhapsody

2016 • 33 min • United Kingdom

Rhapsody was created in 1980 and is one of Frederick Ashton’s final works – a virtuoso conclusion to his series of non-narrative ballets. It was created for acclaimed Russian dancer Mikhail Baryshnikov, who requested the Ashton commission and whose personality is at the heart of the work. The male Principal role is characterised by exceptionally fluent leaps, turns and lightness of movement. It is twinned with the strength and grace of the ballerina, a role created on the pure, fleet-footed style of former Royal Ballet Principal Lesley Collier. The ballet is set to Sergei Rachmaninoff’s well-known Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, which moves from stormy passages to calmer interludes. The premiere of Rhapsody was given at the Royal Opera House in honour of Ashton’s close friend Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother, on the occasion of her 80th birthday.

The Alsace Axe Massacre

2016 • 36 min • France

Christophe, an arrogant Parisian, finds himself stuck on a lost road in the depths of the Vosges. Seeking to join his girlfriend for a weekend in the woods, he is hitchhiked by Jean, jovial and sympathetic Alsatian. Quickly, the car journey becomes mystical and disturbing when the Alsatian warns the young man about the terrible threat that haunts the forest...

Smartphone Demon

2016 • 2 min

A selfie reveals a demonic entity.

Becoming Johanna

2016 • 27 min

How does it feel when your mom prays everyday for you to be someone else? That’s the struggle Johanna, a 16 year old transgender Latina faces. At first her mom thinks she’s confused, or joking, but as Johanna’s transformation continues, her mom simply can’t handle the fact that her son is Becoming Johanna. After prayer doesn’t change anything, Johanna’s mom tries therapists and a mental hospital in her quest to “fix” her daughters gender identity. While she was born a boy, Johanna is a young woman on the inside and nothing but living a lie can change that.

American Umpire

2016 • 56 min

AMERICAN UMPIRE, a thought-provoking documentary about U.S. foreign policy, chronicles how the United States became the world's policeman and questions how long the U.S. must continue to play this role. Narrated by Jim Lehrer, formerly of The MacNeil/Lehrer News Hour,and written by award-winning historian Elizabeth Cobbs, the film explores the history of American military intervention and the future of America's military commitment abroad. AMERICAN UMPIRE combines archival footage with candid interviews from former secretaries of state George Shultz, Madeleine Albright and Condoleeza Rice; General Jim Mattis and Lt. General Karl Eikenberry, former U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan; Nobel Prize winner Michael Spence; Pulitzer Prize winner David Kennedy; and eight scholars from around the world.