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Searching for Nika

Returning to Kyiv to search for his missing dog during the Russian invasion of Ukraine, director Stas Kapralov documents his journey as he joins forces with volunteers and becomes part of a movement to rescue animals caught in the crossfire of war.

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Cyborg: A Documentary

There are no others like Neil Harbisson - at least not yet. As the world’s first officially recognised cyborg, he is on a mission to design himself & to promote that right for others. Born colour-blind, artist Harbisson has an antenna implanted in his skull that enables him to hear colour. Will others join him in upgrading their bodies?

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Backlash: Misogyny in the Digital Age

In 2017, the #MeToo hashtag shook the world, sparking an unprecedented wave of sexual assault revelations in the Western world. Today, the storm of virulent misogyny is raging on, flooding our screens with harassment, defamation, sextortion, revenge porn, rape & death threats, and more. 73% of women are abused online.

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97% Owned

97% Owned

When money drives almost all activity on the planet, it’s essential that we understand it. Where does money come from? Who creates it? Who decides how it gets used? And what does that mean for the millions of ordinary people who suffer when finance breaks down?

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Closed Sea

Closed Sea

During a perilous escape from Libya by boat, our protagonists become adrift, facing certain death on the waves. A sighting and subsequent rescue cause scenes of unbridled joy and celebration. They were short lived as it became clear that their rescuers had other plans.

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Along Gaddafi’s Road

Along Gaddafi’s Road

For the first time in 42 years, a camera enters Southern Libya in what was forbidden territory under the Gaddafi regime. Rebels, smugglers and victims of the old regime tell their stories. The desert’s well-preserved secrets now finally come to light.

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Death of a Cemetery

Death of a Cemetery

Manila North Cemetery in the Philippines is a place of rest for 3000 people, all of whom are alive. Gravekeepers grow gardens around tombs; chefs cook up hearty fare in pop-up restaurants alongside crypts; and children play basketball in between school and funerals.

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Cult Witness

Cult Witness

At 19 Samuel Stefan, consumed by crisis, was drawn into a cult. It would be 10 years before he was able to escape. Cult Witness unravels the hidden world of cults; the hold they have on their victims, the reasons people fall prey to them and what takes place within..

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Zeitgeist: The Series

Zeitgeist: The Series

The Zeitgeist documentaries have connected theatrical audiences worldwide with the hidden historical, economic and political concepts that enslave us and possible holistic solutions. Now available for the first time as an 11 part series.

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Carbon Nation

Carbon Nation

Carbon Nation is an optimistic, solutions-based, non-preachy, non-partisan, big tent film that shows tackling climate change boosts the economy, increases national & energy security and promotes health & a clean environment.

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Are All Men Pedophiles?

Are All Men Pedophiles?

We live in a society that condemns pedophiles, though world cultures throughout history have fetishized youth. The hypocrisy at the heart of society forces the question: What do we mean then when we talk about Pedophilia?

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Secrets of the Tribe

Secrets of the Tribe

This is the story of the unhealthy meeting of two cultures: an indigenous tribe, the Yanomami and the western anthropologists who came to the Amazon to study them.

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When China Met Africa

When China Met Africa

A historic gathering of over 50 African heads of state in Beijing reverberates in Zambia where the lives of three characters unfold, the expanding footprint of a rising global power is laid bare

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Egypt: Behind the Revolution

Egypt: Behind the Revolution

From the brewing discontent that preceded the Egyptian revolution, to the 18 days of brutally suppressed protests when success seemed far from inevitable, this film puts us in the centre of the action.

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The Devil Operation

The Devil Operation

Father Marco -TIME Magazine’s ‘Hero of the Year’ – challenges exploitative mining and is targeted in a campaign of harassment and terror. When colleagues are threatened and murdered, he turns the tables on his pursuers.

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Twilight of the Yakuza

Twilight of the Yakuza

The Yakuza are a dying breed. Their members are aging and the government has launched a crackdown to eradicate them. But who are the Yakuza? The cancer of a nation or a necessary evil in a country with one of the lowest crime rates in the industrialised world?

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Beautiful Faces

Beautiful Faces

Beautiful Faces offers a compelling look at one of the world’s most remarkable hospitals, the disfigured young patients to whom it offers new lives, and the team of surgeons, physicians, and medical professionals who practice their unique, life-transforming craft.

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Beyond Pollution

Beyond Pollution

Beyond Pollution is an exhaustively researched and elegantly executed expose on a tragedy that began with an oil spill but had far-reaching, and unreported repercussions; what really happened, why, and who really benefited.

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97% Owned

97% Owned

When money drives almost all activity on the planet, it’s essential that we understand it. Where does money come from? Who creates it? Who decides how it gets used? And what does that mean for the millions of ordinary people who suffer when finance breaks down?

read more
Closed Sea

Closed Sea

During a perilous escape from Libya by boat, our protagonists become adrift, facing certain death on the waves. A sighting and subsequent rescue cause scenes of unbridled joy and celebration. They were short lived as it became clear that their rescuers had other plans.

read more
Along Gaddafi’s Road

Along Gaddafi’s Road

For the first time in 42 years, a camera enters Southern Libya in what was forbidden territory under the Gaddafi regime. Rebels, smugglers and victims of the old regime tell their stories. The desert’s well-preserved secrets now finally come to light.

read more
Death of a Cemetery

Death of a Cemetery

Manila North Cemetery in the Philippines is a place of rest for 3000 people, all of whom are alive. Gravekeepers grow gardens around tombs; chefs cook up hearty fare in pop-up restaurants alongside crypts; and children play basketball in between school and funerals.

read more
Cult Witness

Cult Witness

At 19 Samuel Stefan, consumed by crisis, was drawn into a cult. It would be 10 years before he was able to escape. Cult Witness unravels the hidden world of cults; the hold they have on their victims, the reasons people fall prey to them and what takes place within..

read more
Zeitgeist: The Series

Zeitgeist: The Series

The Zeitgeist documentaries have connected theatrical audiences worldwide with the hidden historical, economic and political concepts that enslave us and possible holistic solutions. Now available for the first time as an 11 part series.

read more
Carbon Nation

Carbon Nation

Carbon Nation is an optimistic, solutions-based, non-preachy, non-partisan, big tent film that shows tackling climate change boosts the economy, increases national & energy security and promotes health & a clean environment.

read more
Are All Men Pedophiles?

Are All Men Pedophiles?

We live in a society that condemns pedophiles, though world cultures throughout history have fetishized youth. The hypocrisy at the heart of society forces the question: What do we mean then when we talk about Pedophilia?

read more
Secrets of the Tribe

Secrets of the Tribe

This is the story of the unhealthy meeting of two cultures: an indigenous tribe, the Yanomami and the western anthropologists who came to the Amazon to study them.

read more