In Pursuit of Excellence

By Posted in - on December 19th, 2024 0 Comments

Two world class marimbists in the Cavaliers Drum and Bugle Corps explore what “skill” means to them as they work through their 2024 competitive season. With a focus on how they receive, interpret, and respond to tactile, visual, and auditory…

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One more cup of coffee for ambe’

By Posted in - on November 15th, 2024 0 Comments

WARNING: This film contains scenes of animal sacrifice and images of deceased people.  Torajan People of South Sulawesi, Indonesia are deeply rooted in a culture where death is not seen as an end but as extension of life itself. This…

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Grandma’s Hands

By Posted in - on November 15th, 2022 0 Comments

In 1953, Claire Leven traveled to Florence, Italy to study the lost-wax process of sculpting. After her passing in 2021, her granddaughter decided to do the same, embarking on a journey to discover more about her grandmother’s mysterious artistic past.…

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We Call Her Sensei

By Posted in - on November 10th, 2022 0 Comments

From the mountains of Cisarua, Indonesia, Meena Asadi uses karate to combat the indefinite wait for resettlement. As a young Hazara woman, Meena’s path to becoming a karate champion was fraught with obstacles. When the Taliban forced Meena to flee…

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Sich Abhängen | Holding On

By Posted in - on November 8th, 2022 0 Comments

80 years after a tragic accident, an ageing woman mourns the father she never knew. Using an old dollhouse as a visual metaphor for refurnishing the memories of her life, the film follows Lisbeth Svenson (my grandmother) and her son…

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A Future Buried in the Past

By Posted in - on November 4th, 2022 0 Comments

In the Colombian Caribbean, the phantasmagorical presence of the disappeared Ingenio Central Colombia (Sugarcane Mill Central Colombia 1909-1953) is being unearthed by the elder’s stories and the paintings of a primitivist artist. In the plantation complex César Villa Gutiérrez, the…

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