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- DirectorDick CarruthersJimmy PageStarsRobert PlantJimmy PageJohn Paul JonesA double-DVD set which features over five hours of previously unreleased concert and archival performance footage from Led Zeppelin, spanning the years 1969 to 1979.
- DirectorDan ReedStarsMichael JacksonWade RobsonJoy RobsonAt the height of his stardom, the world's biggest pop star, Michael Jackson, began long-running relationships with two young boys, aged between seven and ten, along their families. They now allege that he sexually abused them.
- DirectorJ.M. KennyStarsKevin SmithJason MewesScott MosierKevin Smith interacts in Q&A sessions throughout various college stops in the USA.
- DirectorMartin ScorseseStarsMartin ScorseseWorld-renowned director Martin Scorsese narrates this journey through his favorites in Italian cinema.
- DirectorJack Haley Jr.StarsFred AstaireGene KellyBing CrosbyVarious MGM stars from yesteryear present their favorite musical moments from the studio's 50-year history.
- DirectorDavid FarrierDylan ReeveStarsDavid FarrierDylan ReeveDavid StarrJournalist David Farrier stumbles upon a mysterious tickling competition online. As he delves deeper he comes up against fierce resistance, but that doesn't stop him getting to the bottom of a story stranger than fiction.
- DirectorKevin KerslakeStarsKurt CobainDave GrohlKrist NovoselicAn intimate look into one of the most influential bands in music, Nirvana, in this collage of performances, interviews, and touring.
- DirectorHenry JoostAriel SchulmanStarsNev SchulmanAriel SchulmanHenry JoostYoung filmmakers document their colleague's budding online friendship with a young woman and her family which leads to an unexpected series of discoveries.
- DirectorBabis MakridisStarsAlexandra AidiniKostas BerikopoulosKonstantinos BibisA movie about what is fake and what is real, that flutters between documentary and fiction. About flying and falling, the human need to fly, fear of heights, vertigo, utopia, Gods and man. Inspired by the ancient Greek comedy "Ornithes" by Aristophanes and the homonymous theatrical performance by Nikos Karathanos and Onassis Stegi .
- DirectorHristos PetrouStarsNikos AivalisKleon AntoniouRed AxesLena Platonos, a major figure in the Greek music scene who has proven to be ahead of her time in terms of her groundbreaking work in electronica, is now receiving a surge of international attention, thanks to album re-issues and remixes. Both established and up-and-coming artist cite her as a key influence for her experimentations in sound, her eerie lyrics and her unique, uncompromising approach to creating music and art. With the help of collaborators, friends and international musicians of the electronic music scene such as Alexis Taylor of Hot Chip and the Red Axes, the film goes back to the time her revolutionary records were made.
- DirectorChristos HouliarasStarsGiannis AngelakasYannis EconomidesEftyhia GiakoumiA Documentary about Nikos Nikolaides' work. Nikos Nikolaides was an acclaimed film director and author from Greece. He is famous for creating controversial characters in his films that have a rebellious attitude towards the social and political status quo. He illustrates a dark and pessimistic present and future, but providing ambiguous hope for the end when his heroes find their escape in death. His films are shocking and contentious, raising questions during times when political visions start to fade away. His filming was poetic, dynamic and aesthetically beautiful in order to present situations on edge and elicit his audience's feelings. The aim of this project is to transfer his dynamics in a documentary that will convey some of his messages and create a platform for exchanging opinions among filmmakers from all over the world, in an effort to decipher his universe and his symbols as reflections of his unique and rare personality.
- DirectorDimitris MavrikiosStarsDimitris MaronitisYannis MavrikiosLife and work of painter Giorgio de Chirico, born in Volos, Greece in 1888 and died 1978.
- DirectorPaola ReveniotiStarsDinos ChristianopoulosPanagiotis EvangelidisKostas KanakisA pioneer Greek queer activist and her filmmaking team Paola Team Documentaries present their first feature documentary about "Kaliarda," the secret language of the gay community in Greece, from the 40s until the country's regime change in the early 70s. Paola became acquainted with Kaliarda towards the end of its use, in the 80s. The team started out aiming to record the history of Kaliarda, but realized they were recording the history of the queer community's life in Greece during the 20th century. Themes start emerging, such as love, sexuality, hang-outs, the problems faced by gays at the time and how conditions gradually changed until today. In the documentary, we encounter academics and people from the street, who had a first-hand experience of our subject.
- DirectorStella Nikoletta DrossaThessaloniki 2010-2016. During the Greek debt drama, five young women friends are forced to battle their personal crises. When two of them migrate to Germany, the director suddenly finds herself in the middle of the Greek reality.
- DirectorJeffrey BlitzStarsAngela ArenivarUbaldo ArenivarJorge ArenivarSpellbound follows eight teenagers on their quest to win the 1999 National Spelling Bee.
- DirectorEberhard KronhausenPhyllis KronhausenStarsMarie AntoinetteDaniel D. HalleckMonique KraamwinkelDocumentary, dramatized at times, on human sexual behaviour. Daring for its time for its approach to some of the most delicate aspects of this taboo subject.
- DirectorThierry KnauffOlivier SmoldersWithout dialog, the behavior and suffering of moderately to severely impaired autistic children in a psychiatric hospital are shown respectfully but honestly,
- DirectorOlivier SmoldersStarsOlivier SmoldersWhile shooting a family movie in Venice, a filmmaker wonders how family images play a part in love and death stories.
- DirectorSvetoslav StoyanovThe Last Black Sea Pirates swim in testosterone and rugged tenderness in a land of wilderness and legends, far from civilization. For 20 years, Captain Jack The Whale and his crew have been drinking, dreaming and hunting for a treasure buried in the gully of Karadere, the pristine beach they call home. But someone else has got wind of Karadere's treasures. When news of imminent change begin to find its way to this remote oasis, the pirates' world begins to unravel. Doubts erode the foundations of trust, conflicts brew, tensions are on the rise. In this crisis, emerges a contemporary fairy tale about the treasures we hunt and those that we find.
- DirectorMatt WhitakerStarsKarl-Heinz SchnibbeThree German teenagers succesfully defy the Gestapo.
- DirectorFilippos KoutsaftisStarsPanagiotis FarmakisThe past and the present coexist in a place spoiled by modern industry but which long ago hosted the Eleusinian Mysteries, the secret ceremonies that initiated the ancient Greeks into the miracles of life, death and the afterlife.
- DirectorJim FieldsMichael GramagliaStarsRick RubinTommy RamoneDee Dee RamoneThe story of the punk rock band The Ramones.
- DirectorGrant GeeStarsRichard BoonAnton CorbijnKevin CumminsA chronological account of the influential late 1970s English rock band.
- DirectorDaniel LindsayT.J. MartinStarsTina TurnerCarl ArringtonIke TurnerExclusive access to the Grammy Award-winning artist to celebrate her career.
- StarsGiorgos-Ikaros BabasakisAkis KapranosManiatis DimitrisA documentary on popular haunts of the last century.
- DirectorNik TriantafyllidisStarsKyriakos AlexandridisKoulis ApostolidisDusan BajevicA documentary that chronicles the 90 years of history of the Greek sports club PAOK, not only in athletic but also in social and historical terms.
- DirectorChris MarkerStarsAmilcar CabralFlorence DelayArielle DombasleA woman narrates the contemplative writings of a seasoned world traveler, focusing on contemporary Japan.
- DirectorKurt KuenneStarsKurt KuenneAndrew BagbyDavid BagbyA filmmaker decides to memorialize a murdered friend when his friend's ex-girlfriend announces she is expecting his son.
- StarsPatton OswaltPaul HaynesAmy RyanGripping examination of the unsolved crimes of the Golden State Killer who terrorized California in the 1970s and 1980s.
- DirectorPippa EhrlichJames ReedStarsCraig FosterTom FosterA filmmaker forges an unusual friendship with an octopus living in a South African kelp forest, learning as the animal shares the mysteries of her world.
- DirectorMaite AlberdiStarsSergio ChamyRomulo AitkenMarta OlivaresA private investigator in Chile hires someone to work as a mole at a retirement home where a client of his suspects the caretakers of elder abuse.
- DirectorMichael AptedStarsRobert RedfordNorman ZigrossiRobert SikmaThis film describes the events surrounding a 1975 shootout at the Pine Ridge reservation in S. Dakota where two FBI agents were killed.
- StarsPaul SkolnickGil CarrilloFrank SalernoThis limited docu-series tells the true story of how one of the most notorious serial killers in American history was hunted down and brought to justice.
- StarsSam BungeyJennifer FordeBilly O'SullivanWest Cork is a true crime podcast that investigates the 1996 death of French film producer Sophie Toscan du Plantier. Although police have a prime suspect, they can't make the charge stick. He's been living under suspicion ever since. The program is hosted by Jennifer Forde and Sam Bungey.
- StarsCharles CoffeyJohn IngramJim McIntyreThe investigators behind infamous serial killer cases reveal the harrowing, chilling details of their extraordinary efforts in this true crime series.
- StarsCharlie MeanyIn 1970s NYC, the "Torso Killer" preys on women to fulfill his grotesque fantasies while eluding police. A docuseries dive into crime's darkest places.
- StarsKathy PrestonBob RuthSheila PorterIn the late 1970s, an accused serial rapist claims multiple personalities control his behavior, setting off a legal odyssey that captivates America.
- DirectorChantal AkermanStarsChantal AkermanImpersonal and beautiful images of Akerman's life in New York are combined with letters from her loving but manipulative mother, read by Akerman herself.