Radical Creatives

Finding Creativity

Finding Creativity is a captivating exploration of the creative process through the eyes of established glass artist Holly Grace, celebrated chef and restaurant owner Coskun Uysal, talented singer/songwriter Henry Brett and accomplished social entrepreneur Jan Owen. The subjects’ personal stories allow for an enlightening and informative look into how they came to work in creative fields and how they actively seek out inspiration. We hear firsthand accounts of their successes and struggles as they share their respective approaches to creativity. From this, we more deeply understand what it means to be creative and how all of us have the capacity to embrace it.

My Dad and the Volcano

Gavin built a giant volcano sculpture that's now in his dad's shed. Gavin seeks his dad's understanding but he's uninterested in modern art and refuses to participate in the documentary.

big kids

Daniel Mulholland, a master-builder uses LEGO to reshape his life after being diagnosed with PTSD. The film highlights the relationship between mental health and a simple act of kindness, showing how something as small as a plastic brick can be life-changing for oneself and others.

3 Cities Three Films

Searching for an idea becomes a complex inner journey, a space between doubt and the urge to create. Artistic creation turns strange, even to its maker, drifting between self-discovery and uncertainty, shaped by a quiet absence of intimacy with the world.

Mircea Eliade and the Rediscovery of the Sacred

Mircea Eliade was a traditionalist Romanian novelist and philosopher. Following the disaster of the Second World War, he moved to Paris and Chicago, becoming a respected and influential historian of religions. He acquired something of the status of a guru, as poignantly told in the 1987 documentary Mircea Eliade et la redécouverte du sacré. The film features interviews with Eliade at the end of his life, artfully spliced with cuts to religious imagery on a background of moving spiritual music. It was released in 1987, the year after his death.

La face cachée de l'homme en noir

You've seen him interview Mikhail Gorbachev, Angelina Jolie, Robbie Williams, Mariah Carey, Brad Pitt, Jane Fonda, Robert De Niro... You know him, but you don't really know him. Everyone has talked about Ardisson without ever getting close to the truth about him. My ambition: to reveal the man behind the costume of "The Man in Black." I thought to myself: if anyone can figure him out, it's me, a journalist and portraitist who has lived with him for 15 years. Who is the private Thierry behind the spectacular Ardisson? What we discover is how much Ardisson's personal history reflects the eras he has lived through, their contradictions, their utopias, their excesses, their violence. Like so many facets of a man and of society at the turn of the century.

Keep The Faith

Lorraine Carter lives a quiet, contemptuous life in the mundane suburbs of Lincoln. She is restless, discontented and dreams of what once was and what could have been. Having once lived on the road, gigging as the lead singer in a punk band, Lorraine was a real rock star, or came close to being one. With the band's burgeoning dreams being cut short, and life sweeping her forward, Lorraine's life as a proud punk-rocker seemed over. Swapping punk for a nine-to-five, and the microphone for motherhood, Lorraine watched from the margins as her life sped by. Beaten, forgotten, and belittled by the world around her, Lorraine grows tempestuous. She yearns to reclaim her creative identity, to express herself and to fight for what she believes in. She prepares to come to terms with her past, to overcome her fears, and to take the stage once again. With a microphone in hand, she sings a simple phrase. Keep the faith, it’s all we’ve got.

Image of 21st Century Promised Land

Scottish alt-rock band The Joy Hotel travels to La Frette Studios on the outskirts of Paris, France to record their sophomore album. Confined to the house for three weeks, the delicate dynamic begins to fracture, forcing the band to confront their individual aspirations and insecurities.

SHEUT

A young college artist tries to sketch his next piece, vainly. Frustrated, decides to get out from his house and get some fresh air. But then, a shadow springs forth from one of his rejected ideas, determined to reach him. Short silent film inspired by Nosferatu (1922) and The Gabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920).

Gifted

Doraemon the Movie: Nobita's Art World Tales

Nobita and Doraemon enter the world in a European Renaissance painting, but run into trouble as they hop from piece to piece in search of a malevolent time traveler who wishes to recreate the extinct pigment of "Artoria Blue".

The Friend's House is Here

In Tehran’s underground art scene, two young women build a blissful world of freedom and sisterhood. But when their creative circle is exposed, they must fight to save each other.

Daisy

This is a story about George. A novelist who is retreating for peace and quiet at his summer home in the woods. We follow him through his abrupt writer's block where nothing he writes seems to be good enough. Soon after he hears music coming from the forest and is later acquainted with Daisy, who is a mystical child. She mimics George's self conscious and brings him back on the road to creativity, through reminding him of a much simpler time when he was a kid.

The Book of Solutions

Marc, a bipolar and paranoid filmmaker, cannot tolerate seeing his current project picked apart by his producers. The clips he’s been able to sneak a look at lead him to fear the worst. With his editor as an accomplice, he manages to spirit away the rushes to his aunt’s place in the Cévennes, to finish the film as he envisions it. Instead, its completion is constantly postponed, as he creates endless diversions and impasses, which alternate between the comic and the downright disturbing.

The Hamburger Sandwich

"The Hamburger Sandwich" explores the art and craft of creating the perfect hamburger, emphasizing the importance of quality ingredients, sanitation, and imaginative garnishments. It highlights the competitive nature of the burger market, where the average consumer is discerning and expects gourmet flavors. The film provides tips on cooking techniques, innovative toppings, and presentation to enhance the dining experience, encouraging chefs to experiment and cater to diverse tastes.

Last Minute

An aspiring director wants to submit his own short film to his school's media festival. With less than a month left to participate, he has yet to begin production on the film. His procrastination leads him to decide between making the project he's most excited for, or coming up with something else for the meantime.

Voi Stessi

The art of experiencing an individuals creativity and the way their minds form the movement to express themeselves;the best people will always help bring out your individual creativity and your way of expressing your mind.