Presence narrates the journey of Thati, a woman determined to overcome her anxiety attacks through surfing. She finds refuge in the waves, where the surfboard becomes her ally and personal therapy.
Thati Braun
as Self
Ana Paula Dias
as Narration
Recent scandals have revealed the brutal methods often imposed on young top athletes. Fueled by numerous testimonies, this damning investigation reveals the workings of a system which sacrifices children in the name of economic interests and glory.
The meteoric ascension of the Big East conference, and how in less than a decade, it became the most successful college basketball league in America.
A group of African American students at the University of Arizona reveals the importance of political spaces within Universities in times of intolerance.
Low Kok Kee is 67. He runs a print shop in Chinatown, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Foto Pak Tai has been faithfully serving the photography and printing needs of the local community since the 1940's. With the advent of the digital age and a rapidly fluctuating appetite of the young and hip, Pak Tai is a business in decline.
This FitzPatrick Traveltalk short visits Guatemala City, touching upon its sights, customs, and history.
A frustrated Hollywood actress is doing an unusual “part-time job.”
An experimental and sensory portrait of the Mexico City Metro System through the job of a subway driver and the spaces she journeys.
Ocean Oasis is a fascinating journey into the bountiful seas and pristine deserts of two remarkably different, but inextricably linked worlds — Mexico's Sea of Cortés and the Baja California desert.
13-year-old Anderson Cefola documents his month-long grounding in 2018 with an old handheld camera he kept.
For detained immigrants who can’t pay their bond, for-profit companies like Libre by Nexus offer a path to reunite with their families. But for many, the reality is much more complicated. “Libre” sheds light on one of many hidden costs of reunification for immigrant families.
An experimental short film about wind and sunlight sweeping across tree leaves.
Delphine Seyrig reads passages from a Valerie Solanas’s SCUM manifesto.
This film looks at the world of children with hearing loss and the importance of early diagnosis. With its straightforward, rigorous cinematic style and intimate approach to the subject, the film focuses on the human rather than the technical side of the problem of hearing impairment.
In a closed locker room, rugby players perform the last pre-match rituals. Warming up their souls and bodies, all tense in anticipation of the fight.
The original documentary on the Wigstock festival, back in the day when it was a much smaller affair in Thompkins Square Park. A full day of peace, love, and wigs…