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An Ascent of the Monte Rosa Glaciers

An alpine ascent Monte Rosa glacier by a large group of mountaineers equipped with crampons and ice axes. The group ascends from the Gabiet lake to the Corno del Camoscio (3.024 meters) and up the Capanna Gnifetti hut at 3.647 meters. From there they continue the progression by the glacier up to the Capanna Regina Margherita hut at 4.559, the highest observatory in Europa at the time, from where they start the way back to the village of Gressoney. The film was produced in 1932 by the Instituto Nazionale Luce during the Italian Fascist regime.

Y Tú Te Llamas Luna

Three young people experience some surreal adventures in a neighborhood in the city of Bogotá

THE DAY OF THE DRAW

It is 1985 in a neighborhood in Buenos Aires, Argentina. One morning, four friends gather to listen to the military draft lottery, doing their best to spend the hours avoiding the subject. They know that, no matter how much they try to put it off or distract themselves, they are about to face a turning point in their lives—but they will face it together.

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El Ruido

It's FRIDAY

On a sweltering May night, five seventeen-year-old friends gather for a pre-party drinking session, intending it to be their ultimate escape. However, the party spirals out of control when Laura suffers severe alcohol poisoning. Fearing the consequences and desperately seeking refuge, the group locks themselves in an empty house against the clock. In the suffocating confinement of this claustrophobic isolation, each girl's selfishness and secrets are laid bare, transforming the medical emergency into a brutal psychological examination that will test the limits of their loyalty and forever alter their relationships.

A Hora

On the last Christmas dinner with her friends, Laia tries to make everything go perfectly. But when she discovers that time has frozen, everything she was trying to keep under control is suspended, forcing her to confront her greatest fear.

Patada Baja

La noche de las luciérnagas

Every summer, Hugo and Iván, two inseparable 14-year-old friends, keep up a special tradition: hunting fireflies in the woods near their town. This year, however, the woods’ usual tranquility is replaced by the noise of young people flooding the area, drawn by the annual town fair.

All Thought Flies

A documentary that carefully explores the sensitive topic of mental health among young people, challenging social stigmas and dispelling common misconceptions often linked to the issue.

The Sarthois

Legends of the Sky: The Liberty Plane

When the United States entered World War I, its Army Air Service lacked a combat-ready aircraft – a liability that prompted a search to find an aircraft suitable for production at home and combat operations abroad. This documentary from Bowling Green filmmakers tells the story behind the single-engine DH-4 plane dubbed The Liberty Plane.

Lords of Water

They call it ’blue gold.’ Around the world, demand for water is exploding. By 2050, at least one in four will live in a country suffering from water shortages - creating ideal conditions for a new market. Goldman Sachs, HSBC, UBS, Allianz, Deutsche Bank, BNP. Banks, investment funds and hedge funds are all rushing to invest billions of euros in anything related to water. A real monopoly of water has begun. From California to Australia, from New York to London via Marseille, we investigate the financialization of water. New power relations are being established and access to water is being threatened. It’s a battle taking place on many fronts: ideological, political, environmental, and of course, economic. The fate of nearly 10 billion inhabitants around the world depends on its outcome.

Drama Girl

Is our life a story? And if so, can we re-write it? In Drama Girl, director Vincent Boy Kars gets a young woman to act out a number of key scenes from her recent past. Perhaps, Kars thinks, this could help her come to terms with certain events. In the meantime, he also gains something: a film that probes how fiction and documentary can learn from one another.

Not Criminally Responsible: Wedding Secrets

In Not Criminally Responsible: Wedding Secrets, a film within a film and sequel to the acclaimed documentary NCR: Not Criminally Responsible from 4-time Emmy-winner John Kastner, a wedding is born of a terrible act of violence. The new film shows how the lives of six of the people involved in the original one were dramatically transformed. Two of them are marrying each other.

The Universal Story

Richard Dreyfuss hosts a celebration of the 80 year history of Universal Studios. Founded as IMP by Carl Leammle to oppose Edison's Motion Picture Tust, it soon grew under the leadership of 21 year old production head Irving Thalberg with classic silents from artists like John Ford, Erich Von Stroheim, and Lon Chaney and prospered further in the Sound Era under the leadership of Carl Leammle Jr. with such classics as "All Quiet on The Western Front," "Showboat," and the studio's signature monster franchises, "Frankenstein" and "Dracula."

Anthem

When twenty-six-year-olds Shainee Gabel and Kristin Hahn quit their Hollywood jobs, packed up a borrowed car and hit the road, it was with the deeply felt conviction that somewhere, shrouded in the din of talk shows and tabloid headlines, they'd discover the real America, alive and well in all of its regions and demographics.

Last Best Chance

Thriller about governments around the world racing to attempt to stop a terrorist organization from gaining loose nuclear weapons and supplies before it's too late.