The More We Are Together

Strange and Familiar: Architecture on Fogo Island

Architect Todd Saunders’s buildings on Fogo Island, Newfoundland embrace the excitement of being on the edge of nature and contemporary design while fulfilling the goal of doing ‘new things with old ways’. Saunders and commissioner, Zita Cobb, provide a personal account of the ideas and traditions that inspire this bold and socially ambitious architectural venture. Gorgeously photographed over the Island’s seven seasons, the film is a flowing, visual narrative that unfolds over time as the principal stage of the project, the Fogo Island Inn, approaches completion.

Aerial Ireland

Take a cross-country flight over Ireland's natural wonders and ancient ruins. In this spectacular overview of the historically significant Emerald Isle, we soar over Neolithic tombs of the Celtic era, medieval castles of the Vikings, and modern cities humming with life. From the tower that inspired a novelist to the ancestral home of a famous stout, we explore the sites, the people, and the milestones of this unique gem of Western Europe.

930

Originally filmed inside a train tunnel in Québec City, “930” presents a series of visual passages oscillating between light and darkness, intercut with moments of stillness.

Artifices #1

Luminous traces obtained through in-camera optical manipulation of nocturnal imagery.

Landscape

Landskap is a focused and tightly-constructed series of panorama, whose masterly projection of natural sound and cyclical construction are manifested in seasonal color-and-light variations, glistening sunlight and flowing streams.

Because I Have To

Miloš Šejn: lying down, awake. And above all, creating. This documentary essay follows an artist whose work is “born of wonder” and who effortlessly navigates his longed-for path out of the city. Instead of an endless stream of sensory input, the film offers a space for concentration and mindfulness—a space that may well extend beyond the seventy minutes spent in the cinema

All the Way Home

A white family has just put their house on the market and are soon showing it to an interested black family. The neighbors begin to gossip and soon the white family becomes the target of harassment and threats by bigoted residents in the community, who do not want a black family in the neighborhood.

Het Ding (untitled, 1957)

Next to the Bijenkorf on the Coolsingel stands one of Rotterdam’s most famous sculptures, an untitled structure created by Russian modernist artist Naum Gabo, that has been simply called Het Ding (The Thing). This documentary about the restoration of Naum Gabo’s nameless sculpture from 1957 combines awe-inspiring shots of this artwork with audio fragments from Gabo’s fiery Russian manifests.

Horizon

Oscar-nominated director Fridrik Thor Fridriksson and co-director Bergur Bernburg helm this lovely documentary portrait of influential Icelandic landscape painter Georg Gudni.

Merce Cunningham: A Lifetime of Dance

A history of the work of Merce Cunningham.

To Be

Juana, Mar, and Eduardo tell their stories of abuse.

Tarlabaşı

Featuring Turkish dancer Idil Kemer, Cynthia Madansky integrates performances of everyday movements and gestures as a direct response to the devastation brought about by the state-sponsored urban renewal project in downtown Istanbul.

De kastanjeboom en de rivier

In a seemingly timeless polder in Brabant's Biesbosch in Southern Holland seasons pass by over unaltered prestine landscape. Change comes when the land is assigned to become a flood area. From the perspective of the tree we see machines and tractors move into the area.

Mon village à l'heure du Tour

Bydlo

An experimental short film about wind and sunlight sweeping across tree leaves.

Time to Change

Colonisation, like a forced and destructive transplant, leads to ruin, desolation, and the enslavement of fauna, flora, and humans.

Aerial New Zealand

Take an epic voyage over the remote island nation of New Zealand, the last habitable landmass to be discovered on the planet. No bigger than the state of Colorado, this small country offers an incredibly diverse landscape view that changes dramatically with each mile. From snow-capped mountains to sandy beaches, and from the glacier-carved Fiordland National Park to the crater lake of Mount Ruapehu, New Zealand is a land of extremes. It's a place where fire clashes with ice and people are always pushing the limits.

Train of Mist

From inside the funicular heading to Harder Kulm, the landscapes in the foreground and background appear to shift at different speeds with the train’s motion. These vistas gradually accumulate, yielding various impressions.