Tënk's picks
Our Body
Duration: 5h38
Subscription access
French documentary filmmaker Claire Simon observes the everyday operations of the gynecological ward in a public hospital in Paris. In the process, she questions what it means to live in a woman’s body, filming the diversity, singularity and beauty of patients in all stages of life. Through these many encounters, the specific fears, desires and struggles of these individuals become the health c...
Extinction
Duration: 2h44
Subscription access
Since the fall of the USSR, the question of borders and territories has been sensitive – and sometimes explosive. At the centre of _Extinction_ is Kolya, a young Moldovan who claims citizenship in Transnistria, a state not recognized by the international community. Salomé Lamas blends fiction and documentary to better capture the violent climate brewing in the region, where a Soviet mindset is ...
Bye Bye Tiberias
Duration: 2h46
Subscription access
Leaving her native village to follow her dream of becoming an actress, Hiam Abbass also left behind her mother, grandmother and seven sisters. Thirty years later, her filmmaker daughter Lina returns with her to journey through the vanished places among the scattered memories of four generations of daring Palestinian women.
The Tie
Subscription access
20-year-old Bastien has been a militant member of France main far-right party for five years. As the presidential campaign heats up, his superior urges him to take on greater responsibilities. Bastien rises to the challenge and is surprised to find himself dreaming of a political career. But as his ambitions grow, buried demons from his past begin to resurface — threatening everything he’s work...
Grandmamauntsistercat
Subscription access
Zuza Banasińska reinvents the famous Slavic witch Baba Yaga through a clever montage of films from Łódź’s Educational Film Studio, containing sexist content. Questioning their own non-binary identity through an unsettling voice-over that tells the story of a matriarchal family, they unleash the queer dimension of images tasked with conveying a normative conception of identity.
I'm Not Everything I Want to Be
I'm Not Everything I Want to Be
Duration: 3h00Subscription access
After the Soviet invasion of Prague, a young female photographer strives to break free from the constraints of Czechoslovak normalization and embarks on a wild journey towards freedom, capturing her experiences on thousands of subjective photographs.
A Man Imagined
Subscription access
67-year-old Lloyd gives filmmakers Brian M. Cassidy and Melanie Shatzky a glimpse into his life on the margins of society. Blurring the boundaries of non-fiction cinema, the film reveals his gentle spirit and soulful solitude shaped by his troubled past.
Oleg's Choice
Subscription access
On February 24, 2022, Vladimir Putin launches a full-scale war to invade Ukraine. Eight years earlier, his army and security services had been working in secret to establish Russian control over an oblast in the east of the country, which proclaimed itself the “Donetsk People's Republic”. This is where the protagonists of this film – Oleg and Max, two young Russians in their thirties – have com...
Four Women of Egypt
Duration: 3h00
Subscription access
How do we develop understanding when everything risks to tear us apart? This feature documentary attempts to answer this question through the friendship of four Egyptian women. Muslim, Christian or independent of any religious practice, their choices are at the antipodes. Yet these four friends refuse to demonize each other and to coexist in contempt; they listen to each other and counter one a...
Au Chic Resto Pop
Duration: 2h50
Subscription access
This documentary describes the activities of Chic Resto Pop, a restaurant in Montreal's Hochelaga-Maisonneuve district that provides underprivileged customers with inexpensive meals thanks to surpluses donated by local merchants. Tahani Rached films the restaurant's employees. To the rhythm of the music, their truth is expressed.
Our Body
Duration: 5h38
Subscription access
French documentary filmmaker Claire Simon observes the everyday operations of the gynecological ward in a public hospital in Paris. In the process, she questions what it means to live in a woman’s body, filming the diversity, singularity and beauty of patients in all stages of life. Through these many encounters, the specific fears, desires and struggles of these individuals become the health c...
Extinction
Duration: 2h44
Subscription access
Since the fall of the USSR, the question of borders and territories has been sensitive – and sometimes explosive. At the centre of _Extinction_ is Kolya, a young Moldovan who claims citizenship in Transnistria, a state not recognized by the international community. Salomé Lamas blends fiction and documentary to better capture the violent climate brewing in the region, where a Soviet mindset is ...
Bye Bye Tiberias
Duration: 2h46
Subscription access
Leaving her native village to follow her dream of becoming an actress, Hiam Abbass also left behind her mother, grandmother and seven sisters. Thirty years later, her filmmaker daughter Lina returns with her to journey through the vanished places among the scattered memories of four generations of daring Palestinian women.
The Tie
Subscription access
20-year-old Bastien has been a militant member of France main far-right party for five years. As the presidential campaign heats up, his superior urges him to take on greater responsibilities. Bastien rises to the challenge and is surprised to find himself dreaming of a political career. But as his ambitions grow, buried demons from his past begin to resurface — threatening everything he’s work...
Grandmamauntsistercat
Subscription access
Zuza Banasińska reinvents the famous Slavic witch Baba Yaga through a clever montage of films from Łódź’s Educational Film Studio, containing sexist content. Questioning their own non-binary identity through an unsettling voice-over that tells the story of a matriarchal family, they unleash the queer dimension of images tasked with conveying a normative conception of identity.
I'm Not Everything I Want to Be
I'm Not Everything I Want to Be
Duration: 3h00Subscription access
After the Soviet invasion of Prague, a young female photographer strives to break free from the constraints of Czechoslovak normalization and embarks on a wild journey towards freedom, capturing her experiences on thousands of subjective photographs.
A Man Imagined
Subscription access
67-year-old Lloyd gives filmmakers Brian M. Cassidy and Melanie Shatzky a glimpse into his life on the margins of society. Blurring the boundaries of non-fiction cinema, the film reveals his gentle spirit and soulful solitude shaped by his troubled past.
Oleg's Choice
Subscription access
On February 24, 2022, Vladimir Putin launches a full-scale war to invade Ukraine. Eight years earlier, his army and security services had been working in secret to establish Russian control over an oblast in the east of the country, which proclaimed itself the “Donetsk People's Republic”. This is where the protagonists of this film – Oleg and Max, two young Russians in their thirties – have com...
Four Women of Egypt
Duration: 3h00
Subscription access
How do we develop understanding when everything risks to tear us apart? This feature documentary attempts to answer this question through the friendship of four Egyptian women. Muslim, Christian or independent of any religious practice, their choices are at the antipodes. Yet these four friends refuse to demonize each other and to coexist in contempt; they listen to each other and counter one a...
Au Chic Resto Pop
Duration: 2h50
Subscription access
This documentary describes the activities of Chic Resto Pop, a restaurant in Montreal's Hochelaga-Maisonneuve district that provides underprivileged customers with inexpensive meals thanks to surpluses donated by local merchants. Tahani Rached films the restaurant's employees. To the rhythm of the music, their truth is expressed.
All films
No Man Is Born to Be Stepped On
No Man Is Born to Be Stepped On
New product!Duration: 1h12
Subscription access
In the sertão, a desert region in northern Brazil, the vengeful spirit of a bandit of honor prowls. Lampião, who died in 1938, took justice into his own hands in a region exacerbated by agrarian conflict. Following in his footsteps, we meet the men and women who today claim to be his heirs, resisting the fascist demons of Jair Bolsonaro. Choral and poetic, bordering on the mystical, _No Man Is ...
Mercuriales
Duration: 3h22
Subscription access
"This story takes place in ancient times, times of violence. All across Europe a kind of war was spreading. In one town were two girls living..."
Emergency! A Critical Situation
Emergency! A Critical Situation
New product!Duration: 2h46
Subscription access
_Emergency! A Critical Situation_ explores the reality of an evening shift in the emergency department of the Centre hospitalier Pierre-Boucher, and reveals the daily lives of the nurses who work hard to provide this essential service to the public. The camera follows the footsteps of these professionals, revealing what they have to put up with to cope with the demands of their work, which is s...
Kubota
Duration: 40 minutes
Subscription access
A film featuring architect, sculptor, and musician Nobuo Kubota in a sound-sculpture performance. From within a cage-like structure filled with traditional musical instruments and sound-making devices fashioned from ordinary objects and toys, Kubota creates an aural/visual montage of musical notes and noises. Praised by music educators as a valuable tool for teaching creativity in sound explora...
Makongo
Duration: 2h26
Subscription access
André and Albert are two young Aka from the south of the Central African Republic. They are one of the few in their community to have an education. André and Albert have a dream: to enroll camp children in a real school. To finance their venture, they are counting on the next harvest of _makongo_ (caterpillars).
And a Happy New Year
Duration: 42 minutes
Subscription access
New Year’s Eve celebrations are inevitably accompanied by fireworks. While many people enjoy them, for animals, New Year’s Eve is a nightmare.This experimental film brings interesting insights captured by cameras worn by dogs on their collars.
The Silence of the Banana Trees
The Silence of the Banana Trees
New product!Duration: 48 minutes
Subscription access
Mihály has filled his house in a leafy suburb of Budapest with art works made by his daughter Réka to whom he hasn’t spoken in years. The distance is even more difficult because she suffers from a dreadful illness. The film acts as a go-between in an attempt to unite the father and his daughter, who lives in Amsterdam.
Our Body
Duration: 5h38
Subscription access
French documentary filmmaker Claire Simon observes the everyday operations of the gynecological ward in a public hospital in Paris. In the process, she questions what it means to live in a woman’s body, filming the diversity, singularity and beauty of patients in all stages of life. Through these many encounters, the specific fears, desires and struggles of these individuals become the health c...
Extinction
Duration: 2h44
Subscription access
Since the fall of the USSR, the question of borders and territories has been sensitive – and sometimes explosive. At the centre of _Extinction_ is Kolya, a young Moldovan who claims citizenship in Transnistria, a state not recognized by the international community. Salomé Lamas blends fiction and documentary to better capture the violent climate brewing in the region, where a Soviet mindset is ...
Death is Dangerous, it Could Hurt
Death is Dangerous, it Could Hurt
New product!Duration: 38 minutes
Subscription access
Three rhythmic storylines are characterized by the rituals of everyday life and the vicissitudes of existence, coalescing around a common experience: that of shooting up as a mode of drug use.
No Man Is Born to Be Stepped On
No Man Is Born to Be Stepped On
New product!Duration: 1h12
Subscription access
In the sertão, a desert region in northern Brazil, the vengeful spirit of a bandit of honor prowls. Lampião, who died in 1938, took justice into his own hands in a region exacerbated by agrarian conflict. Following in his footsteps, we meet the men and women who today claim to be his heirs, resisting the fascist demons of Jair Bolsonaro. Choral and poetic, bordering on the mystical, _No Man Is ...
Mercuriales
Duration: 3h22
Subscription access
"This story takes place in ancient times, times of violence. All across Europe a kind of war was spreading. In one town were two girls living..."
Emergency! A Critical Situation
Emergency! A Critical Situation
New product!Duration: 2h46
Subscription access
_Emergency! A Critical Situation_ explores the reality of an evening shift in the emergency department of the Centre hospitalier Pierre-Boucher, and reveals the daily lives of the nurses who work hard to provide this essential service to the public. The camera follows the footsteps of these professionals, revealing what they have to put up with to cope with the demands of their work, which is s...
Kubota
Duration: 40 minutes
Subscription access
A film featuring architect, sculptor, and musician Nobuo Kubota in a sound-sculpture performance. From within a cage-like structure filled with traditional musical instruments and sound-making devices fashioned from ordinary objects and toys, Kubota creates an aural/visual montage of musical notes and noises. Praised by music educators as a valuable tool for teaching creativity in sound explora...
Makongo
Duration: 2h26
Subscription access
André and Albert are two young Aka from the south of the Central African Republic. They are one of the few in their community to have an education. André and Albert have a dream: to enroll camp children in a real school. To finance their venture, they are counting on the next harvest of _makongo_ (caterpillars).
And a Happy New Year
Duration: 42 minutes
Subscription access
New Year’s Eve celebrations are inevitably accompanied by fireworks. While many people enjoy them, for animals, New Year’s Eve is a nightmare.This experimental film brings interesting insights captured by cameras worn by dogs on their collars.
The Silence of the Banana Trees
The Silence of the Banana Trees
New product!Duration: 48 minutes
Subscription access
Mihály has filled his house in a leafy suburb of Budapest with art works made by his daughter Réka to whom he hasn’t spoken in years. The distance is even more difficult because she suffers from a dreadful illness. The film acts as a go-between in an attempt to unite the father and his daughter, who lives in Amsterdam.
Our Body
Duration: 5h38
Subscription access
French documentary filmmaker Claire Simon observes the everyday operations of the gynecological ward in a public hospital in Paris. In the process, she questions what it means to live in a woman’s body, filming the diversity, singularity and beauty of patients in all stages of life. Through these many encounters, the specific fears, desires and struggles of these individuals become the health c...
Extinction
Duration: 2h44
Subscription access
Since the fall of the USSR, the question of borders and territories has been sensitive – and sometimes explosive. At the centre of _Extinction_ is Kolya, a young Moldovan who claims citizenship in Transnistria, a state not recognized by the international community. Salomé Lamas blends fiction and documentary to better capture the violent climate brewing in the region, where a Soviet mindset is ...
Death is Dangerous, it Could Hurt
Death is Dangerous, it Could Hurt
New product!Duration: 38 minutes
Subscription access
Three rhythmic storylines are characterized by the rituals of everyday life and the vicissitudes of existence, coalescing around a common experience: that of shooting up as a mode of drug use.
