How do embark on activities of shedding and discarding? The issue 'What Remains' dissects through our conflicted relationship with the material and (in)material we voluntarily or involuntarily part ways with. We're constantly moving around this world leaving behind bits and pieces - some may call tham essential, others left overs and few junk. What happens next. The remains are removed, used, destroyed or far too often linger in limbo in a forever state.
Carolina returns to Costa Rica to try to rebuild the relationship with her father. After a few months, her father is diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. At that moment, Carolina meets Ifigenia, an archaeologist expert in the stone spheres found in the south of Costa Rica; the country's great enigma. S
The Trace Evidence video trilogy explores the geological, meteorological, and hydrological appearance of nuclear evidence secreted within the molecular arrangement of matter. Its focuses upon three events: the unearthing of ancient nuclear reactors at the uranium mine site in Oklo, Gabon in 1972, th
In an Indian village, about 200 km from Calcutta, various inhabitants are working diligently to produce by hand colourful and inventive toys: rattles, flutes and merry-go-rounds. Hundreds are made everyday, and the primary material used is old 35mm film reels full of Bollywood titles. The almost mon
How can we contain some of the deadliest, most long-lasting substances ever produced? Toxic remnants from the Cold War remain in millions of gallons of highly radioactive sludge, thousands of acres of radioactive land, tens of thousands of unused hot buildings, and some slowly spreading deltas of c
Just below the surface of one of the most contaminated urban waterways in the United States, microorganisms thrive amidst the toxic waste.
The reconstruction of the two human bodies digitalized by The Visible Human Project is altered, distorted, and seems to give life and feelings back to the deceased couple, in a slow and ethereal waltz, post-mortem but not morbid, that possibly materialize the ephemeral nature of our passing through
"The oldness and youthfulness of the earth are wonderful." — Robert Walser, 1925 Boletus, amaryllis, anolis, listeria, wisteria, nematoceara: nothing is linear in evolution, nor in life nor in light. We radiate out on waves, then flux along the spokes of an orb-weaver's web, the barbs of a bou
A young initiate delves deeper into the self, (re)creating connections with the spirit world in the now in an attempt to return health to a broken self.
The uniqueness of documentary filmmaking is the possibility of recording events unfolding along the perimeter of the subject. That's where this film was born. With tears and with the loss of a very dear friend, Wasted was conceived. Ancient agrarian India believed nothing is waste. No Indian vernacu
People go to insane lengths to complete five unfinished films from the Communist era in Afghanistan. What We Left Unfinished is a long-term research, film, exhibition and book project centered around five unfinished Afghan feature films shot, but never edited, between 1978 and 1992: years that encom
In Green Matters , Mia Mäkelä approaches the eutrophication of the Baltic Sea from a new angle. Her experiments with green algae explore their possible use with traditional rug-making techniques.
We Will Live Again looks inside the unusual and extraordinary operations of the Cryonics Institute. The film follows Ben Best and Andy Zawacki, the caretakers of 99 deceased human bodies stored at below freezing temperatures in cryopreservation. The Institute and Cryonics Movement were founded by Ro
If computers could let you live forever, would you? When our minds and memories can be digitized, self-help guru Deepak Chopra and leading robotics engineers envision virtual clones that don't need a body to survive.
A former baseball player forced to quit her career due to multiple sclerosis, is now being taken care ofby a robot and a Smart House. A journey between dreams and harsh reality.
An exploration of the shared histories of cameras, weapons, policing and justice. As surveillance technologies become a fixture in everyday life, the film interrogates the complexity of an objective point of view, probing the biases inherent in both human perception and the lens. Not Available - Sun
Shot in the Sharjah desert, The Digger follows the everyday life of Sultan Zeib Khan, the Pakistani caretaker who has been guarding the ruins of a Neolithic necropolis for twenty years. A witness to the nation's founding mythologies, Sultan preserves archeological ruins, keeping them from falling in
Tehran Recyclers portrays the diverse cultural, social and urban fabrics of this metropolis by means of experimental animation. In the urban hideouts of this city, little creatures come to life. These are digitally composed with collected waste from the streets and typical local products. The clatte
Watermark is a feature documentary from multiple-award winning filmmakers Jennifer Baichwal and Nick de Pencier, and renowned photographer Edward Burtynsky, making their second collaboration after Manufactured Landscapes in 2006. Watermark is the third part of Burtynsky's Water project which include
Jeremy Irons sets out to discover the extent and effects of the global waste problem, as he travels around the world to beautiful destinations tainted by pollution. This is a meticulous, brave investigative journey that takes Irons (and us) from skepticism to sorrow and from horror to hope.