The documentary is a valuable source to learn about the reality of CERN in Geneva and to understand the studies, research and discoveries made since 1954 (year of foundation) to our days. The physicists stopped using images to orient themselves in research: they try to approach Nature with experiments and math, but, as they do, they encounter phenomena that seem incomprehensible. Nature continues to hide. Scientists have to go beyond what they see, or rather beyond what they cannot see, and rely on intuition and imagination, as it would be done in the realization of a work of art. There…

Attiya Khan, one of the directors, who has personally experienced domestic violence, has asked her abusive ex-boyfriend Steve to meet after 22 years and to remember their relationship. Illuminating a new paradigm for domestic-violence prevention, A better man offers a fresh look at the revelation that can happen when men take responsibility for their abuse. Selected at Hot Docs Toronto in 2017. SCHEDA TECNICA Directed by: Attiya Khan, Lawrence Jackman Screenplay: Attiya Khan, Lawrence Jackman Production: Intervention Productions, National Film Board of Canada Produced in association with TVO In co-production with: National Film Board of Canada, in association with TVO…

Hot Docs has commemorated Canada's 150th anniversary of Confederation with the commissioning of In the Name of All Canadians, a compilation of six short documentaries inspired by Canada’s Charter of Rights and Freedoms. Participating filmmakers have each selected a specific aspect of the Charter to explore, looking at how it resonates in the stories of their fellow Canadians related to the difficulties of ethnical minorities . SCHEDA TECNICA Directed by: Vivian Belik, Jennifer Bowen-Allen, Patrick Reed, Andréa Schmidt, Aisha Jamal, Ariel Nasr, Karen Chapman, Janelle, Jérémie Wookey, Annick Marion, Khoa Lê Included Documentaries:  Last Resort, Notwithstanding, The Long Way Home,…

The Last Animals is a story about an extraordinary group of people who go to incredible lengths to save the planet’s last big animals. The documentary follows the conservationists, scientists and activists battling poachers and transnational trafficking syndicates to protect elephants and rhinos from extinction. From Africa’s frontlines to behind the scenes of Asian markets to the United States, the film takes an intense look at the global response to this slaughter and the desperate measures to genetically rescue the Northern White rhinos who are on the edge of extinction. Presented at Tribeca Festival in New York and Hot Docs…

In Beirut, Syrian workers are closed up in a yard, where they work on a skyscraper. The only contact with the outside is a hole on the basement. Ripped away from their land, where the war is not over yet, they gather at night around a small TV to get news from their country hoping for a different and better life. Taste of Cement won the international Competition at Nyon Festival Visions du Réel in 2017. SCHEDA TECNICA Directed by: Ziad Kalthoum Screenplay: Ziad Kalthoum, Ansgar Frerich, Talal Khoury Production: BASIS BERLIN Filmproduktion, Bidayyat for Audiovisual Art Producers: Ansgar Frerich,…

And if planned murder could be prevented? Every day, computers and cameras capture data to analyze them, in order to fight and prevent crime. We are constantly observed and monitored by new technologies: how much freedom are we prepared to give up in return for the promise of total security? PRE-CRIME travels to Chicago, London, Paris, Berlin, Munich and other places to show predictive policing techniques in action, to investigate their opportunities and dangers and to meet people who use them and those who have been victims of them. The film has been selected at Hot Docs Festival in Toronto and…

Rancher, Farmer, Fisherman weaves together the stories of four unlikely conservation heroes working in America's heartland. At a moment when it seems that collaboration is not just nonexistent but impossible, these working families cross political and other divides to arrive at real solutions for protecting land and sea of the USA. The film had his world premiere at Sundance Festival in 2017. In collaboration with Discovery Channel Italia SCHEDA TECNICA Directed by: Susan Froemke, John Hoffman Co-director: Beth Aala Screenplay:  Jack Youngelson, based on the book “Rancher, Farmer, Fisherman: Conservation Heroes of the American Heartland” by Miriam Horn Production: Discovery Impact…

Accidental Anarchist takes us on Carne’s journey, once a diplomat in the British Foreign Service, from his painful and public breach with the government and the suicide of his colleague, David Kelly, who had denounced the falsity through which the British government wanted to justify the war in Iraq, to his exploration of new ideas and new forms of social and political organization. This journey takes us to America, Europe and then to war-torn Syria where anarchist ideas of self-government and equality – above all of women – are being put into action. The documentary is a compelling guide to…

Leave or remain. Referendums divide and Brexit did so in a way never before in British history. Country versus city. Old versus young. Common citizens against the ruling classes. Brexitannia is a portrait of a democracy in all its ugly glory, a film without judgment which presents people negotiating their identities around a world that is changing faster than ever. The film has been selected at the Festival CPH:DOX of Copenhagen and Sheffield Doc/Fest in 2017. In collaboration with: CineAgenzia e Mondovisioni - I documentari di Internazionale SCHEDA TECNICA Directed by: Timothy George Kelly Screenplay: Charlotte Kuhlbrandt, Luke Neima, Timothy George…