Qatari sheikhs are among the most affluent individuals on the planet. Basking in the riches of their small nation’s petrochemical boom, several convene in the desert for a sporting weekend with the most bizarre spectacles on display. One sheikh has chartered a private jet for his coterie of falcons, while another rolls up in a yellow Lamborghini with his pet cheetah.
Whisking the spectator into a surreal universe, The Challenge is quite a curious aesthetic object itself–attuned to its protagonists’ opulent lifestyles while seemingly agnostic to their profligate displays of wealth. Yuri Ancarani's second documentary premiered at SXSW - South by Southwest, IndieLisboa, Taipei, New Directors/New Films and the Locarno International Film Festival, where it won a Special Jury Prize.
Peter Nicks • 2017 • USA
Oakland Police Department. Sean Whent is hired as the department's chief, with the mandate to come in and clean up shop. He arrives with the best intentions, but soon learns that repairing the trust between the community, and those charged to protect them, will be no ea...
Michael Palmieri and Donal Mosher • USA • 2019 • A joyously offbeat slice of Americana.
Eureka, Arkansas is a one-of-a-kind oasis in the traditionally conservative bastion of the Ozarks. Alongside a devo...
Patricio Guzmán • Chile • 2014
Navigating Chile's colonial and political histories vis-à-vis its expansive waterways, The Pearl Button charts the labyrinths of individual and collective memory.
