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A State of Mind
(2004) [PG]

A British documentary which follows two North Korean young girls as they prepare for the Mass Games, the world's largest choreographed gymnastics performance. The most interesting comment from director Daniel Gordon at the Tribeca Film Festival's screening of this movie was about the difficulties...  More

The Boy Who Plays on the Buddhas of Bamiyan
(2004) [PG]

The film is about the life of an inquisitive and energetic eight-year-old boy called Mir Hussain, through three seasons: Summer, Winter, Spring. In post-Taliban Afghanistan, though much has changed and is changing, there is no guarantee that Mir will survive life in a cave - the sickness, dirt,...  More

Murderball
(2005) [M]

Wheelchair rugby. Don’t know squat about the sport? Doesn’t matter. Don’t fancy the idea of a documentary about “special” athletes – the kind you congratulate yourself for supporting? Well, the guys featured in Murderball don’t want your pity. You don’t have to try to love this...  More

Ae Fond Kiss
(2004) [MA]

In Ken Loach's Ae Fond Kiss, Casim Khan (Atta Yaqub) is the beloved only son of first generation Pakistani immigrants. His parents Tariq and Sadia are devout Muslims and plan for him to marry his beautiful cousin Jasmine, who is soon to arrive in the UK. Plans go awry when Casim meets the...  More

Lords of Dogtown
(2004) [M]

When three young friends Tony Alva, Stacy Peralta and Jay Adams started trying out new skateboard tricks in the empty swimming pools of unsuspecting neighbours they had no idea they were creating moves that would take the extreme sports world by storm and become the basis for the whole skate...  More

Mondovino
(2004) [PG]

A documentary on the impact of globilization on the world's different wine regions. Across three continents, "Mondovino" weaves together the family succession sagas of billionaire Napa Valley power brokers, the rivalry of two aristocratic Florentine dynasties and the efforts of three generations...  More

The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill
(2003) [G]

In San Francisco, there are at least two flocks of largely wild parrots who flock around the city. This film focuses on the flock of cherry-headed conures (and a lonely blue-headed one named Connor) who flock around the Telegraph Hill region of the city and their closest human companion, Mark...  More

Mad Hot Ballroom
(2005) [PG]

Tango, foxtrot, swing, rumba, and meringue may seem to represent the last vestiges of a dying art to some, but director Marilyn Agrelo proves this is far from true in MAD HOT BALLROOM. Agrelo reveals that the New York City public school system runs a ballroom dance programme for fifth graders, in...  More

Grizzly Man
(2005) [M]

Werner Herzog's persistent inquiry into the motivations of human obsession focuses this time on the self-proclaimed kind warrior Timothy Treadwell. A passionate wildlife preservationist and grizzly bear devotee, Treadwell lived unarmed among the grizzlies in a remote section of Alaska for 13...  More

Voices of Iraq
(2004) [MA]

150 digital video cameras were distributed among the people of Iraq to create this ground-breaking and critically acclaimed documentary. The producers of Voices of Iraq distributed over 150 digital video cameras across the entire country to enable everyday people - mothers, children, teachers,...  More