the backroads

Twenty-one-year-old Julia had to leave her daughters under the care of a children's shelter house. Five years later, Julia keeps fighting to rebuild...

Exploring the art of Armenian portraitist Hakob Hovnatanyan, Parajanov revives the culture of Tbilisi of the 19th century.

Delphine Seyrig reads passages from a Valerie Solanas’s SCUM manifesto.

Actor/cult icon Bruce Campbell examines the world of fan conventions and what makes a fan into a fanatic.

Upon realising her generation won’t have a future unless the world’s politicians act now on climate change, 15-year-old Greta Thunberg...

Ultrarunners overcome every kind of hardship. During her first run of the season, Mirna Valerio has to silence those who think she's not fit for this...

Elem Klimov's documentary ode to his wife, director Larisa Shepitko, who was killed in an auto wreck.

An isolated village in the Lithuanian countryside. Seated in her house, an elderly woman recites an old folk story. Then she climbs up the tall...

An animated film about the history and use of hot water.

For 18-year-old Finnish–Kosovan Fatu, a simple visit to the grocery store feels as nerve-racking as a lunar expedition: for the first time in...

A short documentary about the life and love of New York surf culture following transplanted San Diego surfer, Shawlin Tucker, who forced found a way...

Computer animation and footage from NASA space missions explain how our solar system evolved and the place Earth has within the system.