television documentary

It’s a rare feeling when we open a book and find ourselves lost in its pages; finding pieces of ourselves in the story and letting ourselves be enveloped in the emotions that arise. This effect is what the works of Elena Ferrante are most known for. Listed among Time magazine’s 100 most influential people in the world, Elena Ferrante is a contemporary icon, whose identity is closely linked to her novels and nothing more. Despite her massive international success, Elena Ferrante is an author whose true identity remains unknown. Via excerpt readings and interviews with critics, directors, booksellers, editors and authors such as Jonathan Franzen and Elizabeth Strout, Ferrante Fever explores Ferrante’s deeply intimate writing and looks into her choice to remain anonymous, which sparked an unprecedented cultural debate. Filmed between Italy and the United States, Ferrante Fever doesn’t necessarily go in search of the identity of the "faceless writer,” instead, it hopes to discover the secret of her success. How was she able to create stories that would conquer readers over the course of 12 years? In-depth interviews provide answers, but so do the writer's own words, and the places and protagonists in her novels.

Known for his spectacular pyrotechnic displays, Chinese artist Cai Guo-Qiang creates his most ambitious project yet: Sky Ladder, a visionary, explosive event that he pulls off in his hometown in China after 20 years of failed attempts.

蔡國強的藝術創作融合了繪畫、裝置、錄影及表演藝術等多種媒材，持續探索以火藥創作的藝術表現形式，並以極具視覺動感及聽覺效果的火藥爆破藝術和大型裝置獨步全球。 2011年年12月5日至2012年5月26日，蔡國強於卡爾塔‧多哈的阿拉伯現代美術館（Mathaf）舉辦《蔡國強：海市蜃樓Saraab》大型個人展覽。這次展覽作品在具代表性的火藥創作中，《易碎》為首次以火藥呈現書法意象。並有大型的定點裝置藝術，以及在戶外沙漠中的《黑色儀式 Black Ceremony》的爆破藝術。總計包括16件新作，30件近期作品及9段記錄片。這支紀錄片是由張克明導演拍攝。

This intimate ethnographic study of Voudoun dances and rituals was shot by Maya Deren during her years in Haiti (1947-1951); she never edited the footage, so this “finished” version was made by Teiji Ito and Cherel Ito after Deren’s death.

1944 film by Alexandr Hackenschmied, Maya Deren

A photo shop owner and her grandson join forces to save the shop and the nearly one million negatives that document Israel's defining moments.

American TV series or program

Hysterical is an honest and hilarious backstage pass into the lives of some of stand-up comedy’s most boundary-breaking women, exploring the hard-fought journey to become the voices of their generation and their gender. Featuring Margaret Cho, Fortune Feimster, Rachel Feinstein, Marina Franklin, Nikki Glaser, Judy Gold, Kathy Griffin, Jessica Kirson, Sherri Shepherd, Iliza Shlesinger and more. Available on FX in 2021.

Sinai returns from his study in the city of Canakkale to his parents' home in the small rural town of Can. He hopes to publish a book of essays and short stories. But his teacher father Idris is an addictive gambler, so much so that his mother and sister have become reluctantly accustomed to making do without food or electricity.

A documentary film about a boys school in Iran. The film shows numerous, funny and moving interviews of many different young pupils of this school summoned by their superintendent for questions of discipline. The man is not severe, but clever and fair. He teaches loyalty, fellowship and righteousness to these boys. Besides these interviews, we see scenes of this school’s quotidian life.

节目采用惊艳的“爆炸分解式”CGI动画，搭配先进X光和光达雷射扫瞄技术，探索世界上最具指标性的建筑背后的传说和奥秘，并将新建筑、老建筑一网打尽。位于伦敦泰晤士河畔的英国国会大厦是维多利亚时期的知名建筑，运用在当时最先进的工程技术所建成。其中最著名的就是大笨钟的钟楼。要维持大笨钟的准时，可是个大工程，现在能运用电脑科技算出大笨钟的时间是否准确。

After years of swimming every day in the freezing ocean at the tip of Africa, Craig Foster meets an unlikely teacher: a young octopus who displays remarkable curiosity. Visiting her den and tracking her movements for months on end he eventually wins the animal’s trust and they develop a never-before-seen bond between human and wild animal.

故土在战争中沦陷，大学被占领、被炸毁。一群十八九岁的青年学生，他们匆匆出发，徒步南迁，横穿湘黔滇，最终在昆明高原组建临时大学——由清华、北大、南开联合成立的西南联大。 他们穿过一座城去听“史上最好的国文课”，听托赛里的《小夜曲》，也和先生们一起抱着书跑警报、加入飞虎队. ..... 对这些今已年过九旬的“九零后”老人而言，西南联大不是一段尘封的历史，而是依然鲜活如初的青春记忆。 杨振宁、许渊冲、潘际銮、杨苡、王希季、马识途......16位平均年龄超过96岁的联大学子联袂“出演”，带你回到那个战火纷飞、群星闪耀的年代。

我们为什么要买东西？谁让这个世界变得无节制消费？他们如何做到这一点？调查记者雅克•佩雷蒂审视了无节制消费潮流背后的机制，得出了答案。原来，使这个世界变得无节制消费的元凶，并不是人们普遍认为的广告员和市场推广员，而是这诸多因素背后那些首先改变产品然后改变我们的人们。纪录片表明，长久以来，制造商都梦想着在消费者大脑中植入“升级”观念，从而让无限消费成为现实。他们首先瞄准未被开发的儿童市场，学习应用向儿童销售的方法，从而增加向成年人的销售。但是，那头最肥的能够带来现金的奶牛却来自恐惧——通过挖掘消费者的恐惧，制造商发现了一个对健康和安全产品有巨大需求的世界。

弗兰·利波维兹与马丁·史柯西斯面对面对谈，带观众和这位善于揶揄的作家、幽默人士兼说书人一同漫步纽约街道，领会她的迷人思绪。

2010 film by Martin Scorsese

2018 Italian film

该片以“丹宸永固”大展、养心殿研究性保护项目、古建岁修保养为线索，通过故宫博物院古建部、修缮技艺部、工程处、文保科技部、考古部等故宫人的工作视角，踏上故宫再发现之旅。纪录片聚焦古建修缮保护，记录宫墙之内悉心呵护故宫的匠人，展现宫墙之外的天下人与这座城池发生奇妙的关联，讲述紫禁城青春永驻的故事。