BBFF Official Selection: Day at the Pool
A Day at the Pool is a documentary-style film that attempts to uncover the true origins of modern skateboarding. Interviews with Tony Alva, Stacy Peralta, Jay Adams and the rest of the Dogtown Crew reveal that an anonymous local kid may have been largely responsible for the skateboarding revolution that lead to their success in the late 70s.
BBFF Official Selection: Bombay Beach
An Australian premiere, this debut feature documentary is being hailed as an intrieging masterpiece. With a compelling sound track by Bob Dylan and Beirut, Bombay Beach is a film about one of the poorest communities in southern California. Located on the shores of the Salton Sea a man-made sea stranded in the middle of the Colorado desert that was once a beautiful vacation destination for the privileged and is now a pool of dead fish.
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BBFF 2012 Official Selection: Crazy Wisdom
Chogyam Trungpa, Rinpoche, ‘the bad boy of Buddhism,’ shattered Westerners’ notions about how an enlightened teacher should behave, yet he is recognized as being the pivotal person to bring Buddhism to the west. Raised in the rigorous Tibetan monastic tradition, Trungpa fled his homeland during the Chinese Communist invasion of 1959. In Britain, seeing his monk’s robes blocked his students’ understanding of Buddhism, he renounced his monastic vows, eloped with a sixteen year-old and embraced western life.
BBFF 2012 Official Selection: Beauty Day
BEFORE THERE WAS JACKASS… THERE WAS RALPH ZAVADIL.
Adrenaline Junkies are going to love this crazy documentary.
“Everyone should have a friend like Ralph.”
His cable access television show, The Cap’n Video Show, ran from 1990 to 1995, spawning a small but loyal cult following. Each week Ralph performed a series of idiotic and occasionally dangerous stunts, challenging the sensibilities of his small Southern Ontario audience. With the advent of the internet and reality television still years away, his unique brand of gross-out stunt comedy was truly ahead of its time. All it took was a broken neck for him to get noticed.
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BBFF Official Selection: Stilyagi (Hipsters) 4pm
Country of Origin: Russia. Language: Russian with English subtitles
Youth in 50s communist Russia are fighting for the right to be different from others, to listen to music of their choice, dress differently, dance, love and, most importantly, have freedom to be themselves.
BBFF Official Selection: MASSIVE ATTACK Music Video (Splitting the Atom)
” The last particles. Divisible, invisible…”
This deeply haunting tune takes you on a journey into an inorganic futuristic world suspended in fractured chaos. Spitting the Atom explores a beast’s encounter with a civilized military counter attack held in the unfortunate battle theatre of a city. Though static in time the one shot camera sweep conveys a gripping and frightening showdown and it’s battle to the death.
“Splitting the Atom” is a continuation of the epic confrontation Edouard Sailer’s established in his other collaboration with the band Massive Attack in the music video ’Atlas Air’.
BBFF Official Selection: Cultures of Resistance
Country of Origin: USA Languages: English, Spanish, Portuguese, Arabic, Burmese, Farsi, Hebrew, Vietnamese, Dari, Kinyarwanda with English Subtitles
Directed by Iara Lee, Cultures of Resistance is a chilling yet inspiring feature documentary. Armed with only music, art, song and dance, this film is all about the power of people united by their desire to heal the most impoverished, enslaved nations of the world.
BBFF Official Selection: Le Miroir (The Mirror)
Country of Origin: France. Language: French with English subtitles
Deeply traumatized and disfigured following a car crash, famous actress Vera Bella leaves Saint-James Hospital, right after having undergone a one-last-chance procedure. Fleeing media pressure, her assistant takes her to the family home, a manor edging the ocean which she has not seen since her childhood.
BBFF Official Selection: Wild Horse, Wild Ride
A handful of unforgettable characters set out on a 100-day quest to tame a totally wild mustang for a Texas competition in this stunning and poignant documentary.
BBFF Official Selection: Land
When three inexperienced yet determined gringos try to build cheap tropical resort destinations in politically volatile Nicaragua, they find the land under their feet becomes very unstable.
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BBFF Official Selection: ÄNGLAVAKT (Among Us)
Language (Swedish/French/English) with English subtitles
Mysticism weaves its way through this powerful and captivating Swedish drama about love and the power of hope. Among Us is a beautifully realised journey into a couples’ well-ordered and predictable lives suddenly thrown into emotional chaos by an accident. In an attempt to deal with the situation, an undermining rift in their relationship arises as the husband’s rational approach counters his wife’s search for a deeper meaning. Ultimately these different ‘takes’ threaten to undermine the core of their relationship.
Beautiful to look at and superbly acted, this film fully engages viewers; delving into the essence of our human and not so human natures.
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BBFF Official Selection: And the Beat Goes On
Bursting with mesmerizing style and candid interviews with professionals, party-goers, and spiritualists in the know, this documentary takes viewers on a journey through the rich history and philosophy of Ibiza. British actor, DJ, and budding tour guide Jimi Mistry walks the beat as the host of this decadent good time. Featuring appearances by David Guetta, Paul Oakenfold, Pete Tong, Danny Tengalia, Danny Rampling and many more!
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BBFF Official Selection: The Nature of Existance
Filmmaker Roger Nygard (Trekkies) takes on The Nature of Existence, roaming the globe to interview spiritual leaders, scientists, and artists who have influenced, inspired, or freaked out humanity.
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