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In Thierry's living room, several people have gathered. None of them know each other but they are all there to try and fulfil the same dream. They want to find a job... and quickly. But we're in Brussels, so nothing goes quite as planned.

Ten-year-old Joaquín observes the feminine and masculine world around him wordlessly. On the eve of Mother's Day in 2000, his teenage sister runs away from home, upsetting the fragile balance of the household. Perplexed, Joaquín wonders what his place is in this family reconstruction.

May Day! is a feature-length documentary which follows Oxford's thousand-year old tradition of May Morning, the largest celebration of its kind, regularly attracting over 15,000 people each year. It is a collage-like portrait of the tradition, attempting to find out how the celebration has survived the separation between the land and its people, what the pagan festival means thousands of years after its inception, and how it shapes and contributes to our nation's sense of self.

May Day follows 16-year-old Gemma on a birthday that she spends with herself. After allowing herself to feel, she leaves her room to enter a house that she is not familiar with. Following the sound of chatter through the house, she finds herself in a celebration of a 26th birthday: her own 26th birthday. By observing herself in the future, she then confronts who she is and what she becomes. The short answer, loved. Returning to her 16th birthday, Gemma allows herself to feel, to feel happy.

12 strangers, 14 days, no electricity, no phones, for an immersive retreat. Withdrawn from the world in an ancient forest, without electricity or social media, the participants work on their dark sides to discover part of their truth. The power of the collective transforms them, with all its magic, but also its share of difficulties that they learn to overcome.

After ten years in Germany, Armin returns to Bosnia. He just got married and wants to surprise his father, but he is not home. Neighbours say that he has been arrested, nobody knows why. The papers say that he is a suspect for the war crime back in the 90s. Armin wants to learn the truth and the neighbourhood to celebrate May Labor Day.

In this experimental documentary, a transgender woman reflects on being harassed by a stranger.

German made-for-TV musical extravaganza starring Monty Python.

In their five-year ongoing strike, the workers are still surviving and struggling to make ends meet. Deni Purba sells used clothes after being released from prison. Steven Yawan who still continues to speak loudly in the capital. Musyawir with his expertise in coffee tells the story of the brutal actions at the beginning of the strike.

May Day parade and procession on the streets of Berlin, many Nazi flags on buildings and people in crowds. c. 1936, 16mm color.

This film documents a rally in San Francisco sponsored by the Black Panther Party. Kathleen Cleaver, Bobby Seale, and other speakers addressed thousands of protesters demanding more rights for African Americans and calling for the release of Huey P. Newton.

Crowds gathered outside the California Supreme Court await the decision regarding validity of Proposition 8. Emotions run high on both sides, with the LGBT community taking to the streets to protest the decision.

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Immediately after liberation, an incident called 'Jeju Uprising' took place on Jeju Island, the Hawaii of Korea, under the control of the US military government. As a result, about one-tenth of the total population of the island at that time was sacrificed. The children who survived the massacre record the memories of that day in an animated film 70 years later.

After his father passes away, a man returns to a soon-to-be-demolished Aerotropolis community to sort through unfinished documentary footage and remnants of a life once lived. The fractured bond between father and son remains unresolved. As the roar of airplanes echoes through the emptied neighborhood, his days lose direction. One night, an uninvited spirit that cannot be driven away enters his home.

Drawing on archival footage from four separate film productions that documented the protests of early May, 1970, this short film creates a kaleidoscopic portrait of the response to the New Haven Black Panther trials.

Mixture of amateur and newsreel footage of George V's silver jubilee. Included on the BFI DVD "A Royal Occasion".

Delivery man Hyun-soo has to go pick up his daughter by 5 o’clock after work. However, the elevator in the apartment, the last delivery destination, is broken. hyeon-soo has no place to leave the parcel, so he goes up the stairs with a heavy load.

On May 12th, Deng Shengyin from Beichuan was working outside. When he heard the news, his wife Zhu Xiaorong, who was in the county seat, had fortunately escaped the disaster, but the child who had just gone to school never returned. This film records the living condition of Zhu Xiaorong's family in Beichuan for more than a year after the disaster.

"Workers Rise up Against War" a banner proclaims, as crowds gather in central London on May Day 1932. After marching to Hyde Park and listening to speeches from (among others) communist leader Harry Pollitt, the marchers head to the Japanese Embassy in Portman Square to protest against Japan's attitude towards China.

Police sergeant Neil Howie is called to an island village in search of a missing girl whom the locals claim never existed. The investigation is further complicated as Howie’s religious views clash with those of the island’s residents.

An opera looks on long , her with vocal and student.

Having returned from the army, 20-year-old Sergei settles down at the thermal power station and merges into ordinary life. Every day he meets and spends time with childhood friends — the young family man Slava and the merry fellow Nikolai, and once at first sight he falls in love with a stranger on the bus. A lyrical story about a generation of young people entering adulthood, a reappraisal of values, life principles, traditions in culture and art.