OVID’s September lineup is their biggest ever, with 48 titles, half of which are streaming exclusively on OVID!
September marks a new milestone for OVID. Next month, their complete library of films and series will surpass 1,600 titles, making OVID one of the only SVOD services with a perpetually increasing collection.
| Tuesday, September 6 |
| Clotheslines Directed by Roberta Cantow, Documentary Short, 1982 US With verve and humour, this film shows the love/hate relationship that women have with the task of cleaning the family’s clothes. |
| If This Ain’t Heaven OVID Exclusive Directed by Roberta Cantow, Documentary Short, 1982 US If This Ain’t Heaven introduces us to Mr. G, a 50-year-old Black man, and his cat, Africa, whom he both talks to and talks for, alleviating his loneliness through these conversations and deep friendship. |
| Wednesday, September 7 |
| The Dazzling Light of Sunset Directed by Salome Jashi, Syndicado, Documentary, 2016 Germany, Georgia A local television news team in rural Georgia report on diverse stories, from elections to fashion shows for teenagers. |
| Please Hold the Line OVID Exclusive, Streaming Premiere Directed by Pavel Cuzuioc, Syndicado, Documentary, 2020 Austria A look at the lives of telecom engineers in Eastern European countries during their visits to customers. |
Thursday, September 8
Eden is West
Directed by Costa-Gavras, Under the Milky Way, Feature, 2009
France
| I Am (Not) a Monster Directed by Nelly Ben Hayoun, Utopia, Documentary, 2019 UK This documentary unravels some of the reasons why Donald Trump, Marine Le Pen, and others have captured people’s imaginations by reviving past ideologies. |
| Friday, September 9 |
Funny Ha Ha
Directed by Andrew Bujalski, Starring Kate Dollenmayer, Factory 25, Feature, 2003
US
This modest, unpretentious character study astutely captures the emotional states of the 20-something slacker.
| In the Soup OVID Exclusive Directed by Alexandre Rockwell, Starring Steve Buscemi and Seymour Cassel, Factory 25, Feature, 1992 US “Rockwell’s wonderfully unassuming movie throws a big hug around youthful ambition, b/w filmstock, and the glowing screen charisma of Cassel. An unheralded gem.”—Time Out |
| Hero OVID Exclusive Directed by Alexandre Rockwell, Factory 25. Feature, 1983 US A disabled teenager and his older adoptive sisters shed their gloomy urban confines and set out for Truth or Consequences, N.M. |
| Saturday, September 10 |
| Little Feet Directed by Alexandre Rockwell, Factory 25, Feature, 2013 US “This is a micro-budgeted affair of the heart that’s never precious or obnoxious, but tender and moving and occasionally explosive in its intrinsic emotion.” —Slant Magazine |
| Monday, September 12 |
The Salt Mines
Directed by Carlos Aparicio and Susana Aikin, Frameline, Documentary, 1990
US
The Salt Mines explores the lives of Sara, Gigi, and Giovanna, three Latinx transwomen who for years have lived on the streets of Manhattan supporting their drug addictions through sex work. We follow their daily lives in this groundbreaking 1990 documentary, one of the first to delve into the lives of trans women and sex workers.
| The Transformation Directed by Carlos Aparicio and Susana Aikin, Frameline, Documentary, 1995 US In The Salt Mines, Sara was one of three female-identified sex workers in Manhattan living on the streets. In the 1995 follow-up documentary, The Transformation, Sara discovers that she is HIV+, and decides that she is not going to die on the streets. Sara accepts help from a group of Born Again Christians who, in exchange, demand her complete transformation: from female to her born gender of male and from queer to straight. |
| Kate Bornstein is a Queer and Present Danger OVID Exclusive Directed by Sam Feder, Frameline, Documentary, 2014 US A portrait of trans icon Kate Bornstein, the charming, ebullient self-described “transdyke” taking the viewer on a journey into the inner and outer life of the tattooed and pierced septuagenarian writer, actress, performance artist, cancer survivor, bon vivant. |
| Boy I Am Directed by Sam Feder and Julie Hollar, Frameline, Documentary, 2006 US An early exploration of the trans male experience, this documentary opens up a dialogue between transgender communities and trans-exclusionary radical feminists, tackling the resistance that some women in feminist and lesbian communities have around transitioning. |
| Tuesday, September 13 |
How Much Does Your Building Weigh, Mr. Foster?
Directed by Norberto López Amada and Carlos Carcas, Featuring Buckminster Fuller, Cai Guo-Qiang, and Richard Serra, First Run Features, Documentary, 2010
US
Born in Manchester, England, on the wrong side of the tracks, Norman Foster rose from a humble working-class background to become one of the premier modern architects of our time.
| The Oyler House: Richard Neutra’s Desert Retreat Directed by Michael Dorsey, First Run Features, Documentary, 2012 US In 1959, a government employee named Richard Oyler, living in the tiny desert town of Lone Pine, California, asked world-famous modern architect Richard Neutra to design his modest family home. Thus began an unlikely friendship that led to the design and construction of an iconic mid-century modern masterpiece |
| Unfinished Spaces OVID Exclusive Directed by Benjamin Murray and Alysa Nahmias, Bullfrog Films, Documentary, 2011 US Three architects return to Cuba after 40 years in exile to finish building an art school. |
| Wednesday, September 14 |
Sita Sings the Blues
Directed by Nina Paley, Shadow Distribution, Animated Feature, 2008
US
Sita is a goddess separated from her beloved Lord and husband Rama. Nina is an animator whose husband moves to India, then dumps her by email. Three hilarious shadow puppets narrate both ancient tragedy and modern comedy in this beautifully animated interpretation of the Indian epic Ramayana.
| Thursday, September 15 |
| Girls Rock! OVID Exclusive Directed by Arne Johnson and Shane King, Shadow Distribution, Documentary, 2007 US At Rock ‘n’ Roll Camp, girls ranging in age from eight to 18 are taught that it’s OK to sweat like a pig, scream like a banshee, wail on their instruments with complete and utter abandon, and that “it is 100% okay to be exactly who you are.” |
| Sex and Broadcasting OVID Exclusive Directed by Tim K. Smith, Factory 25, Documentary, 2014 US One man tries to keep New Jersey’s WFMU up and running in the face of a recession. |
| We Intend to Cause Havoc OVID Exclusive, SVOD Premiere Directed by Gio Arlotta, Utopia, Documentary, 2011 Czech Republic Highlights WITCH (We Intend to Cause Havoc), Zambia’s most popular rock band of the 1970s led by the powerful vocalist, Jagari, whose name is an Africanisation of Mick Jagger’s. |
| Friday, September 16 |
Wild
OVID Exclusive, SVOD Premiere
Directed by Nicolette Krebitz, Starring Lilith Stagenberg, Icarus Films, Feature, 2016
Germany
A strange, dream-like journey of sexual and spiritual liberation, Nicolette Krebitz’s third feature shocked and awed audiences at the 2016 Sundance festival. First ever release in the U.S.!
Searching Eva
OVID Exclusive, SVOD Premiere
Directed by Pia Hellenthal, Syndicado, Documentary, 2019
Germany
A New York Times Critic’s Pick. Portrait of a professed sex worker, writer, anarchist, feminist, musician, and recovering addict.
| Saturday, September 17 |
| First Passion OVID Exclusive, SVOD Premiere Directed by Philippe Baron, Icarus Films, Documentary, 2010 Germany The first cinematic depiction of the life of Jesus, Sidney Olcott’s 1912 film From the Manger to the Cross is the only movie ever shot in the places described by the New Testament. The fourth feature-length film release in the history of cinema, it was a great commercial success. Nevertheless, it has been largely forgotten by history. |
| Ma Directed by Celia Rowlson-Hall, Factory 25, Feature, 2017 US A striking modern-day vision of Mother Mary’s pilgrimage through the eyes of Ma (played by Celia Rowlson-Hall), a woman who must venture across the scorched landscape of the American Southwest to fulfill her destiny. |
| Monday, September 19 |
| Nelson Algren: The End of Nothing, the Road is All OVID Exclusive Directed by Ilko Davidov and Denis Mueller, First Run Features, Documentary, 2015 US This in-depth portrait of notorious American author Nelson Algren uses interviews, rare archival footage, and the gritty voice of Algren himself to capture the elusive and unique literary figure whose fame was cemented with the success of The Man with the Golden Arm and A Walk on the Wild Side. |
| Pollock & Pollock OVID Exclusive, SVOD Premiere Directed by Isabelle Rebre, Documentary, 2020 US Jackson and Charles Pollock, two brothers, two painters, caught up in the upheavals of 20th century American history. |
| Tuesday, September 20 |
| Bovines OVID Exclusive Directed by Emmanuel Gras, Under the Milky Way, Documentary, 2011 France Filmmaker Emmanuel Gras chronicles the daily lives of cows. |
| The Seer and the Unseen Directed by Sara Dosa, Documentary, 2019 Iceland Set against the spectacular landscape of Iceland, The Seer and the Unseen follows Ragnhildur “Ragga” Jónsdóttir, a grandmother and “seer” who has the ability to communicate directly with a parallel realm of elves — invisible spirits of nature that over half of Iceland believes in. |
| Wednesday, September 21 |
| Golda Maria OVID Exclusive, SVOD Premiere Directed by Patrick Sobelman and Hugo Sobelman, Icarus Films, Documentary, 2020 France “This minimalist documentary is stunning, intimate and universal, a precious testimony to the fate reserved for Jews before and during the Second World War.” —Les Fiches du Cinéma |
| When Memory Comes: A Film About Saul Friedlander Directed by Frank Diamand, Icarus Films, Documentary, 2013 Netherlands A visually arresting documentary that interweaves leading Holocaust historian Saul Friedlander’s personal story of survival with an introduction to his work and thought. |
| Thursday, September 22 |
| Tokyo Shaking OVID Exclusive, SVOD Premiere Directed by Olivier Peyon, Starring Karin Viard, Distrib Films, Feature, 2021 France A French bank employee finds herself on the horns of a dilemma while a tsunami is feared to hit Fukushima’s power plant in Japan. |
| Corporate Directed by Nicolas Silhol, Starring Céline Sallette, Under the Milky Way, Feature, 2017 France Emilie is a bright young manager in HR for a huge agro-food company. Ambitious and dedicated, she is ready to put ruthless methods into practice to meet the requirements. But one day, one of the employees commits suicide in front of her. |
| Friday, September 23 |
| A Tale of Love and Desire OVID Exclusive, SVOD Premiere Directed by Leila Bouzid, Distrib Films, Feature, 2021 France |
Whatever Lola Wants
Directed by Nabil Ayouch, Under the Milky Way, Feature, 2007
Canada
A postal worker travels to Egypt to learn belly dancing.
| Saturday, September 24 |
| Power and Terror: Noam Chomsky in Our Times Directed by John Junkerman, First Run Features, Documentary, 2002 US Gives the public a rare opportunity to see and listen to one of the most articulate, committed, and hard-working political dissidents of our time, MIT linguist and political philosopher Noam Chomsky. |
| Howard Zinn: You Can’t Be Neutral on a Moving Train Directed by Deb Ellis and Denis Mueller, Narrated by Matt Damon, First Run Features, Documentary, 2004 US This acclaimed film looks at the amazing life of the renowned historian, activist, and author. Narrated by Matt Damon • Featuring music by Pearl Jam, Woody Guthrie & Billy Bragg. |
| Monday, September 26 |
| Karamay OVID Exclusive, SVOD Premiere Directed by Xin Xu, dGenerate Films, Documentary, 2010 China Filmmaker Xu Xin helps a community break the silence nearly two decades after a horrible fire killed nearly 300 schoolchildren. |
| Mariam OVID Exclusive, SVOD Premiere Directed by Sharipa Urazbayeva, Syndicado, Feature, 2019 Kazakhstan Following the mysterious disappearance of her husband from their remote village in Kazakhstan, Mariam must look after their four children and manage to survive through the harsh winter. |
Tuesday, September 27
Searching for Ingmar Bergman
Directed by Margarethe von Trotta, With Liv Ullmann, Olivier Assayas, Ruben Östlund, Oscilloscope, Documentary, 2018
Germany, France
On the 100th anniversary of his birth, internationally renowned director Margarethe von Trotta examines Ingmar Bergman’s life and work with a circle of his closest collaborators as well as a new generation of filmmakers.
| The Greenaway Alphabet OVID Exclusive Directed by Saskia Boddeke, Under the Milky Way, Documentary, 2017 Netherlands An intimate portrait of painter and filmmaker Peter Greenaway, directed by his wife Saskia Boddeke. Together with his daughter Pip, Greenaway formulates an alphabet that represents his personality and thoughts about art and life. |
| Living the Light: Robby Muller Directed by Claire Pijman, with Agnes Godard, Jim Jarmusch, Lars Von Trier, Wim Wenders, Under the Milky Way, Documentary, 2018 Netherlands Cinematographer Robby Müller has inspired generations with his groundbreaking camerawork. Director Claire Pijman had access to his personal archive to create an extraordinary film essay that intertwines archival material with excerpts of his oeuvre. |
| Wednesday, September 28 |
| Neon Heart OVID Exclusive Directed by Laurits Flensted-Jensen, Under the Milky Way, Feature, 2018 Denmark Laura and her ex-boyfriend Niklas work with the disabled. She is a former adult film actor, and he is trying to overcome addiction. Laura tries to communicate with Niklas, and Niklas tries to speak with his teen brother, who’s in bad company. |
| Werewolf Directed by Ashley McKenzie, Factory 25, Feature, 2018 Canada The hardscrabble existence of two homeless addicts is portrayed with sensitivity and brutal honesty in acclaimed filmmaker Ashley McKenzie’s debut feature. |
| Thursday, September 29 |
| The Night Clerk OVID Exclusive Directed by Raphaël Jacoulot, Starring Vincent Rottiers, Under the Milky Way, Feature, 2011 France A troubled young man working in an isolated hotel as part of a social rehabilitation program finds his life in danger after a guest goes missing. |
| Cop Story OVID Exclusive Directed by Jacques Deray, Starring Alain Delon and Jean-Louis Trintignant, Under the Milky Way, Feature, 1975 France A French detective must capture an escaped thief who incorporates cold-blooded murder into his escapades. |
Friday, September 30
The Two Friends
Directed by Louis Garrel, Starring Louis Garrel and Golshifteh Farahani, Under the Milky Way, Feature, 2015
France
Green
Directed by Sophia Takal, Kate Lyn Sheil and Sophia Takal, Factory 25, Feature, 2011
US
A love triangle leads to jealousy and manipulation, as two women attempt to destroy each other.
