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08/11/2026

Wishing a happy 85th birthday to legendary documentarian Patricio Guzmán! Join us in celebrating his birthday and explore the Patricio Guzmán collection, including MY IMAGINARY COUNTRY, NOSTALGIA FOR THE LIGHT, THE PEARL BUTTON, and more ▶️ https://www.ovid.tv/patricio-guzman

08/11/2026

THE FABULOUS GOLD HARVESTING MACHINE

In Chile’s Tierra del Fuego, “Toto” has spent 40 years hand-mining for gold in brutal conditions. After he suffers a stroke, his son Jorge sets out to design and build a homemade gold-harvesting machine to spare his father’s labor, turning their struggle into an intimate father-son portrait about work, dignity, and hope.

“Rich with meticulous detail... an act of visual scavenging; among these lush fields of grass and snowcapped mountain peaks, the filmmaker has also struck gold.” —The Guardian

Directed by Alfredo Pourailly De La Plaza on OVID

08/07/2026

"Guy Maddin meets Abbas Kiarostami" in Matthew Rankin’s "singular gem" UNIVERSAL LANGUAGE (IndieWire )

NY Times Critic’s Pick! "Gently funny, gently moving, slightly surrealist." —The New York Times

"A magnificent film, one that feels warm and familiar even as we realize just how startlingly original it is." —New York Mag

** Cannes Film Festival 2024, Winner: Directors’ Fortnight Audience Award
** Toronto International Film Festival 2024, Winner: Best Canadian Discovery Award

on OVID courtesy Oscilloscope Laboratories

08/06/2026

THE SOUL OF THE BOSSALES

The “Bossales” were the African slaves who won the Haitian war of independence. This term now qualifies as a rebellious person, like the protagonists of the film: Charlotte, a human rights defender, Foukifoura, a satirical columnist, Edris, a filmmaker of the insurrection, Michou, a worker struggling to survive, Ramoncite, an enigmatic voodoo priest. In today's explosive social situation, they all embody the soul of their rebellious country; an incandescent home of political and spiritual resistance.

“A tour de force of modern ethnography... A multifaceted glimpse into Haitian life which is often flattened, oversimplified, or littered with cliché when portrayed in American media.” —Video Librarian

Directed by François Perlier ONLY on OVID

08/06/2026

POL POT DANCING

Chea Samy, a famed Cambodian dancer, years later learned that the brother-in-law she had raised had become Pol Pot, the Khmer Rouge leader. After surviving forced labor under his regime, she returned to Phnom Penh to teach, preserving traditional dance. Her student, Sophiline Cheam, now a successful choreographer, explores Cambodia’s history, including Pol Pot’s hidden link to classical dance.

“One of the most compelling films to hold its world premiere at the Thessaloniki International Documentary Festival.” —Matthew Carey, Deadline Hollywood

Directed by Enrique Sánchez Lansch on OVID

08/05/2026

There are jobs without which society would not function.

INVISIBLE FRONTLINERS looks to caretakers, the people who keep everyday life going. Hedi Bäbler lets those who make sure society’s basics keep working speak for themselves. Streaming on OVID courtesy First Hand Films

07/31/2026

SAVE OUR SOULS

"Powerful... A raw, unadorned testimony of a rescue operation and the bond forged between survivors and rescuers." —Télérama

"A drop of humanity in a sea of distress." —Abus de ciné

Jean-Baptiste Bonnet's documentary filmed on the Ocean Viking, a ship chartered by the humanitarian organization SOS Méditerranée, where sailors and medics face the perilous mission of rescuing migrants from overcrowded boats, is now streaming only on OVID courtesy Icarus Films

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07/30/2026

Just one month left on OVID's Summer Sale! New and returning subscribers can take advantage of the Summer ’26 limited time discount offer for 26% OFF their monthly subscription.

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07/29/2026

“A Treasure Trove of Music and Memory.” —Richard Brody, The New Yorker

FLIPSIDE documents filmmaker Christopher Wilcha's tragicomic attempt to revive the once-thriving record store he worked at as a teenager in New Jersey, while revisiting other documentary projects he has abandoned over the years. With Judd Apatow, Monica Bill Barnes, Anna Bass, Ira Glass

courtesy Oscilloscope Laboratories

07/27/2026

"More people should see PLEASE BABY PLEASE... I love Amanda Kramer's work!" —Jourdain Searles, The Last Thing I Saw Podcast

So we're not the only ones who think this is an underrated film! Starring Andrea Riseborough (Possessor) and Harry Melling (Pillion) and with alluring cameos by Demi Moore and Cole Escola, Amanda Kramer's high-camp noir typifies OVID's Camp Collection, which is where many of our Queerest oddities reside outside of Pride Month celebrations and is OVID's Critic's Pic of the Week!

Streaming courtesy Music Box Films

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