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OVID's September Lineup: Fifty years of indie docs from New Day, Labor Day films from Kartemquin, Woolly Mammoths in Siberia, and… Adults-only Cat-Noir! - metafilm | OVID.tv

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OVID TV @ovidtv.bsky.social · Aug 21

OVID's September MEGA-LINEUP is HERE!
30 new films are on the way, with 50 years of indie docs from New Day, Labor Day films from Kartemquin, more Yakuza Films from Radiance, Woolly Mammoths in Siberia, an Adults-only Cat-Noir, and MUCH MORE below 👇

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OVID.tv, the curated streaming destination for documentary and art-house films from around the world, announces its wide-ranging selection of 30 new films—21 exclusives!—coming in September 2025.

OVID's September Lineup: Fifty years of indie docs from New Day, Labor Day films from Kartemquin, Woolly Mammoths in Siberia, and… Adults-only Cat-Noir! - metafilm | OVID.tv

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OVID TV @ovidtv.bsky.social · Aug 21

OVID's September MEGA-LINEUP is HERE!
30 new films are on the way, with 50 years of indie docs from New Day, Labor Day films from Kartemquin, more Yakuza Films from Radiance, Woolly Mammoths in Siberia, an Adults-only Cat-Noir, and MUCH MORE below 👇

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OVID.tv, the curated streaming destination for documentary and art-house films from around the world, announces its wide-ranging selection of 30 new films—21 exclusives!—coming in September 2025.

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sophiasmith122.bsky.social @sophiasmith122.bsky.social · Jul 31

Powerful and infuriating Cooked is a must-watch doc that hits hard!

Three Great Documentaries to Stream

OVID TV @ovidtv.bsky.social · Jul 31

“Much of the retrospective material is still enraging.” —Ben Kenigsberg @nytimes.com

COOKED: SURVIVAL BY ZIP CODE by Peabody Award-winning filmmaker Judith Helfand, the story of Chicago's worst heat disaster, is a top must-see doc this month!

Streaming ONLY on OVID
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OVID TV @ovidtv.bsky.social · Jul 21

OVID's August lineup is here with over twenty new films!
As the premier streaming destination for social justice docs, OVID continues joining forces with filmmakers’ collective New Day Films! Plus, a selection of thrilling feature films on top. Check these out 👇
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OVID’s August Lineup: Streaming Resistance! Political and social issue indie docs from New Day Films (+ a handful of fun & thrilling features!) - metafilm | OVID.tv

OVID.tv, the curated streaming destination for documentary and art-house films from around the world, announces its wide-ranging selection of 23 new films coming in August 2025.

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OVID TV @ovidtv.bsky.social · Jul 16

As the premier streaming destination for social issue documentary films from the US and internationally, OVID has partnered with pathbreaking filmmakers’ collective New Day Films, bringing their collection to our members for the first time. New Day Summer begins TODAY!
www.ovid.tv/new-day-films

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OVID TV @ovidtv.bsky.social · Jul 15

“One of the greatest documentary characters ever... He makes the Soup Nazi look like an angel at times.” @nonfics.bsky.social

Starring the unforgettable Kenny Shopsin, I LIKE KILLING FLIES dishes up bites of wisdom, serving up a charming slice of NYC history.

#NowStreaming/Noshing on OVID 🍽️

OVID TV @ovidtv.bsky.social · Jul 15

“One of the greatest documentary characters ever... He makes the Soup Nazi look like an angel at times.” @nonfics.bsky.social

Starring the unforgettable Kenny Shopsin, I LIKE KILLING FLIES dishes up bites of wisdom, serving up a charming slice of NYC history.

#NowStreaming/Noshing on OVID 🍽️

Directed by Farid Bentoumi • Drama • With Zita Harnst, Sami Bouajila • 2023 • 86 minutes After a fatal accident in her job at the local hospital, a nurse takes charge of the infirmary of the chemical...

OVID TV @ovidtv.bsky.social · Jul 8

"A timely and edge-of-your-seat Dardenne brothers-produced thriller." @loudandclearrvs.bsky.social

“RED SOIL pits a tireless underdog against the forces of corporate greed and looming environmental catastrophe.” @hollywoodreporter.bsky.social

#NowStreaming on OVID

www.ovid.tv/videos/red-s...

Red Soil

This Is Not a Movie: Robert Fisk and the Politics of Truth

OVID TV @ovidtv.bsky.social · Jul 3

THIS IS NOT A MOVIE: ROBERT FISK AND THE POLITICS OF TRUTH

"The two things that give this doc its power and provocativeness are intellectual rather than dramatic: Fisk’s work, and his ideas." @slantmagazine.com

Now Streaming on OVID courtesy @kimstim.bsky.social

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Directed by Yung Chang • Documentary • With Robert Fisk • 2019 • 109 minutes For more than 40 years, journalist Robert Fisk has reported on some of the most violent and divisive conflicts in the worl...

Directed by Raoul Peck • Drama • With Eriq Ebouaney • 2001 • 115 minutes Made in the tradition of such true-life political thrillers as Malcolm X and JFK, Raoul Peck's award-winning Lumumba is a grip...

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OVID TV @ovidtv.bsky.social · Jul 2

Born on this day, 2 July 1925, Patrice Lumumba was the leader of the Congolese National Movement from 1958 until his assassination in 1961.
Raoul Peck's LUMUMBA made Ava DuVernay's top ten movies of the 21st century @nytimes.com
Streaming on OVID courtesy @kinolorber.com
www.ovid.tv/videos/lumumba

Lumumba

OVID’s July Lineup: Nocturnal Neo-noir, Comedy of Errors & Art in Normandy, Dardenne brothers-produced eco-thriller, Lewis Klahr collage shorts, Indie Doc Summer w/ New Day Films & much more! - metafi...

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OVID TV @ovidtv.bsky.social · Jul 1

OVID's July lineup is here with 34 new films!

Features include the comedy THE ART OF NOTHING + a Dardenne brothers-produced eco-thriller RED SOIL.

Plus, a doc on uncompromising journalist ROBERT FISK, and indie docs galore from our new partners New Day Films! ☀️

metafilm.ovid.tv/2025/06/27/o...

OVID.tv, the curated streaming destination for documentary and art-house films from around the world, announces its wide-ranging selection of 34 new films coming in July 2025.

Five International Movies to Stream Now

OVID TV @ovidtv.bsky.social · Jun 30

THE UNIVERSAL THEORY made Devika Girish’s Five International Films to Stream now @nytimes.com

“A delicious sci-fi noir... a mordant, intelligent and entertaining ode to the inscrutable complexity of the universe — and of the human imagination."

Streaming on OVID
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/27/m...

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OVID TV @ovidtv.bsky.social · Jun 26

“Forensically sober and fucking intense.”
—Flick Attack

“One of the most terrifying movies I have ever seen.”
—NY Times

Pre-Nathan Fielder, CHARLIE VICTOR ROMEO puts viewers inside tension-filled cockpits of actual flights in distress.

Buckle up!

Now in flight on OVID courtesy Dekanalog ✈️

Rom(anian) Comedy: Our Review of 'The Story of a Summer Lover' on OVID - In The Seats

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Paolo says Free Link 🍉 @paolokagaoan.bsky.social · Jun 21

I watched Story of a Summer Lover on @ovidtv.bsky.social and if its neurotic middle aged Romanian protagonist Petru (Alexandru Papadopol) has a chance we all have a chance. More on #film at @intheseats.bsky.social.

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Story of a Summer Lover shows what happens when a Romanian math professor inadvertently gets one of his girlfriends pregnant.

intheseats.ca

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OVID TV @ovidtv.bsky.social · Jun 17

“A whirlwind tour both of New York and of Mr. Levitch’s feverish mind… you can’t help but admire the zest for life of this heroically independent but impossibly self-centered crank.” @nytimes.com

Bennett Miller's THE CRUISE with Timothy “Speed” Levitch is Now Cruising on OVID 🎙️

World War III (Houman Seyedi, w/ Mohsen Tanabandeh)

OVID TV @ovidtv.bsky.social · Jun 16

Maybe this hits too close to the bone this week, but in any case...

WORLD WAR III, Houman Seyedi's award-winning thriller from Iran, is streaming on OVID

“Sharply conceived and agonizingly performed.” @ioncinema.bsky.social

"Daring!" @variety.com

www.ovid.tv/videos/world...

Directed by Houman Seyedi • Drama • With Mohsen Tanabandeh, Mahsa Hejazi • 2022 • 107 minutes Winner of the Orizzonti Awards for Best Film and Actor at the Venice Film Festival 2022, director Houman ...

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OVID TV @ovidtv.bsky.social · Jun 10

Today, OVID presents 8 shorts by Janie Geiser, including The Fourth Watch @filmcomment.com.web.brid.gy's Top 10 Avant-Garde Films of the Decade.

"In the tradition of uncanny animators like Jan Švankmajer, Geiser’s films are astonishing visions of alternate realities." @indiewire.com.web.brid.gy

A Film From Nigeria: Our Review of ‘The Lost Okoroshi’ on OVID - In The Seats

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Paolo says Free Link 🍉 @paolokagaoan.bsky.social · Jun 6

Man and spirit collide in The Lost Okoroshi, a #film from Nigeria. Stream on @ovidtv.bsky.social. More at @intheseats.bsky.social.

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The Lost Okoroshi takes a loot at modern Nigeria in the eyes of a security guard who has a recurring dream about spirits.

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OVID TV @ovidtv.bsky.social · Jun 4

It’s that PRIDE-thang time of year again! Time to bask in OVID’s spectacularly wide-ranging collection of LGBTQ+ films. We’ll be adding titles as the month goes on, so stay tuned! 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ #PrideMonth #Pride2025

www.ovid.tv/pride-2025

Pride 2025 - OVID.tv

It’s that pride-thang time of year again, and as good a time as any to bask in our spectacularly wide-ranging collection of LGBTQ+ films for Pride 2025. From classic docs and risqué dramas, to off-kil...

Dance Camera West 2025 - OVID.tv

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OVID TV @ovidtv.bsky.social · Jun 3

HUM 255 resonates with new urgency amid the current wave of student arrests across the US.

Exclusive from the collective @kartemquinfilms.bsky.social founded by University of Chicago students immersed in the political turmoil and verité cinema movement of the 60s.

Now Streaming ONLY on OVID

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OVID TV @ovidtv.bsky.social · May 28

“Where the allusiveness of dance meets the intimacy of film to create a new kind of magic!” @nytimes.com

For the fifth year running, OVID hosts the internationally renowned festival DANCE CAMERA WEST, presenting their 2025 edition comprising docs and experimental films!
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For the fifth year running, OVID is hosting the internationally renowned LA-based film festival Dance Camera West, presenting their 2025 edition exploring dance in the context of experimental cinema a...

OVID TV @ovidtv.bsky.social · May 27

R.I.P. to the great Marcel Ophuls (1927-2025)

OVID continues streaming his Oscar-winning HOTEL TERMINUS: The Life and Times of Klaus Barbie, THE TROUBLES WE'VE SEEN, and MARCEL OPHULS & JEAN-LUC GODARD: The Meeting in St-Gervais.

An extraordinary legacy!

www.ovid.tv/marcel-ophul...

P.S. Burn This Letter Please

OVID TV @ovidtv.bsky.social · May 21

Every month is Pride Month on 🪩VID!

P.S. BURN THIS LETTER PLEASE "illuminates countless fascinating aspects of the New York drag scene" @thr.com wherein a box of letters unfurls a forgotten world where being yourself meant breaking the law.

Now streaming ONLY on OVID ▶️
www.ovid.tv/videos/p-s-b...

Directed by Michael Seligman & Jennifer Tiexiera • Documentary • With Michael Alogna, Henry Arango • 2022 • 101 minutes A demi-monde that would have been lost to time were it not for the chance find ...