October 10th is World Mental Health Day. Now available on OVID is a collection of films exploring a complicated subject. Included are films reflecting historical perspectives like A Captive Feast and The Yellow Wallpaper, films exploring more modern approaches as seen in 12 Days, and documentarie...

Explore OVID's growing collection of binge-worthy horror films.

Prismatic Ground is a New York festival centered on experimental documentary. Hosted by Maysles Documentary Center and online NYC film resource Screen Slate, the festival will be primarily virtual for its first year barring a timely end to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

We seek work that pushes ...

Hyperallergic is one of the few sites with dedicated coverage for nonfiction film and art. Documentary editor Dan Schindel has gathered a series of works expressing both sides of the political and personal split—often mixing the two. From an in-depth examination of Nazi history to a train acting ...

We proudly present a new playlist curated by Brian Hu, the artistic director of Pacific Arts Movement. His latest selections include the deeply personal ALL ABOUT MY SISTERS, Indonesian western/thriller hybrid MARLINA THE MURDERER IN FOUR ACTS, and Oscar-winning filmmaker Ryûsuke Hamaguchi’s epic...

SUNU: Journal of African Affairs, Critical Thought + Aesthetics, publishes works dealing with an array of themes and ideas from a Pan-African perspective. It is rooted in the intersectionality of the global Black experience, and recognizes that a Pan-African perspective must be inclusive and repr...

"What happens when you take an independent American filmmaker, a fetish for Communist memorabilia, and subtract all irony? Pretty much the films of Jim Finn." —Filmmaker Magazine

This trilogy of films is part of MoMA's permanent collection.

This vast collection of experimental films proves just how boundless the genre can be. From Chantal Akerman's aesthetically minimalist and humanist reflection on 'the Israel question' in DOWN THERE, to Robert Kramer and John Douglas's free-associative document of American life in MILESTONES, to p...

The "Food, Glorious Food" collection invites viewers to discover food from Cuba to Taiwan. Other films explore the highs and lows of winemaking, mushroom hunting in Oregon, and the pleasures of a New York City egg cream. Joining the collection are eight new additions to OVID's slate, including JO...

Each March in Washington, D.C., the Environmental Film Festival in the Nation’s Capital (DCEFF) hosts the largest environmental film festival in the world. To celebrate the festival's 30th anniversary, OVID is proud to partner with DCEFF and share this selection of films that have screened there ...

Carlos Gutiérrez of Cinema Tropical picks his favorite films on OVID. New York-based Cinema Tropical is a non-profit media arts organization that has become the leading presenter of Latin American cinema in the United States. Founded in 2001 with the mission of distributing, programming and prom...

When writing my book on Slow Cinema, I found myself time and again drawn to films coming from Asia. There is something very specific about them: their density, their observation of fast-paced changes, their portraits of what it means to be human today differs from films from other continents. Per...

Her Head in Films is a film podcast dedicated to the personal, the subjective, the emotional. It's about the host Caitlin's intimate, intense relationship with mostly art house and international cinema. To allow people into her world, Caitlin has curated this exclusive collection for OVID.

A generation who represents the future has experienced internal displacement, international economic stranglehold, war, and environmental degradation, however technology and the DIY spirit has empowered these artists to forge new cultural identities and refashion their spaces. Basically, each new...

Another Gaze Journal publishes reviews, essays, and experimental writing that engages with films from women and queers. It interrogates the politics of gender representation in films made by men, and creates space for critical discussion about the filmmaking practices and traditions of those sex ...

Features narrative films from Asia.

A collection of Oscar-winning animated shorts from the National Film Board of Canada.

Bob’s Birthday - Surprise birthday parties can be risky. Especially when the guest of honor is turning 40!

The Danish Poet - This short animation follows Kasper, a poet whose creative well has run dry, on a ho...

A companion to the Animated Features Collection, this collection brings together an array of filmmakers working across varied styles. From experimental political manifestos to humorous explorations of love, these films showcase the rich possibilities of animation as a short-form medium. Among the...

A collection of films that focus on health and well-being, medicine and mental health.

A selection of feature films and documentaries about the peoples from across North Africa from Tunisia to Egypt.