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Best of Beat 2021
Wim Wenders: Desperado
From Dusseldorf to Paris, and all the way to the desert of Texas, the film traces iconic locations and decisive moments in Wenders' work
One Man and His Shoes
A film that tells the hidden story of a brand and its impact on global popular culture from a historical and social lens
Laurent Garnier: Off the Record
A look into the life of one of the godfathers of house music, from his emergence on the music scene in the 80's to now
Girls Can't Surf
A story of a band of renegade surfers who took on the male-dominated professional surfing world to achieve equality and change the sport forever
American Utopia
Spike Lee documents the former Talking Heads frontman's brilliant Broadway show, based on his recent album and tour of the same name
Aalto
A journey into the life and work of one of the greatest modern architects, Alvar Aalto
You Cannot Kill David Arquette
Actor David Arquette attempts a rocky return to the sport that stalled his promising Hollywood career
The Mystery of D.B. Cooper
The extraordinary, real-life tale of one of the greatest unsolved heists in American history and a case that has taunted the FBI for decades
Television Event
An archive-based feature documentary viewing the dramatic climax of the Cold War through the lens of the ABC network
Some Kind of Heaven
Behind the gates of a palm tree-lined fantasyland, four residents of America's largest retirement community, The Villages, FL, strive to find solace and meaning
Sheltered
Behind the doors of a large animal shelter, you can find the tense relationship between humans and animals as well as the unconditional love they have for each other
Shade Grown Coffee
An insight into the coffee-making process, all the way from harvesting the ripe cherries to preparing the perfect cup of coffee
Set!
Table setting – for most of us is a chore, but for some it’s a sport
Searchers
Alternately humorous and touching encounters with a diverse set of New Yorkers as they navigate their preferred dating apps, searching for their special someone
Radiograph of a Family
Images of the Iranian filmmaker's parental home recur throughout this examination of her parents' marriage
Moments Like This Never Last
No rules. Nothing but time. The artist Dash Snow and a scene are born that both shape and encapsulate downtown NYC post-9/11
Margiela: In His Own Words
Documentary offering a view on Maison Martin Margiela during Martin Margiela's helm
Jungle
An intimate and cliché-crushing portrait of a group of girl friends living in northeast Paris screaming “liberté, égalité, sororité”
All is one. Except 0.
The story of the German hackers, told by the protagonists themselves in a montage of found video and audio material
Alien on Stage
A unique crew of bus drivers from Dorset and their amateur dramatics group decide to ditch doing another pantomime and try something different
I Am Gen Z
Surviving in a world broken by Tech
Playing With Sharks
Pioneering scuba diver Valerie Taylor, who has dedicated her life to exposing the myth surrounding our fear of sharks
Bank Job
A community driven feature film, participatory bank and playful act of economic education and change
Making a Mountain
A story of Bjarke Ingels Group CopenHill project, a waste-to-energy plant with an artificial ski slope on the roof
Moby Doc
A surrealist biographical documentary narrated by Moby as he reflects on his turbulent personal life and iconic music
Sisters with Transistors
The untold story of electronic music’s female pioneers
Crock of Gold
A look at the life of Irish singer/songwriter and Pogues frontman Shane MacGowan
A Symphony of Noise
A journey into the sound worlds of celebrated British musician and sound researcher Matthew Herbert
The Nowhere Inn
St. Vincent sets out to make a documentary about her music, but when she hires a close friend to direct
Under the Volcano
On a remote Caribbean island, under the shadow of an active volcano, the world's biggest recording artists made music and myth that defined an era