Light Up Nippon

The basis of the experimental film Sky Spirits are real-life shots of fireworks. The authors of the film have collected these shots from the year...

A gentle love story from the harsh environment of northern Bohemia.

A man steadily bashes through the snow. He disappears and the trees, covered in white, shift and show a beautiful array of hidden colors. A poetic,...

An illuminating look inside the lives of the Grucci family, whose Long Island-based fireworks business has been lighting up night skies around the...

The word panchão was first heard in Macao. From the Chinese pan-tcheong or pau-tcheong, dictionaries define it as a Macanese regionalism also...

The Katakai Festival, one of Niigata and Echigo's Three Great Fireworks Festivals, has a 400-year history. Held annually on September 9th and 10th in...

Father’s Fireworks is a short film the artist edited out of footage of daily life that he had previously shot. The film first depicts a...

The Price of Cheap tells the stories of modern slaves in textiles manufacturing supply chains and the brave individuals fighting on the ground...

Known for his spectacular pyrotechnic displays, Chinese artist Cai Guo-Qiang creates his most ambitious project yet: Sky Ladder, a visionary,...

Documentary reveals how fireworks are made, how they create their effects and how pyrotechnicians design and execute firework displays.

Jaime, a master pyrotechnician from Valle de Santiago, Mexico, tells us how he decided to dedicate his life to pyrotechnics and how this tradition is...