Premiered at the prestigious IDFA, this documentary follows the Swedish rapper Silvana over several years through her w…
A curious introspective look at the history of the pig, which, in the hands of director Jan Vromman, is the story of th…
Rejected by society, Dario and Maury decide to move to a gay nudist beach in Roma. Full of brushstrokes of pop, psyched…
With a provocative title, this short film essay delves into the image that documents a rally of the National Democratic…
This documentary follows four outcasts in Montreal at night: Kye, Tobie, Paul, Kim. The four support each other and dru…
This documentary follows Hedil and Naam, two Yazidi women who try to give their families a decent life in a refugee cam…
This documentary follows two young men in Mali who dream of becoming professional soccer players to be able to go to Eu…
Stefan Theiler has an interesting theory. He believes that any individual or sociological problem of the human being ca…
This original documentary offers a window into the lives of high school students in Zagreb, revealing the complex inter…
This documentary shows the life of an aspiring ballerino trades in his toe shoes for the barefoot freedom of street dan…
In Old Havana's Roma building, Fernando and Teresa's stale relationship faces an unexpected challenge as Teresa's inexp…
This Documentary is a contemplative exploration of the "Camino de Santiago," focusing on the "albergue" - a hostel that…
Mirko Ilic is an outstanding comics artist based in New York City. In 2015, 38 pieces of his artwork were included in t…
Every year in Spain, some 16,000 Fiestas are organized, during which animals are used. Honoring the Holy Virgin and the…
Former Yugoslav territories, 1980s - 1990s. Time of abrupt political changes and war. Behind all this there was a sound…
Eastern Ukraine. After all the villagers of Pesky were evacuated due to the armed conflict between pro-Russian rebels a…
Grandma lives alone and hasn't left the bed for days. The only constant observer of her everyday life is the camera.
What is it like to return to the place where you were born 30 years after leaving? Filmmaker Régis Sauder returns to th…
This documentary premiered at Locarno follows a series of female characters from Naples, all linked in some way to the …
Faced with the government's plan to build the Great-Western Airport in the Nantes area, France, opponents of the projec…
Boxer by day, nightclub watchman by night, Christ prepares for his next fight in the ring while in the streets of Libre…
In only six minutes, a little boy portrays his domestic universe. A younger brother, his grandparents, his most technol…
In the midst of a city that never stops building buildings, a man leaves his country life behind and decides to run in …
Hundreds of people migrate every year to a very special place in Brasilia in search of a spiritual change in their live…
Through archival footage of the television show her mother hosted in post-Soviet Bulgaria, filmmaker Elitza Gueorguieva…
After becoming pregnant, a filmmaker confronts a ghost from the past: having another abortion. Suddenly, her mother and…
Mixing animations, old home videos and film footage of the present, filmmaker Steffan Strandberg recalls the most impor…
To dig into her family tree, a Kenyan woman in exile embarks on a journey to three countries to construct the figure of…
Jorge's life-affirming quest beneath the waves redefines the essence of adventure, revealing a world where friendship d…
Renowned Palestinian-Israeli musician Jowan Safadi balances his outspoken activism with newfound paternal responsibilit…
Filmmaker Tana Gilbert films the relationship between her octogenarian grandmother and her uncle Jhonny, a mentally uns…
Next to a majestic forest, in the southeast of Cameroon, the inhabitants of a village survive with their prosaic activi…
This multi-award-winning documentary premiered at the Venice Film Festival looks at four men in various parts of the wo…
In charge of his father-in-law's stable, a prestigious jockey from Artois, France, prepares for a decisive horse race i…
Having fled his country's civil war in his childhood, filmmaker Jude Ratman returns to Siri Lanka to confront the trace…
Through a collage of images taken by tourists in exotic territories, this documentary questions the "tourist eye" as a …
A Chinese filmmaker isolates thirteen actors in a weapons factory where they must live as in times of the Cultural Revo…
In this hybrid short film, visual artist Michael Poetschko films a group of young people who turn an abandoned office i…
Little by little, two characters take shape on the screen through objects, sounds and flavors. Who are they? What unite…
What is a family? This documentary explores the enigma through Aliona, a special needs child who begins to live with an…
A Russian folk tale about a woman saint gives way to a performance exercise by a group of young women inside a house fu…
Although apartheid ended more than twenty years ago, young people in South Africa are still fighting to eliminate discr…
A vehement Cypriot woman begins a personal investigation on the trail of her great-aunt, who was forced to marry a stra…
The young South Korean photographer Haneul Dameun invites us in this documentary to what she calls her "secret garden",…
This experimental film mixes contemplative observations of the interior of Silicon Valley homes with actorly reflection…
This beautiful documentary takes us close to Lanny Gordin, a prolific guitarist who worked with great musicians such as…
At a rural school in South Korea, a youth archery team prepares to make history at the inter-school championship.
The filmmaker Bernhard Braunstein shoots a group of French students in a conversation practice. A reflection on languag…
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