Everything around Asalif, an Ethiopian boy, is in constant change. The construction of a housing complex on his land af…
Chinese descendants in Serbia may go unnoticed in a rural farm, small retail stores or as employees in a mall. Will the…
This short film/video installation uses anecdotes that gamers share on internet forums to reflect on the feedback betwe…
Lludy, a Brazilian immigrant, has just lost his flat in Barcelona and has nowhere to go. Through her belongings we disc…
In the southeast of Brazil, in the Goiás region, there are two rural towns where only adults and old people remain. But…
Through still pictures and textual resources, a short story unfolds: the encounter between a western explorer and a Nig…
In this documentary short we accompany the musicians of the Unterbiberger Hofmusik, a band that mixes traditional Bavar…
This gem from the Rotterdam Film Festival is a chronicle-essay ... or rather a kind of diary, as philosophical as it is…
By closely following Central American migrants on their perilous journey to the US-Mexico border, this bold documentary…
This episode of UN In Action is only a quick look at what the UN agencies are dealing with the worst humanitarian crisi…
Amir Awad, from the Syrian National Team for wrestling, introduces us to the Syrian Sports Academy, a place that trains…
Eighteen-year-old Josefin travels from Sweden to Peru in search of answers. According to a family myth, her aunt was a …
Brazilian filmmaker Octavio Cury travels to Syria and obtains a book written by his great-grandfather, an icon of Arab …
A Russian folk tale about a woman saint gives way to a performance exercise by a group of young women inside a house fu…
Patrice Fortier lives among crops of carrots, rutabagas, various types of berries and other plants. This documentary is…
Benin, West Africa. Three tourists are being photographed by local photographers, wearing extravagant masks of their ch…
A Chinese filmmaker isolates thirteen actors in a weapons factory where they must live as in times of the Cultural Revo…
Farmers in Nepal are the worst affected by climate change as most of them are forced to migrate to other countries to s…
Through various pieces of contemporary dance, this short film illustrates the historical evolution of the treatment of …
Premiered at the Berlinale, this film takes us into the peaceful and thoughtful life in a retirement home that exists i…
How do the descendants of Hitler's high-ranking generals live in the present? This documentary investigates the soul of…
This short documentary shows those who visit the largest public park in southern Calcutta, India. In a society where th…
The last part of the Barrientos trilogy focuses on the love story of Naty and Daniel Barrientos, the pillars of a humbl…
Given the little action of the state to support those who suffer from Parkinson's, a group of people try to manage thei…
Rolf and Renata leave their home and embark with their young children to live with indigenous communities in various pa…
This short film takes us to post-apocalyptic New York built on a famous video game. Together with a group of snipers, w…
Swedish Filmmaker Mikael Wiström documents his reunion with a Peruvian family after 16 years of absence. This is the fi…
Descendant of Italian mobster, party man, maker of costumes and shows of all kinds, this documentary also shows another…
Filmmaker Stéphane Goel goes out in search of answers about the existence of an idyllic place after death. Several Swis…
The desert of northern Argentina is getting drier due to the activity of extraction companies. Flora and her llamas fin…
In 2011, a young Chilean man, Manuel, was killed by a bullet fired by the security forces in a demonstration. This is t…
This short film uses the perspective of three military drone pilots to see life differently. Pixelated, distant, dehuma…
This experimental short film reflects on the points of view that exist on reality through a kind of "guided tour" by a …
Using footage filmed by intrepid cameramen, in the middle of the firing line in battle, this propaganda film documents …
A lover of the past. A road trip through the southwestern United States. An experimental short documentary that tries t…
Following the thread of an omnipresent narrator, this hybrid film takes us to the dreamy Irish countryside, a setting o…
This propaganda film commissioned by the United States government was shown to the troops that would occupy Germany jus…
Interspersing footages of the present and the past of Finland, this experimental short film uses various editing techni…
The last episode in the Why We Fight saga focuses on the United States' decision to intervene in the resistance to the …
Three prodigious Caribbean pianists located in Havana, New York and Las Canarias, Spain, make a tribute to Ernesto Lecu…
The sixth film in Frank Capra's Why We Fight saga introduced US soldiers and audiences to Japan's invasion of China and…
Three people that have suffered racist and fascist attacks in Germany during the last decades decide that these crimes …
This documentary was conceived to enter the mind of an elderly Armenian suffering from Parkinson's. Through Cinema, we …
Following the quest of Alfred von Rodt, a Swiss who sought to found a kingdom on the Chilean island that inspired Robin…
After being diagnosed with cancer, and amid the tension of the political crisis, a Syrian man begins a family explorati…
The story of an elderly refugee torn between the past, the insecure present and the bleak future. He struggles to decid…
Mixing animation and documentary techniques, this short film presents only an extract from the daily life of street art…
In the third installment of the Why We Fight series, director Frank Capra describes Hitler's deceptive strategy to conq…
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