Vaclav Havel is the father of modern democracy in the post-Soviet Czech Republic. This biographical documentary offers …
A theater group composed of peasant women from rural Turkey embarks on a journey to a remote town in the mountains of t…
After several years in Europe, Violeta returns to her native Brazil to renew vows in her religion. But the years do not…
This short film is the endearing portrait of Roed Roza, a South American migrant in Milan, Italy. Stripped of his land …
This experimental film mixes contemplative observations of the interior of Silicon Valley homes with actorly reflection…
Skateboarding in a socialist country has its virtues. This must-see documentary for fans of the sport retraces the orig…
Today is the marriage of Babi, a Brazilian trans woman. This short film documents a ceremony that symbolizes an achieve…
What is it like to be a female tattoo artist in a male-dominated art? In this documentary, world-famous tattoo artist D…
Poetic, contemplative and testimonial, this documentary gathers the impressions of hundreds of Central African men, wom…
How to make another living being happy? And how to do it if that other living being is a turtle? These questions are an…
Through incisive research and the participation of protagonists and experts, this documentary dissects the 1971 partiti…
Tour Du Faso, Africa's top cycling race, where foreigners and locals try to be the winner on a route full of unforeseen…
Father and son travel a long distance from the Czech Republic to a Russian city. So close together but so far away at t…
When others film pain, Silvana Lopa films happiness. In just five minutes, the young Argentine filmmaker captures fragm…
After a long time of being separated from her brother, interned in a select Catholic order in an isolated monastery, fi…
To dig into her family tree, a Kenyan woman in exile embarks on a journey to three countries to construct the figure of…
With a global perspective, this educational documentary sheds light on the evolution of one of the most revolutionary e…
Filmed over several years, this iconic documentary directed by Helena Třeštíková follows a married couple from their ho…
A captivating portrait of a remote rural village in Cuba takes place before our eyes. At the same time, a touching dial…
When a film crew arrives in Ghana to shoot a film about supposed child witchcraft, the ethical dilemmas of the filmmake…
After being a sexually abused child, Dave Ohlmuller embarks on an adventure to bike from Chicago to New Jersey to raise…
With a sexual reassignment surgery, Rosa Maria, a 59-year-old transsexual woman, seeks to complete her transition after…
While the decline in drinking water supplies threatens existence of life on planet Earth, already in Cape Town, South A…
Using cinematic techniques, the performance of the crucifixion of Christ interpreted by ordinary people in a village in…
Although apartheid ended more than twenty years ago, young people in South Africa are still fighting to eliminate discr…
Inspired by a film by Agnes Varda, this experimental short film features actors and actresses to stage and reflect on g…
When a series of violent incidents begin to occur among the students of a prestigious medical school in India, filmmake…
A foreigner arrives in Cuba to elucidate what for him is a riddle from the western point of view: Why in Cuba can you g…
The relationship between grandson and grandmother is always powerful, enigmatic. Filmmaker Stéphane Riethauser undertak…
In the decadent town of Gonzalez, Texas, no cultural event attracts more attention than the traditional cattle auction.…
Calais is not only a prominent port city in France, but also the crossroads for many migrants trying to reach England. …
Filmmaker Tana Gilbert films the relationship between her octogenarian grandmother and her uncle Jhonny, a mentally uns…
In the inhospitable desert lands of northeastern Mexico, a community of ranchers prepares to migrate to a new home in t…
To stand up against discrimination, a group of gay men gather in downtown Seoul to sing in South Korea's only amateur g…
In World War II, a psychiatric asylum in France not only had to deal with the Nazi invasion. Its staff also pioneered …
A group of North Korean refugee women living in South Korea have an essential ritual since they left their home in sear…
A family gravitates between two countries. Indira in Bosnia-Herzegovina, and Mehdina in France, are two sisters with di…
This is a fascinating insight into the life of Swiss skier and Olympic medalist Lara Gut-Behrami. From the peak of her …
What is so poetic about the rite of swimming from a beach to a buoy? Filmmaker Fernando Spiner takes us to his hometown…
Through interviews with Korean female workers of the present, we are taken back decades to unveil the labor oppression …
A woman with a troubled past embarks on a journey to the open sea carrying a message to the grieving families of fisher…
Through slow motion postcards, this short film shows us an ordinary day in the life of the inhabitants of North Korea, …
When the presidents of Mexico and France unveiled his chaquira mural at the entrance of the Louvre Museum, indigenous a…
After a long absence, a daughter returns to her parents' home with a movie camera. Beset the same financial problems th…
When a beaver plague gets out of control in the harsh territory of Tierra del Fuego, Argentina, a couple of biologists …
An old sailor faces physical and mental decline in his 80s. When a sailor can't go on anymore, he sets out for his fina…
A few days away from death, terminally ill patients can spend their last days in a hospice in Seoul, South Korea. This …
When great-grandmother Inés died, it meant nothing to little Luisa. Several decades later, some old manuscripts bring t…
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