Jo and Allie, a trans couple from Sunnyside, Queens, have built a life that defies easy categorization. After a serendipitous meeting on a dating app in 2016, they married two years later, but their journey has been shaped by challenges they never anticipated. Facing discrimination and systemic barriers, their love remains their guiding force. Resilience, support, and fulfillment prevail as they navigate transitions, careers, and family. This feature documentary offers an intimate look at their evolving world—celebrating love, identity, and the power of their chosen family.
In March 2020, daily life as we knew it came to an abrupt halt when the federal government announced a general lockdown. Belgium went into lockdown, public life evaporated, and time stood still as the COVID-19 virus gained ground. On the front lines, which ran through hospitals and residential care centers, people fought day and night for life and against the virus. While we were locked up between four walls in our homes, the healthcare sector worked overtime for the health and freedom of us all.
In the remote village of Kök-Tash, Kyrgyzstan, where conservative norms confine women to domestic duties, an activist organizes a women's football tournament to challenge these patriarchal traditions. Stunningly filmed, visually captivating, and quite evocative, Kick-Off demonstrates how athletics has the power to break taboos, opposing the norms of traditionalism, while promoting gender quality in rigidly patriarchal societies, where women are left with no choice but to occupy the margins of solely inflexible, highly restrictive roles. Sports and play, being the most natural expression of human joy - unbound by limitations and uncontained, are the best response to the sullen "no's" imposed by any form of oppression.
Eva Stefani follows the rehearsals at Onassis Stegi and the international tour of Dimitris Papaioannou’s legendary stage work, Transverse Orientation. Her film is also a portrait of the artist in his effort to give shape and breathe life into his work.
Between the 1970s and the 1990s, under China's strict one-child policy, an unknown number of baby girls were abandoned by their parents who wanted to have a son. Tens of thousands of these unwanted girls were brought to Putien, Fujian, where they were raised by foster families. But their foster parents didn't do this out of the kindness of their hearts. Instead, they had a clear goal: one day the girls were to marry their sons. Decades later, the women have grown up, and they want answers: where did they came from? And why were they traded like a commodity?
A personal look at the life, work and untimely death of celebrated indie cinematographer Halyna Hutchins, who was shot and killed in a tragic accident on the set of the film Rust in 2021.
A group of former Russian nuclear scientist has settled on a small Greek island with about 60 inhabitants. These "Russians", as the locals call them, had a promising future in the USSR or in the West. But they decided differently. More than 20 years ago, they decided to take part in a lifelong experiment to explore the basic questions of human society on the basis of Pythagoras' philosophy.
An artist who shelved his musical aspirations to raise his family has a renewed spark to find his passion once again. He sets out on a harrowing journey to navigate the pitfalls of life, the music business, and an unexpected medical condition that threatens to end his career before it can truly take off. Along the way he uncovers the persistence of passion, the strength to endure, and an unwavering thirst to attain success against all odds. This isn't just a story about AN artist - it's a story about ALL artists.
A single mother in 1953, whose story was a taboo subject within the family. There is a conversation that mother and daughter never had. This conversation is recorded on audio and the time has come for it to happen between them and they can heal the wounds of the past.
The documentary chronicles the creation of Greece's first urban food forest in Neapolis, Thessaloniki. Designed using regenerative agriculture principles and planted with over 750 food-producing trees and plants, this community-led effort transformed a grassy lot into a hub for permaculture, urban farming, environmental education, community life, and hope.
A heartfelt and humorous Documentary coming-of-age film that follows Adi as he approaches one of the most significant milestones in Jewish tradition: his Bar Mitzvah. A tribute to family, friendship, and the joyful journey of growing up.
The film tells about the Nazino tragedy — the events of 1933 in the north of Tomsk Oblast, during which about 6,000 people were exiled to an uninhabited island, most of whom died within a few days. The incident was the result of an inhumane policy of "cleansing large cities of so-called declassed elements", people were deported without any charges. There have been many documented cases of cannibalism among prisoners and abuse of power among executive branch representatives.
Duolan left Yakutia for Georgia. He turned his apartment into a small kitchen to make a living selling sushi. In Batumi, where little reminds him of home, Duolan searches for something that might bring back the feeling of his homeland - in the local landscapes, people, signs, and even animals. Sometimes, he sings Yakut songs, hoping to at least mentally transport himself back to the place he left behind.
The 22-year Siege of Candia unfolds through the struggles of the besieged and the attackers, the failed Venetian efforts, and an unfulfilled love. Personal testimonies bring to life the dramatic events of Crete's past, as memory and time collide nearly four centuries later.
After the sudden death of his wife, the film's protagonist, Mr. Jochec, must take on the responsibility of caring for his two teenage children—his daughter Vanesa and his son Petr, who has a severe autism spectrum disorder. Previously often working away from home, Mr. Jochec now has to manage everything on his own, keeping his family together.
Monroe, Aura, Marlene: Three drag queens from the Ukrainian LGBTQ+ community raise funds for the frontlines, re-defining resilience and hope between glamorous shows and wartime life.