Wheat has long been vital to the Middle East, but the region relies on imports, leaving millions vulnerable. When Lebanon's grain silos exploded in 2020, the urgency of food sovereignty became clear.
Rutas and Roots is a short documentary that connects the journeys of two families: a Venezuelan family immigrating to the U.S. and an American family whose pioneer ancestors traveled west over a century ago. Both endured heartbreaking loss, sacrificing for a better future. Through personal stories and recreated scenes, the film reveals the cost of migration, the resilience that drives people to start anew, and the impact it has on their descendants.
A filmmaker explores his family's 30-year hidden secret through home videos, despite risks to everyone's safety. Based on Mike Lobel's investigation into what his parents kept from him and his siblings.
The work resulting from the Miradas Diversas workshop was created through collaborative processes with filmmaker David Fidalgo as tutor. The proposal represents an audiovisual approach to the urban space of the city of A Coruña: the way its citizens inhabit, share, live, and coexist. The artistic vision of the proposal is part of the tradition of "urban symphonies": documentary films that record the spaces and people of a city.
A chance encounter with a woman creating a seashell mosaic on the facade of a pharmacy in the coastal town of Ureki turned into a profound journey to the place of the artist’s strength and vulnerability.
"By the way, there's a Ukrainian family living in Kormagali," my friend Geo told me, which sparked my desire to make a film about them. But searching for this family raised more questions than answers. The main one was: Where is the Ukrainians house?
A moving biographical story about two-time Paralympic champion Rihards Snikus. The film traces his journey to the 2024 Paralympic Games in Paris and highlights significant turning points in the athlete's life.
«Time is money» is an oft-repeated expression in our modern performance-oriented society. But how does it affect us as individuals, and influence our society? Director Konrad Wakolbinger deconstructs this common and unquestioned concept, and shows, with subtle humor, how our understanding of time, work, and their interdependence has changed over the centuries.
On May 8, 1970, construction workers violently clashed with students demonstrating against the Vietnam War in lower Manhattan. The workmen, who came to be known as “hardhats,” were at the cutting edge of a new kind of class war. With the war in Vietnam raging on, it was the sons of the working class who were doing most of the fighting. Workmen saw the protesting students as privileged “draft dodgers” disparaging the country and those who fought for it. On the other side, many student activists saw the workers as pawns, unwilling to see the changes that America needed. Hard Hat Riot tells the story of a struggling metropolis, a flailing president, a divided people, and a bloody juncture when the nation violently diverged ― culminating in a new political and cultural landscape that radically redefined American politics and foreshadowed the future.
The world knows the image of the good Canadian. But what if there was a dark secret behind a national identity? THE GOOD CANADIAN exposes the truth behind the idea of a True North strong and free. In this unflinching and eye-opening documentary, directors Leena Minifie and David Paperny move us through the corridors of systemic inequity, from the Indian Act to residential schools, to modern-day family separation. Fusing shocking footage with detailed interviews with experts, advocates, whistleblowers and politicians, THE GOOD CANADIAN challenges national myth-making, while offering Canadians the chance to forge a new identity from the truth.
The true story of the Mykhailenko brothers: Serhiy, commander of a mobile air defense unit, and Mykola, a player on Ukraine's Olympic soccer team. While one risks his life on the front lines, the other represents his country on the world stage. The film explores the deep connection between two brothers fighting for their country in completely different but interconnected worlds.
Social Democratic Party (SP) politician Islam Alijaj is physically disabled and has a severe speech impediment. When he got elected to the Zurich City Council, despite a low ranking on his party’s electoral list, it was a minor miracle. He went on to aim for a greater goal – a seat on Switzerland’s National Council. History repeated itself when, with the support of many, he once again achieved the seemingly impossible.