A film that, through moments of humor, irony, and introspection, develops into a metaphorical exploration of repair, resilience, and the ambiguities of contemporary existence.
Machines relentlessly working under the scorching sun. Pumps, reels, and unbearable horizons behind corrugated metal sheets that spark at the touch. Eleven months after the devestated floods of 2023, the rural greek settlement of Metamorfosi, awaits the end of a suffocating August and its inevitable transformation.
In Russia, criticizing the war in Ukraine or Vladimir Putin’s regime has become a crime. Thousands of ordinary citizens are being arrested, tried, and imprisoned. They are called “Politzek”: political prisoners. Filmed clandestinely over the course of more than a year, Politzek gives a platform to those who, despite the fear, continue to speak out against Putin’s repressive Russia. Through the intersecting stories of a teenager sentenced to five years in prison for criticizing the government on social media, a young artist jailed for placing anti-war stickers, a human rights activist, and two theater directors facing Kafkaesque trials, the film unveils the machinery of state repression in Russia. With rare footage, broken yet unyielding voices, this is a story of silenced resistance.
Nawal moved to Berlin from the West Bank to establish a life away from occupation, leaving behind her mother, an Israeli activist living in the West Bank. A meditation on daughterhood, motherhood and complex inheritance, the film explores the legacies of resistance passed down between Neta and Nawal at a moment of immense turmoil.
In Buenaventura, the main port city on Colombia's Pacific coast, a young Afro-descendant social leader uses rap as a tool to build peace and confront violence, challenging the social complexity caused by drug trafficking and the wealth of natural resources in his environment.
The film follows Georgia, Sofia, Loukas, and Thiseas as they explore the city through walking routes, sharing the story of their trans experiences and transforming walking into an act of empowerment and visibility.
The short documentary traces the fading light of Belém’s silver screens through the eyes of a young filmmaker and aspiring historian. With camera in hand, he sets out to preserve the stories of the three movie theaters that once defined the city’s cultural pulse
Paris, September 2024. In the nave of the Grand Palais, two fencers face each other. Seated in their wheelchairs, they are about to cross swords for an Olympic title. From the edge of the strip, Delphine, also in a wheelchair, watches the event with a special perspective. She is providing live commentary on the final bout of Maxime Valet, the man she shares her life with. In his quest, Maxime can also rely on the unwavering support of his close circle: his parents, his coaches, and Brigitte, his fencing master since childhood, all of them pushing him forward.
Becoming Thurgood: America’s Social Architect traces Marshall’s life and career from his birth in Baltimore in 1908, through his years at Historically Black Colleges and Universities Lincoln University and Howard University School of Law, and on to his groundbreaking career as a lawyer championing civil rights. After launching his legal career in Baltimore in 1935, Marshall went on to win 29 of the 32 cases he argued before the U.S. Supreme Court , most notably the landmark Brown v. Board of Education case in 1954, which ended racial segregation in public schools. In 1967 he was appointed to the Supreme Court, where he served until his retirement in 1991.
My brother passed away in 2013 and my parents hold opposing beliefs about where he went after death. In search of answers, I turn to spiritual professionals, hoping they might offer real clues to the question: Where'd My Brother Go?