Joker, Kookie and Djumbo are “Khmericans”: Cambodian refugees who grew up in the United States and were deported back to Cambodia after serving a prison sentence.
You’re in the middle of Death Valley. It’s 120°F (48°C), the sun is blazing hot and there’s not a single tree to hide under. You are covered from head to toe in white apparel in an attempt to conceal yourself from the scorching sun. The only sounds you can hear are those of your own footsteps along the burning asphalt. When the wind picks up, sand whips any exposed part of your body like needles. Welcome to the Badwater 135. A grueling 135 mile race that starts at Badwater Basin - the lowest point in the U.S (-282 feet below sea level) and ends at the highest point in the contiguous United States, Mount Whitney. That’s three mountain ranges the runners have to cross before reaching the finish line. All under 48 hours.
A journey through three distant cultures, retracing the steps that give rise to the breath of life: its primeval discovery, the circularity of breathing, the harmony of song, the colour of each single voice and the connection with the innermost part of the self.
The arrival of the Russian State Circus in Argentina in 1966 was an unprecedented event. For the first time, Soviet artists crossed the Iron Curtain into Latin America. Their art was unsurpassed, until in the 1990s, with the perestroika and the Soviet collapse, the circus also disappeared.
Exiled from Iran after the ban on her 2009 film about the Green Movement, a filmmaker breaks her family’s decades-long silence about a disappeared cousin, executed during the 1988 purges in political prisons.
A filmmaker wanders with his camera through a large empty house where he spent a happy childhood. Aged 14, he was stopped in his tracks by the terrifying image of his father’s corpse, covered in a white shroud. Thirty years on, he makes his way back to the original scene.
By the sea, on a public beach in Beirut frequented only by men, Reda, Adel and Quassem are not waiting for a miracle: they are watching their entire country fall to ruin.
Enrico Naso is an undertaker in Lampedusa. Constantly confronted with the death that lurks everywhere on this remote rock in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, Enrico has chosen life, immersing us in what it means to be human.
Guinaw Rail, a forgotten neighbourhood on the outskirts of Dakar, is emptying out. Bulldozers are demolishing houses along the route of the ‘Train Express Regional’, the symbol of President Macky Sall's “Emerging Senegal”.
Gold fever has gripped northern Niger. In search of the precious metal, and despite the risks, an army of researchers has invaded the sites of interest. While camps are set up and dismantled as rumours of new leads spread, Moussa and his companions are banking on the Ikazan vein.
Pepe Lange goes swimming in the Kiel Fjord every day. When temperatures allow, he goes snorkeling. He explores the underwater world and collects trash. The short film follows him on his special patrol. This gives viewers a glimpse into a mysterious world that normally remains hidden from most of us. When we walk along the Kiel Fjord, we can see the fjord, but not quite into it. We can only guess what it looks like below the surface. That's why filmmaker Sven Bohde and his team want to offer the opportunity to look beneath the surface and experience what it's like down there together with Pepe Lange.
In Mongolia’s remote Tsakhir Valley, Batbold faces the greatest challenge of his young life: safeguarding 1,000 horses during the deadliest winter on record.
Fremmed Rase is the rap group that burst out of Trøndelag in the early 2000s, and took the country by storm with playful rhymes, tough beats and explicit vocabulary. “Riv Kjæft” is an adventure about ups and downs from 1997 to 2025, a group with a completely unique legacy, and not least: real, "trøndersk", HipHop.
In a beautiful Alpine setting, this is the true story of Matthias, a left-wing filmmaker, and Sadiel, a Cuban activist. Sadiel is unhappy with communist Cuba and these frustrations lead him to embrace right-wing ideas, while Matthias stays true to his beliefs. Their relationship mirrors bigger political issues, challenging their political views and ideas of a “successful” queer relationship. Matthias Lintner films this intimate portrayal, through which both embark on a transformative journey, realizing the true nature of change.
Al Moon lives a solitary life on the territory of the Yurok nation in California. Surrounded by violence and ecological threats affecting his people, buried anxieties from his time in Vietnam now begin to resurface. Driven by an urge to confront his past, Al Moon embarks on a cross-country journey, moving closer to uncovering a truth that has haunted him for decades.
A personal story about coming to terms with being who I have become. The film explores the struggle to live and accept the person I am, with all its faults, and to find a way to move on, even when it seems impossible to shake off the pain of the past. It's about accepting my body, even if it sometimes feels like I'm losing it.
In January 2024, Spearitwurx launched Baba’s Building, a visionary intergenerational fellowship designed to uplift and empower Black fathers through healing-centered engagement. This powerful short documentary follows the journey of the men who came together to explore fatherhood beyond its conventional definitions—delving into deep healing, emotional restoration, and community reimagination. Anchored by bi-weekly sessions, transformative mentorship, and collective support, the heart of the film captures the fellowship’s first in-person healing retreat in Shasta, California, held in April 2024. Through intimate storytelling, shared rituals, and raw reflection, the documentary reveals how the men confront intergenerational wounds caused by racism, sexism, individualism, and poverty—and how they begin to reweave their identities as fathers and as human beings.