For the launch of ‘Operation Sunbird’, a new channel of inconvenient truths about Israel and Palestine, Indya Moore, Rain Dove and Heydon Prowse posed as real estate influencers to gain access to the Israeli realtors, hoteliers and developers making a killing from real estate and tourism on Palestinian land. The documentary follows Rain Dove on their Aliyah journey from undercover filming at a New Jersey Property Expo to the Occupied West Bank. Aliyah is the right of anyone with Jewish ancestry to resettle in Israel. Rain doesn’t identify as Jewish, and the land isn’t in Israel (it’s in Palestine), but having a Jewish great-grandfather and a big deposit can make all those problems disappear, and qualify Rain for official tax breaks and special mortgage assistance from the Israeli government.
In 1989, José Luis and Luz María, a young couple living in Galicia who have just had a daughter, get divorced. José Luis films the entire separation process with his camera. In 2019, their daughter Paula, who has been living in France with her girlfriend Joy for ten years, separates. Paula, like her father, has been recording their love story and its end all this time. This documentary uses intimate archive footage to initiate a dialogue between two separations thirty years apart and attempts to answer the question: What remains when love ends?
Yudha Chitra (Frames of War) is a stark reminder that peace has not yet come for those directly affected by Nepal’s 11-year conflict. The film brings us the voices of those whose relatives were killed or disappeared or who were disabled during the conflict. Suffering and pain reside in individuals and individual bodies, which we often forget under the collective ‘people’. The film excavates individual stories while accompanying a traveling exhibition of A People War that in 2007-2008 traversed the country for more than three months and was seen by more than 300,000 people. The film also reminds us that public acknowledgement of what happened is a precondition for healing.
How much of your identity can you outsource? In an attempt to escape her workaholism, visual artist Karina Beumer hires multiple substitutes for herself. What do the substitutes gain from assuming someone else's identity? And what does it cost Karina? It's about losing control and finding yourself.
In Mandala, Kilian Bron and his team explore Nepal from many angles. From the bustling streets of Kathmandu to the winding mountain paths of Dolpo, the French rider and his META V5 discover the Himalayas with their signature commitment and style. Blending artistic vision and human experience, Mandala marks Kilian Bron’s newest work.
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.