Despite the war, school life continues in Ukraine, with pupils and teachers striving to continue learning even under constant threat. The film is a mosaic of the everyday lives of teachers and students from different corners of Ukraine.
Submerged in the sea of greenwashing that drowns them daily, two Amazonian filmmakers have decided to denounce, in this film manifesto, the entrails of the historical process of inventing and exploiting the forest as an inexhaustible Garden of Eden. Between Munich and Belém, they reveal how racism and prejudice, in Brazil and throughout the world, are still organised around the idea of a “savage demographic emptiness”, unable to speak for itself.
White sand, turquoise blue water. For decades, a chemical plant has been discharging its wastewater into the sea, transforming the nearby landscape into a white paradise. A voice collects memories along the beach and records them on postcards. As the shadow of the factory grows longer and traces no longer fade, she questions the linearity of her own horizon. Slowly, a toxic scent spreads and she realizes that her image of paradise is contaminated. A whale becomes stranded.
The film outlines the logging culture in the forests of Drama, highlighting the significant contribution of the people who work and protect this natural wealth: the challenges they face daily, the harsh working conditions, the need for sustainable management practices and the ongoing threat of forest wildfires.
This film is a search in the shadows of our empty home and at the same time an immersion in the past through the New Year's Eve of my childhood. Memories, ghosts and dreams come back to life as I try to reassemble the fragments of my life.
The film follows three characters-people of the open-air markets-within their working environment. An observational portrait capturing their personalities, their surroundings, and the ways in which they interact with them.
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.