For filmmaker Nordin Lasfar, who grew up in the Netherlands as the child of Moroccan parents, author Paul Bowles opened the door to literature and stories from the land of his forebears. In the 1960s and 70s, Tangier was a base for Western artists and writers of the Beat Generation, among them Bowles.
In Sichuan's Liangshan mountains, Yi children grow up between tradition and change. When a father returns from prison seeking redemption, he finds that his daughter dreams of basketball but is torn over her schooling, and his son longs to earn money. As summer ends and walnuts ripen, their separate journeys begin.
Young Taiwanese worker Lin spends his days crafting intricate paper houses for funeral offerings. When his boss arranges a blind date for him, he begins to envision his future through the burning paper houses. What does an ideal life look like?
“Buddha & Me” is a meditative 14-minute documentary by filmmaker Sunil Babbar, exploring the timeless spiritual resonance of Sarnath—the sacred site where the Buddha delivered his first sermon. Through evocative visuals, reflective narration, and a deeply personal lens, the film weaves together the ancient teachings of the Buddha with the filmmaker’s own inner journey. Set against the tranquil backdrop of Sarnath’s ruins and monastic life, Buddha & Me becomes both a pilgrimage and a quiet dialogue between the self and the enlightened path. The movie is streaming globally on "Relay" at this link: https://pickrelay.com/t/kcxf-z4bt/buddha-and-me
In a decaying Soviet-era retirement home, a vibrant group of elders cling to life by staging Shakespeare. Yet loneliness lingers beyond the theater’s doors, until drama begins to blur with reality.
Snowflakes at the End of the World offers a meditation on the beauty and ugliness of Montreal winter, and invites critical reflection on the relationship between humans and nature.
Grounds, Premises takes the opening scene of Ed Wood's Plan 9 From Outer Space to consider intention and failure. What emerges is a treatise on the creative process with the emphasis on process rather than result. This film was made while teaching a film production course at a castle in the South of the Netherlands, and is dedicated to our fleeting time together.
La Bonita and Cristina are two trans cooks who work on the cargo ships that travel around the rivers of the Peruvian Amazon. Both have begun to detransition themselves, one to fulfil a promise made to her dead mother, the other for fear of eternally burning in hell.
In the Argentinian prison where he's serving a sentence, Marcos cherishes his smartphone, which he uses to keep in touch with family and loved ones. It's also the device with which, at the request of filmmaker Toia Bonino, he documents his daily life. His video recordings and back-and-forth voice messages with Bonino form a precious link to the outside world.
BR and Regelegorilla try out a 100% vegan fast-food spot and are surprised by how good the food is. Between bites, they dive into a spontaneous conversation about the acceptance of veganism—why it’s controversial, how mindsets can change, and what the experience teaches them. A short, fun, and thoughtful video.
In pursuit of enlightenment, a platinum selling record producer left his hedonistic life behind to live in a cave. Nine years later he continues to grapple with the question, what does it mean to be free?
In The Outer City (Bayırşəhər), one of Baku’s historically and architecturally significant neighborhoods, large-scale demolition has already begun, placing the city’s memory under threat. For over a year, local residents and architects have been fighting to protect the historic buildings, the urban fabric, and Baku’s unique identity from the excavators’ bucket — yet the scope of destruction keeps expanding day by day. “Beneath the Ruins: The Outer City” is the follow-up to the documentary “Framed: The Outer City.”
Born on May 3, 1943, Drauzio Varella is a physician, writer, and communicator who has built one of the most remarkable and respected careers in Brazilian medicine. His ability to democratize health information goes far beyond the clinic, teaching the public about prevention, exercise, and healthy habits through radio, television, the internet, and more than 20 published books. Now, at 82, Drauzio looks back on his childhood in Brás, his work as an oncologist, his AIDS-prevention campaigns, his volunteer work in prisons, and his deep relationship with sports as a path to balance and well-being.
Sharing a common sperm donor but not a common history, a group of dozens of siblings create a unique annual reunion to explore the dynamics of non-family blood relations.
He was born different, and chose to become unique. Becoming Lucky Love follows how Luc Bruyère turned his “flaw” into strength and his life into an act of creation. Born without his left arm, he faced the violence of people’s gaze from childhood, sinking into shame and self-destruction. “I was born homosexual, without a left arm — I didn’t fit what a man was expected to be: a figure without nuance, categorical,” Luc confides. Instead of giving up, he chose to transform himself and become what he had always dreamed of: a singer and performer. With his angelic face and magnetic presence, nothing seems to resist him — yet his blazing loves and excesses marked him deeply. Now, on the verge of turning 30, he looks back without filters. Becoming Lucky Love paints the portrait of an avant-garde, captivating outsider who proves that destiny can be endlessly reinvented through strength, poetry, and self-invention.
As dancer and actress Souraya Baghdadi revisits her life with her late husband, filmmaker Maroun Baghdadi, through archival whispers and tender introspection, she uncovers the haunting beauty of love that persists even in the silence of absence.
A documentary film that follows five trans people with disabilities living in the State of São Paulo, who share their life experiences — stories of resistance, affection and reinvention. Through their voices and day-to-day realities, the film explores how gender identity, disability, social marginalization and personal resilience intersect. It invites reflection on belonging and transformation, revealing how these five individuals redefine limits, build support networks and reclaim their right to live fully.