The Slave in Your Backyard exposes the hidden reality of human trafficking in everyday communities. Featuring survivor Heather Pagán and former trafficker Bruce, this documentary sheds light on the fight to end trafficking.
An intimate portrait of Edandress's life as a performer and erotic content creator in Chile, the documentary explores the metaphor of dilation as he redefines pleasure—breaking free from a restrictive, guilt-ridden society and embracing absolute freedom through self-exploration. Tracing his journey from childhood in Melipilla to his entry into the erotic industry, the film examines how body, pleasure, and social media intersect to provide financial independence while also addressing the fundamental issue of consent as a guiding principle.
In the mountains of Colombia's Coffee Triangle, a family faces the shadow of armed conflict. Years later, a son reconstructs the inherited fear, amidst echoes of the past and invisible scars. A sensory journey into memory, where the unspoken still resonates.
A mesmerizing journey in search of the supposedly ‘Extinct in the Wild’ giant turtle, the Lao Mura, takes an unexpected turn when the local anecdotal evidence starts challenging the norms of Western science. To unlock the secrets of these rare and mysterious freshwater creatures in the quest for conservation, 3 young Indian explorers must now delve deeper into ancient Assamese customs to navigate an intricate relationship between two realms often at loggerheads — science and religion.
In her daily hustle, rushing in all directions, Ieva maintains a positive spirit and lets her bubbly personality be a beacon of light and hope for those around her, even in tough situations. Alongside her work in the church congregation, running the soup kitchen, and supporting those in need, Ieva is accompanied in all her endeavors by her granddaughter, Anete. Where can the source of Ieva's inexhaustible energy be found, and what are the boundaries of her unconditional kindness?
A local documentary team films a week in the life of the local laughing stock Jeff Garbanzo, a self-proclaimed "aspiring criminal." By the end of the week, they learn to love and understand him as a human being.
David Riondino, an Italian film director, is coming to Spain to document the Atocha massacre of 1977, to make a film on its 50th anniversary. He will be helped by Alejandra, a young documentary filmmaker who urges him to contextualise the past with the current rise of the far right. By investigating the Atocha attack, David will recover a part of that recent past and at the same time will witness a reality that encourages reflection on some burning issues such as the advance of the far right, problems of access to housing and job insecurity.
During the partition of British India in 1947, Hindu Sindhis were compelled to leave the land that has now become Pakistan. However, as the indigenous people of Sindh, both Muslim and Hindu Sindhis shared a rich and unique cultural heritage, blending Hindu, Islamic, Persian, and Greek influences in their traditions, language, and even religious practices. This distinct identity often left Hindu Sindhis feeling out of place in independent India. Amid rising nationalism and growing divisions, this film seeks to document the fading yet remarkable culture of the Sindhi people. Through intimate interviews with members of a large Sindhi family now living in Japan, America, and Singapore, it explores questions of identity, belonging, and how both their adopted homelands and their Sindhi heritage continue to evolve and coexist.
After Nigeria and Nollywood, Jimmy Jean-Louis continues his cultural and cinematic discoveries around the world. Next destinations: the Dominican Republic and Haiti. Between doubts and certainties, both international and identity-related, 21st-century cinema is undoubtedly surprising... The notoriety of our protagonist offers us a unique pass to delve into the heart of this "tropical seventh art."
"This project consists a visual fluidity of construction, harmony and thoughts taking colors and length from this body of autonomy. Different images between figuration and abstraction are created by meaning and phenomenon letting the decoupage revealing a piece of a strange underworld. I built it like a window opened to the fresh air of improvisation by familiar landscapes, those exact moments articulating a connection between light and movement."
The Brotherhood of the Congos of the Holy Spirit of Villa Mella represents a cultural treasure that forms part of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity, as decreed by UNESCO in 2001, and has been included in the list of heritage sites since 2008.
Marina gave birth to her son at the age of seventeen in a maternity hospital, where she endured sexual, obstetric, and psychological violence at the hands of medical professionals. Eleven years later, she turns to performance as a gestural act to birth the swords of Ogum and other vegetal kingdom species-royalties, transforming childbirth into a spell. Surrounded by the swords, she finds ways to defend herself and challenge modern science, which is deeply rooted in coloniality, racism, and the exploitation of human and non-human bodies. Modernity, after all, seizes the planet and its kingdoms to destroy them under colonial capitalist disregard.
In the early twentieth century, a mysterious ecological crisis nearly wiped out the fish that most people cared about in the largest freshwater ecosystem on earth—the Great Lakes. The impact reverberated across the region, ruining local industries, damaging small town economies and indigenous communities, and destroying the livelihoods of people in the United States and Canada. With little reason for hope, a dedicated group of scientists, policymakers, and conservationists tackled the mystery.