In Meghalaya’s East Khasi Hills, former caving guide Banyllashisha transforms into a passionate advocate for cave conservation. Through her eyes, the film traces her journey from leading tourists to protecting fragile ecosystems.
In Kibber, a remote Spiti Valley village, women once saw snow leopards as threats but now champion their conservation through the Nature Conservation Foundation. Trained in camera trapping and species tracking, the ‘Shen-mo’s’ balance wildlife protection with earning a livelihood.
Set in Gurugram, the film follows a community’s struggle for prayer spaces amid urban growth and resistance. As public spaces shrink, tensions rise between communities claiming them. Through intimate portraits, the documentary explores identity, faith, and belonging in an India increasingly marked by division and polarisation.
An audio-visual diary on the afterlives of encounters with South Asian Muslim migrants in Athens. Traces of exchanges in neighborhood cafés, makeshift mosques and Ramadan evenings – held in fragments of sound, image, and text. Through stories, rituals, and gestures, it listens to echoes of displacement and longing, tracing the ways in which memory, faith and intimacy are held.
Disco Deewane follows the reunion of Shriprakash, an acclaimed activist filmmaker, and Disco, a vibrant young music producer from a disadvantaged community. The film brings them together years after they parted ways, not as mentor and protégé, but as collaborators tasked with composing a song together.
Rooted in personal memory and quiet reflection, this documentary follows a young woman returning home to engage in intimate conversations with her family. Through shared stories residing in family archives, she confronts the gendered expectations of her childhood, unspoken struggles with identity, and the quiet resilience passed down through generations.
Four years after Babi's passing, her grandniece embarks on a journey to piece together the life of her great-aunt, an esteemed educator, filmmaker, and freedom fighter. This documentary explores intimate anecdotes shared by Babi's daughter and grandchildren, uncovering her philosophy and legacy. Set against the backdrop of India's political upheavals, the film reflects on how these events shaped Babi's life. The filmmaker delves into her personal and professional legacy—through her writings, objects, and creative works—to capture the essence of this remarkable woman. As she navigates her emotional journey, she seeks answers about her own future while discovering the profound impact Babi left on her family and the world. Through this exploration, the filmmaker not only uncovers Babi's legacy but also deepens her understanding of her own personal history.
"There's no work in Ukraine," said my father, appearing in my life when I was 18. He invited me to join him in the Czech Republic. His letters (2003–2007) about solitary life abroad embody a desire not to forget the period of transformation in Ukraine. The voice-over belongs to a person who doesn’t exist in reality, the better to correspond to a voice of a person who doesn’t exist in my life, but whose voice I hear when reading the letters addressed to someone who perhaps didn’t exist either.
On the morning of October 30, 1995, tension was palpable throughout Quebec. On this Referendum Day, 15 years after René Lévesque chanted "À la prochaine fois!", would the people of Quebec say yes or no to their independence?
A talented American musician finds himself entangled in a chaotic film project led by a relentless Kiwi director determined to complete his disasterpiece at all costs.
An uncomfortable journey of the widespread infrastructure development across India. The film gets its name from the Indian political philosophy of the ‘law of fish’ and shows us the negative consequences of rampant development and how it is affecting low-income groups.
Key events of the war on Gaza have left their traces in this filmmaker's family history. When he arrives in Berlin, he learns to distrust his own perceptions.
With anger and melancholy, the director describes her home in Chile. The former natural paradise is now covered by monotonous pine forests - alien, thirsty, waiting for the next fire.
In a landscape of shifting sands, a community enclosed into grids with no name, rehearses its music in villages like 1 PB, a dot at the Indian side of the India-Pakistan border. Mirs are the custodians and practitioners of a timeless poetry not bound to 'quam' or 'desh'. But the land has now degraded, boundaries have hardened and the music has become a whisper. This film gleans songs and poems to stitch a portrait of musicians struggling to keep their inheritance of Sufi and Bhakti music alive.
A process of self-purification through the removal of sludge and rocks from a well, symbolizing a quest for clarity and connection to the natural world. The project explores themes of healing and grace, suggesting that nature, like people, is capable of forgiveness and restoration.
This documentary follows, for four years, the ethnic minorities in Cambodia's northern mountainous regions who maintain a traditional lifestyle, highlighting co-existence with nature and other issues.
Who is the devil, and how does he operate? What are his weapons? How do you protect yourself and loved ones from these demonic attacks? When does true demonic possession occur? What is an exorcism? Who is an exorcist? TRIUMPH OVER EVIL: Battle of the Exorcists is a new docu-drama that aims to answer these and other questions. The documentary delves into the various aspects of demonic possession and exorcism, showcasing the escalation and significance as well as the role of Catholic priesthood and Mary, the Mother of God, in the battle against evil. Under the patronage and approval of the International Association of Exorcists, the film features several experts including never before seen commentary from the world-renowned Vatican exorcist Father Gabriele Amorth.
A documentary about the phenomenon of the Brother duology and its place in the country's cultural code. Directors Anna and Grigory Selyanov explore Balabanov's legacy, rare archives, and routes from Moscow to New York to understand how these films united several generations of Russians.