Full-length documentaryBalomaniaThe launching of colourful hot-air balloons has a rich tradition in Brazil, and its popularity didn’t diminish even when made illegal.
Full-length documentaryBlack Box DiariesIn Japan, up to 90% of rape victims don’t seek police help. Journalist Shiori Itō breaks the silence. After being raped during a job interview by a man closely tied to the prime minister, she launches a fight for justice that leads her into the dark corners of the Japanese legal and social systems.
Full-length documentaryBlack SnowInstead of morning fog, a carbon monoxide cloud rolls over Kiselyovsk’s rooftops and black snow falls to the ground. In Kuzbass, a proud mining region, the volume of extracted black coal matters more than human lives.
Short documentaryConfessionRebeka always felt safe in church. Then something happened and she never again went to confession. Years later, in a personal documentary, she reopens old wounds and speaks out regarding a case of sexual abuse about which only her best friend knew.
Full-length documentaryFakirDalibor, a Roma in his 20s, spent 2 years in prison for perjury. Upon his return home, he immediately faces new problems. His younger brother Kevin is living with their father, an abusive alcoholic. Dalibor wants the boy to be entrusted to his mother. But the decision is up to the court.
Full-length documentaryG - 21 Scenes from GottsundaGottsunda – “G” in local slang – is a suburb of Uppsala, Sweden, notorious for crime and gangs. Originally from here, director Loran Batti spent 5 years capturing on camera the unique character of the neighbourhood and the lifestyle of his friends who live on the edge of the law.
Full-length documentaryInternational Adoptions: A Global ScandalAn excited crowd greets children as flight attendants carry them from the plane. For 60 years the media has portrayed “orphan rescue missions” in this way. But the TV images conceal the shocking reality of the international adoption trade.
Full-length documentaryMy Sextortion DiaryWhat do you do if someone steals your computer and threatens to send intimate photos of you to all your contacts.? That happens to filmmaker Pati, who bravely decides to document her experience as a sexual blackmail victim.
Feature filmPooja, SirQueer policewoman Pooja lives in strongly patriarchal Kathmandu and must hide her sexuality. Sent to southern Nepal where tensions exist between the Nepalese majority and the Madheshi minority, she has to solve the touchy case of a politician’s kidnapped son. As an elite police officer, she uses skills acquired in the West. Her empathy and logic are enhanced by her own experience of oppression.
Full-length documentarySatan Kingdom BabylonIn a highly stylised documentary mystery, a novice investigator follows the trail of a missing woman. Messages found in an abandoned hotel room, thought to be her last refuge, reveal disturbing truths hidden behind the hotel walls, linked to religious movements and their followers.
Full-length documentaryScent EvidenceToday it seems that forensics uses the most advanced technologies and is slowly moving towards infallibility. But the reality is often very different.
Full-length documentarySeparatedThe film charts how families were separated at the USA’s southern border during Donald Trump’s presidency, affecting thousands of children and their parents. Re-enactments document the new “zero tolerance policy” – the forced separation of families and mass incarceration.
Full-length documentarySingle Perpetrator Part 3: Hanau“My children aren’t Germans. That’s why they killed them.” These disturbing words reflect the German reality of today as the far right continues to incite increasing violence. In peaceful Hanau, a “lone gunman” kills 9 people. We return to the scene of the terrorist act with the victims’ friends and families.
Full-length documentarySoul of the DesertThe Colombian desert is home to the last of the Wayuú, now living in reservations on the margins of society. One of them is the ageing Georgina, whose origins and true identity are a mystery to the authorities.
Feature filmSouleymane's StoryFrom morning to night Souleymane zigzags on his bike through Paris’s crowded streets. He is one of many underpaid couriers whose colourful uniforms are a fixture in big cities. But Souleymane doesn’t risk his health just to make a living.
Full-length documentaryStone MountainStone Mountain, a popular tourist site in Georgia, USA, is a large park that includes a granite rock formation. In the early 20th century, the faces of three Confederate leaders – President Jefferson Davis, General Robert E. Lee and Colonel Stonewall – were carved into it based on a project initiated by people connected to the Ku Klux Klan.
Full-length documentaryStreets Loud with EchoesThe murder of Kazakhstan’s first Olympic champion, a young figure skater, in the centre of Almaty led to massive protests against the inaction of the security services, the apathy of politicians, and the pervasive corruption in today’s Kazakhstan.
Feature filmThe Good TeacherYoung literature teacher Julien is idealistic and passionate about his vocation. When a student accuses him of harassment, he must defend his teaching methods, job, and reputation.
Full-length documentaryThe ImpossibilityThe award-winning documentary film takes you into the harsh reality of poverty exploitation in the Czech Republic. It follows the years-long struggle of tenants in a rundown lodging house against its ruthless owner, Robert Hrdina, who continues to profit from human desperation despite a court ban. Brave mothers with children decide to resist systematic oppression and, with the help of activists, launch a risky operation - gathering evidence of illegal practices and violence.
Full-length documentaryThe Killing of a JournalistIn February 2018, three gunshots in a house in Velka Macha ended the lives of a young couple. Their bodies were not discovered until four days later. Soon after, the names Kuciak and Kushnirova became symbols of the largest protests in Slovakia since 1989.
Feature filmThe Legend of the Vagabond Queen of LagosMade by a 7-member directing team, the film was inspired by the experiences of a fishing community in Lagos, Nigeria. Between November 2016 and April 2017, the government and police forcibly evicted over 30,000 people from the area. Those who resisted were intimidated, beaten or imprisoned.
Full-length documentaryThe Nights Still Smell of GunpowderMozambique’s 25-year civil war affected hundreds of thousands of lives. The film director, who grew up in hiding with his family, now returns to his native village.
Full-length documentaryThe Sky Above ZenicaThe story of a town that, because of its determined citizens, now symbolises the fight against industrial pollution in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Unregulated mining, industrially polluted rivers, destroyed habitats and large deforested areas threaten human health and the ecosystem balance.
Feature filmYear of the WidowFor translator Petra, things don’t end with her husband’s death. Instead, a gruelling process ensues. She has no time to grieve. The film charts her first year as a widow, when she has to make decisions and deal with endless things. At the post office, the bank, the notary...
Full-length documentaryZurawski v TexasAmanda Zurawski nearly died due to Texas’s abortion ban and now can’t have a child because of the procedures she underwent. In an effort to change the law, she takes her painful case to court (she was unable to carry her child to term for medical reasons).