Call Me Damien
How does it feel when your appearance doesn’t match your inner feelings, when you are called and seen differently than how you would like? Which demons do you have to fight, which struggles to overcome in a society that doesn’t…
How does it feel when your appearance doesn’t match your inner feelings, when you are called and seen differently than how you would like? Which demons do you have to fight, which struggles to overcome in a society that doesn’t…
On February 24, Russia attacked Ukraine. This is one of the millions of stories of Ukrainians who fled their homes. The path of heroes from the snowy peaks to the destroyed cities, wrapped in fear and love for each other…
Julien Meyzindi is a “Sujet” dancer at the Paris Opera. He joined at the age of 12. Today, he is 42 years old and must leave, that’s the way it is, that’s the rule. Halfway between documentary and dance fiction,…
How do we remember and think back on life when we are old? What does the people that are in the end of life say about their life experience? Do they have any advice? Any regrets? And what do they…
As a teenager, Mikael travels to his father’s hometown of northern Greece to see the man he met once in his life. After a few tentative years and even several years of interruption, father and son agree on a joint…
Dublin is a city in the midst of a property development boom and with the gentrification of the inner city, working-class horse culture is being marginalised. It’s something quite unique to the city and likely won’t exist in fifteen years.…
Dajla: Cine Y Olvido
Few stories ever emerge out of Lebanon’s notorious prison system, let alone stories about the difficulties of starting a new life after prison. Four ex-prisoners living in a rehabilitation center in the Bekaa Valley of Lebanon share their personal stories…
Few things create a more heated debate in Norway, than the wolf. For decades it has split up political parties, families and communities. It divides the big city and the rural parts of Norway. We see how people receive death…
Tuzla island is a small piece of land on the border between Black and Azov seas. Our hero San Sanych lived here. Нis grandfather came and stayed here еven before the First World War and other major shocks. Нis father…
Two contemporary dancers take viewers on a poetic journey as they show us what life is like being a disabled dancer in a harsh, urban landscape. Confronting the stigma they face in Ghana, Afriyie and Alfred take us on an…
Geeta is one of the few taxi drivers in India. Her taxi service “for women by women” enables women to move freely in the city at any time. Her motivation is: “The more women become taxi drivers, the less women…
Noma is a gangrenous infection starting in the mouth caused by extreme poverty, malnutrition and poor hygiene. In just two weeks, it destroys the tissues of the face and might kill up to 90 percent of the people affected. The…
Love is patient. Love is kind. But if you’re in a hurry, call Lennys Negron! He’s been riding New York’s subway for 20 years in a quest to help couples of all creeds and none exchange their vows. This bittersweet…
Broken: A Sockumentary is the first of a series investigating the human experience. This short film explores the universal nature of heartbreak through interviews with real people and their stories. This film is intended as a gift to all those…
Stretching along the river Ganges rests Varanasi, the holiest of India’s seven sacred cities, and a place where devout Hindus go to die in hopes of achieving moksha – becoming liberated from the cycle of rebirth. Hindu scriptures say that…