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The Wheat on the Shirt
In Elefsina, a working-class town scarred by a sense of precarity and unrest that has generated unique sociopolitical dynamics, the Panelefsiniakos Sports Club has been a space of encounter and synthesis for nine decades. The stories of its athletes, executives, and friends unlock the locals’ relation with the past, present, and future of the town.
How to Sue the Klan
How to Sue the Klan is the story of how five Black women from Chattanooga used legal ingenuity to take on the Ku Klux Klan in a historic 1982 civil case, fighting to hold them accountable for their crimes and bring justice to their community. Their victory set a legal precedent that continues to inspire the ongoing fight against organized hate.
David Again
A lifelong New Yorker conquers addiction and finds redemption, with the help of a friend.
What Did You Dream Last Night, Parajanov?
A webcam dialogue between Berlin and Isfahan: Faraz Fesharaki documents conversations with his family over 10 years. This debut film blends recordings, text and VHS memories into a warm, melancholy intergenerational portrait. Intimacy is also work.
The Town Crier
The actor Tasos Korozis lives in the provincial city of Agrinio. After the economic crisis, the few opportunities to work as an actor are no longer enough to make a living. So he works as a town crier, announcing events and folk festivals through loudspeakers mounted on his retro car.
The Drug Lord's Hippos
Decades after cocaine kingpin Pablo Escobar illegally smuggled 4 hippos into Colombia, the massive creatures are now multiplying unchecked and wreaking havoc. Griff Jenkins explores the remote Colombian jungle with wildlife vets as they try to contain the rapidly expanding population of the world's deadliest land mammal.
Wild Water
Shot through the seasons over the period of 16 months, the documentary dives into the cold water swimming community of Gaddings Dam, Calderdale, West Yorkshire, home to the UK’s highest beach. The film tracks the breathtaking landscape and its community of wild swimmers, as they use the restorative powers of cold water to reconnect with their mental health, identity and the natural environment.
Whose Family Will the Sun Look Into
The film "Whose family will the sun look into" is about the amazing mother Margot and her son Umeda. Umed has Down syndrome, but watching his life, hardly anyone can call him disabled. He is a participant and winner of Russian and international swimming competitions, a soloist of the inclusive musical orchestra "Sunny Notes", a faithful assistant to his mother in all household matters and, most importantly, a young active guy with serious, real dreams and plans for life.
Family Trip
A mother (Michelle) and her daughter (Lacey) take a therapeutic dose of MDMA with an experienced facilitator (Mikaela) in an attempt to heal generational trauma created by addiction, neglect, racism, divorce and alcoholism.
Alright Bossman
A documentary focused on a local corner shop bringing a community together.
Power in the Head
A music documentary "Power in the Head" tells about the scene that was born in Slavonska Požega in the mid-1970s, and is also an autobiographical documentary film by Dalibor Platenik.
From The River To The Sea To The Puget Sound
From The River To The Sea To The Puget Sound is a documentary short film from Ali Abbas Kadhim. The short film examines the landscape of Palestinian activism in Seattle particularly as it is in dialogue with the corporate environment which is oftentimes guilty of the very crimes so many of the Seattle people protest. Additionally, we examine the complex relationships of pro-Palestinian employees at pro-Israel companies and the internal affairs of such Seattle based companies in regards to Palestine so as to better understand Seattle's both direct and indirect involvement in Israel.
The Railways: Engine of Progress
When the first railroads were built some two hundred years ago, they brought about a revolutionary change for mankind, linking cities and countryside, driving the industrial revolution and irrevocably changing the landscape: a history of the railroad from its beginnings to the present day.
Mother of Fog
In what could be considered a follow up to Al Qasimi’s 2020 work Mother of Fire, she once again invokes the figure of the jinn (spirits in Islamic mythology) to explore the ghosts of British imperialism in the UAE. As its spectre lingers on the horizon, two teenage girls seek to liberate a pirate damned to spend purgatory on a site now being developed into a hotel. Originally commissioned for Sharjah Biennial 15: Thinking Historically in the Present, Al Qasimi entangles historical narratives with contemporary notions of piracy. In examining how it has been historically and culturally represented, new perspectives of old mythographies come into focus. (Myriam Mouflih)
A Wave of Sea
The life story of Hüseyin Kızılırmak, born in Kasımpaşa, Istanbul... Hüseyin Kızılırmak, a free-spirited, adventurous man who lived on the fishing boat named Kızıl since his 20s and survived until the age of 80 by selling the fish he caught, told us about his life in the most natural way. He died of cancer shortly after the completion of the documentary.
Kathak: The Dance of Storytellers
Toronto-based, award-winning dancer, teacher, and choreographer Joanna De Souza takes us through her journey as a non-South Asian dancer in the classical dance form of Kathak.
Of Caravan and the Dogs
Putin had been preparing his country for the big war long before it started. A group of independent Russian journalists and activists face severe punishment and end up facing personal and political dilemmas in Askold Kurov’s couragous and critical film.
A Tale of Old Cities
Jung-gu, the old original downtown of the city of Incheon, is the place where the first port was opened to foreign trades during the Japanese colonial period, and it is also the starting point of the construction of modern buildings, old Japanese houses(so-called enemy's house), railways, shipping, and airports. Currently, this area is also a place where the two concepts of development and reconstruction/regeneration are in sharp conflict. The film contains the story of those who pursue desirable regeneration, revolving around this neighborhood in Incheon.
Faces from Home
In an empty house, we see the memories of a home, from those who once lived and filled it with joy and love.
Gondrongisme
A movement to criminalization hair Long-haired in the New Order era gave birth to various things bad images attached to long-haired people to date. However, this criminalization has a deeper background than just a matter of hairstyle and is related closely to the leadership at that time.
Culture War
A small Liberal Arts College in Sarasota, FL finds itself in a culture war against the government for the basic right of educational freedom. Now, the community must learn how to find resistance amid a reality they didn't sign up for.
Answer the Call
When a firefighter comes to your house, chances are that their lives were just like yours not too long ago. 70% of all firefighters in Canada are volunteers, meaning in most cases, they were just eating dinner, coaching a team, or even at their actual job. To raise awareness of the need for volunteer firefighters, "Answer the Call" will showcase the unique lifestyle of volunteer firefighters, and have them shed light on the risks and rewards of living a double life.
The Drop-Off
Overwhelmed by her uncharted direction in life, a young woman leaves a voicemail to her future self, reflecting on her past and questioning her future.
2023 Through My Eyes
Through the lens of a discerning auteur, this home video compilation artfully weaves together the tapestry of senior year, embracing the tapestry of life's moments - from festive holidays filled with laughter and familial warmth, to intimate gatherings with cherished friends. Capturing the essence of human connection, it delves into deep and poignant conversations, juxtaposed with the beauty found in the mundane. Each frame serves as a testament to the richness of experience, reminding us that even the simplest of moments hold profound significance in the grand narrative of existence.
Lesvia
Since the 1970s, lesbians from around the world have been drawn to the island of Lesvos, the birthplace of the ancient Greek poet Sappho. When they find paradise in a local village and carve out their own queer lesbian community, tensions simmer with the local residents. With both groups claiming ownership of lesbian identity, filmmaker Tzeli Hadjidimitriou—a native and lesbian herself—is caught in the middle and chronicles 40+ years of love, community, conflict, and what it means to feel accepted.
Israel’s Ecocide in Gaza: 2023-2024
Since 2014, Palestinian farmers along Gaza’s perimeter have seen their crops sprayed by airborne herbicides and regularly bulldozed, and have themselves faced sniper fire by the Israeli occupation forces. Along that engineered ‘border’, sophisticated systems of fences and surveillance reinforce a military buffer zone. Since October 2023, Israel’s ground invasion has uprooted most of these orchards and systematically targeted agricultural farmlands and infrastructure throughout the besieged Strip. This investigation builds on our existing collaborations with local farmers’ associations and agricultural workers, to reveal the ongoing Israeli destruction of vegetation in Gaza and its effects on the food security and means of life for Palestinians.
One of Us
Niina Vuorisara’s experimental documentary short One of Us takes a harrowing journey to memories of a childhood riddled with sibling violence. “It’s hard to talk about these things. But this is how I see it, how things went – and how I remember them,” the director’s own voice tells on the soundtrack. In the images, a sister sits on a hearse alongside the coffin of her brother who committed suicide. Archival material, fictional and animated scenes blend on the trip to the past moving on the limits of fiction and documentary.
Passu
Jussi Lehtomäki and Mete Sasioglu’s film takes a fresh look at the reality of a racialised young activist in Finland. As the documentary starts, its lead character, Pazilaiti Simayijiang aka Passu, is only 18 years old. Still, she is already doing a lot: she is an activist, a podcast host, a high schooler, and the vice president and one of the founders of the Feminist Party.
Beard
Middle-aged priest Late Mäntylä has realized that having a beard allows them to reflect their inner self more authentically through their outward appearance. Makeup artist Kata Launonen has offered to show Late how to create one. The afternoon spent in the beauty salon represents the culmination of Late’s life-long journey of becoming themself.
Vlajternativa etc.
Feature-length documentary about the biggest and most humane festival of alternative music in the Balkans.
12 Parts Per Million
A reflection on the doping scandal of Rick DeMont's 1972 Olympic Gold Medal for swimming, and the failings of medical and procedural failures that had lead to the Olympic committee to ban many medications needed in everyday medicine for Athletes.