A Letter to Lanka moves between memories of the civil war and the political turmoil in 2022. Told through the poetic and personal journey of the filmmaker’s reconnection to the land, soil, and people, it invites the audience to ponder existential questions of belonging in a chaotic world. What…
A young Nubian girl journeys back through time to reconnect with her lost homeland. Guided by a graceful Nile egret, she dives beneath the waters of the vast lake formed by Egypt’s Aswan High Dam. There, she wanders through submerged mountains, palm groves, water wheels, and the homes of her people.…
Dysfluent Journeys invites listeners to consider communication experiences outside of their own. Travel with five people and commit to connecting with voices that ask for time, and refute expectations of fluency. Jamie communicates with a computer that feels like his friend and advocate. Christine’s…
Un documentaire de Martin BENOIST et Alexandra FLEURANTIN (2021 - 29’) Comme Xavière Gauthier, avant la loi Veil en France, des centaines de milliers de femmes avortaient clandestinement chaque année. Aujourd’hui, six jeunes femmes et un jeune homme font leur le témoignage…
In the UK, the Indigenous Rai community gathers annually to celebrate Sakela, connecting through tradition. Rongphamu captures the festival preparations in Ashford, Kent, blending Eurocentric archives and ethnographic recordings to reinterpret contemporary Rai lives and challenge colonial narratives.
A video diary of the surreal lockdown made by the filmmaker couple trapped in a small, rented apartment in Shanghai. In the face of endless madness, the camera gradually breaks free from the window and observes a vast social isolation unprecedented in the country’s history.
Beyond state-sanctioned churches and in intimate house gatherings, rural Chinese Protestants practice a religion they only knew from word of mouth. Rather a portrait of the perception of faith than faith itself, God Loves Me studies the dreams and hopes it brought about to a people scattered in a country…
Set in the expansive landscape of the Foggia hinterland in southern Italy, Commodo begins with the sudden disappearance of Fabrizio, sparking a series of transformative experiences for those left behind. Against the backdrop of rolling hills, endless roads, and wind farms, Fabrizio’s absence becomes…
A’buru follows the Arhuaco community of Jimaín as they prepare spiritual offerings at sacred sites in La Sierra Nevada, guided by a Mamo. Through rituals using a’buru, the film reflects on Indigenous wisdom and the urgent need to restore territories affected by extractivism and capitalism.…
Elena, a Mayan Tzotzil woman from San Andrés Larráinzar, Chiapas, is challenged by the uses and customs of her people when an almost entirely male community assembly appoints her as a municipal trustee. As an authority, she introduces us to the complexity of the system of socio-political organization…
Cosmographies is a hybrid film that draws from modes of speculative fiction, observational and poetic documentary, activism, and Indigiqueer approaches. Māori astrobiologist Xuê Noon (played by Australian/Māori artist Victoria Hunt) finds solace on Mars in 2051 as a leader from the Aotearoa Space…
The story follows Bibiru, a kaikuxi (dog) who becomes panema — unlucky in hunting — and Waranaré Wayana’s attempt to cure him so they can hunt together again. During an intense hunt, young people learn about the origins of ancestral dogs and the care required when hunting in…
