On this occasion, Sara shares with us her experience of the art of feeling, of allowing her emotions to be seen and learning to live with them. "I feel every emotion like a pulse that reminds me I am alive. Joy expands me, sadness softens me, desire ignites me, and calm sustains me. I am not…
Lala, Samanta, and Zaga are the same age; they share the same desires and dreams. They are three new Italian citizens, Italy does not recognize them because their parents were born elsewhere. Their stories take shape and intertwine in the three layers of a collective tale in search of citizenship for…
In an act defying tradition and norms, a group of women and their supporters organize their ordination to become Episcopal priests in 1974. The Church of the Advocate in Philadelphia welcomes them, but change is no small task. The women are harassed, threatened and banned from stepping on church property.…
A raw, all-access deep dive into the rise of WWE, WCW, and ECW icon Raven (Scott Levy), the tortured genius behind wrestling’s punk explosion and the Attitude Era that changed the game forever. Directed by Geordie Day (Tough Guy: The Bob Probert Story), the doc features a who’s-who of wrestling…
Amid the chaos of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Yana’s intimate odyssey captures the fragility and strength of human beings, their will to love and to have trust in the face of war’s relentless storm.
An investigative documentary, These Walls was inspired by the director’s chance discovery of a poem written on the ruins of a building during his childhood. From this lonely moorland in the Sierra de Madrid, we discover one of the darkest episodes in Spain’s history. During the Franco…
On the violent border between Brazil and Paraguay, a battle between agribusiness and indigenous sovereignty wages. Filmmakers Laura Faerman and Marina Weis outline the clash between lawyer Luana Ruiz, heiress to the contested land and staunch Jair Bolsonaro supporter, and Alenir Ximendes, Guarani-Kaiowá…
In 1969, Spanish dictator Francisco Franco closed the entrance to the British territory of Gibraltar, isolating 30,000 people without food, water, or telephone lines. In his words, “The Rock will fall like ripe fruit.” La Roca is an epic Romeo & Juliet-type love story between the massive…
A modern-day Shakespearean tale about a famous Tajik musical family, controlled by the charismatic, funny yet overbearing patriarch, Papa Alaev, who at the age of 80 is starting to lose his grip on the 'family business', sending them on a rigid and unsure transition from Monarchy to Democracy.
Der Dokumentarfilm "STILLE IST EIN SCHÖNES GERÄUSCH" taucht in die Welten von 6 gehörlosen Protagonisten ein und zeigt ihre individuellen Perspektiven, mit der Taubheit umzugehen: Entscheide ich mich für ein Cochlea-Implantat, das - wenn es frühzeitig implantiert…
Boxen heißt überleben. Das wissen schon die Kinder auf den Straßen Havannas und sie kennen die Namen ihrer Idole: Stevenson, Savon, Hernandez, Romero..., die Box-Olympiasieger Kubas der letzten Jahre. Castros Vorzeigekämpfer sind Idole für ein besseres Leben. Im Alltag der…
Eine Filmreihe zum Themenkreis Demokratischer Islam und antimuslimischer Rassismus In dieser Filmreihe mit Kurzdokus, Interviewfilmen und Kurzspielfilmen beschreiben Jugendliche, was und wie sie glauben. Multiperspektivisch stehen im Zentrum der Filme folgende Aspekte: • Das Facettenreichtum…
