Through interviews with the movement's protagonists, this documentary addresses the story of the Inkotanyi, the armed g…
Five years after the Egyptian revolution that overthrew the Mubarak regime, four young Egyptians look back on that even…
With almost no budget to shoot, filmmaker Lee Salter conducts an in-depth investigation into the implications of the ph…
A ghost is haunting Europe, the ghost of right-wing populism. This film reflects with sarcasm and crudeness how this ph…
This is the second part of filmmaker Kasuhiro Soda's follow-up to the Japanese politician Yama-san, who is now trying t…
After the murder of a Buddhist art teacher in southern Thailand, three filmmakers make a journey through the region to …
Having the citizen revolts in 2009 in Iran as the starting point, this documentary reviews the political and cultural c…
This award-winning documentary follows the anarchistic punk band Pussy Riot in its struggle against president Putin’s c…
This documentary unveils with irony and diligence the connection between business, politics and sport in Donetsk, Ukrai…
This film tells the story of Raul Castells, an indomitable Argentine social activist who fights incessantly against the…
Young Mohamed Bouazizi never knew what would happen after he set himself on fire in front of a police station in Tunisi…
Hokman Joma, a Kurdish refugee, is arrested and sentenced for the throwing of a shoe to Turkish President in the city o…
This documentary draws a portrait of the economist and activist Arcadi Oliveres who led the student struggle against th…
A dark tunnel at the end of the light. In this documentary, this unfolded metaphor reveals the paradox between capitali…
The documentary is "a father's 'love letter' to his adult daughter Cáitrín, a young American woman who has a dream: to …
In what could be an undiscovered recent cult film, this satirical documentary tells the story of an ordinary and unknow…
In this documentary made only with footage filmed by activist filmmakers with hidden cameras in West Sahara, we witness…
This documentary follows the captivating life of the famous Georgian actor Kachki Kavsadze, who survived Nazi and Sovie…
Donus Return follows the life of Jérôme Bastion, who has been correspondent for Radio France International in Istanbul …
With a provocative title, this short film essay delves into the image that documents a rally of the National Democratic…
In a journey through the images of Lebanese mass media in recent years, the contradictory portrait of a country that li…
Through a direct cinema style and taking the point of view of a faithful follower of his campaign, this documentary fol…
The pass of time has left a blank space in a sentence written on the facade of a humble rural house in China: "Only__is…
Known as one of the best dancers in Tehran and having been Iran's first female film director, Shahrzad's artistic caree…
Three stories from Sierra Maestra, Cuba, unravel on the day of the 52nd anniversary of the Revolution. What will the li…
In this hilarious film, an old Serbian peasant woman tries to learn how to operate a used cell phone. Set in a small vi…
Present-day Bulgaria. After discovering the secret police files belonging to her grandfather, a man who joined the anti…
Through an educational approach, The Brave Class explores the dilemma of human language as a vital factor to construct …
One courageous woman’s journey from undercover agent to First Lady and the untold story of the birth of a new nation.
The film is an unrelenting personal report of a faltering relationship between the filmmaker Nada Riyadhin and a young …
In times of terrorist threat, risk prevention and all embracing control phantasms, the images of surveillance cameras, …
Valzeina, an isolated village in Switzerland. Within a house run by the government to retain rejected asylum seekers, a…
A document about the protesters that filled the streets of Washington D.C. on the day of the inauguration of Donald Tru…
Through the director's comments on observational images filmed in Lebanon, Iraq, Egypt and Tunisia, this documentary te…
The film takes place in the largest Palestinian refugee camp in Syria. Forced to join the Palestinian Liberation Army, …
Told in first person, the director of this documentary narrates the story of his friendship with Asier Aranguren, a mem…
Two Arab truck drivers face different obstacles to reach their destinations in an area affected by the war in Syria and…
The documentary details the investigation carried out by journalist Edmundo Cruz, who cleared the mystery about the dis…
On the eve of the 2012 presidential election in Russia, a cavalry battalion in Moscow prepares to carry out its duties …
Before 1979, thousands of Israelis lived in Iran with very favorable economic conditions under the protection of the Sh…
Fighting for their right to freedom of movement within their own land, a group of Palestinians challenge their own cult…
An exhaustive investigation reveals the financial scandal that shook Europe at the beginning of the 21st century.
An observational film about how life moves on a bicycle path in Latvia named after Alfred Rubiks, a former communist pr…
After 30 years of being out of his country, Iraqi filmmaker Kasim Abid returns to Baghdad on the eve of the American to…
11-year-old Werka and her 9-year-old brother Marcel wind up at the front door of a children's home in Wroclaw. Asked wh…
The film follows twenty-seven Czechs who have decided to spend approximately 2,600 Euros on a sightseeing tour of a cou…
Golos is a collection of stories told by, and about the people of Ukraine; exploring from a unique perspective the natu…
Two cousins from a close-knit rural community have opposing plans to develop their homeland on South Africa's Wild Coas…
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