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The action consists of two parts and is timed to the day of the presidential elections in the Republic of Belarus.

A documentary and feature length cringe compilation about the last 20 years of electoral politics through the lens of Hillary Clinton and pop culture. You laugh you lose.

This is a picture of my grandmother, this is my reflection on her story, and this is the way I tried to overcome the pain of losing her. Going through my grandmother's home films, taken when she was around my age, I search for an echo and an answer. We were born on the same day, so I wonder… if looking throughout her memories I can learn something about myself.

The world of gems narrated through the personal stories of the people who live on them: from those who dig in mines to the ones who deal with the trade of gems and their exportation. Between hardship and dreams, on the background of the breathtaking Madagascar landscape, "ALO", with the people belonging to this world, represents a choral portrait of a reality that is both charming and contradictory.

Shot entirely on Zoom, the work results from attempts to make the latest application of personal/professional communications a site for improvisational performance and process. Feedback loops, anti-facial recognition make-up, and snapchat disguises flicker across the screen accompanied by rambling soliloquies and song in an attempt to know oneself better in times of unending transmissions.

On the island of Rügen in the Baltic Sea lies one of the most megalomaniac projects built by the Nazis. The ‘Monster by the Sea’, a colossus of brickwork that stretches for kilometres, intended as a futurist holiday resort for the inhabitants of the Third Reich. A paragon of ‘guilty architecture’. Later occupied by the communist regime, it has since the fall of the Wall fallen victim to property developers who have found it a tough nut to crack. Nico Weber’s Inside Prora uncovers the storied history of a project that symbolises the utopian intentions of modernism and the emergence of mass tourism.

In the Peruvian mountains, rituals offer connection between participants and the divine. Resplendently realized in black and white by director Fernando Criollo, this documentary captures a place where the heavens meet the earth.

The Hotel Regina used to be an emblematic place in Touluose, with lavish settings and staircases that retain all the splendor of the 1950s in their architecture. For more than four decades, its owner, Madame Sicre -an old woman from a bourgeois family- began to rent his forty rooms to those who were looking for fast and cheap accommodation. Today, after several years in command of the building and completely exhausted, she is forced to give up the property. A young real estate agent is moved and accompanies her. However, a possible remodeling of the neighborhood threatens to turn the stories that keep the walls in ruin.

On a night train, a father tells his son a bedtime story. The day after, they will arrive in Siberia, 500 km away from the closest village, to follow Vissarion, a self-proclaimed reincarnation of Jesus. With his delicate voice, the boy shares his fears and fading memories. An intimate look at the dark nature of sectarianism.

On 8 September 2019 Sarajevo hosted its first Pride March, and this film covers its background.

An actress takes a stand against the prosthetic mole that is preventing her from reaching cinematic brilliance.

A crew of a trawler crosses the ocean with one aim in mind: to catch 2000 tons of tuna. Out in the deep waters for months, these men share extremely harsh living conditions. Between poetry and social criticism, Fish Eye invites us to reflect on the mechanisms of capitalism through industrial-scale fishing.

​Microplastic Madness is the story of 56 fifth graders from P.S. 15 in Red Hook, Brooklyn - living on the frontline of the climate crisis - whose actions on plastic pollution morph into extraordinary leadership and scalable victories.

In full swing of the agro-export model in Argentina, Andrés Carrasco, renowned Argentine scientist, denounces the harmful effects of agrotoxins on human health. While putting the state-subsidized scientific system in check in collusion with companies, it became a benchmark for the victims of the model.

Footage from a workshop in early 2019 led by Richard Tuohy and Dianna Barrie, founders of nanolab, a small gauge film lab based in Australia. (BHCFL)

The narrative of resistance of Sahrawi poet Jadijetu Alaÿat flows against the background of raveling images from an unknown land.

Through Marcelo Perdido's search in the process of researching his album called Brasa, musicians, singers and composers reflect and sing the chapel in silent black and white. When the music stops, what we hear is the cry of the world.

Across the country a debate is raging over a huge swath of America's public lands—putting millions of acres under at risk. As monuments are rescinded and wildlife refuges opened to oil exploration, the American public fights back to preserve the places they love. The Ground Between Us is the story of three Native tribal organizations fighting for their future in Alaska, Oregon, and Utah as executive orders and presidential proclamations threaten to change their lives forever. As public land throughout the country makes the headlines of nearly every community newspaper and television station in the country, we are left to ask, how public lands can become the uniting factor in a divided America?

A viral Instagram account, a bold fashion line. One young Palestinian man shows the Arab they don´t have to tap into the Western zeitgeist, they can create their own.

When Nick Hurndon was six years old he and his two older brothers were set on fire by their stepfather in their San Francisco home. Now in his early forties, Nick is a retired Marine and is raising two sons that are about the same age he was when he was set ablaze. This is a film about childhood trauma and the effects that abuse had on his sense of self worth, and the ways in which one man is interrupting a cycle of violence so that his two sons can thrive.

The frontwoman for an Iranian death metal band risks everything as she plots to call the cops on her own underground concert in the hopes that the raid will help her secure her asylum in another country.

Tragedy strikes, a superpower is revealed, and the hero must come to terms with their new abilities. That's the story arc of great comic book heroes. It's also the real-life journey of a selfless 6-year-old cancer patient's desire to help others even while she is in the battle of her life. SpiderMable - a real life superhero story is a feature documentary following cancer-fighter Mable Tooke who lives out her dream of fighting crime with her hero Spider-Man and is then thrust into the realm of celebrity after her wish day becomes a viral sensation. Mable must learn to manage her newfound popularity and harness her power in an attempt to give back to the community that is helping her survive.

The Black Lives Matter movement found a renewed voice in the aftermath of George Floyd's death, gaining global support from all cultures and ethnicities. It brought the subject of racism and immigration sharply into focus in Ireland as never before. NEW GAELS tells the unique stories of four GAA players who began life in a different countries. They came here for varying reasons, but all now share a common love of Gaelic Games. As they tell us of their experiences on and off the field, we will hear how their involvement in our national sports has influenced their lives and their connection with their new homeland - as well as seeing them in action.

Amelia Umuhire tells the story of Innocent Seminega – her father – as a young student, teacher, husband and parent up until his death at the hands of the Hutu extremists in Rwanda. Tracing her family history as she addresses him, she weaves together threads from his love of linguistics, his romance with her mother, parenthood, and life lived amidst violent conflict – until unfurling her own story of her childhood and movement between countries – critiquing the white gaze which might try and frame her family’s story.

Finland has long been the promised land for long hair and heavy rock music, however jazz has it’s own place here too! Then again maybe jazz is just the general name we give to music we can’t quite classify. And the original soundscapes brought forth by guitarist Heikki Ruokangas are just that; hard to classify. In Ruokangas’ creations, elements of jazz meld together with the strums and tweaks of modern classic guitars to create an aggressive medley of sound. The end result is a skillful and intense break from traditional guitar song.

A film following the events of March 2001 when 31-year-old Stuart Lubbock was found dead in the pool at TV presenter, Micheal Barrymore's, home in Roydon, Essex.

Thousands of lonely Russian-speaking elderlies have become even lonelier due to the pandemic. Stuck at home on their own and unable to communicate in Hebrew, the situation has forced a double isolation on them. The radio, the TV and phone calls with volunteers are their only lifelines.

Battling subzero temperatures and 40-foot seas, a team of scientists embark on a perilous winter expedition into the darkest regions of the Arctic. Their mission: to understand how trace amounts of light may be radically altering the mysterious world of the polar night. What they discover has implications for the global climate and the future of the Arctic.

After claiming the first descent of the world’s deepest canyon, five university students from Krakow risk it all to fight for democracy in the Eastern Bloc.

Since March 2020, Indonesia was hit by the COVID-19 pandemic, forcing Indonesians to self-quarantine at home. However, the pandemic didn’t stop them from doing activities at home just as much as they would outdoors. The pandemic didn’t silence them. The crowds are still heard, albeit online. There is no more gaze, all that remains is sound.

For several centuries, Portugal was the land of great discoveries. The explorers and great navigators had for point of departure its ports, mirrors of the maritime power of the country. At the edge of the Tagus, the mouth of the Douro, or facing the ocean, gold, spices and cultures were exchanged.

An exercise in introspection, a request for patience, an exploration of space both internal and external. Have you ever felt connected to someone you’ve never met?

In 1952, explorer Federico Medem believed he had discovered, for the world, a new subspecies of caiman in the Apaporis River (Colombia). Difficult access to the area and lack of information made the subspecies a legend for the scientific community.

The fate of Julian #Assange will soon be decided, as he prepares to fight for his freedom in a landmark extradition hearing in London. The US wants to get its hands on the #WikiLeaks founder in what the UN Special Rapporteur on Torture called "the collective persecution" by a group of "democratic" states. If convicted, Assange could face decades in a US jail. In April 2019, Julian Assange was dragged out of the Ecuadorian embassy and sent to Belmarsh Prison for breaching his bail terms. Through WikiLeaks, Julian Assange published a trove of classified documents on the powerful elite, including war crimes committed by the military on operations in Iraq and Afghanistan and embarrassing details from politicians' emails. The Assange Story pieces together accounts from Assange's friends, family and former colleagues to build up a clearer understanding of the personality and motivation in the man behind what's been called the 'biggest leaks in intelligence history'.

All that you will see has really happened . Napoli Eden is an inspirational cinematic odyssey that highlights environmental protection through the theme of transforming recycled aluminum into works of art. Napoli Eden conveys a vision of redemption, social inclusion and the ethical and cultural rebirth for the city of Naples, Italy through the eyes of artist and filmmaker Annaluara di Luggo.

Is it the new Cold War, this time fought with the weapons of tariffs and counter-tariffs? The trade conflict between America and China is an unprecedented economic clash between two superpowers. It goes back to the trade policy credo of US President Donald Trump: "America first!" As a result, the USA imposed numerous tariffs of 25% on Chinese imported products in 2018. China responds with counter-tariffs. The trade dispute between the two largest economies escalated in 2020, causing a tremor that shook Europe and the entire world.

A revealing account of the relationship between one of the most infamous women in the world, Anna Nicole Smith, and Larry Birkhead, the celebrity photographer who saw her beyond her inauspicious past. Birkhead gives a firsthand recollection of their tumultuous and unstable union, which ignited a highly-publicized paternity battle between Larry and four of Anna Nicole’s lovers following Anna Nicole’s grievous overdose.

The film shows the struggle of scientists, doctors and postgraduates to complete their research into infectious and neglected diseases that affect Brazil and the world.

Juliette Fleck is a young visual artist who lives between Évreux, Paris and Marseille. From hopes to disillusion, from galleys to fantasies, she takes us on the thunderous journey of her thoughts and her life as an artist.

I was stuck inside with my parents during Chinese New Year. Here’s what we did.

The Cancer Documentary addresses the worldwide cancer epidemic head-on, exploring an aspect of cancer that is often overlooked, its connection with diet and lifestyle.

Documentary on workers' struggles centered around Chile's "Estallido Social".

Aggressively escorted out of a bank at the age of 16, after inquiring about opening an account, the narrator (and filmmaker) boldly confronts and examines that discriminatory moment from his past. Exploring as well as highlighting the struggles and complexities around issues of race, stereotypes and belonging, this experimental essay film demonstrates how connected those larger issues are to personal, lived experience. Ultimately, with emphasis on the present and the future of race relations in America, the film challenges and encourages us to constantly question and reimagine our own positional privilege.

Barcelona, week of October 14, 2019, the Supreme Court hands down its ruling in the trial of the Catalan independence movement. Nine politicians are sent to prison. The public reacted to this unusual decision. What happened during that week? This autopsy is an analysis of the print media during those days, showing the different versions of events that were published and questioning the role of the press and the reader's relationship with it. Do we question ourselves enough, or do we just seek to reaffirm our opinion?

A jumble of emerging history is contrasted with the present efforts to optimise profit through ventures and ominous business ideas. In the midst of this labyrinth is a duo of artists who only want to make films. Their misfortune: the German film funding system allows only those who work in an artistic-documentary style to realise science fiction films. Cause enough to find true science fiction material on real German soil instead of looking for a fiction.

Mina, the director of the film unveils a family secret about her grandmother's death. through a monologue with her grandmother, Mina shows the reality of domestic violence against women in Iran.

This short documentary captures life in Filippa di Mesoraca, a little village in Calabria in southern Italy. Inspired by the migration of young people to the cities of the north, "Grigio. Terra bruciata" ("Burnt. Land of Fire") tells about what's left in the village and how the older people live the last years of their life. Just like elderly faces ravaged by time, the walls of the unfinished houses decay slowly, returning to nature. This film is about a place that transformed alongside the people who live there.