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A documentary on the different places of Chinese and Tibetan exiled intellectuals and activists.

Everyday lives carry on in a small fishing village in the Kola Peninsula of Arctic Russia during the hottest summer on record.

The author of the documentary comes to the village of Tverregion, where he was not been for about 20 years. Happy memories of his childhood holidays in this village, about his friends and relatives become sad, as now there are desolation and devastation in these lovely places. The different fates of its inhabitants, who 20 years ago were carefree boys and girls, make us think that a human life depends not only on external circumstances, but also on himself, on his mood, efforts and his own outlook!

In an island lost in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean, a scientific discovery challenges all we know about the evolution of species. "Mysteries of the Wild" and its presenter guide us in this short documentary on animal life, through the habits of the couple Monoculis Ori, which is perhaps the most curious animal species of all time.

A documentary following an ancient Jinn called Mother of Fire and her ruminations on the history of the UAE, colonial meddling and contemporary Eurocentric museum display practice.

Documentary about the liberation of Maastricht.

Endowed with unmistakable magnetism, boundless energy, leadership and a passion for everything he did, Roberto "Bob" Bissonnette dared to create his life according to his vision, independently. From his hockey career, where he was captain of the Hull Olympics, as well as the 10th most punished player in the history of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League (QMJHL), to his career as a songwriter and singer he attracted crowds everywhere in Quebec, in French Canada and in several European countries. His tragic death in a helicopter crash at the age of 35 caused a shock wave.

A documentary about following your dreams, in the smallest of places and the life of an IndieDev. Join Dan as he travels the UK in search of what it takes to create and bring video game ideas to life and struggles and triumphs of being an Indie Developer in the UK.

A journey through abandoned cinemas of Sardinia interspersed with memories of three senior projectionists, a profession now suppressed by technology.

"The 1942 Elbowoods High School basketball team made it to the North Dakota State Class B championship game, but they lost in a bizarre twist that resulted in a 60-year effort to right a wrong. "Basketball, Water and the Lost City of Elbowoods" relives the excitement of that basketball team and the title game controversy, and it examines the fate of the team’s hometown—which was sacrificed after the Garrison Dam was constructed in 1953 and is now covered by Lake Sakakawea." - From https://www.prairiepublic.org/television/elbowoods/

A young actress, a graduate of the Perm Institute of Culture, goes to Moscow to build an acting career and play in a big movie.

At Agatha's tent, the "monas" (an endearing expression that transgender women in Brazil use to call each other) are in search of sex, crack cocaine and someone who will listen to them. They perform to the camera and have an unique relationship with the city that they live in. But the instability of a marginal life puts at risk the street corner that is their home.

Observed over the course of two years, How to Make a Rainbow is the story of a young girl and her mother, as they move together through transitions of home, identity and name.

Preparations for performances.

Documentary on stage performance and all the metaphors behind it.

A son seeks to understand his history and that of his mother through the reports of his family.

Short film about Pietra's life as a transsexual and her relationship with society and her mother's love

An animated documentary exploring how a mother's abusive relationship shaped the director's own experiences in boarding school.

How much strength of spirit does it require to remain truly independent in old age? Ken Smith is a hermit recovering from a stroke in an urban hospital, with determination to return to his off-grid woodland, despite concern from the medical service.

In 1982, Steve Robinson fell off his motorbike in a crash. After waking up in the hospital, he realised he had lost his right arm. Having dedicated his life to his bike, what would he do now that he could no longer ride?

Real footage about a small group of teen punks and their daily criminal routine in Lisbon suburbs

The film, titled Setting the Bar: A Craft Chocolate Origin Story, will tell the story of chocolate from bean in the Amazon to bar in high-end cafes and stores. The film will follow a group of craft-chocolate makers as they venture into the Peruvian jungle to strengthen direct relationships with farmer communities and identify new kinds of cacao to bring to market. It will explore the economic realities of farmers and artisans, and capture the passion and sense of adventure of this inspiring group of people.

Six films of E.O.F.T. 18/19 for the perfect movie night on the couch. European outdoor film tour no 15

The hermit and philosopher and reindeer herder Alexander has lived alone for many years in the heart of the arctic taiga in Yakutia. Alexander's life is an endless struggle for survival. Instead of a shop, there are mountains, instead of a refrigerator, a stream, instead of the Internet, a walkie-talkie. For 20 years he has not been to the city. Someday he wants to go on a world tour, to see Tibet, Rome, Australia. But for now, deer, nature and a dream are all that he has.

The Chico Mendes III Settlement is located 7 km from Recife, in the municipalities of São Lourenço da Mata and Paudalho, the margins of BR 408. There are 55 families who live there, arising from the conflicts that occur during the camping period between 2004 and 2008, in areas formerly belonging to Engenho São João. The MST assisted and guided the occupation, as did UFRPE guiding the Agroecological transition. The difficulties are many, from growing Organic products, such as the lack of rain in a punished soil, but these women of fire exemplify the female leaders in the settlement and bravely support the loneliness. With faith and the certainty that their return to earth is not in vain, bearing fruit for sustainable posterity.

A couple of children from Portobelo Colón discover the musical genre “Calypso”. In an attempt to regain their identity, and despite the apathy of some towards their culture and roots, they begin rehearsing for the grand opening gala, where new generations of calypsonians will be presented.

This ten-minute film is based on a complicated dialogue between a director and an actress, who are trying to work out some crucial issues in their working relationship. Their conversation turns out to be a study of the boundaries between cinema and reality. Having trust in each other does not negate the need to problematize several key points in filmmaking.

A subtle-spherical text-image composition about South Georgia, an island group of the Antarctic—a stretch of coast into which humanity’s devastating overexploitation has been inscribed.

18 members of family and friends are asked to tell the camera the stories of the memories that mean the most to them

Documenting a group of working class, their struggle, aspirations and life.

In the form of a photo-novel, in which a succession of static images construct a narrative with the support of the voice-over, "Estas Mãos São Minhas" is a love letter of André Miguel Ferreira to his grandmother. The pretext is one of the usual trips of Sundays and Thursdays of the grandmother, with the most elegant clothes and the best perfume, to dance sessions where, in this space of music and conviviality, married men hide their alliances and widowed women search for ghosts. And it is a particular ghost that really matters to the young director, his deceased grandfather, for whom his grandmother cries silently and for whom sometimes he changes his name. This is a film about the loss, the longing, the time, the fear, the love and the immense strength of women.

Dipped in memories in the form of images and texts, I try to find you.

A playful take on gendered technology and the mechanisation of society. Adina Camhy traces spiralling stories both personal and societal, mapping out the entangled development of musical and militaristic machines.

During Timor's brutal occupation by Indonesia thousands of children were stolen, as were many of the country's resources. This is 'Jose' Abdul Rahman's story. In 1978 Jose, eight at the time, was hiding on Mount Matebian when a plane dropped a bomb, killing 22 of his family. He survived, fled the mountain and started following an Indonesian Battalion. The soldiers forced Jose, and many other boys, to work as porters. In 1979 the soldiers took the children by ship to Indonesia.

An observational documentary following a scientist who has devoted thirty years of his life to developing a vaccine for leukaemia. Now, as his retirement looms, it is finally being trialed in up to 12 terminally ill patients.

Where did allt he Swedish pike go? Johan and Christofer travel North, along the Kaitum stream to find real monster pike. An adventure that started 20 years ago in the Stockholm archipelago.

The Roca brothers embark on a new challenge: exploring Scotland. Their journey will see them rediscover a cuisine that has kept itself hidden from the world in the past years.

The film is about an expedition that is looking for the lost biblical cities of Sodom and Gomorrah. “Turning to the biblical story of the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah, we wanted to establish whether these cities really were, and if so, where they were. After all, these cities are mentioned simultaneously in the Bible and the Koran. Nobody seems to doubt that they existed, but where they were, nobody can say for sure today, ”the author writes about the film.

A woman folds some pictures representing natural landscapes and place them into a real lanscape. Fiction and reality blur into each other.

A video essay on James Bridges' 1984 film "Mike's Murder".

In Indonesia, in the Padang district, an open landfill site borders the forest. A landscape of precipitous terrain, with its crest lines and its chasms, serves as a pasture for several hundred cows. Amidst the dance of the diggers and trucks discharging their loads onto the slopes of a mountain of rubbish, a herd makes its way through the chaos, in search of something to graze. This nightmarish decor in which bovines live, copulate, play, sleep and die, becomes the scene of an appalling spectacle.

This heart-wrenching documentary looks back on the collapse of the Hyatt Terraces Hotel, as told by witnesses and survivors of the 1990 Baguio City Earthquake

Andap is a documentary that narrates the hardships of, not only being diagnosed with, but also taking care of someone who is diagnosed with Alzheimer’s. Alzheimer’s is a brain disease that causes individuals to lose their memory, which progressively worsens as they get older. Step into the eyes of Aling Tuding, an 83-year old senior citizen diagnosed with Alzheimer’s, and Peachy Jimeño, Aling Tuding’s daughter and caretaker, as they tell the story of how the disease changed their lives.

The cargo ship MS Valentina covers 1640 danube kilometers on its route from Linz, Austria to Russe, Bulgaria. It crosses through seven countries while doing so. The River as an „European Road“ is full of opposites and differences.