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Emma makes the decision to have an abortion and practice symptothermia. Through a disturbing and wacky visual plot as well as an intimate and touching auditory plot, Emma invites us to rethink freedom through a body, benevolence through choice and harmony through violence.

An artist relentlessly sprays silhouettes on public walls tagged #missing, an activist accompanies rescued girls across international borders. Parallel narratives intersect to reveal a sliver of hope when women imaginatively challenge a powerful trafficking nexus operating in a country where every 8 minutes a child goes missing.

The story of a sub-Saharan woman who fights to survive/live in Tunisia, despite the injustices.

The title Finding Fellowship is a double entendre. Fellowship is the name of the lane that two of the film’s subjects, Kisha and Jason, grew up on. This documentary has been about actively unearthing and finding the history of the community in which they grew up and the street that they grew up on is a wonderful symbol of that community. But the film is also about the power of people coming together in a shared interest and how that can only be achieved when actively pursued. In a world where we are often told that we are irreconcilably divided, we still believe in finding fellowship, and it’s this story that gives us hope.

More than 60 years ago, my father followed his parents and took the train to Kaohsiung. Little did he know it was a one way trip and grew up in Liuhe Night Market ever since. Then he became a Japanese tour guide, traveling around and accompanying countless families. The most complete time we spent together was to go out with my father’s group–a way to improve intimacy. Due to the pandemic, his work has been suspended. If the past is a kind of scenery where sight-seeing is laid above; this film is a journey of himself.

At 14, she was one of SD’s best basketball players. By 17, her social activism had made her a household name across the Great Plains. 30 years after her death, SuAnne Big Crow continues to galvanize the Lakota in their fight to reclaim their culture.

When Nias breaks free from his ankle monitor, he embarks on a reckless and unforgettable journey through the night, confronting his past traumas and fighting for his future in an epic journey from Oakland to San Francisco.

This is an essay film that fallows the life of Tzipora David, a photographer and my grandfather's grandmother. Through the story of her life I search for a reason to continue photographing in a world that in a few keystrokes I can create as I wish.

The documentary encompasses the history of BTW Basketball from the beginning to the present, with stories from legendary alums, coaches, and players.

See how a fresher copes with life in BITS Pilani while facing extreme heat, frequent power and water cuts in this cruel summer in the desert.

Alexander Grigorievich is a lonely man. Both sons emigrated abroad many years ago, each arranged his own personal life and no one remembers his father. Relations with the ex-wife are spoiled, they are not interested in each other's lives. Collecting scrap metal from garbage dumps and handing it over to collection points, only a cat meets him at home.

The villagers of Longsheng Village, Zaoqiao Township, Miaoli, have persevered through the threat of mob violence to protect their hometown from being polluted by business waste. After 20 years of struggle, victory is now in sight. However, cases of illegal dumping of business waste are still occurring near villages everywhere in Taiwan, and we are all implicit. How will the future of Taiwan look?

West Yorkshire's notorious HMP Wakefield is known in the prison system as 'Monster Mansion.' It's a warehouse for the worst Category A prisoners, and it's home to some of the most terrible men in British criminal history, such as Roy Whiting, Jeremy Bamber, Charles Bronson and Robert Maudsley. Through interviews with ex-inmates, retired guards and relatives of Britain's most infamous inmates, unlocking the cell doors and uncovering the secrets of life inside the UK's toughest jail.

For Robert Gladitz and Elina Miller, the world suddenly turns upside down when they learn in 2021 that they are going to be parents. One thing is immediately clear to both of them: they want a better world for their son. So they establish a 'thrive village' in a small village in Bali. The community around the young couple grows quickly. A collective that has made it its mission to develop and promote projects that make the world a little bit better. Cooperation comes first. For many, this is also an opportunity to start over and let go of old burdens or traumas.

A short briefly documenting the ancestry, life, and mission of Talli Dippold, CEO of Florida's Holocaust Memorial. Made for FusionFest and Global Peace Film Festival's 2022 MYgration Films.

Maryana came to the conclusion that she no longer wanted to live because the bullying became unbearable. Based on stories from her family, teachers, friends and classmates, we get an idea of ​​who Maryana was and what kept her busy. All relatives have the same message: let's learn from this and ensure that this does not happen again in the future.

Osho is the most known spiritual Master of our time. The film shows his life through the people who lived with him. The director is an insider of the Osho movement, so he had access to the people, that no other director probably would.

Adam and her sibling Khadija share unspoken trauma. Traversing a winding road of emotions, they finally find mutual understanding.

A short ode to the filmmaker's love of Egypt and her childhood memory, shot on the balconies of Zamalek.

Striking images of the lives and deaths of captive animals loom in the background of everyday humanity.

A housewife and teacher named Mary Whitehouse became the original, self-styled `cancel culture' warrior. Armed with just a typewriter, she began a 30-year campaign to turn back the tide of the permissive culture she saw sweeping through society.

Short documentary about Teigan who became disabled as a result of being kissed on the lips by a family member with a cold sore, and how mum and dad are now trying to raise awareness of these dangers.

This short documentary surrounds 3 skater girls from different backgrounds in Dublin, touching on their femininity, style and relationship with skateboarding.

A gentle and confused home movie in search of a lost space - my grandmother's garden, where I spent my childhood. There is nothing to testify to that place and my time there. There are memories pollinated by the pollen of garden poppies the warmth of my hands, toiling in the sunshine and the stories of adults about the big world. Summer, reveries, childhood, prejudices, the realities of the noughties, a small town - shimmering images that can never manifest, but endlessly manifest themselves. The intimate experience is torn by externalised reality: the formerly Latin poppy becomes a threat to gardeners and gardeners, bugs represent terror and flowers represent death.

An intimate portrait of three parents whose lives have been shaken and forever altered because their children have declared (or have been given) a transgender identity. The film reveals how shocking it is for parents to hear that their teenage children have—seemingly out of nowhere—decided to switch from female to male or from male to female. In all of the stories, we find parents struggling with disbelief, loneliness, helplessness, isolation and despair. Ultimately, each one's ultimate fear is the medicalized transition of their child. "Dead Name" humanizes the subject from the perspective of parents, giving them a voice, and lets us in on their thoughts, their struggles, and their determination to fight for their children who feel lost to them.

A collection of poignant conversations between young women and their maternal figures during a transitional period in their lives.

This documentary is about the political persecution suffered by the leaders of the so-called Revolución Ciudadana when ex-president Rafael Correa Delgado left the government, which led to his exile in different parts of the world, including Mexico. This feature film recounts eight stories traversed by betrayal but also by the paths of the fight for utopia, justice, and the well-being of the people.

Film photography YouTuber Jason 'grainydays' Kummerfeldt embarks on a motorcycle journey across his home country of America with his friend Tim, and several rolls of film.

The history of Christmas Bread making.

Amatir , is a Short Documentary Film, the process of making a film by a group of people who are still amateurs, starting from the pre-production process, the shooting process to a little entertainment by the cast.

Building Communism isn’t just about destroying the status quo, it’s about bringing people together in the process.

The theme of the film is what unites all people, what is hidden in all of us, be it the soul or the collective unconscious. The film is about different worlds, each of which is characterized by a different state: aimless haste, flow, senseless routine, social masks (both in front of others and in front of oneself), and the connection of the characters there. The film is about the connection of people, about not noticing it, quietly discovering it, rebelling against and trying to escape the unity, reconciling and melting into a single being, a mass. The author of the film wants to believe that in the midst of the pain, wars and brutality that prevails all over the world, there could be something unifying and binding in all of us. Something that, by discovering and becoming more aware of, we could live in greater harmony, without killing each other and destroying our nature.

A film by Jo Reid (2022) - an exploration of Jo's relationship to the internet.

Maramba tells about the burial of the King of Sumba in Indonesia. The Marapu ritual exists to be a reflection of how Sumbanese have a sacred bond with nature and their ancestral line, as if there is no line of life that is disconnected from them. Umbu Mahani Pekulangu also known as Umbu Nai Tunga is the 16th descendant who occupies the island of East Sumba. He was the last remaining king of the Sumbanese people and buried based on their belief, namely the Marapu belief. After Umbu Nai Tunga died, all of his descendants agreed not to continue the royal system, and continue with the system implemented by the Republic of Indonesia.

Boja is living the last years of her life, working hard on the family farm located among the war-scarred ruins of Močioci, a ghost village in the mountains above the city of Sarajevo. Her brother’s patriarchal reign additionally weights on the inescapable routine of Boja’s life. To escape, Boja searches for solace in the pastoral visions of nature, as she roams through the memories of days gone by

In their five-year ongoing strike, the workers are still surviving and struggling to make ends meet. Deni Purba sells used clothes after being released from prison. Steven Yawan who still continues to speak loudly in the capital. Musyawir with his expertise in coffee tells the story of the brutal actions at the beginning of the strike.

One woman’s journey as she, her doula, and obstetrician plan for the safe delivery of her son.

This experimental hybrid documentary addresses the erasure/invisibility and the anxiety surrounding identity while living abroad.

Twice a week, fourteen-year-old William makes the trek to Rocking the Boat, a youth development program in the South Bronx where he learns to be a steward of the Bronx River by collecting water-quality data.

The elite world of New York old money is explored in this fascinating portrait of Gardiner’s Island, accessible only by boat and strictly forbidden to outsiders.

According to the ancient Egyptians, the Great Pyramid of Giza was the first wonder of the world. Clad in polished, white limestone, the surface is said to have acted like a mirror, reflecting the sunlight. The pyramid could be seen from afar, shining like a jewel, and was therefore named Ikhet, meaning Glorious Light.

Animation artist Maarten Isaäk de Heer was astonished by the huge number of animal deaths in his direct environment: from masses of fruit flies all dying together, to mice brought in by his own cat. He decided to make a record of all of the dead creatures he encountered over the course of a single spring and summer.

Even before our ancestors banged on a tree trunk with a stick or hollowed out a bone to blow into it, they were already singing. The human voice was the very first musical instrument—and judging by Partita for 8 Voices, it’s also the most versatile.

Welcome to the computer hour for the elderly. Course leader Robert is here to support you with answers to all your questions about using the computer and the internet. Some of your fellow students are already at work, others are having trouble finding the right files or are getting lost on the keyboard. And you? You’re stuck in an update that’s going on forever. This gives you plenty of time to take in your fellow students and listen to how frustrating and incomprehensible new technology can be for the digitally illiterate.

The Russian Federation has attacked sovereign Ukraine and shook the whole balance of Europe. War does not affect only the soldiers on the field, but the side effects cover vast entities; international organizations, state officials, rescue workers, volunteers. But the smallest denominator of war is often a child. This smallest piece of the puzzle is unable to understand the entire reality of which it is a part of. Their experience consists of short moments, full of unclarity, sadness and often even happiness. The film tries to depict what goes around in the heads of these children, as we follow through the lens a bus full of Ukrainian refugees fleeing towards Finland.

Hide & Seek is a poetic exploration of a girl's struggle to navigate the in-between spaces of her multicultural identity.