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In Brussels, tucked away among tall row houses in the municipality of Evere, a multireligious cemetery is open to all. It is run by an intermunicipal association that recognizes and respects a wide range of funeral rites, and is the only cemetery in Belgium that accommodates all religions on equal terms.
A cinematic exploration of fly fishing, and the art of finding happiness in simple things.
I can’t quite grasp the adventurous life of my brother Siavash, so far from my own. While I have just become French and he is about to become American, far from our native Iran, we are searching for common ground.
A documentary that follows Sarah McBride’s groundbreaking first year in Congress as the first openly transgender person elected to the U.S. legislature, State of Firsts captures her battle against relentless political attacks. As MAGA Republicans ban her from restrooms and publicly misgender her, McBride confronts threats and discrimination with resilience. Focused on meaningful policy work over partisan conflict, she draws inspiration from historical figures who overcame adversity, offering a powerful look at perseverance in the face of systemic opposition.
Andrej Medvedev is the first Wagner Group mercenary who fought for Russia in Ukraine and fled to the West. He now lives in Oslo, is applying for political asylum, and says he wants to “find peace”. But he himself stands in the way of his integration in Norway, because despite his escape from Putin’s realm, Andrej remains a staunch Russian patriot. He has renounced Wagner and the war, but whether he will ever be able to leave his inner Russia behind is completely uncertain.
Conceived as a challenge between twin brothers, the Dick’s-A-Thon has grown into Seattle’s premiere marathon event. Participants must run to five different locations of the iconic Dick’s Drive-In and eat something off the menu, like burgers, fries or shakes, at each stop. Dick’s-A-Thon is the origin story of a wacky run that has evolved into a beloved race with 650 participants, a fundraiser and a memorial to one of its mountaineering founders.
An audiovisual essay constructed from Super 8 footage filmed during camera tests for the short film ‘La Trampa’. Through gestures, light, and silences, it reflects on what the image reveals and what it leaves unsaid.
A punk band whose members have learning disabilities and Down syndrome fight to reach a bigger stage as funding cuts, health scares and setbacks close in.
Derry, 1972; As the civil rights movement across the North of Ireland begins to secure unprecedented wins, the British state responds with lethal force, murdering 14 people and sparking a 60 year fight for justice and accountability by a community for whom everything had changed. From the acclaimed directors of ‘To Kill a War Machine’ and the community who took on the British state and won, ‘The Day Innocence Died’ tells the story of the Bloody Sunday massacre and its legacy, weaving unheard testimonies and indelible archive footage into an epic cinematic documentary.
The implementation of a European organic cultivation program in a Ghanaian cocoa-farming community, questions the power of the traditional authority and confronts the aspirations of young farmers, who long for a future outside their homeland.
In the first and only American interview with President Miguel Díaz-Canel, Cuba After Castro explores the island’s revolutionary history and turbulent present, while revealing a portrait of the man tasked with steering its future.
A unique legal battle between indigenous peoples unfolds on film: Two Sami groups face each other in court, locked in an insoluble conflict that has its roots in the state's forced displacements over a hundred years ago. How can one agree on a future when the past is lived so differently? Over a hundred years ago, the state forced Northern Sami to move into Southern Sami territory. Today, their descendants are fighting in court for land, reindeer herding, and the right to be Sami. The film shows how state actions continue to divide a people, and how the past continues to shape their future.
A multi-generational family of outspoken Puerto Rican women takes center stage as they conceive and perform fantastical film vignettes as a way to navigate painful pasts in this visually-arresting, kaleidoscopic documentary.
BŌRU is a documentary that explores the unexpected cultural bridge between the Dominican Republic and Japan through the stories of Dominican baseball players who found a second home on Japanese soil. Through intimate testimonies, powerful memories, and a journey across two distant worlds, the film reveals how baseball became more than a sport: it became a language of identity, sacrifice, discipline, and belonging. BŌRU uncovers the invisible thread that connects two cultures, showing how migration, dreams, and human devotion can unite countries separated by geography but connected by heart.
When the former Social Democratic mayor of Düsseldorf flips over to a new populist party, his daughter gets out her camera and observes her family.
SUFFICIENT SIDE EFFECTS is the definitive behind the scenes look at the making of Magenta House using extensive behind the scenes footage shot during the production of the film and interviews with most of the crew and some of the cast. It’s a unique opportunity to showcase the creation of fully independent student film which we had full control over. The good, the bad and the ugly side of film making is on full display going through all the ups and downs of such a production and hearing from those who created it both pre and post filming and right up to the film’s premiere at the Horror On Sea Film Festival.
The film tells the story of the national tragedy that occurred on January 20, 1990, the heroism of the captains of the Caspian Sea Oil Fleet, as well as the journalists and cameramen who filmed the events.
On 1 October 2017, during the Catalan independence referendum, Marta Torrecillas was violently dragged from a polling station by police. Her image and voice message went viral within hours, turning her into an international symbol of state violence. Days later, when medical reports contradicted her initial belief that her fingers were broken, she became the target of a brutal media backlash. Harassed, threatened and diagnosed with PTSD, Marta fights to reclaim her name and dignity. An intimate reflection on sisterhood, care and healing in the aftermath of public violence. Refusing to let a viral image define her, Marta’s story becomes a moving exploration of resilience, solidarity and the urgent need for truth and accountability in the digital age.
In Their Own Time is a narrative journey of three women - Srija, Tuhnu, and Jhumur, as they reflect on love, loss, childhood, friendship, and belonging over three years; we never see their faces, as the evolution of their experiences is manifested by an inherently dynamic and increasingly personal kaleidoscope of the city and suburbs of Kolkata.
An observational documentary set in the Sderot lookout on the Israel-Gaza border, a charged memorial site. Today, a coin-operated telescope aimed directly at Gaza has been installed there. Visitors: children, soldiers, Birthright groups, foreign tourists, families, take turns swiping their credit cards to activate a telescope aimed directly at Gaza. Through their immediate reactions, the film captures a cross-section of Israeli and Jewish society encountering destruction in real time. The film becomes an observation of how we observe the suffering of others, inviting the viewer to confront a complex reality and the darker layers of the human soul.
Just a few things that happened to be there. For the day, for the person.
Noah a young teenager from Lausanne, is facing family conflicts and sometimes the law, but is driven by his passion for wheelies.
Director Robert Kolodny draws parallels between the Harry Houdini's conjuring power of sleight of hand and the creative process of hand crafting works of film. Commissioned for the 2026 True/False Film Festival.
Stoltz constructed Pinktoned and Pinktoned (Exploded View) using footage of passersby he filmed from his art studio in East Hollywood interspersed with still images from an archive of photographic slides he found at a rummage sale at the Echo Park Film Center. These images picture the streets of Los Angeles covered with wheat-pasted movie posters for Underground, a 1976 documentary about the Weather Underground.
At 16, Nekai Foster was shot while walking home in Toronto's Jane and Finch neighbourhood. His journey of survival and recovery—defying all medical odds as he relearns to walk—exposes how gun violence shapes bodies, families and communities.
Yara gazes at a floating rock. She walks towards it and examines it from every angle – a surreal encounter. As an actress in exile in Brazil, on the day of her performance in Brasília, memory and performance as well as the past and the present become blurred. This fills her with a longing for her distant homeland in Syria.
An intimate portrait of four childhood friends who must suddenly manage the shift from their rehearsal room to national stardom, highlighting their reliance on one another amidst a "loud world"
The morning calm is broken in Skultuna and Rönnby in Västerås when a VMA is sent out and residents are asked to stay indoors. The police are hunting a 38-year-old suspect after two brutal violent crimes. A child calls 112 and says that his mother is being attacked. Shortly afterwards, a woman is found dead in her home. Leif GW Persson examines the case and the legal process.
A major documentary paying tribute to the centenary of Chinese animation, the film presents, for the first time on the big screen, a panoramic view of the tumultuous and remarkable development of Chinese animation over the past century, through detailed historical materials, vivid narratives, and profound reflections. It takes audiences on a journey through time, reliving the childhood memories of several generations, and witnessing the extraordinary path of Chinese animation from its inception to its rise, from exploration to its glory.
Until the age of nine, Matan never knew his older sister had a rare syndrome. When she chooses to undergo plastic surgery to change her syndrome-induced appearance, it sets him on a 15-year journey to reexamine their childhood and the bond they shared.
The award-winning Swiss architect Barbara Buser saves buildings from demolition and rebuilds them with reused materials. She transforms former industrial sites into urban living spaces that symbolize a careful approach to our environment and to each other. As a woman who is successfully forging her own path in a male-dominated field, Barbara Buser is a role model for the younger generation, who are fighting for a more sustainable, fairer world.
What's behind the rise of transgender movement? What are the implications on our youth? This docudrama provides an uncensored look into the forces behind the movement and reveals untold stories you have never heard in other media.
Israel is the only state to have legalised torture through a ruling by its own Supreme Court. An expert who has documented these violations since 1983 says, “What the world knows today is less than 5% of what has actually occurred.” In Bodies of Evidence, an Al Jazeera original investigative documentary, we examine the use of sexual violence, torture, and degradation against Palestinian detainees, practices that rights groups and experts say have been systematically employed by Israeli military, intelligence, and prison authorities for decades.
A local football team defines what it takes to win. Through their ups and downs they train through the tension leading up to the most important game in the season.
A reporter and a documentary filmmaker join forces to trudge alongside the treacherous wilderness of Lika in order to find out the fate of a missing immigrant worker.
In Korea, a "Beommusa" is a licensed legal practitioner who prepares court documents for people in crisis. In a Beommusa's office, A father aids debtors yet is indebted himself. Eight years ago, fearing that debt might one day destroy his father, the director became his assistant to help repay what was owed. This film traces debt-born pain, seeking dissolution.
During a routine visit to Grandpa, who has lived in the same small, cramped, and neglected apartment for 54 years, Grandpa declared emphatically - "I will never move!" Grandpa suffers from compulsive hoarding, which is rooted in the displacement of his family from their home in Baghdad, Iraq, without names, possessions, or dates of birth. A year passes, Grandpa's health changes, and suddenly - there is no choice but to move him to a new apartment with an elevator.
In Iran’s remote nomadic landscape, a family navigates their traditional existence in a modern world. When their sheep vanish overnight, tensions rise between the three sons and their parents.
«Time is money» is an oft-repeated expression in our modern performance-oriented society. But how does it affect us as individuals, and influence our society? Director Konrad Wakolbinger deconstructs this common and unquestioned concept, and shows, with subtle humor, how our understanding of time, work, and their interdependence has changed over the centuries.
Gabriel León, at ninety-nine years old, reminisces and recounts his memories of the Battle of the Ebro, when he was just eighteen. He wrote letters home that have been preserved to this day as a true testament to all these anecdotes, which he is still able to tell with the enthusiasm of a young man who had to face acquaintances and brothers in one of the bloodiest battles of this conflict.
From altar boy to Britain's most famous liar, Harry Clark explores what it means to be a 'good catholic' as he embarks on a pilgrimage to Rome and attempts to meet the new pope.
Climate change in the Sea of Okhotsk threatens the rich ecosystem of Shiretoko Peninsula. Decreases in sea ice and spawning fish have upset the natural balance and put once common brown bears at risk.
On 3 March 2019, Julie Douib was murdered by her ex-husband in Corsica. It was a predictable femicide – the man was already known to be dangerous. Why was this murder not prevented?
Distortions of images collapsed by time, stripped of consciousness in a trance insensitive to history.
Music feeds the soul, and a queer chorus raises hearts and visibility. Queer voices from all over Austin, Texas join together to sing, to compete, to protest.
A documentary film exploring the origin, evolution, and lasting impact of one of Rochester, NY's most recognizable symbols. From its creation in the 1970s to its place in today’s culture, the City Mark’s simple design became a powerful expression of identity, pride, and belonging. Through archival footage, local voices, and new interviews, the documentary traces the mark’s journey — from a government design initiative to a symbol embraced by the community. It’s a design story, but more importantly, it’s a story about people.
Director Umberto Lenzi embarks on a personal journey through his films, uncovering the creative impulses and untold stories behind his most iconic works.
Le serment d’Hippocrate follows the struggle of four immigrant doctors trying to find their place in the Quebec healthcare system. This film puts faces to the lives, journeys, and struggles of these unsung heroes who, nevertheless, had also taken the august Hippocratic Oath in their distant countries.
Fouad Elkoury is a photographer, Etel Adnan was a writer and painter — both Lebanese, and friends. After Etel’s death, Fouad writes letters to her. Then comes the genocide in Gaza. Her Arab Apocalypse and his photographs resonate together in an attempt to confront the tragedy.
Every good, even amazing things sadly comes to an end...
Travel through time and reflect on the genesis, journey, and brotherhood of the multidimensional rap trio from Yonkers, The LOX.
The story of Hernán Darwin Reyna, leader along with Javier Calamaro of El Corte, a group that burst onto the bass circuit in the 1980s with a handful of shows and two nightclubs. His life is an enigma full of curious circumstances and poetic and tragic nuances.