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Rhode Island slashed its public transportation budget in September, leaving bus riders struggling as they attempt to get to work, school, doctor appointments, and visit their children. Community members already struggling to make ends meet have been forced to wake before dawn just to make it to work. Others are now spending money they don’t have on private rides. Still more are standing for over an hour on crowded buses, worried about sickness and tired from the rest of their commute. As the freezing temperatures approach, concerns are rising. RIPTA advocates will present their case to lawmakers in January and until then, these bus riders have been left out to dry on the unforgiving streets of Rhode Island.

A fourteen year old boy is his family's last hope in war torn Syria. Fearing involuntary recruitment, he tries to find luck outside of the country, eventually ending up in a Croatian refugee camp where he meets a documentarian that's willing to tell his story.

Radio Gwendalyn is facing a crucial challenge: professionalization. It is the first community radio station in the Italian-speaking part of Switzerland to obtain the status of a complementary non-profit radio station. Through this story, the documentary explores the broader context in which the station operates: a network of often invisible yet deeply interconnected realities. It is also a journey into the lives of the people who keep the radio alive, their stories, daily challenges, and the motivations that drive them forward. The film follows the Radio Gwen community through a year of transformation: from the complete renovation of the studios in Chiasso to a new internal organization and the launch of a renewed programming schedule. This recognition defines the station’s mission: to fill the gaps left by commercial and public broadcasters, offering an authentic service rooted in the local community.

Julián Castillo's life left its mark on various aspects of Santa Fe. His death, too. Through the stories of family and friends, we explore Juli's history, activism, and art. This documentary is a tribute, an exercise in memory, and a collective call that still demands justice.

A collection of both old and recent memories about a place I love, merged together into a 7-minute short film, the first one of the series.

Through touching testimonials, previously unseen film and photographic archives from the BAnQ, and the perspectives of academics and activists, the documentary Voir – Juger – Agir : L’histoire de la JOC au Québec (See – Judge – Act: The History of the JOC in Quebec) traces nearly a century of collective engagement by the Jeunesse ouvrière catholique (Catholic Workers Youth Movement), or JOC. From church basements to labor struggles, from popular education circles to feminist mobilizations, this film traces the journey of a movement that gave voice to a generation often marginalized by the clerical, political, and business elite.

A short documentary about fake cabs in Toronto and those who have been scammed by them.

How did a city rubbish dump transform into a collection of gardens that is now a major visitor attraction? The story of how Hamilton Gardens became a unique museum of humanity, showcasing gardens from ancient Egypt to the surreal future, is told on screen.

A child leaves home and returns in three IDF boxes, that became my biggest secret. My brother is dead. What if these objects are the only proof he was here? I look for him in a 60liter plastic box, objectifying my brother, humanizing the box.

A young woman returns to her childhood home to investigate a family history shrouded in silence. Digging into the past, she tries to awaken a dialogue with her father and reflect on her identity.

Happy are those who, like Sekou, have had a great journey. A storyteller like his parents, he perfects his apprenticeship on a pilmigrage through West Africa before returning home. The journey puts his vocation to the test and examines the need for this ancient art in modern society. Throughout his odyssey, the ancient legend of Sundiata accompanies and guides him.

Located in the heart of Miami’s Liberty City, the African Heritage Cultural Arts Center, under the visionary leadership of Marshall Davis Sr., has spent over 50 years shaping young lives through a rigorous and transformative arts education. Its students have gone on to perform on Broadway, win Academy Awards, and appear in films and productions around the world—while others have carried that same discipline and purpose into careers as lawyers, police officers, and community leaders. This film is a powerful testament to the impact of arts education in underserved communities, featuring contributions from Phylicia Rashad, Savion Glover, and Tarell Alvin McCraney, alongside alumni, current students and educators from the Center, and dedicated members of the broader community.

An inspiring look at how ordinary people can transform society problems through small acts of volunteering, kindness and community actions.

Filmmaker Bridget Ikin examines intimate home videos to explore her personal history and the complex bond she shares with her mother in this deeply emotional and candid autobiographical documentary.

A poetically structured documentary that follows 2023-24 Wisconsin Poet Laureate, Nicholas Gulig, as he returns to his home state of Wisconsin after nearly two decades away, following five years teaching in Thailand, joins UW-Whitewater as a poetry professor, and moves to Fort Atkinson. Feeling estranged from the state, and in a divided political climate, Gulig finds a steadying presence in the region's ties to lauded 20th century Wisconsin poet Lorine Niedecker.

The heroes of the film are the people of Kiev, who have not lost their zest for life: they cook shashlik in their courtyards by candlelight and dance to the sound of generators. We see shelters in maternity wards and pregnant women ready to give birth as sirens wail. A story of incredible resilience and light that shines brightest in the darkest times, uniting different cultures in a common cause.

Women of World War II: More Untold Stories uncovers extraordinary, never-before-seen accounts of the women behind the Allied victory. From codebreakers and war correspondents to secret agents and resistance fighters, their courage, intelligence, and resilience changed the course of history. Featuring rare archival footage and powerful perspectives from historians, descendants, and first-hand voices, this is a moving tribute to the women whose impact can no longer be overlooked.

The tragic killing of a Norwegian man in urgent need of psychiatric help is recounted in a film that uses his own tape recordings as a guide to ask what happened and how it could have been avoided.

An observer of quotidian strangeness, Deb Sokolow creates semi-fictitious drawings and books commenting on architecture, politics, and pop culture. Shot on 16mm and adopting the style of 70s paranoid thrillers, the film traces the evolution of Sokolow’s speculative ethos, detailing a shadowy encounter at McDonald’s and her fixation with Rocky Balboa. Part of "4x4: Contemporary Art in Chicago" - Season 1

After the last film played at the legendary Arsenal arthouse cinema in Tübingen, director Goggo Gensch accompanies founder Stefan Paul – filmmaker, distributor, and tireless cineast – on a journey to the screens that shaped Germany’s arthouse cinema movement. Paul and companions tell of the beginnings of arthouse cinemas in the 1970s and their daily struggle for survival. Icons like John Waters and Wim Wenders contribute personal memories, while the Hof International Film Festival celebrates underground films.

Ondřej Blažek, confronts the raw, untold emotions behind the fight. This UFC-inspired documentary takes you deep into the mind of a fighter, where each punch carries the weight of personal sacrifice, triumph, and inner demons. With high-octane energy and cinematic intensity, Coach Ondřej revisits pivotal moments from his career, reflecting on the emotional turmoil and adrenaline that fuel him. Watch as we recreate one of his most defining fights, immersing you in the brutal reality of what it means to fight, not just against your opponent—but against yourself.

Tracing the heritage of Indian railways, this documentary explores the evolution of train travel and its lasting impact on people, culture, memory and cinema. A personal documentary short film made entirely on a smartphone.

A short montage of nautical life in Hull, Massachusetts.

Tim Blevins trained at Juilliard, enthralling opera fans with his baritone before losing it all to addiction and landing on the streets of San Francisco. But then he pulled off a stunning comeback.

A personal film on love, loss, and time. Through fragments of home, old footage, and found sounds, the filmmaker traces his mother’s quiet transformation and the fading world of his childhood—a tender reflection on memory and change.

Natalia Pinilla, photographer and activist, embarks on a journey across Santander, Norte de Santander, and Madrid, Spain, to uncover the work of Amalia Ramírez, a forgotten woman who, at the beginning of the 20th century, captured one of the most impactful images in Colombian history: the pyramid of skulls at Palonegro, a brutal symbol of the Thousand Days' War. More than a century later, this photograph resurfaces, establishing Amalia as the country's first female photographer. Along the way, she discovers previously unseen archives, connects with descendants unaware of her legacy, and finds a contemporary echo of her struggle in other women photographers. Through historical revelations and intimate encounters, the documentary reconstructs not only Amalia's work but also the memory of a country scarred by violence. The rediscovery of her photographs—portraits, everyday scenes, and forgotten visual testimonies—transforms her into a symbol of resistance, art, and memory.

Former England men's football manager Gareth Southgate reveals the struggles many boys and young men face, asking why some feel left behind and what could help them move forward.

Across Europe, two women went looking for what it means to become a mother today. But the solitude of motherhood is a shared sentiment everywhere.

After her mother’s death, Nao retreats to a Zen temple to wrestle with grief. Blending family archives, hand-drawn animation and performance art, this seductively meditative documentary explores suffering, and the gentle art of transcending it.

A Street Named Liberty is a symbolic, experimental narrative that uses miniatures to reveal the disappearance of justice and the normalization of violence and oppression in an imaginary country.

Sebastian (b. Milton Miron), a 90-year-old accountant and tax preparer in Los Angeles, reflects on his pursuit of a creative life as an underground filmmaker and impresario during San Francisco's counter-cultural heyday.

Tells the story of an unusual group of ordinary people, who search where others give up. Ordinary people from a small Norwegian mountain village who volunteer to go out, under all kinds of conditions and in all kinds of weather, to search for people who have disappeared in the wilderness.

With irony and lightness, the pair of authors intertwines their story with that of the Roman neighborhood of Torpignattara, between intimacy and collective memory, with a meta-narrative approach that layers different narrative dimensions around the themes of the nursery.

Though Taiwan's rainfall is three times the global average, its uneven distribution creates striking scarcity. Water gives and takes; it sustains life yet brings destruction. Following the sound of currents, the film reflects on water's shifting states, capturing the emotional and spiritual ties woven between people, memory and the surrounding tides.

On 23 March 2025 in Tel al-Sultan, Gaza, Israeli forces massacred fifteen Palestinian aid workers travelling in clearly marked humanitarian vehicles, later burying their bodies and vehicles in a shallow mass grave. Earshot and Forensic Architecture worked with the Palestine Red Crescent Society and survivors of the massacre to reconstruct the incident with unprecedented precision. The Last Responders is an investigative documentary about this massacre. Anchored in the situated testimonies of two survivors, the film draws on firsthand video and voice recordings captured during the night of the attack by the Palestine Red Crescent Society. Through these materials, the film probes acts of execution and concealment, while reconstructing a fuller account of what unfolded in Tel al-Sultan in the hours and days that followed.

80-year-old aunt Mato lives in a remote Greek village. Even though she works hard for her daily bread, she considers life a gift. The documentary was shot during the Kosovo war. Echoes of the war permeate the village’s quiet life.

An experimental synthetic-documentary staged as a one-sided dialogue between c̴r̶e̴a̶t̴i̶v̷e̸ ̸w̴o̷r̴k̵e̷r̷s̸ and the system replacing them. The film questions authorship, consent, and the cost of convenience in times when tools begin to argue for themselves.

Maryam Salehizadeh, an Iranian-Canadian goalball athlete with only five percent vision, is offered a surgery that could partially restore her sight. As she contemplates the possibility, memories and dreams resurface, challenging her sense of identity and what it truly means to see.

In 2021, 21-year-old Robert Aaron Long kills 6 Asian women in massage parlors in Atlanta, Georgia as a way to suppress his uncontrollable sexual desire. Dutch-Japanese filmmaker Kiriko Mechanicus writes letters to the young murderer to find out what his killings have to do with her sexual life. What do our racial fetishes tell us about our hidden human desires?

Claudio's house is a magical place where every room is a world of colors and sensations that set the imagination free. A circus. He's acrobat, performer, circus artist, capable of turning every moment into a scene. Claudio has lived for the stage his entire life, and when the audience disappears and his children grow up, life beyond the spotlight becomes the hardest challenge of all. Between attempts to reinvent himself, old acts to dust off, and new ideas to stay afloat, he faces the weight of time, loneliness, in a world moving far too fast. Ironic, tender, and deeply human, "Sul filo" is the journey of an artist, balancing between laughter and melancholy, telling what it means to keep existing when the spotlight fades.

When Dana transforms her bedroom into an African savanna with her favorite stuffed elephant, Ellie, she discovers the essential role real elephants play within the ecosystem.

This film takes an intimate peek at an eclectic mix of some of Australia’s most fascinating and secretive creatures. From the rarely seen platypus to palm cockatoos and freshwater crocodiles, we journey through eucalyptus forests to reveal a world of adaptation and resilience.

West Java, in current-day Indonesia, was home to the Sundanese Kingdom that flourished for over nine centuries, yet few physical traces remain today that sing of its glory. Nestled in a geologically sensitive zone, the region has long been subject to nature’s unabated fury, with periodic earthquakes, tsunamis and volcanic eruptions wiping out its heritage and reducing it to a “landscape of amnesia”.

Along the fragile border that separates and unites life and death, men and women cross the extreme landscapes of ending, searching in the silence of the contemporary world for one last fragment of meaning.