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A young girl turns into a fish and recounts the struggles of the fisherfolk in her hometown, Zambales.

“Acting is something anyone can do,” says Barbara Sukowa. “It’s completely intuitive and instinctual, much like a child dressing up.” Those who have worked with her say that what she does is true artistry. Barbara Sukowa, a star of Fassbinder’s films, an icon, and a role model. Who says there are hardly any interesting roles for women beyond forty? New challenges continually come her way. A few years past normal retirement age, she is launching into a remarkable new chapter. The film chronicles the path of an internationally successful actress to this day.

Can school be exciting and even fun? The integrative pre-vocational August Sander school in Berlin-Friedrichshain at least seems the perfect place for this. The noise of the cars of the big city can be heard from the distance, birds are singing on the lush green grounds. Lessons here include horticulture, agriculture and animal care. And when you watch the students weed garden plots and feed rabbits, things look extremely enviable at first glance. But of course, even in this paradisiacal place there are conflicts, annoying teachers and the anxious question: What comes after graduation?

The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization, along with other international organizations, is leading efforts to increase aquaculture by encouraging countries around the world to invest in its development. However, local communities strongly oppose the expansion of fish farms due to resource depletion and water pollution concerns. From Italy to Greece, Spain to Senegal, and all the way to Patagonia in Chile, their journey to uncover the truth extends to the ends of the earth.

An exploration of America’s cultural divide ignited by the 2020 controversy surrounding the forcible toppling of Father Junipero Serra’s statues. Best-selling author Arthur Brooks examines the toxic polarization gripping the nation. Can we bridge this divide, or are we destined to repeat history?

For several weeks, a Ligne Rouge team infiltrated several far-right groups, particularly in Lyon, which has become the movement's stronghold in France over the past 15 years.

Overcoming a mid life crisis, an unlikely character inadvertently creates one of the world's hardest ultramarathons. This intrepid adventure becomes a journey into humanity’s indomitable spirit.

WaaPaKe is a story about resilience, love and transformation. Examined through an Indigenous lens, the stories of residential school Survivor-Warriors and their families offer an understanding of both intergenerational trauma and healing. We are taken to a studio set-up in front of a green screen. Through compassionate, candid conversations, Jules Koostatchin shares interviews with five individuals, family and friends, that all directly or indirectly experienced intergenerational trauma.

In the maximum security prison of Opera, three inmates responsible for murders, Ciro, Giuseppe and Cristiano, were chosen to handcraft, with their hands once stained with blood, hosts which are consecrated in churches all over the world, thus becoming the body of Christ. Their dream is to deliver them personally into the blessed hands of the Holy Father Pope Francis, to whom they write a letter. A true story unprecedented in the world.

FRONTLINE and The Associated Press examine allegations of fraud and abuse in South Korea’s historic foreign adoption boom. The documentary investigates cases of falsified records and identities among the adoptions of 200,000 children to the U.S. and other countries over decades.

Boston’s subway is notorious for delays, but just how fast is it compared to the city’s own runners? In this unique race organized by Run Dirty Water, Boston's runners took on the challenge, racing across the city to see if they could beat the MBTA from start to finish.

For many Finns, Lenin is to thank for Finland’s independence from Russia in 1917. But with Putin’s aggression in Ukraine, citizens of the town of Kotka have to re-evaluate their views about Finland’s last remaining Lenin statue.

This documentary explores the journey of identity reconstruction of a young woman confronted with a tumultuous past as an escort. Through a gaze marked by humanity and sensitivity, the story depicts a deeply painful experience. We follow Marie's journey which is both sensitive and brilliant, manages to bring a glimmer of hope into a dark universe.

The filmmaker's sister, Nasreen, a housewife with two children, is married to a traditional and often unavailable husband. Despite the restrictions on women in Iran, she decides to pursue her lifelong dream of singing.

This pseudo diary film is made of found materials from an unfinished 16mm film. Potenciais à Deriva is a film started by a Brazilian artist under a pseudonym while living in exile in Los Angeles, California. Isolated shots and previously assembled scenes reveal an intention to create a mysterious film comprised of disembodied interviews, empty rooms, radio recordings, soccer games, and sudden apparitions of the filmmaker that slowly ruminates on Brazil's colonial past, North American Imperialism and the military dictatorship of the time in a paranoid and anxious manner. Be aware that the film's final version never came to exist. This version presented is my mere attempt to produce a film with these otherwise lost images.

Luckless Lake is a haunting portrait of an ancient ecosystem in decline, and the fragile human existence that struggles to survive within it. The film explores semi-abandoned villages, where the few remaining inhabitants face an uncertain future, devoid of hope. The “Khasham Neshi- nan,” nomadic tent dwellers living in half-stone, half-tent shelters, are weary with age, while the younger generation has forsaken their herding traditions for grueling work in the stone mines to the south. Through the lens of this desolate landscape, Bakhtegan Wetland becomes a grim reflection of nature’s collapse—an ecological tragedy that humankind remains blind to, despite its devastating impact.

Too many stories can tell the horrible consequences of the housing crisis. Those of Jeannette and Frances make us feel the difficult experience of eviction. During long months of anguish, brief hopes and uprooting, Jeannette and Frances struggle, alone and surrounded, against a phenomenon that is becoming more and more pronounced: losing your home.

Utilizing archival footage, interviews, and dramatized scenes, the film examines the Watergate probe through the lens of Geoff Shepard's research, the former deputy counsel who recently analyzed the special prosecutor's records.

London 1976: Between economic crises and the Silver Jubilee, something is brewing in the squats and basement clubs of West London: Punk. A promise, a new beginning. Punk meant self-empowerment, especially for the women in the scene. For the first time, women picked up guitar, bass and drums, formed bands and wrote their own songs.

The Reality of Night Terror

Losing control of my body due to dysphoria and what society has taught me is the greatest loss I’ve ever experienced. A silent loss, a discreet theft. Now I sit in front of it, trying to seduce it, listen to it, feel it, look at it, touch it, move it, live it. I discover that this mutating body houses all my versions.

A man lying in bed, illuminated by the blue light of his mobile phone, scrolls through cute pets, outraged opinion pieces and haunting images from the hot spots of the planet - and he feels absolutely nothing. With humor, director David Borenstein travels the world to investigate the seriousness of the situation.

Common American Crow centers on Doug Mioducki, a Denver local musician and record store employee who happens to be bonded to a murder of crows.

Becoming a flight attendant at 20: at Ryanair, it's possible! The low-cost airline, one of the most lucrative on the planet, employs several thousand crew members from all over Europe. However, more and more of these workers are denouncing their working conditions within the company: pressure on on-board sales, brutal management, omerta... Low cost has a social cost, and these young people claim to be paying a high price. At a time when Ryanair is posting record results, we take to the skies of Europe to investigate the Ryanair system and meet those who are questioning it from the inside.

A poetic portrait of a blind father with a bright perspective on life, who is strongly determined to deliver his message to the world.

This documentary film tells the story of the Credo Community Choir, a Dallas-based ensemble on a mission to foster acceptance through the power of music. Embark on a captivating journey from Dallas, Texas to Argentina and Uruguay, witnessing Credo's philanthropic endeavors to transform lives through the universal language of music. Credo Choir has ages 14-82, and a variety of all backgrounds, abilities, and musical experience.

A cinematic wonder & incredible opportunity to learn about Indigenous ways of knowing. A group of puppeteers are transformed by their experience of "being buffalo" at night under the stars. Amethyst First Rider tells the puppeteers, "You are the buffalo. With each movement of your hands, each connection, you're creating energy & they become a part of you." In 2017 history was made when bison were reintroduced to Banff National Park where they continue to roam free today. The project was part of the historic Buffalo Treaty, with over 40 First Nation signatories, who are part of the movement to bring buffalo back to their ancestral lands. Leroy Little Bear & Amethyst First Rider lead this movement, & since Amethyst is first & foremost an artist, she wanted to celebrate the return of the buffalo through art. She met master puppeteer, Pete Balkwill, who was working with sculptural lantern puppets with his collaborators that lent themselves to night time performances on the land

A missing man, a hunt across the US and the untold story of an eccentric Inverness street trader who became an international fugitive. Did Kim Avis really drown in the waters off California’s infamous 'Mortuary Beach'? Dead Man Running is the extraordinary story of how the darkest of crimes were hidden in plain sight for decades.

Using a variety of sources, SPYRAL follows one bipolar woman and the impact it has on her family.

A short documentary about wine, vulnerability, and queer experiences. It explores the effects of alcohol on intimate conversations and the tone of discourse between young adults, taking into account that this is a method of facilitation often used during social interactions.

Since the massacre by the terrorist organization Hamas on October 7, 2023, it has been clear that anti-Semitism is also a massive problem in Germany. The media reports on anti-Semitic incidents almost every day. Jews no longer feel safe and are often victims of discrimination and hatred. More than 75 years after the liberation of Auschwitz, Jewish life in Germany is still often exposed to anti-Semitic hostility. Schools, kindergartens and synagogues must be guarded. In the wake of pro-Palestinian demonstrations on German streets, aggressive anti-Semitic agitation by angry Islamist mobs is increasingly occurring. Politics is failing to act on its promise. But the breeding ground for this is older. The documentary attempts to show that, based on age-old hatred, stereotypes and prejudices, anti-Semitism from the right-wing, from left-progressive circles and the middle of society is omnipresent in Germany.

A portrait of the actress and singer Pepa Flores, an incarnation of the recent history of Spain, who, in just twenty-five years of intense career, went from being Marisol, child prodigy of the Franco dictatorship, to being one of the first communist militants, icon of the Transition; an idol of the masses who became a discreet person after having claimed her right to remain silent.

On March 1, Alexei Navalny's funeral took place in Moscow, with thousands gathering to bid farewell to the politician. The day before, Moscow police erected metal fence corridors in the Maryino district and deployed hundreds of security forces and paddy wagons. The funeral service, held at the Church of the 'Assuage My Sorrows' icon, lasted less than 20 minutes. Only family members were permitted to approach the coffin. After the body was lowered into the ground, police allowed the public to say their final goodbyes to the opposition leader. Lines leading to the church and Borisovskoye Cemetery stretched for several hundred meters, and participants in the farewell procession walked through Maryino, chanting slogans such as 'Freedom for political prisoners,' 'No to war,' and 'Navalny is a hero of Russia.' Mediazona accompanied the crowd along the entire route.

A documentary about the Women's Shelters and the centers for support for women escaping domestic violence.

The Building Bridges project brings together perpetrators of crime with the victims of crime. Behind the walls of the prison in Jiřice near Nymburk, one such group tells stories that have fatally affected their lives in a conference room over the course of eight weeks. So-called restorative justice sees crime primarily as harm and the disruption of interpersonal relationships. It is in partnership with victims that offenders are encouraged to take responsibility for their actions. Not only is the will to listen to the other person necessary, but also the ability to consciously reflect on the causes and consequences of one's actions in a complex web of social contexts.

Artist Gee Ami witnesses the world around him steadily increasing in polarization, even though there’s nothing that would make him happier than seeing people come together. He tries to solve this problem using the music that has been flowing through him ever since he was a little boy.

A documentary about a young farmer’s experience of being kidnapped by extraterrestrials.

In Rio de Janeiro City and its outskirts, LGBTQ+ youth of color recreates Ballroom culture on their own terms. A portrait of the dramas, the voguing performances, and the art of shade, 50 years after its inception in New York. Rio is burning!

In Matter of Mind: My Parkinson’s, three people navigate their lives with resourcefulness and determination in the face of a degenerative illness, Parkinson’s disease. An optician pursues deep brain stimulation surgery; a mother raising a pre-teen daughter becomes a boxing coach and an advocate for exercise; and a cartoonist contemplates how he will continue to draw as his motor control declines.

Wartime. Hidden away in her bedroom, a woman verbally revisits key images from the history of art. Between shadows and memories, an imaginary museum is built to resist.

Three blind friends share their relationship with blindness and nature in the city of Mar de Plata. Pablo Martínez is competing in the upcoming World Adaptive Surfing Championships. Alejandro helps out at a rehabilitation center for ex-prisoners while training to become a mountaineer. Micaela sings karaoke on weekends. The documentary portrays blindness not as a disability, but as a trigger for other senses more closely linked to touch and hearing.

The forró musical genre from Northeastern Brazil is a male-dominated industry. Some of the few female musicians who managed to fight prejudice and misogyny in order to succeed offer their perspectives on the matter.

The interactive roadmovie follows the trail of a convicted war criminal with ties to Switzerland. On a journey through contemporary Rwanda, the viewer decides how deeply he wants to immerse himself in the story.

First recorded in the Isle of Wight in 1848, conkers was commonly played in the UK until it was banned from most schools in the early 2000s. Players alternate after three goes at exploding the opponent’s horse chestnut with their own. Points are assigned not to the handler but to the individual conker, as if it were a talented champion, like a racehorse; high scorers are often taken home and cared for. From the player, unerring aim rather than force is expected – we feel the frustration every time the target swings mockingly away. The fun part is when both strings get entangled, and the first player to shout “snag!” wins an extra turn.

This heartwarming love story follows a father who turns to ultra-running in his quest to find a cure for his daughter’s condition. At the age of 59, in the aftermath of the Beirut Port Explosion of August 4, he embarks on an epic journey to run the Lebanon Mountain Trail (470 kilometers of rugged terrain), with his daughter Saria as his medal at the finish line.

Galician writer Xavier Queipo is getting ready to move back to his homeland after more than 30 years of living in Brussels. He empties his house and puts his memories in boxes the removal company loads onto their truck to take them to Spain. Another Galician man, the filmmaker Hugo Amoedo, who is based in Brussels, too, wonders whether and when he’ll be back in his homeland. In the meantime, he teaches his son to ride a bike, wonders, dreams, struggles to unravel ideas for films, and argues with the clerks of the Brussels post.

The Sixth is a visceral intersection of six extraordinary Americans whose lives will be forever changed by the attack on the United States Capitol on January 6, 2021.

Documentary about the beginning of stand up comedy in Argentina. It tells through its protagonists how it all started, and how it grew until it became part of the culture of this country.

Haunted by her mother’s death, a young Indian-American medical student travels back to India to find closure. While there, an unexpected encounter with a young indigenous girl makes her confront her past and question her future.

Co-director and protagonist Abraham Jiménez, one of the most important voices of Cuban independent journalism, is expecting a baby with his wife, producer/co-director Claudia Calviño. As they become more and more exhausted and depressed from the constant harassment of the Cuban government, the young family embarks on a journey off the island and become political exiles in Spain. A heartfelt, intimate look at daily life in Cuba and the measures taken by one family to protect their freedom.