Cop de colze
El gran somni d’Hazal, alemanya filla de turcs és que Alemanya li doni una oportunitat. Pel seu 18è aniversari, vol escapar de la rutina diària i festejar amb les seves amigues. Però un incident fatal ho canvia tot i Hazal es veu obligada a fugir, i fa cap a Turquia. Elbow explica la història d’una […]
Democracy Noir
The film presents a frightening portrait of how Viktor Orbán, an acolyte of Donald Trump, has been systematically destabilizing Hungary’s democratic institutions. The documentary sounds a warning to all of the world’s democracies by reconstructing the history of Orbán’s relentless work to build a Christian, white, autocratic state. But in the midst of this dark […]
The Capture
Sami is a passionate visual artist with a special eye for untold stories. One night he wanders away from the comfort of artistic abstraction to a vibrant party, searching for authenticity amidst the chaos of a city in turmoil. Drawn to the energy of the protests on the street, Sami finds himself in a reality […]
I Shall not Hate
From Gaza’s Jabaliya refugee camp, to the University of Toronto and the Supreme Court of Israel, ‘I Shall Not Hate’ follows the uncharted path of Dr. Izzeldin Abuelaish, the first Palestinian doctor that worked in an Israeli hospital delivering babies. His ethos of forgiveness and reconciliation is put to the ultimate test when an Israeli […]
The Antique
Lado, a young Georgian man, smuggles antique Georgian furniture into Russia. Tired of his immaturity, Lado’s girlfriend Medea buys an apartment in the historic center of St. Petersburg. The rent for her apartment is cheap because the apartment comes with its owner, Vadim Vadimich, a temperamental old man. At one point, the Russian government illegally […]
Shikun
Set within different spaces of the Shikun, an Israeli building, and inspired by Eugène Ionesco’s play “The Rhinoceros”: Shikun is a disjointed series of episodes that dramatize the rise of authoritarian thinking among its inhabitants; those that accept this authoritarian thinking become rhinoceroses, while others resist.
I’m His Daughter
Matsumoto Rika’s father was the guru of Aum Shinrikyo, the religious cult responsible for the deadly Tokyo subway sarin attack in 1995– a mass murder that shocked Japan to the core. Rika was brought up within the cult. Although she was just a child when the crimes were committed, she has been exposed to discrimination […]
If I Die, It’ll Be of Joy
Micheline, 81, dreams of orgasms and tells anyone who will listen that she is burning with desire. Francis, 70, a tireless activist, challenges the taboos surrounding old age. Yves, 68, feels like a shell in a stormy sea and desperately seeks love. In a world that underestimates the power of elderly people, these three are […]
The Gospel of Revolution
The revolutionary fervor that swept Latin America in the second half of the 20th century owes much to the involvement of millions of Christians who participated in political struggles in the name of their faith. Driven by the theology of liberation, they paid a heavy price for undermining the traditional relationship between church and power. […]
Ayahuasca Now
After years of being scarred by PTSD, five men and two women veterans of the Vietnam, Afghanistan, and Iraq wars travel to the heart of the Peruvian Amazon to participate in shamanic ceremonies and heal their trauma. For them, PTSD has become an invisible wound that traditional medicine has not been able to heal. Frustrated […]
