It Runs in the Family
A revelation about Oscar Torres, her unknown and once world-famous queer filmmaker cousin, sends Victoria down a path of self-discovery through reconstructions of his intimate memories living in the 1950s authoritarian Caribbean, as Victoria leads re-enactments of his unproduced screenplays with the family who erased him.
"a cinematic excavation...a bold first feature from an exciting voice in nonfiction." - True/False
Tolyatti Adrift
Tolyatti, once the symbol of socialist pride is today the Russian Detroit, a limbo city where there is no future for the youth. In this hopeless environment, Boyevaya Klassika arises, a movement that rescues iconic old Lada cars from the local factory to turn them into a means of rebelliousness and expression, that explores the conflicts and dreams of the youth in one of the poorest cities in Russia. We follow Slava, Misha & Lera in the year that they have to face for the first time, their adulthood in a place where the future seems to be a dystopia.
"young Lada restorers aim to escape Russia’s post-industrial angst...Laura Sisteró’s dynamic documentary follows Slava, Misha and Lera, three young adults who dare to dream and rebel against all odds." - Guardian
Far Beyond the Pasturelands
In a remote Himalayan region, the villagers of Maikot are preparing for the harvest of a mysterious aphrodisiac caterpillar-mushroom worth more than gold. Lalita, a young mother, had to let go of her dreams after getting married because of the social pressures of her community. As the whole village departs to the mountains, she joins the journey to the high-altitude pasturelands in the hope of providing a better life for her family through the hazardous harvest of the rare mushroom.
"The art of foraging assumes epic proportions...rich and picturesque observational doc" - POV Magazine
Camouflage
In Camouflage, writer Félix Bruzzone embodies a runner who has an obsession with Campo de Mayo, the biggest military unit in Argentina. It is also the place where his mother disappeared in 1976 and the main clandestine centre of detention, torture and extermination during the last dictatorship. The film will follow Félix as he finds characters that allow him to enter and explore this place so loaded with history.
"a visceral embodiment of psychic trauma." - Open City Documentary Festival
Infinity According to Florian
On the eve of his 90th birthday, Kyiv-based architect Florian Yuriev gets some bad news. The city has rented out his architectural opus magnum – a Flying-Saucer-shaped avant-garde concert hall – to a real estate developer who wants to turn it into a shopping mall. (He also happens to be one of Donald Trump's Ukrainian cronies). Florian decides to quit his self-imposed seclusion and try to disrupt this phoney real estate deal. He is aided by a group of young architects and followers. As a result of the media outcry, the infamous new owner of the Flying Saucer building gives a promise to renovate the place according to Florian's own design. This promise turns out to be worth nothing, but Florian is not ready to give up. He uses his visionary skills to snatch an unlikely victory.
"a battle for the very soul of art." - Sheffield Doc Fest