In 'Casa del Migrante' in Huehutoca, a suburb of Mexico City, refugees find a safe abode. At least for two days. Then they must go on with their journey towards USA in freight train carriages, which everyone here just calls 'La Bestia', the beast.

Dir. Manuel Inacker - 23min - 2018 - Germany - L...

Augusto, a 70-year old man, is dealing with the sudden appearance of a 25-year old woman in his life, Cristina, the filmmaker. Since I first saw him, I had an urge to film this mysterious figure. Our initial fascination with each other unraveled into a seduction game, disclosing fragility, lust a...

The plants are the only ones remaining in the vacant business building. In this large and once lavish space, the gardener still maintains the plants, which have become part of its architecture. She sifts through the ones in pots and prepares them for their relocation.

The plants which used to r...

An old Bedouin riding his camel can’t believe his eyes: a woman dressed in silvery armour and a bizarre helmet is studying an insignificant rock. Astronauts in the desert of Oman... Or is it Mars?

Bedouins, spaceships, desertships, two young Omani girls passionate about space, and a lost directo...

Denis visits his parents' summer home in Tuscany, bringing his friend, the director Moris Freiburghaus. These are the last warm summer days, but, struggling with past mistakes and addictions, Denis finds it hard to enjoy them. He grapples with his demons under the watchful eye, and gentle lens, o...

After the closure of the high school and the fish farm, all the men and teenagers have to leave the tiny island of Out Skerries to go to the Mainland, leaving the women by themselves with the younger children.

Julie Powis Arthur is one of those women. First she saw her husband leave and now bot...

Mata Ne is about a woman tracing her roots. She travels, together with her mother, to her second home in Japan. It is about them visiting the almost one hundred years old grandmother on the remote island of Okinawa. This reunion feels like a farewell at the same time, somewhere in between being h...

A cinematic journey into the soundscape of the Alps, where alpine shepherds live far from the bustle of the city. Centuries living in close commune with their cows, sheep and dogs has influenced their daily lives, even the language they speak. Building from the idioms, songs and ringing commands ...

In the Basque town of Altsasu, the beds of seven young men lie empty. As the town celebrates its annual festival, Altsasu follows Igone as she copes with the imprisonment of her son Jokin and six others, convicted in a case which has been widely condemned as a miscarriage of justice.

Dir. Eoin W...

In 2015 the Bishop of Aberdeen wrote to the Bishop of Aba in Nigeria with an urgent request – do you have any spare priests? Father Maximilian Nwosu and Father James Anyaegbu are the answer: two Nigerians sent on a mission to serve the Scottish Highlands. But from preaching to packed congregation...

Under Paris' glittering Eiffel Tower, undocumented Senegalese migrants sell miniature souvenirs of the monument, to support their families back home. Far from their loved ones and hounded by the police, each day is a struggle through darkness in the City of Lights.

Dir. Tal Amiran - 15min - 2020...

City of Salgueiro, in the heartland of Pernambuco, Brazil. In the stands, the heat punishes the fans. On the radio, Fire Mouth ignites the broadcasting. There`s no sports commentator like Fire Mouth.

Dir. Luciano Pérez Fernández - 9min - 2017 - Brazil - Language: Portuguese - Subtitles available...

Tayra and I grew up on a beach in the north east of Brazil. We were inseparable. The sea breeze brings me back happy memories.

Dir. Nara Normande - 14min - 2018 - France, Brazil - Language: Portuguese - Subtitles: English, French, Spanish

"plays like casually flipping through a photo album of a...

Khansaa and her family fled the Syrian war in search of a better life in the United States. As refugees living in Oakland California, they adapt to an unfamiliar culture with the help of a young American mother. Crossing Borders looks at the migrant story through motherhood and friendship that cr...

In Qaleh Hassan Khan, a town between Tehran and Karaj in Iran, 'He' follows mannequins on their journey from the factory floor to the shop window.

Dir. Sam Kalantari - 31min - 2015 - Iran - Language: Farsi - Subtitles: English

"Like a science-fiction film, 'He' examines the surreal path of shop...

A clear decision surrounded by mixed feelings.
A young woman recounts her experience with abortion.

Dir. Maria Trigo Teixeira - 2019 - Germany - Language: English - Subtitles in English.

Gonj (Honey Bee) follows workers collecting honey in the extreme Zagros Mountains of Iran. On cliff-faces of more than 150m, with only basic facilities, they risk life and limb in order to collect a particularly pure and clear honey believed to have healing properties.

Dir. Arman Gholipour Dasht...