Tantura

The untold story of Israel's foundation

Hundreds of Palestinian villages were depopulated amid the formation of the state of Israel. To Israelis, this was the War of Independence. Palestinians call it 'Al Nakba' - the Catastrophe. In the 90s, research into a massacre that had allegedly occurred in the village of Tantura in 1948, was dismissed. Now, director Alon Schwarz revisits former Israeli soldiers of the Alexandroni Brigade as well as Palestinian residents in an effort to re-examine what happened in Tantura, and why 'Al Nakba' is still a taboo in Israeli society.

Myanmar: The Forgotten Revolution

Myanmar's forgotten fight for democracy

More than 20,000 people are reported dead, air strikes are hitting towns and villages, artillery is pummelling positions of armed resistance – but this is not Ukraine, this is the world’s forgotten civil war, where thousands of twenty-somethings are risking death to fight against a military coup that has removed elected government and stolen what they see as their future.

Lady Buds

It's all about the females

When California legalized marijuana, six women emerged from the shadows of the cannabis underground, and into the light of a legalized market. But with major corporations and heavy-handed regulations to reckon with, these trailblazing women must risk everything in order to claim their own piece of the American dream in the market they helped to create.

Making Time

The story of time, and the watchmakers who help us keep it

Five extraordinary horologists feature in this emotive and exquisite portrait of human life. Delve into each subject’s life story; their childhoods, their mistakes and their joys, their momentous decisions, their regrets and loves, and their losses. It is clear that the work of independent watchmakers is always profoundly connected to their life experiences. A philosophical and beautifully crafted documentary.

Tukdam: Between Worlds

A journey through life and death

Most of us regard death as something clear-cut, fully explicable by medical science. Yet in what Tibetan Buddhists call tukdam, advanced meditators die consciously, their bodies remaining lifelike and preserved for days, sometimes weeks after clinical death. Mingling scientific and spiritual perspectives, this is a groundbreaking exploration of a mystery which bridges life and death.

James & Isey

A Māori family's celebration of life and love like no other

Ninety-nine-year-old Ngāti Manu woman Isey Cross lives with her devoted adult son James, on a farm in Kawakawa - a small town on New Zealand’s North Island. Cheeky and vivacious, Isey is preparing to celebrate her 100th year on earth. Over the next seven days, James organizes the festivities and brings the spirit world onboard. Florian Habicht captures their devoted bond – to each other and to the spirit world – as well as their infectious joy. Only the truly stone-hearted could resist this film's celebration of love and whānau (family).

This Stained Dawn

Standing up for women's rights in Pakistan

Karachi’s feminists organise a woman’s march, coming up against Pakistan’s radical religious right, and negotiating a deeply surveilled, paranoia-inducing, and often physically violent space in the hopes of a revolution. A philosophical work, This Stained Dawn is not just about the march, but about the act of political organising itself.

Salaryman

An unconventional film on Tokyo work culture's most compelling and complex protagonist

Tokyo work culture's most compelling and complex protagonist; the Salaryman. A nameless, voiceless, over-worked and under-valued cog in the labour pool, expected to compromise home and social lives. Late nights and intense drinking sessions leave many of them passed out in the city streets. This slick, incisive documentary raises questions around the ethics of our global working practices in a capitalist society.

Sahara Prison

A remarkable account of survival in the Sahara Desert

In a vast swathe of Africa and the Middle East, people-smuggling and kidnapping is being driven by deeply destabilizing forces. Taking us deep into the inner circle of Al Qaeda, this is the extraordinary story of Johan Gustafsson, who survived six years held for ransom in a prison deep in the Sahara, at the mercy of the extremist group.