Tantura
94mins | Israel/Palestine - 2022What really happened in Tantura?
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
47mins | Myanmar - 2022Myanmar'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.
Off the Rails
52mins/91mins | United Kingdom - 2022Growing up isn't an easy journey...
Rikke Brewer and best friend Aiden Knox hone their spectacular UrbEx stunts and gravity-defying Parkour skills, hoping that millions of likes on social media will be their ticket out of boring Guildford. But the trauma of a close friend's death triggers darker stories, of broken families and fragile mental health, threatening to send them both off the rails.
Was Tun
60mins/73mins | Bangladesh - 2022Taking a stand against injustice
Faced with a documentary film that included an interview with a young girl forced into prostitution, Michael Kranz asked himself the apparently banal question of “what can be done?” He travelled to Bangladesh and began to search for the girl. A film that is both self-critical and critical of society about the desire to at least do something and not to simply and passively give in to the injustices in this world.
This Stained Dawn
89mins | Pakistan - 2022Standing 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.
Lady Buds
52mins/96mins | United States - 2022It'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.
The Axe in the Rainforest
56mins/91mins | Brazil - 2022The relentless destruction of the Amazon rainforest
Despite the imminent climate crisis, the overexploitation of the Amazon rainforest continues. Brazilian President Bolsonaro's policies promote loggers and mining corporations; deforestation, fires - all threaten the lungs of the world, with the urgent cries from the indigenous population and environmentalists that the Amazon must be preserved at all costs falling on deaf ears.
Only I Can Hear
53mins/76mins | United States - 2022The story of CODA - Children of Deaf Adults
In the American Midwest, three hearing teenagers come of age in the vibrant, raucous Deaf community. In search of a home between two disparate worlds, the young women explore their unique identity as CODA — Children of Deaf Adults, as they strive to fit into both the deaf and hearing communities to which they belong.
Silent Terror
52mins/75mins | Ukraine - 2022Life inside Russian-occupied Kherson
In Southern Ukraine, the port city of Kherson was the first major city to fall to Moscow's forces. Held hostage in their own homes, the people of Kherson have endured psychological horrors beyond imagination. Here, sometimes the silence is more frightening than the shelling. Some have escaped but are terrified to relate what they witnessed for fear of their families and relatives left behind. This documentary recounts the harrowing experience of invasion and occupation.
Imad's Childhood
52mins/76mins | Iraq - 2021Can a child recover from spending half his life in ISIS captivity?
After two and a half years in captivity, Imad, his little brother Idan and their mother Ghazala are released into a displaced persons' camp in Kurdistan. Healing from the trauma is hard for all of them, but it seems Imad is having a particularly tough time. Not yet five, he has already spent over half his life enduring terror, abuse and "training" meant to make him heartless. Speaking only Arabic, he cannot communicate with his family, and the only means of expression at his disposal is violence. He hits and spits, and his only game is pretending to be an ISIS fighter who shoots, blows things up and kills. This poignant film follows him as he takes hesitant steps on the hard road to recovery, guided and held by his mother, his grandmother and an incredibly supportive therapist.
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Tantura
Israel/Palestine - 2022
What really happened in Tantura?
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 dism…
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Myanmar: The Forgotten Revolution
Myanmar - 2022
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 th…
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Off the Rails
United Kingdom - 2022
Growing up isn't an easy journey...
Rikke Brewer and best friend Aiden Knox hone their spectacular UrbEx stunts and gravity-defying Parkour skills, hoping that millions of likes on social media will be their ticket out of boring Guildford. But the trauma of a close friend's death triggers darker stories, of broken families and fragil…
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Was Tun
Bangladesh - 2022
Taking a stand against injustice
Faced with a documentary film that included an interview with a young girl forced into prostitution, Michael Kranz asked himself the apparently banal question of “what can be done?” He travelled to Bangladesh and began to search for the girl. A film that is both self-critical and critical of societ…
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This Stained Dawn
Pakistan - 2022
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…
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Lady Buds
United States - 2022
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 …
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The Axe in the Rainforest
Brazil - 2022
The relentless destruction of the Amazon rainforest
Despite the imminent climate crisis, the overexploitation of the Amazon rainforest continues. Brazilian President Bolsonaro's policies promote loggers and mining corporations; deforestation, fires - all threaten the lungs of the world, with the urgent cries from the indigenous population and enviro…
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Only I Can Hear
United States - 2022
The story of CODA - Children of Deaf Adults
In the American Midwest, three hearing teenagers come of age in the vibrant, raucous Deaf community. In search of a home between two disparate worlds, the young women explore their unique identity as CODA — Children of Deaf Adults, as they strive to fit into both the deaf and hearing communities to…
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Silent Terror
Ukraine - 2022
Life inside Russian-occupied Kherson
In Southern Ukraine, the port city of Kherson was the first major city to fall to Moscow's forces. Held hostage in their own homes, the people of Kherson have endured psychological horrors beyond imagination. Here, sometimes the silence is more frightening than the shelling. Some have escaped but a…
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Imad's Childhood
Iraq - 2021
Can a child recover from spending half his life in ISIS captivity?
After two and a half years in captivity, Imad, his little brother Idan and their mother Ghazala are released into a displaced persons' camp in Kurdistan. Healing from the trauma is hard for all of them, but it seems Imad is having a particularly tough time. Not yet five, he has already spent over h…