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Since classical times the Bosphorus has been a waterway of critical geo-political importance. Now, more than 50,000 ships a year navigate the treacherously narrow strait, carrying oil and other pollutants through the heart of Istanbul. Crowded with tankers, commuters, fishing boats and cruise ships, the bottleneck is an accident waiting to happen. This beautifully crafted doc explores how its p...

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See No Evil

United States | 2017

A film star, a linguist and a cripple – three very different elderly and retired apes, who have all led extraordinary lives at the hands of their human cousins. Looking back at their lifetime experiences as a performer, the subject of NASA experimentation and the recipient of language training, this poignant and poetic doc explores the fine line between us and them. Who is actually observing wh...

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Alison

South Africa | 2017

In 1994, Alison Botha was abducted at knife-point by two men outside her home in South Africa. Driven into a nature reserve off the main road, she was raped, disembowelled, almost decapitated and left for dead. Against extraordinary odds, mystifying the doctors who had treated her, Alison survived this horrific attack. But this was only the beginning of her struggle. This is the remarkable stor...

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Following Seas

United States | 2017

Bob and Nancy Griffith made 20 ocean voyages over two decades, fulfilling a dream of freedom and adventure in their 53-foot sailboat. Nothing seemed impossible for this couple and their growing family as they travelled to some of the most remote places on earth, chronicling life at sea with their 16mm Bolex camera. As narrated by Nancy in this extraordinary film, their unconventional life’s voy...

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A Moon of Nickel and Ice

Russian Federation | 2017

The mining town of Norilsk sits in the heart of the Siberian Arctic, bathed in the billowing smoke and sulphur of its mills and factories. Built by Gulag prisoners under Stalin, Norilsk remains a mysterious place, haunted by its past suffering. While miners ponder lost comradeship and teenagers dream of escape, artists and descendants of the Gulag prisoners seek to shed light on Norilsk’s dark ...

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El Patio

Chile | 2017

Three elderly gravediggers lovingly maintain the peaceful cemetery in the centre of the Chilean capital of Santiago. However, they are haunted by a dark and bloody secret. Following General Pinochet’s violent military coup in 1973, they were compelled to surreptitiously bury the bodies of thousands of executed political prisoners. Now a demonstration calling for justice shows that the past will...

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Escape From Marawi

Philippines | 2017

Over 200,000 people have fled Marawi since ISIS militants swarmed the city on the island of Mindanao. As the extremists fight to build a South East Asian caliphate, the city is more dangerous than ever. Escape From Marawi uncovers how woefully unprepared the Philippine Army were for an attack, and how the seizure of Marawi is likely only the beginning of a drawn-out conflict as ISIS spreads its...

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My Life Without Air

Croatia | 2017

Free-diver Goran Colak has dedicated his life to surviving devoid of oxygen. Driven by a desire to be the best in the world, Goran has achieved every feat possible in the sport of free-diving. In doing so he has expanded our understanding of human capability, floating in an arrested state somewhere between life and death. This beautifully lyrical film demonstrates the power of will to transcend...

Guardians of the Strait

Turkey | 2017

See No Evil

United States | 2017

Alison

South Africa | 2017

Following Seas

United States | 2017

A Moon of Nickel and Ice

Russian Federation | 2017

El Patio

Chile | 2017

Escape From Marawi

Philippines | 2017

My Life Without Air

Croatia | 2017