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Towards the Sun, Far From the Center

Towards the Sun, Far From the Center

February 17, 2024

In sweltering Santiago, two women seek refuge for their blossoming romance amid the rhythms of daily urban life.

Reproduction

Reproduction

February 17, 2024

The ensemble of buildings that makes up the maternity clinic and art school in Hamburg where the director taught is the starting point for this sober interrogation of how motherhood and career can be combined based on three generations of German women.

Running for the Mountains

Running for the Mountains

February 17, 2024

RUNNING FOR THE MOUNTAINS digs into West Virginia's history of 'patriotic sacrifice,' unearthing veins of dark money and dirty politics. The film tracks grassroots candidates and ordinary citizens' attempts to save their land, water, homes, and communities - calling out the pro-extraction politicians enabling destruction, including Senator Joe Manchin and his likely replacement, coal baron Governor Jim Justice. Appalachia is the proverbial canary in a coal mine; pay attention or pay the price.

No Other Land

No Other Land

November 1, 2024

This film made by a Palestinian-Israeli collective shows the destruction of the occupied West Bank's Masafer Yatta by Israeli soldiers and the alliance which develops between the Palestinian activist Basel and Israeli journalist Yuval.

Intercepted

Intercepted

January 31, 2025

Intercepted is a journey through Ukraine that reveals the banality of evil behind the Russian invasion with the shocking juxtaposition of two realities: the Ukrainians who have been suffering and resisting the war violence, and the Russian military, and civilians, who have been perpetrating it.

The Nights Still Smell of Gunpowder

The Nights Still Smell of Gunpowder

February 17, 2024

Amid the aftermath of Mozambique’s civil war, I visit my grandmother, confronting fading memories and blurred lines between truth and fiction. A former rebel’s presence in the village echoes the relentless ghosts of war, mirroring the tensions of my generation.

Faruk

Faruk

February 17, 2024

Faruk, who is over 90 years old, increasingly becomes the protagonist in the film his daughter is making about the impending demolition of his block of flats in Istanbul. A story about gentrification and a complex father-daughter relationship.

Teaches of Peaches

Teaches of Peaches

May 9, 2024

Peaches - artist, feminist, rock star. She has been challenging gender stereotypes for over 20 years and is on par with the icons of the pop and rock world. With exclusive private archive material and current footage of preparations and concerts of her 2022 jubilee tour “20 Years of Teaches of Peaches”, we learn how the Canadian Merrill Nisker became the internationally celebrated musician and electro-clash icon Peaches.

WILL

WILL

February 16, 2024

Tiger Run: The Untold Story

February 16, 2024

Utilizing heartful interviews, game tape, and behind-the-scenes footage of the Jackson State University and the Jackson State University HBU Pro Day event, TIGER RUN: The Untold Story aims to pull back the curtain on Deion Sander’s mission to change the paradigm for all HBCU football players and bring equity back into the NFL draft system.

Foundling: The Untold Story

February 16, 2024

A compelling documentary that traces the remarkable life of Judge Joseph Wood.

The Drop-Off

The Drop-Off

February 16, 2024

Overwhelmed by her uncharted direction in life, a young woman leaves a voicemail to her future self, reflecting on her past and questioning her future.

Jirishanca

Jirishanca

February 16, 2024

Renowned alpinists Josh Wharton and Vince Anderson attempt a free ascent of the Jirishanca, an epic 20,000-foot peak in the Peruvian Andes. The duo will have to tackle 5.13 face climbing, horizontal ice roofs, technical mixed terrain and treacherous snow mushrooms as they reconcile the inherent risk of climbing with their love of alpine adventure.

Bootless Errand

Bootless Errand

February 16, 2024

A documentary crew goes off the rails as they take part in an odyssey of Stanford campus and a journey of self-discovery.

« Collabos ! »  L'Ukraine en guerre face à ses traîtres

« Collabos ! » L'Ukraine en guerre face à ses traîtres

February 16, 2024

Sing! Fight! Sing! Fight! From LeRoi to Amiri

February 16, 2024

The story of how Everett Leroy Jones became Amiri Baraka, from his childhood to the mid '60s, is told through interviews recorded in the late '90s.

La Génération des Enfants du rock

La Génération des Enfants du rock

February 16, 2024

The Hobby

The Hobby

February 16, 2024

Follows longtime collectors and a new generation of buyers from the trading card industry, diving deep into the real-time trading card fever as the hobby goes nuclear.

I Don’t Want to Be Just a Memory

I Don’t Want to Be Just a Memory

February 16, 2024

Berlin queer community members mourn the substance abuse-related loss of their friends by sharing memories and rituals. Resembling glow-in-the-dark fungi, they radiate light together as a network of support and care.

Shahid

Shahid

August 1, 2024

Narges Shahid Kalhor is a director seeking to be rid of the "Shahid" (martyrs), who are too heavy a burden. From Bavarian bureaucracy and therapy to dancing with Iran’s past generations and their long shadows, she twirls through a heady autofiction.