In the small town where Ana Cecília lives, her dreams seem to have no room to grow. In between run-ins with her older sister and the thrill of first crushes, she faces the challenging task of figuring out who she is, exploring the complexities of her family and the world...
Utopia Muda
The film explores the struggle for media democratization through the story of Rádio Muda, the longest-running free radio station that challenged the system in defense of freedom of speech. This first-person account draws from the director’s personal archival footage. In the early 2000s, he played a role in the Rádio...
Bonnarien
South America. Mauricette Nogood (27) works as a docker at the French Guiana port “Degraddes Cannes". The rest of the time, she is a slam poet. She's always felt insecure about herlast name, which was imposed onto her ancestors at the end of slavery. Now she is fightingto change her...
Burul
A rural high school student Burul is interested in wrestling. The wrestling coach won't let her train at the boys' gym, so she trains at home alone. Burul’s father believes that wrestling is not for girls and forbids her to do it. One guy from a neighboring village kidnaps Burul...
Chikha – Queen
Fatine, a 17-year-old girl, lives with her mother, NADIA, a chikha,* in Azemmour, Morocco. Having just passed her baccalaureate exams, Fatine faces a difficult choice: follow her family's artistic tradition or choose a more conventional path with her boyfriend, who disapproves of her heritage. *A chikha is a singer and...
Vuelta a Riaño
Aerial footage of a bicycle race goes beyond typical sports coverage by revealing the landscape of Riaño, a village in northern Spain that was submerged in 1987 due to dam construction, devastating the way of life of its inhabitants. By juxtaposing different visual records, Back to Riaño illuminates the struggles...
En el mismísimo momento
A child, camera in hand. His images intertwine with his innermost thoughts, and his unique way of capturing the world leads to unpredictable reflections. A singular convergence emerges between the experience of the external world and the exploration of his inner landscape—a tentative, uncertain, and even threatening encounter. "I don’t...
Table for one, please
Pina Bausch’s dance theater, Jerzy Grotowski’s poor theater, and Anton Chekhov’s dramaturgy of banality converge in a rehearsal. The camera also plays the role of an unexpected guest at this peculiar feast. The excesses of Samantha Shay’s play “I Should Have a Party for All the Thoughts I Didn’t Say”...
Beutset
When a parasite contaminates Dakar’s drinking water, the population faces yet another cycle of oppression from a system determined to control their bodies and minds. Amid this community's journey of political awakening and consciousness-raising, fantasy and science fiction merge with elements of African spirituality and oral tradition, creating a rich...
Sannapäiv
For many Estonians, the sauna is more than just a place to unwind or cleanse the skin; it is a vital space for preserving the country’s traditions. On Sauna Day, men from southern Estonia gather in this particular space after work, discovering that it also allows them to explore their...