A group of men share a small space in a prison metal workshop in Botosani, Romania. When they’re not working, they animatedly discuss religion and hypocrisy, lament during tea that they don’t have onions for sausage, or joke and sing.
Trans is a 1982 Venezuelan documentary short film that offers an intimate look into the lives of a group of trans women and drag performers in Caracas, exploring their experiences in a society marked by transphobia and homophobia. Through interviews and performances, the documentary highlights the resilience and dignity of these women in the face of widespread discrimination and violence. Premiering at the Venezuelan National Cinematheque in 1982, Trans is considered a pioneering work in the representation of the trans community in Latin American cinema.
Cosme and Monica live with their children and grandchildren in Bahia de Kino, a fishing town in the northern State of Sonora, Mexico. They used to call themselves predators of the sea until one day they became unable to kill a sea turtle. Submerged in a crisis, they embark on a journey to try to save their way of life and of their fishing town through the creation of an environmental community group in charge of protecting sea turtles.
This symphonic musical journey explores our relationship with nature and the impact of the pandemic. Through dreamlike landscapes and rhythmic experiences, it showcases the creation of Fractalis: Concert for Piano and Orchestra by Gabriela Ortiz, inspired by the pandemic and performed in the Nezahualcóyotl Concert Hall, highlighting the connection between art and nature.
Documentary that describes month by month the fall of the self-proclaimed National Reorganization Process, the dictatorship that governed Argentina for seven years. In addition, we trace the path of the candidates towards the presidential elections, the socio-economic chaos that was experienced at that time, the media, the artistic references and the world of sports, until the arrival of democracy.
When a lockdown is announced in India, 22-year-old Mahesh finds himself stranded and decides to travel home on a rickety bicycle. He covers about 2,000 kilometers in seven days. It turns him into a national media hype.
A meandering brook of moments from two afternoons spent with Vinod Kumar Shukla, his wife and son at their home in Raipur, saunters between the mingling geographies of past, present and future, drifting in and out of pauses – to ponder, to reflect, to reminisce, and to share.
A deeply intimate and highly cinematic documentary featuring the Dalai Lama, who, at nearly ninety year of age, offers practical advice for navigating the 21st century's challenges.
On the last day of Ramadan, we accompany six individuals of Eastern origins living in German towns and villages as they face the challenges of fasting in a non-Islamic environment and interact with a society different from their own. Clinging deeply to their identity and the spirituality of the holy month.
Highly esteemed poet, influential journalist, intellectual activist, yet hardly remembered. Busy with shaping Dresden's cultural scene during the 1980s and 1990s, the late Bernhard Theilmann forgot to publish anything for people to remember him by.
Grandpa Paul talks to nobody but his grandson, the director, about his childhood – and fleeing from Silesia, in today's Poland. He wishes to have a key from home, any key as long as it’s old. Arriving at his grandfather's town of birth, the grandson encounters rooms that only seem to resist opening.
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