A New Family

Një Familje e re

by SIMONE MANETTI

Chantrea is banned from home by her sons when they discover she has HIV.

Aida

Aida

by MAYSOON EL MASSRY

Aida; the oldest flower vendor in Alexandria has been roaming the city streets for the past 50 years. Aida is a familiar face for the city residents, yet they don’t know much about her, a face that holds within a long history of untold stories.

Bars4Justice

Hekura për drejtësi

by QUEEN MUHAMMAD ALI, HAKEEM KHAALIQ

A hip hop activist gives more than his talent when he comes face to face with the justice system in Ferguson Missouri. Narrated by Jasiri X with appearances by Common, Talib Kweli, Immortal Technique, Cornell West, and Bree Newsome.

Break In

Break In

by MIKEL ARISTREGI, JOSÉ BAUTISTA

In 2004 the photographer Mikel Aristregi travels to Cambodia to document the lives of the street children of the Capital.

Chickpeas with Sugar

Qiqra me sheqer

by ANTONIO AGUILAR

February 7, 1937. The entrance of nationalist troops in Málaga is imminent. A woman and her four daughters are preparing for a long way on foot to look for her husband. Surviving each day becomes the main objective. Almería is more than 200 kilometers and fatigue, hunger and bombs become their companions.

Come On, Let’s Go!

Eja, ikim!

by BISERKA SURAN

Allez, Viens! takes you to the industrial area of Maastricht where a motley crew of nine young women live in a close-knit community. They strive to live an anti-capitalist lifestyle by sharing all their possessions, food and spaces. While sisters Anna and Amber make plans for their futures apart.

Dancehall is us

Kercimi jemi ne

by EGOR PAPULOV

“Dancehall is us” a short documentary about the culture of dance and musical traditions of Jamaica..

Driſtage

Ecja pas rrymës

by AURELIO BUCHWALDER

In the Po Valley hinterland, industrial urbanity and natural forces are very close, touching each other. Inhabitants have transformed the lowlands. The film tells stories of the reverse. Stories from the big, northern Italian river.

Fallen Bird

Zogu i rënë

by DEIRDRE MULLINS, NATHAN FAGAN GUIMOND

While serving a sentence for assault in Wheatfield Prison, young prisoner Eric Boylan began channeling his anger and frustration into one of his childhood passions: painting. Now that he’s been released, Eric has set out to pursue a career in fine art - while attempting to navigate the obstacles of life as an ex-prisoner.

Kombinat

Kombinati

by JANUSZ SZYMAŃSKI

Past and present: a story of workers in old, abandoned metal manufactory in the suburbs of Tirane in Albania.

Mainland

Ishulli

by ISCHA CLISSEN

Mainland tells the story of twelve-year-old Colin Macleod, who sees the world around him change fast as he realizes that the isolated island he calls home, is getting too small to chase his dreams.

Minor Border

Kufiri i vogël

by LISBETH KOVACIC

Since the border between Austria and Hungary became a “Schengen border” it seems to have lost its meaning. Therefore the border stations, among them the “small border crossing” in Nickelsdorf/Hegyeshalom, are being removed. The border persists culturally and socially, based on historically grown resentments and new European laws.

Neiwa

Neiwa

by ABRAHAM CRUZ HERRERA, JAVIER VÁZQUEZ CERVANTES

Orlando and Lisandro are twin brothers, who live in the mountains of Jalisco. NEIWA tells their search for a their own name and destiny.

On the Way

Rrugës

by ALKISTIS KAFETZI

Erion lives and works in a Berlin full of frames waiting to be captured. He takes us along as he tries to balance the mundane parts of his life and the growth of his artistry.

One Million Steps

1 milion hapa

by EVA MARIA STOTZ

A tap dancer performs, while elsewhere people run from the tear gas of the police. Two worlds apart if it wasn’t for an unexpected opening in the floor, right in front of the dancer… She decides to jump, and lands in the middle of the social protests in Istanbul.

Refugee Blues

Trishtim refugjati

by STEPHAN BOOKAS, TRISTAN DAWS

Set to the verses of W.H. Auden’s 1939 poem, “Refugee Blues” charts a day in ‘the jungle’, the refugee camp outside Calais. More intimate and unlike much of what has been seen in the mass media, this documentary poem counterpoints the camp’s harsh reality of frequent clashes with the French riot police with its inhabitants’ longing for a better future

Rotten

I Kalbur

by MEHMET SELCUK BILGE

In our country, you have to “prove” your sexual orientation in order to avoid military service. If you are as feminine as they want, you can get a mental disorder report which means you are ROTTEN.

Shaadi, Sex Aur Parivaar

Dasma, seksi dhe familja

by AMAN KALEEM

Shaadi, Sex aur Parivaar looks at the institution of marriage through the perspective of brides from different socio-economic backgrounds. The characters explore the ideas of love, body image and identity as a woman getting married while redefining meanings of liberation for themselves.

Smoke

Tymos

by GORANA JOVANOVIĆ

A house burned down sixteen years ago, yet the smoke remains.

Tasmina: The Horse Girl

Tasmina, vajza e kalit

by FARIDUR RAHMAN

Tasmina, an eleven years old girl of a remote village in Northern Bangladesh is known as ‘Horse Girl’ in her neighborhood. Where more than sixty percent of the girls are married off before their 15th birthday, Tasmina aspires to ride horse and join horse races at least for another five years. In this rural society outdoor games are not allowed for the ‘grown up’ women and horse race is unthinkable.

The Land in Front

Toka përballë

by FABRIZIO LECCE

Two lands washed by the same sea told by two men, an albanian and a arbëreshë, whose stories are intertwined with the recent history of the two territories, Albania and Southern Italy.

The Third Dad

Babai i tretë

by THERESA MOERMAN IB

Ten years aſter breaking all ties with her alcoholic father, and seven years aſter his death, a daughter sets out not only to find his grave, but also redemption. Poetically merging archive material, new footage and an immersive soundscape, THE THIRD DAD is a personal journey that interweaves memory, self-discovery and a desperate attempt at reconciliation.

Through the Pane

Përmes panelit

by DAWN WESTLAKE

The filmmaker’s 87-year-old father shares reflections on life through panes of glass while facing the pain of losing his wife of 62 years. With ‘cosmic perspective’, he takes comfort in the rhythms of nature to cope with the unpredictable, non-linear qualities of grief.

Trash Cash

Para Plehrash

by DANIEL ABRAHAMS ECWALU

John Kizito is a young man who lost his mother and the father decides to find another woman to marry. His step mother mistreats him to an extent that Kizito decides to leave his home district, Kamuli. He finds his feet at the fish landing site of Ggaba at the shores of Lake Victoria, Kampala, where he began living his life with a few of the street children around.

What day is today?

Çfarë dite është sot?

by Colectivo Fotograma 24

Animated documentary short film made by the youth of the Portuguese city of Montemor-o- Novo. Over a two month period, these youngsters took a trip down memory lane to collect the testimonies of an older generation who witnessed 40 years of dictatorship and another 40 of fable-like democracy.