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indonesian
english
Sugiharti Halim by Ariani Dharmawan
Indonesia, 2008, 10m

What’s in a name? For Sugiharti Halim, though, a name can lead to a never-ending question. At times funny, annoying, and contradictory: Does one really need a “real” name?

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indonesian
english
Golden Memories (Petite Histoire of Indonesian Cinema) by Afrian Purnama, Mahardika Yudha, and Syaiful Anwar
Indonesia, 2018, 1h 59m

Three filmmakers explore the traces of home cinema in Indonesia. Along the way, they encounter the cinema of Kwee Zwan Liang and the cinema of Rusdy Attamimi.

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bhojpuri +1
english
বাগানিয়া / Baganiya (Garden of Memories) by Humaira Bilkis
Bangladesh, 2019, 56m

The story is about the mundane life of a tea community, where the old chief Padmoluv awaits his death and often reminisces about the past controlled by the colonial masters.

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english +2
english
What The Soil Remembers by José Cardoso
Ecuador / South Africa, 2023, 29m

What the Soil Remembers examines the trauma of a community uprooted during the Apartheid regime, making way for an educational institution that would become synonymous with the foundation of white supremacist ideologies.

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arabic
english
بين موتين / Bayna Mawtayn (Between Two Deaths) by Ameer Fakher Eldin
Occupied Golan Heights / Syria / Palestine, 2015, 21m

Between Two Deaths tells the story of a peasant couple from Majdal Shams in the occupied Golan Heights as they navigate their lives amidst ongoing conflict.

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tamil
english +4
Soundless Dance by Pradeepan Raveendran
France, Sri Lanka, 2019, 1h 29m

2009, the de-facto state of Tamil Eelam is in chaos. The war between the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), fighting for an independent Tamil state, and the Sinhalese state army has ravaged the island for almost thirty years.

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french
english
free
L’Escale (The Stopover) by Collectif Faire-Part
DR Congo / Belgium, 2022, 14m

Filmmakers Paul Shemisi and Nizar Saleh travel from the Democratic Republic of Congo to Germany for the screening of their new film. During a layover in Angola, they're stopped at the airport because the airline doesn't trust their documents to be real.

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french
french
free
Le Cri de La Mer (The Cry of The Sea) by Aïcha Thiam
Senegal, 2008, 26m

The Cry of the Sea is about the struggle of a mother, Yaye Bayam Diouf, who lost her only son in a dugout (or boat) for the Canary Islands.

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hindi
english +1
Turup (Checkmate) by Ektara Collective
India, 2017, 1h 14m

In a neighborhood in Bhopal, chess is a popular pass time with roadside games bringing together men from different strata.

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french +1
english
free
Ainsi Meurent Les Anges (And So Angels Die) by Moussa Sène Absa
Senegal, 2000, 57m

Mory has been living in France for several years. He has many friends and gets married to a European with whom he has three children.

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french
english
Tableau Ferraille by Moussa Sène Absa
Senegal, 1997, 1h 29m

Tableau Ferraille is a working-class neighborhood about ten kilometers outside Senegal's capital, Dakar. It is on the coast and populated by fishermen, but despite the coconut trees and colorful boats, it is no paradise.

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french
english
Ça Twiste à Popenguine (Twisting in Popenguine) by Moussa Sène Absa
Senegal, 1994, 1h 27m

In post-colonial Senegal in the 1960s, teenagers in a small village form two small rival cliques: Les Ins, who prefer French pop singers, and The Kings, who favor American music.

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english
free
Movements of Migration by Shireen McCormack
UK, 2022, 3m

Movements Of Migration is a desktop documentary exploring the archive to map the connectedness of movement, migration and family histories.

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spanish
english
Días de Luz (Days of Light) by Gloria Carrión Fonseca, Julio López Fernández, Mauro Borges Mora, Enrique Pérez Him, Sergio Ramírez
Costa Rica / El Salvador / Guatemala / Honduras / Nicaragua / Panama, 2019, 1h 28m

During five days a solar storm hits Central America. People In each of these countries will have to face life in its more basic terms, disconnected from the technology they normally depend on.

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english
Stud Life by Campbell X
UK, 2012, 1h 27m

Stud Life is a light amusing take on Queer street life in London. The film is a post-modern LGBTQIA+ take for the social media generation. Stud Life deals with sex and sexuality and taboo subjects in London’s Queer community.

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english +1
english
Difficult Love by Zanele Muholi, Peter Goldsmid
South Africa, 2010, 48m

Difficult Love is an intimate, thought-provoking portrait of internationally celebrated South African lesbian photographer, Zanele Muholi, and their highly personal take on the challenges facing Black lesbians in South Africa.

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swahili +1
english
I Am Samuel by Peter Murimi
Kenya, 2020, 1h 9m

Samuel grew up in the Kenyan countryside, where tradition is valued above all else. He is close to his mother but his father, a local pastor, does not understand why he is not married yet.

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english
english
How Not to Date While Trans by Nyala Moon
USA, 2022, 13m

How Not To Date While Trans is a break-the-fourth-wall, dark comedy that follows the dating life of a Black trans woman and the problematic cis-men she meets along the way.

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english
free
Umunthu by Mwizalero Nyirenda
Malawi, 2013, 28m

Filmmaker Mwizalero Nyirenda goes on a minibus journey with two friends who have opposing views on same-sex criminalization. They talk to outspoken public figures and everyday Malawians to debate the issue.

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arabic +1
english +2
The Art of Sin by Ibrahim Mursal
Sudan / Norway, 2020, 59m

After coming to Norway as a refugee, Ahmed Umar has become a renowned artist. Proud of his roots, his art mixes Sudanese and Western influences. In 2015, he came out as gay on Facebook, making him the first openly gay man from Sudan – this caused massive outrage in the Sudanese community.

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