program description
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?
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
India, 2017, 1h 14m
In a neighborhood in Bhopal, chess is a popular pass time with roadside games bringing together men from different strata.
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.
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.
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.
UK, 2022, 3m
Movements Of Migration is a desktop documentary exploring the archive to map the connectedness of movement, migration and family histories.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.