program description
Nigeria, 2020, 35m
A Nigerian drama about love, acceptance, rejection, homophobia, and sacrifice. Ìfé and Adaora fall in love over a three-day date.
Nigeria, 2022, 45m
Kambili returns home after fifteen years when his sister, Nneka, writes him a heartfelt letter of reconciliation. Upon his return, Kambili is confronted by the bitter-sweet memories of his childhood, his estranged relationship with his family, and his affection for his boyhood friend, Ifediora.
Zimbabwe / Germany, 2001, 30m
This film tells the story of two women lovers named Nongoma and Tsitsi who live in the countryside in Zimbabwe. Lesbian relationships are very much taboo in Zimbabwe and, when their secret affair is discovered, Nongoma is obliged to run away from her village and escape to the city.
São Vicente, Cape Verde, 2015, 1h 34m
Within a small tropical Cape Verdean Island, the beloved Tchinda is hard at work preparing for a Carnival she hopes will capture the town’s imagination. Despite her great reputation, Tchinda remains humble.
Ecuador, 2023, 1h 30m
Iván Vallejo, the first Ecuadorian to summit Mount Everest, wants to make a film which will commemorate his trajectory. He invites Sebastián Cordero to the project, an Ecuadorian filmmaker who premiered his first film in Venice the same year that Iván achieved his feat.
Pakistan, 2021, 19m
A filmmaker researching the archeological history of Balochistan discovers that the place he comes from has great archeological significance but it is largely undocumented.
Indonesia, 2022, 1h 6m
In their five-year ongoing strike, the workers are still surviving and struggling to make ends meet. Deni Purba sells used clothes after being released from prison.
Panama, 2021, 11m
Ibegwa is a short film that tells the story of Guani, an albino Gunadule boy who lives with constant discrimination for being different.
Indonesia, 2022, 15m
Immense funerals take place at once, leaving behind exhausted gravediggers and mourning families. Some flowers are brought to the graves to honor the dead.
Indonesia, 2014, 18m
Maryam is a maid who is responsible to take care of her "master" who has a mental disorder because of a certain situation.
Venezuela, Colombia, 2016, 1h 38m
At the end of the 80’s, by the creeks of the Arauca River, near the Colombian - Venezuelan border, two men survived the brutality of a shooting in which 14 of their mates were killed.
Ghana, 1970, 17m
Made 50 years ago, the film reveals for the first time hundreds of thousands of previously unseen rare Asante art treasures stolen by the British.
Mexico, 2019, 1h 35m
Together with their mother Lucia, the brothers Max and Leo have just crossed the border from Mexico into the United States in search of a better life. But it is not easy for them to gain a foothold in their new home.
India, 2019, 1h 4m
Sapna Moti Bhavnani tells the story of her ancestral community, the Sindhis, through personal stories and illustrations on skin— tattoos.
Indonesia, 2012, 1h 38m
Jakarta, the capital of Indonesia, is something of an attraction to transgender people. Renita lives in Jakarta in a tiny space that doubles as her hairdressing salon. Local women and children come here to have their hair done, and she has a lot of friends who are also transgender.
Ghana, 2022, 1h 1m
This documentary challenges perceptions that Ghanaian women’s activism around existential and political issues is of more recent or ‘western’ origin.
Peru, 2023, 15m
After showing herself as she is, Luisa, who’s dedicated to crest traditional Andean textiles, is rejected by her nephew and her whole town.
Indonesia, 2022, 18m
The conflict between humans and crocodiles at the estuary of the Palu bay was first archived during the reign of the Dutch government, in the 1930s. The incident is known as the shooting of La Garoba (a crocodile) by John Fischer, using gold bullets. After that, pieces of human bodies were found inside La Garoba’s stomach.
Indonesia, 2022, 1h 31m
Emboldened by the 1966 Order of Eleventh March that handed him unrestricted power to restore control after the military coup attempt on October 1st 1965, General Suharto made himself de-facto leader of Indonesia, which he – soon officially installed as President – would remain until 1998.
Angola, 2015, 1h 40m
The documentary Independence was born out of the need to preserve history (and the stories) of participants in the struggle for the liberation of Angola.