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The forgotten genius of Nikola Tesla
BIOGRAPHY: Written out of textbooks, neglected by historians, Tesla's gifts are only now being recognised, Jana Glogovac's film argues.
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Life vanishingly rare
CLIMATE: Enriched with animated segments depicting the legends and culture of the Inuit and Chukchi people, The Book of the Sea reveals a side of Russia rarely seen.
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Death and duty
RUSSIA: The dreamlike beauty of Ksenia Okhapkina's concise film connects the subtle mechanisms of control in a former Gulag town.
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An intimate portrait of ordinary Afghanis in Kabul
CONFLICT: In the capital of a country that only seems to get international attention when suicide bombs claims lives, director Aboozar Amini offers a fly on the wall glimpse into life as the locals live it.
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The conspiracy between the lawful and the unlawful
IMMIGRATION: Mexican government complicity to the lethal violence of organised crime and America's brutal bureaucracy towards asylum seekers are both condemned in Marcela Arteaga's poetic and piercing The Guardian of Memory.
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A timely tale of the age-old practice of arranged marriages
TRADITION: The moving story of a Turkish child bride trafficked to Europe –Red Moon is as much family therapy as a heart-rending road movie.
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Unity that comes from a common purpose
ACTIVISM: Movement is a lyrical, beautifully lensed view of Agitprop – Moroccan style.
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Occupations in resistance
BRAZIL: The story of radical street protests in Brazil told through the experiences of youngsters involved in a mass student democracy movement.
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Is the EU «sleepwalking towards oblivion»?
POPULISM: Democracy Ltd is a wake-up call for the people of Europe at a time when the dark forces of populism are on the rise.