One in a Million
The Poetess follows the lone female contestant on the most popular talent show in the Middle East and the courage she displays through her poetry.
More Naive Than Nazi
A portrait of an average, everyday Neo-Nazi, The White World According to Daliborek illustrates East-Central European ennui in the form of a gently ironic documentary.
Exodus – Catch 22
The Chinese contemporary artist and filmmaker Weiwei delivers a captivating life and death fresco of homeless hordes of people in Technicolor.
Working Russian Stereotypes
This short documentary provides a Czech viewpoint on a 21st century car factory that is still behaving in decidedly mid 20th century ways.
The Ukraine-Russia war
Covering a tragic struggle, this documentary shows stark footage of the Ukrainian-Russian conflict from a partisan, though compelling, viewpoint.
The history of a peace process
When the Guns Go Silent provides a good account of the Colombian peace process, but some questions remain unanswered.
Auxiliary Verbs, the World and the Weather
The UN climate summits show a world where the nuances between should, must and will, can prove decisive for the outcome of negotiations.
Three stories on war
Three films draw a line between war and a parallel world, not of peace, but of a kind of limbo upon which war encroaches or that exists alongside the fighting.
Warlords’ post-democracies
AFRICA: How do the African rebel leaders succeed politically after the conflicts have subsided? Ten African scientists have looked into the matter.