Truck Mama
LABOUR: Shot in an intimate verité style, Zipporah Nyaruri’s Truck Mama places us beside Evaline on the road, where maternal guilt sits uneasily beside the demands of survival.
Hot Docs
My Father and Qaddafi
MEMORY: A daughter searches for truth after her father’s disappearance under Qaddafi.
Paikar
AFGHANISTAN: Moving between the Netherlands, Iran and the borderlands of Afghanistan, Paikar follows Dawood Hilmandi as he confronts the violence of history through the intimate wreckage of his own family.
Life After
RIGHTS: A wheelchair-mounted camera meets a chilling reality when Canada’s MAID eligibility rules come into view.
Coexistence, My Ass!
PEACE: Noam Shuster Eliassi’s path from UN hopeful to fearless comedian, testing taboos and hope between Jews and Palestinians in Israel.
Top festival programmers to join dok.incubator workshop in Czech Republic
Over 120 film professionals—including leading festival programmers, sales agents, and broadcasters—will gather in Olomouc, Czech Republic from 29 June to
Ghosts of the Sea
IDENTITY: Through memory, myth, and recovered archives, a filmmaker reckons with a father’s legacy and the brother lost to his shadow.
KFF Industry celebrates 20 Years as filmmaking hub
The Krakow Film Festival’s industry arm, #KFF Industry#, marks a major milestone this year as it celebrates its 20th anniversary.
Cyborg Generation
TECHNOLOGY: A personal journey into sensory expansion, DIY biohacking, and the radical politics of cyborg identity.
Living in limbo
Living in exile is hard, as we can experience in Mohamed Jabaly’s award-winning Life Is Beautiful. Despite the hardships, this film is a feel-good story celebrating solidarity and friendship.