HOTDOCS
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Peru’s battle for water over greed for gold
CAPITALISM: An incredible story of a Peruvian farmer who stood up to one of the world’s largest gold-mining companies and triumphed.
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Silent cries and a money-driven welfare system
CAPITALISM: Midnight Family and Overseas show two very different kinds of underprivileged workers within a backdrop of our times’ ruthless capitalism.
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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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A feminist top model and her son
FEMINISIM: Once an iconic fashion model, now a radical feminist, Benedetta Barzini and son clash to capture her lasting image of liberation.
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The sun sets on New York’s five boroughs
URBANISATION: A glimpse into the collective consciousness of a city and its citizens, The Hottest August offers a mirror onto the registered anxiety of contemporary survival strategy.
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Flying the battered nest of circumstance
POVERTY: Let down by society’s promises, a generation of young Scots carve out moments of tenderness amidst bursts of frustration and violence.
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A personal account of Aleppo’s destiny
SYRIA: A painful documentary infused with the occasional breath of poetry and beauty from Aleppo.
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Rebel with a lost cause
JUSTICE: For almost fifty years, Lea Tsemel has been at the forefront of the fight for justice and compassion for those lost and indefensible in society’s eye.
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Where there is love, there is life
HOLOCAUST: Marek Edelman... And There Was Love in the Ghetto is not a historical account, not a teaching of facts. It is a beautiful, joyous and painful bubble of the memories of one man who lived during the Holocaust.