CURL POWER follows a team of teenage girls as they pursue their unusual dream of becoming Canadian National Curling Champions, and seek out their own paths amid the legacies of their world champion mothers. This intimate and imaginative coming-of-age documentary tells a story of angst and ecstasy, following the funny and tender evolution of five best friends as they reckon with their bodies, minds, and the great...

Mariana and Javier try to recover from the loss of their son Tomás. After a suicide attempt by Mariana, they move to the family's old hacienda with the intention of remodeling it and thus, also, rebuild their lives and their marriage. Upon arriving at the hacienda and for no apparent reason, hope is reborn: Mariana recovers her spirits, their relationship improves, and they become pregnant again. However, a strong and imposing presence from the past is manipulating the couple to get what it...

The incredible story of a friendship that has survived pirates, tribes and above all, the cultural difference. For the past decade, Spanish filmmaker Paula Palacios has been following Ali, a young man who fled the war in Somalia at the age of 14. Their meeting in a prison in Ukraine in 2012 turns Ali's life upside down, but also Paula's. Shot in Ukraine, the USA, Qatar and Saudi Arabia, often by Ali himself, this film is both a coming-of-age story in an uncertain world and an exploration of...

In a small zoo, the arrival of the hippopotamus Zafari is celebrated by neighbors of opposing social classes. Ana, Edgar and their son Bruno watch all the action from the windows of their decadent high-class building. Amidst a chaos of food, water and electricity shortages, the family has to solve everyday problems and the lack of basic needs while trying to find a solution to escape. Ana scavenges for food in the abandoned apartments, but strange noises in the dark corridors frighten her...

When the prison gates open after two years, kind-hearted Dalibor (23) is greeted by his damaged family. The only one missing is his younger brother Kevin (12), who lives with their abusive alcoholic father. Dalibor confronts his father and helps his mom with the fight for Kevin’s custody to spare him from further abuse. Caught up in a vicious circle of pain, Dalibor finds refuge in a shabby wandering circus. There, he learns to heal his scars by becoming a...

It's the late 1980s in Cuba, and in an isolated ranch in a small town near Santa Clara, lives Vilma, a young nurse who dreams of a better place to raise her upcoming baby, along with her disabled husband Ivan. However, neither her skills as a nurse nor as a shooter will free Vilma from her harsh reality until a natural phenomena sweeps her away and Vilma wakes up in a place where it seems her dream will come...

A group of left-wing labour lawyers go into hiding in a house when the coup d'état takes place in Spain on 23 February 1981. Unsure of what to do, they debate between fleeing the country, staying in hiding to await events or trying to do something to defend Spain's fledgling...

On a summer day, Deniz returns to her hometown to attend her widowed mother’s wedding. The anger, fear, and guilt she thought she’d left behind resurface during this visit. Still haunted by the tragedy of losing her father in an accident at sea, Deniz learns that her mother will leave her the family house requiring her to confront her...

An intimate portrait of a successful and single Hungarian woman in Barcelona who embarks on a unique journey towards motherhood and co-parenting with a gay...

Eleven stories reflect that we are all more similar than we think. No matter where we come from, who we are, or where we were born, we all feel love, fear, happiness, hope... and these feelings unite...

Ana travels for a few days to her grandmother’s house in the country. Her mother is also present, but the relationship is visible awkward as she feels she was neglected. Ana’s secret abortion due to an unplanned pregnancy moves her prospect of becoming a mother and makes her understand her own mother’s life, on his weekend to heal from burdens and secrets carried for...

Valencia, Spain, the 90s. Three young journalists try to find their place in Spain, a country marked by progress and the Olympics. Despite their enthusiasm to be part of this new modernity, they will be enticed by different levels of corruption, putting their integrity, dignity, and ethics to...

The Galician Mountain Horse breed is disappearing, only a few wild horses resist harassed by cattle thieves, by wolves and now by multinational power companies. By their side the small village of Sabucedo preserves something unique: an ancestral and intimate bond. Both horse and villager live in a mirrored situation: the end of the ones brings the end of the...

Guinea-Bissau, a small West African country with the closest coastline to Latin America, has become the continent's gateway to drug trafficking par excellence. "Bissau Way" follows the trail of the cocaine criminal network from Sinaloa to the paradisiacal islands of Bijagós. A quest to understand how the large networks of the drug business have settled along this passage and whose merchandise will end up in...

Since the outbreak of the war in Syria there are women refugees who have spent years working as day laborers in the Bekaa Valley under exploitative conditions. Her newborn daughters upon entering Lebanon also work in the fields to this day. Their future it's uncertain. They cannot prosper in Lebanon because it does not recognize them as nationals, nor their refugee status or protect their basic rights. They cannot return to Syria while there is war. "Aamelat. Day Laborers of War" exposes...

Sweet Death follows Dr. Philip Nitschke, one of the main advocates of euthanasia, when his medical license is withdrawn and in a moment of crisis he decides to try Stand Up Comedy telling in his show how you can die. In parallel, we meet Kathy who after attending a conference of the doctor decides to travel alone to Mexico in search of a drug to die in peace in case she inherits her mother's...

Malena, a survivor of domestic violence, fled to Mexico City to rebuild her life after losing custody of her children despite her fierce fight. Now with a new partner, she aspires to create the family she always dreamt of, despite challenges such as IVF treatment, societal judgment, and the resentment from her teenage children who feel abandoned. While patriarchal norms may seem daunting, her determination for a brighter future is stronger than...

I Am Somebody is the inspiring story about six street-connected children who represent their country at the Street Child World Cup in Qatar, which will change their lives...

Seven women, three generations, one family and countless secrets and lies. Meet Canada’s Gayest...

The Catalan architect Enric Miralles (1955-2000) is an essential figure in contemporary Spanish and international architecture. He is also a complex character, powerful for his artistic and intellectual side, a hypnotic, polyhedral man with many contradictions. A personality that, over the course of time, has become...

In the maximum security prison of Opera, three inmates responsible for murders, Ciro, Giuseppe and Cristiano, were chosen to handcraft, with their hands once stained with blood, hosts which are consecrated in churches all over the world, thus becoming the body of Christ. Their dream is to deliver them personally into the blessed hands of the Holy Father Pope Francis, to whom they write a letter. A true story unprecedented in the...

In a small public hospital, a midwifery led by midwives accompanies births with a humanised model: putting women at the centre and respecting their rights. "Birth" is a realistic portrait of childbirth, and a choral account of obstetric violence and its terrible consequences told by: its victims, the UN (United Nations) and the WHO (World Health...

They didn’t want to go back into the closet, to pretend that old age was taking away so much of their struggle. They had a dream: to live in the first public LGTBI residence in the...

When Helen David first founded her fashion label, English Eccentrics, in the early 80s, she was living in a Brixton Squat and selling her designs from a market stall in Camden. By the mid-90s, she was dressing stars like Mick Jagger, Paul McCartney, Prince, Helen Mirren and Helena Bonham-Carter. Then, at the turn of the millennium, during the height of her success, her brand unexpectedly collapsed. Twenty years later, her son – filmmaker Oliver David – investigates what happened. Looking...

In the late nineteenth century, Cileta and her family fall prey to Oleguer, a petty usurer, who, stripping them of their land, takes mastery over their lives. When he leaves the farm to marry the widow of a wealthy ex-notary, Cileta ponders her next steps – to infiltrate their house and apply the lesson learned: money above all...

A Californian backpacker travels to Buenos Aires to pay homage to the Argentine pirate who conquered his hometown of Monterey in 1818. Along the way, he becomes entangled in a polyamorous relationship with a gang of young actors who plot to kidnap the U.S....

Seas of the Atlantic Ocean crossed by a mountain from Chiapas. Through unknown horizons seven indigenous Mayan sail carrying a story of resistance. With this journey in the midst of the pandemic, the 4-2-1 Squad of the EZLN seeks to plant a seed in new...

Marie-Philip is a PhD student and part-time professor who loves cats and Harry Potter. But one week before her 29th birthday, she is diagnosed with breast cancer. For a year, without false modesty, we follow her through each step as she confides in us with shocking honesty. An ode to life, to courage and to the resilience of all those who fight every day against...

Telmo, a young man who aspires to become a filmmaker, arrives to the remotest part of the Amazon jungle. He arrives loaded with innocent illusion, romantic ideas and a camera. Nothing that happens from then on responds to his plans. The Amazonian reality is unpredictable, absurd, poetic and surprising. As Telmo enters the jungle, the world is increasingly strange and his gaze, more filmic. The travel takes Telmo to the limit of reason and his world, to the place where the uncontacted...

An exciting and inspiring story about Zuko's life, which exemplifies the human spirit's preseverance and resilience in the face of adversity. He worked as a professional mountain guide for 15 years before being injured and losing the mobility of his legs. However, this does not deter him, and he demonstrates to us, through his inner search and the expedition to Kilimanjaro, that limits only exist in our...

Sandra is an 18-year-old actress at the time of the Spanish transition to democracy: a time where being young and beautiful automatically placed you in what was known as “cine del destape” – “nude” cinema. Alone and distressed by an unwanted pregnancy, she´ll try to make decisions about her...

Alvin has just come out of prison, he is on parole and is starting to work at a tool and die workshop in Staten Island. He lives in a project with his grandmother, who has feeble health. He keeps a low profile, avoiding reconnecting with the crowd who ended up with him in prison. His mother, who he has not seen for many years, unexpectedly calls asking for help: she needs money to bail her out of prison. To appease his grandmother’s anxiety and worried for her deteriorating health, Alvin...

Marcia wakes up one day with the unnerving feeling that her husband has disappeared. She decides to take matters into her own hands to find out his whereabouts. At the same time, Marcia tries to pretend everything is under control for the sake of her 8-year-old...

In the final chapter of his remarkable life, Spanish artist Joaquín Sorolla embarked on an awe-inspiring endeavor, capturing the essence of his homeland in a kaleidoscope of vibrant brushstrokes. His monumental work emerged as a testament to the deep unity woven through our diverse world, celebrating the tapestry of shared experiences that define our humanity. Now, a hundred years later, embark on an epic cinematic odyssey, following in the footsteps of the visionary artist himself and unearth...

In 2018, the naturalist and explorer Nacho Dean, decided to embark on the challenge of swimming around the world, linking the five continents to warn about the conservation of the oceans and document the state of marine ecosystems. Since he was not a professional swimmer, he needed more than 2,500 kilometres of swimming training in order to conclude the Nemo Expedition, after 24 months, 5 crossings and 90 hours of...

After fifteen years without setting foot in Argentina, Rodrigo travels from Madrid to Buenos Aires in order to attend his father’s funeral, a well-known painter. Experiencing mourning with his family and managing more than two thousand artworks left in an old studio triggers a reunion that leads him to reconsider his future...

A documentary about the legendary transgender club The Way Out in London and its founder, Vicky Lee. As the club celebrates its 30th anniversary in 2023, we look back at the last 3 decades in the London trans scene, discovering the club's impact on the transgender community as a safe and unique...

After a serious mistake in an illegal operation, four detectives have 48 hours to try to clean their tracks and get rid of an investigation that accuses them of drug trafficking, torture and...

From her empty nest in Santo Domingo, Dominique is waiting for her first grandchild to be born abroad, and she eagerly expects a baby girl. When Carmen, her live-in maid, vanishes without a warning and leaves behind her 7-year-old granddaughter, Dominique takes the girl in. As she deals with pushback from her family, Dominique finds herself challenging her own...

Ara and Edu have been lovers for a decade, when they were a novice actress and screenwriter. Apart from their official relationships, they always find a moment to be together, an oasis in their lives. Right now, the two are in serious relationships (very serious, in fact) with their respective partners, But even this much-desired truce is not free of the lies and nostalgia of their real...