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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Diego Rodríguez de Silva and Velazquez. Velazquez. From being the grandson of a hosier and the son of a modest ecclesiastical notary, to becoming the son-in-law of the influential painter Francisco Pacheco, protected by Count-Duke of Olivares at the Court, chamber usher, bailiff, chamber painter of King Philip IV, Assistant to His Majesty, Assistant of the Chamber, Superintendent of Works, Royal Ap othecary, portraitist of Pope Innocent X, supposed hidalgo, knight of the Order of Santiago. And...

The lyrics of Pablo Hasel, Valtònyc and Elgio have not only been condemned by an unjust and vindictive judicial system, but have also been victims of a media tactic that presents them as criminals and "enemies of democracy". This film addresses their cases from a personal and artistic perspective, showing the experiences that have led them to be political victims of reprisals as well as the consequences that this repression has affected their lives, whether due to disqualification, exile or...

Coque Malla became famous at the age of sixteen leading the band Los Ronaldos, but when they dissolved, he found himself at the age of 30 and having to start from scratch with everything against...

The Free Thought School is a Philosophy project for intellectual disabilities, in an agora where everyone, regardless of ability, is welcome. The extraordinary is poetically inscribed in the ordinary, appropriating what is natural to it, materializing the possible...

A journey through the immense figure of Tofol Castanyer, the first Spaniard to win the ultra trail world championship. His origins in athletics and how he became the first of the “hill runners” before “hill running” even...

Celsa covers her skin with roots and leaves from her garden. She feels the torture endured 45 years ago in a concentration camp in...

For twelve years Boa Mistura has been involved in communities around the world betting on art as a means of social change. A circular journey that part of the periphery of Cape Town, South Africa and travels continents transforming human...

Mirza Delibašić, a European basketball legend of the 70s, voluntarily stayed with his people during the Bosnian War instead of escaping with his family, becoming a symbol for his country. Today, his son Danko moves between admiration for his legacy, the weight of his shadow, and the hurt of his absence. A journey to rebuild his figure as a national hero will lead Danko to discover his own place as a...

A documentary film that addresses gender, identity and the construction of beauty through five diverse characters and their participation in the Miss Gay Venezuela beauty...

Balika tells the story of Dipendra and Sushmita, two teenagers living in an orphanage in Kathmandu. The protagonists, like all his friends, were abandoned by their...

Plants and animals in Antarctica are fighting on the frontline of global...

With archive material, the director starts from her family history (famous chefs who marked the Spanish culinary tradition) to elaborate an alternative story about the history of cooking and the anonymity of...

Three women of different generations live with an eating disorder. Three dark and hopeful realities marked by a childhood trauma that they will try to face in order to come back to...

Argentina. Sandra and Cecilia have spent all their lives locked up without committing any crime. A Spanish NGO fights for their release. The big inconvenient is that none of them are human, they are great...

Between ravines and nature, fundamentally, we will learn from a real volcano in eruption, which is Borja Marrero. A chef with academic training and great future projection. A thinker and critic. A lively and hyperactive soul, from whom we will learn a lot about our flora, fauna, as well as many other aspects of the society and history of Gran Canaria and the Canary Islands as a whole. Gran Canaria and the Canary Islands are not only visualized in images in this documentary, but also in the...

A group of children and adolescents, from Mexico and Latin America, waits in shelters of Tijuana for a resolution to the asylum request to enter the US. The wait is long and...