Jamyang Lodro Rinpoche, the 47th inheritor of the Tibetan Buddhism Jonang sect, founded an intangible cultural heritage institute in a remote poor Tibetan settlement in China. Teaching Thangka painting and other traditional Tibetan culture for free, the school breathed new life into this...

Philomena Franz, a Sinti woman survivor of the Nazi Holocaust, recalls life before the National Socialist regime, her passage through several concentration camps (especially Auschwitz-Birkenau), her courageous escape and life as a survivor, from the fight for the recognition of the genocide of the Roma...

In the remote Darién Gap rainforest, indigenous communities face an existential threat to their way of life and the ecosystem upon which they rely. When a rare Harpy Eagle nest is discovered near their community, the Emberá tribe of Playa Muerto find an unlikely ally. By protecting their lands and the Eagle's habitat, they can benefit from the ecotourism she attracts, and reconnect with their own traditional heritage. This film is an exploration of this renewed relationship between the tribe...

Passionate conservationists from different backgrounds are squaring up to inaction from the government to protect historical sites and real estate developers who would rather see the immediate profit than what our protagonists see is their immeasurable historical wealth. Among the people trying to preserve Beirut’s buildings and historical spaces are Urbexers, a community of urban photographers that through pictures posted on social networks try to raise public awareness of the existence of...

Anthony (8), Carolina (11) and Camilo (9) introduce their friends and family and show what they do in the very different places they live in Havana city, the capital of Cuba. Meanwhile we learn about their beliefs, dreams and hopes for the...

Two African migrants helped by two human rights lawyers take on the Spanish authorities, claiming their right to have rights before the European Court of Human Rights. A case that puts Europe’s core values and the future of rights throughout the continent to the...

Aldo has always felt like a being from another planet, stranded on Earth. His autism and long struggle to speak either English or his native Italian fluently meant he was perpetually alienated. Often overwhelmed by paranoia, he started to search for meaning and truth in the esoteric. Now, he is determined to connect with others and to find a place where he...

By 2036, one in three people in Japan will be over the age of 65. While the nation wrestles with a shrinking labour force, the Robot Revolution Initiative was launched to expand robotics into every corner of Japanese economy and society. Circuits of Care follows anthropologist David Prendergast as he meets researchers developing and testing assistive technologies for older adults. From cybernetic walking supports to companion robots and automated sensor networks in nursing homes, older adults...

Menstruation remains a cultural stigma in Africa. In countries like Chad, during the period, women are prohibited from cooking and in rural areas, girls cannot go to school during those...

A visual symphony conducted by 8 elder women  who reflect on different topics concerning the conception of their own bodies inside a patriarchal system that constantly attempts to posses them. In between documentary and video arte, [B]ELLAS successfully breaks the stereotype that conceives ageing women as vulnerable, dependent and pleasing beings through a vindication of their experience, bodies, capacities, wrinkles and...

After 3 years in Syria fighting against Islamic State, Arges Artiaga visits UK to join his former brothers in arms in the funeral of one of his best friends. He's 43 and his life has to change: either he forgets about the war or he comes back again to the...

"Sorojchi" is how altitude sickness is known in Bolivia and it is something that is felt in the cities of El Alto and La Paz. It is here where we learn the story of four urban artists who, through their work, share their views on Bolivia and Bolivians, immersed in a big social and political...

The story of young rappers from Bedstuy, a neighborhood in Brooklyn, New York, known to have been both the epicenter of the crack epidemic in the United States and the birthplace of the greatest African-American hip-hop figures and rappers (Jay-Z, Lil Kim, Notorious BIG, Kanye West, etc.). These young rappers want to follow the footsteps of their elders and role models, trying to escape the violence of the streets, the guns, the arbitrary arrests, and the death of African Americans who now...

Chica Latina is a documentary that narrates the way of life of Alba Prieto. Alba is a 32-year-old woman who, despite her particular physique, works as a stripper and cheerleader at bachelor parties . She lives in El Palo, a popular and working class neighborhood of Málaga (Spain). Her origins are humble and comes from a broken family. Her mother abandoned her when she was 12 years old and her father barely took care of her. From the age of 16, Alba had to look for her own life doing various...

The short documentary film Becoming LEV tells the inspiring story of Valerii, a young boy from Kharkiv, Ukraine. Valerii has one dream; to become a professional football player just like Evgeniy Levchenko (LEV). It takes dedication, passion and family to reach this goal. Valerii had a rough start in life but thanks to his supporting foster family he is able to dream again. The production of Becoming LEV was made possible through a unique collaboration between many organizations and individuals...

Three children wander along the Cuban coast. There, they have created their own world and are free: the sound of the wind and waves is their music, and shells are their toys. However, as the day slips by, we begin to see a darker dimension to their intimacy and...

Farming fish in the desert is all about withstanding high temperatures and constant sandstorms. It's about adapting to a new and very different...

A short aged girl, daughter of pilot, discovers a forgotten world. The world of ultralight airplanes, the last reminiscence of ancient aviation, at the age of airś pioneers. Trough the eyes of her surprise and discovering spirit we also discover a diferent way to understand what means flying, not with the help of sosfisticated tecnologies, but by feelingsensations, enjoying of landscape, as the same way than did air's pionners more than a hundred years ago. Pilots shares with us their passion...

Yarsagumba, also known as the 'Himalayan gold' is a rare mushroom that is picked in the remotest corners of the Nepal Himalayas.'Mushroom at the Top of the World' follows a story of a village in Nepal's Rukum district, where in the aftermath of the People's War, the villagers have turned to mushroom picking in order to restructure their livelihoods. The documentary film addresses the issues of the precarious world of rural Nepal and portrays the people and their resilience in daily struggles to...

Paloma Pujol, tired of being the only freestyler woman in Spain, challenges herself to open the female category in the Spanish Football Freestyle Championship, but she needs at least four more girls to achieve her...

In 1998, Zoilamerica accused her adoptive father of rape and sexual abuse. Almost 20 years later, she lives in exile while caring for her 10-year-old son. Her adoptive father is Daniel Ortega, leader of the Sandinista revolution and current president of...

Rare, medium rare, medium, medium well and well done. Through intimate and personal stories, five women share their experiences in relation to the body, from childhood to old...

The portrait of a popular bullfighting festivity in North Colombia, which reveals the contradictions of a society complicit with its very own games of...

In the private farm, a butterfly is born only to be sold as a prop for a concert. Its journey to the music hall reflects the struggle to survive in the modern-day...

In the late 70's, Yan María Castro founded the first lesbian-feminist group in Mexico. Within a climate of discrimination and repression, Yan María and her group organized a political movement to win their place in...

There is a law gap for French single women going to Belgium to get an artificial insemination with donor. No Man’s Land explores the unspoken territory of independent women making the choice of emancipation and...

A long time ago, before there were rivers in the Amazon rainforest, a Kukama God stood poised in his canoe, holding aloft his bow and arrows.The arrows fell one by one creating vast, winding rivers, which the Kukama people have navigated until modern times. In a world that puts a price tag on nature, this animation takes viewers inside the magic and beauty of the Amazon region and reminds us of our sacred connection to...

Ubicada en una remota isla portuguesa, "La cabeza y la mano" es un retrato contemplativo de dos señoras con discapacidades que pasaron décadas viviendo juntas y, a pesar de los desafíos que enfrentaron, encontraron alegría en su independencia y...

Juan of the Witches honors 82-year-old Juan Medellín's legacy as a founding company member of Mexico City's prestigious Ballet Folklórico de Amalia Hernández. An intimate portrait of a life richly lived and a testament to the power and the force of art, the film uses colorful hand-drawn animation to illustrate cherished memories from Medellin's childhood and introduction to dance to his heyday with the Ballet during its golden era in the 1960s and 1970s. Born from the director’s first...

Street performer Paul Cooper brings joy to audiences around the world with his endearing roving act Tubby the Robot, yet he struggles to find joy within himself. Paul’s childhood was disturbed by a tragic family accident and he now suffers from depression and anxiety. Often feeling disconnected and broken, he goes through the motions of life like an automated machine. Ironically, it is when Paul performs as Tubby that he feels the most functional, the most human. Paul and Tubby inhabit very...

A short yet sweet film about booze in Lebanon. From Beirut to the Bekaa Valley, exploring the history, distillation and appeal of the grandfather of all spirits -...

Everything is born with a riddle. A riddle with a very simple answer, but for many people the answer is not so obvious....

Gioula lives a simple life on her olive farm on the Greek coast. When a golf resort destined for wealthy foreigners threatens to change her entire world, she fights...

At the gates of the peace in Colombia, the young Camila, a FARC`s member, face to a painful memory of her childhood, the day in which her father tried to rape her, in an internal struggle from where she will come out...

Sebastién is a gay acrobat living for the thrill of the circus. Now the oldest acrobat in the troupe, he fears each show could be his last, as an uncertain future awaits. This beautifully languid documentary catches the final leap of a long, idyllic...

In the Skaramanga’s Refugee Camp Greece, a group of refugee children from Afghanistan at the age of 10-13, paint their experience and memories from the war and their journey to Europe. They describe through their drawings their city as they remember it, the city that they have found shelter in and the city that they wish to live in the...

Societies violence and judgements against women are a heavy burden that Melissa must lift everyday. But when she gets on the ring, she’s the one answering...

In a cramped apartment in Mumbai, a family considers eating their hell-raising pet rooster, so that they can reclaim their...

Children, youth and women spend their days in a Syrian refugee camp in Lebanon. They want to go home, a look for affection, but only the pigeons fly...

A documentary that denounces the exploitation in Japan of underage girls in business of a sexual nature called JK (acronym of Joshi Kósei or high school girl student), and the use of the high school girls as a sexual object in everything related to...