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...

On October 23, 2019, the bodies of 39 Vietnamese were found in the trailer of an articulated refrigerated truck in Grays, Essex, UK. These were their last minutes of...

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...

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...

Celia is 44 years old and she doesn't want to celebrate it to avoid thinking about what it means to have reached that age without a partner or children. She has invited her friends to dinner at her house, but she has told them that it is not a birthday party, but a Christmas dinner where she will offer them her famous eggnog for dessert, a recipe she learned when she lived in New York. The friends don't keep the deal and show up for the date with a strange birthday gift that will provoke a...

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...

It is spring and grandma Margara teaches her four grandchildren how to plant in little flowerpots. Three of them decide to fly away from the family patio they live in and go out to discover the world. Years pass, grandma gets older and those who left are present, in their own way... but never like the ones that stayed. Distance might not bringa return and people can come back or no. But spring, yes, spring will always comes...

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...

Amparo survives in an old deserted haberdashery with Carmela, a plastic bag which she considers her own...

Little Mora is sinking into an endless sea. What looks like a little island appears to be a floating piano – her transitory salvation. Discovering she can conjure up the wind by pressing piano keys, Mora starts a journey through a dormant world. Getting acquainted with its features and creatures, Mora looks for ways to bring it back to...

In the 23rd century the Earth has been uninhabitable for generations. Now children of the colonies must take a mandatory flight to visit the planet and commemorate the...

Independence Day in Athens. A girl is not allowed to play with the boys. Neither is a small boy, an immigrant’s son.The girl lights a small fire and tells a small lie about the boy. Small lies easily get out of control. So do small racist...

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...

Pablo, a common young guy, meets his friend Nestor at dawn. They are both waiting for the van that will pick them up. Meanwhile, Pablo’s mother doesn’t stop calling him to come...

Nono is the only inhabitant of planet Pano. He lives happily and spends his days taking care of his small and beloved planet. One day, the unexpected visit of Be2 will alter everything and will have a big impact on Nono. Despite their obvious differences, both will find a way to communicate and, therefore, live together in...

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...

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...

Fly is the story of a bird that has a deformed wing that prevents it from migrating. Abandoned by his flock, he sinks in despair. Everything changes the day Pio-Pio appears. This defenseless chick gives him joy and a sense of purpose in life. Until one day destiny makes him do things that he would't even do for himself, such as...

"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...

The wildlife ranger is patrolling the protective area, while his soul is intertwined with the nature and all the creatures he is protecting. He runs freely and lives with the animals, surrounded by beauty. But, as fate would have it, he is confronted with some...

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...

Kichi, a young Japanese, moves to Los Angeles chasing his dream of becoming an...

Through a trains window that travels at night, we can...

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...

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...

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

In a Madrid where everything has changed and Nitrogreen is now the most important thing, a taxi driver must make the most difficult decision of his...

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...

An ode to music, this invisible abstract and fleeting sequence of sounds that creates in the brain the same reaction as chocolate, sex or drugs. Conceived as a cinematographic wave, this documentary essay takes us from Canada to Italy via Sweden, Mexico and the American West Coast to meet fascinating scientists and artists who, from their various backgrounds, illustrate our essential connection with rhythm, music, our planet, the brain, daily lives and our collective...

Belga and Salvador, a Cuban mother and a Dutch father and filmmaker, undertake the impossible by trying to explain their 2-year-old son Luca the absurd story of his uncle Ezequiel in Cuba, who has been sentenced by the revolutionary court to six years in jail for selling his own cow. Their journey leads them to the remote village of Sibanicú in the heart of the island Cuba. There we see how Ezequiel's criminal case and the intimate story of Belga and her family turn out to be a result of the...

Why would an architect focusing on collective architecture and his studio Recetas Urbanas participate in Art Basel, the highest-selling international art fair? Does applying his radical methodology in Switzerland, one of the world’s richest countries, make any sense? What are the dynamics behind the contemporary art market, and furthermore, how does the market produce art? Through testimonials and conversations this documentary addresses controversial issues exploring the status quo of the...

After growing up in the streets, facing death and devastation in prison, a courageous young tribesman is about to break the circle of misery, by building a village for dreamers together with his rural Ghanaian...

The COVID-19 pandemic changed the dynamics of communication,transportation, work and interaction of societies in Mexico and the world, but for the patients hospitalized by the virus, all possibilities of contact with their own were...

Death causes us so much fear and confusion that we can hardly look it in the face. In our aseptic societies, pain and suffering tend to be covered up. Although it was not always like that. In fact, until the late 20th century it was customary to photograph the dead in places all around the world, from the United States and Europe to Latin America. Something that today is rather unknown, had its reason for being. The representation of the deceased was a way to mitigate the sorrow for the death...

Sergio arrived to the Oaxaca highlands and created a project for indigenous kids to discover their own capacity to dreams through basketball. Through studying, effort, and will power they struggle to break the cycle of poverty around them and defeat their most powerful rival:...

A bittersweet family dynamic and a strong sense all resilience mix into this thoughtful portrait of the most famous pastry shop in...

Ashley Solis is a high school senior who must divide her time between school and supporting her family as a second-generation Mexican American. Located in a California working class town, the harshness of agricultural labor in the strawberry fields shares a stark contrast with the beautiful nature and relationship to her spiritual ancestral upbringing. This film documents Ashley’s life guided by the spirit world through her hardships and joys in modern...