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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

"What does Latin America say?" is a documentary that explores various socio political views from an authentic and critical perspective of the people living in different countries in Latin America. Through the stories of these individuals, the film uncovers social situations that are often hidden behind media paradigms, prompting essential questions about life and the different ways of perceiving...

If you go out around music bars and venues in Addis Ababa, you will enjoy a very characteristic scene, but if you want to get an idea of the different sounds from the country, you will get a very narrow view of it; in some places some Amhara or Gurage music may be found but... what about the...

At Los Nogales Pacífico (Madrid), a residence for the elderly, a new scientific study is developed involving a group of 20 elders older than 90 in order to increase their physical...

Every day, from 6month-babies to 80 years-elders, come together to receive swimming lessons o to simply enjoy of the benefits of being in the water. But this space, the gathering and the swimming lessons are only the means to allow us to get access to people´s culture, latent in the thought of the bathers. Isn´t the swimming pool the ideal space for the mind to unburden itself, once the body is domesticated by the repetition of kicks and strokes, and to travel unbridled between past, present...

"A City Without Dreams" takes place between Beirut (Lebanon) and Aleppo (Syria) and talks about the lost dreams of an entire Syrian generation in these two...

Roberto is a “calesitero” - a merry-go-round owner. Every day he starts a machine that rotates, defining the movement of the children on its platform, but at the same time inviting them to fly with their imagination. The merry-go-round integrates the lives of many generations of parents and grandparents who have seen their children grow and...

Weekend Warrior explores the passion of a man who transforms from an average council employee to the Earl of Galloway, a 12th century warrior. The protagonist moves from taking dull chores to leading his troops to the battle, guide them and keep all his men alive. This is a film about time travelling and question what is normality, framed in a society where oddity is often penalised. As we live turning our back on fantasy, embracing rational existence, this is a film about reconnection with the...

MAMIS is the story of four women who are tired of being treated as second-class citizens. It is a story about two generations of Cuban mothers who have decided to live their lives how they want to, despite the prejudices of the society. It is about personal rebellion, but also of...

Javi, Miguel and Fer are three friends are wandering around town looking for fun. Tonight we have prepared something...

Job Ronny Job is a young Ugandan who dreams of continuing to work as a videographer, to make a living with his...

Asier and I grew up in the Basque Country. One day he disappeared and I found out he had joined ETA. How could I explain the reasons that led Asier to make a decision, which even I had trouble...

Kids and Music is a project arising from a music class. Conducted by Joan Chamorro, the big band brings together children between 6 and 18 years old, around a classic jazz repertoire with lots of swing, which gained the public and sold-out some of the most important music auditoriums in...

It was autumn when I arrived in Germany. I thought that in this exotic country I could distance myself a little bit from Mexico, but I was wrong. Drug traffickers managed to take me back in a ruthless way. A short animated documentary about the drug-related violence in...

"I did not expect at all, I am delighted but not what I expected at all, because I am the least in Incrementum role does". Ainhoa Aldanondo,...

Another day in the life of Ana, but her boyfriend, family and friends don’t know her real reality, even being part of...

Who believes to meet someone at a party, spend the night together, and the next day find they have so many things in...

Barbers delves into the world of barbers, with the idea of observing them and get a feeling of how these professionals live their lives. Proud men, yet always well spoken, all to better serve you. This is a tribute to all the barbers still hanging tough in...

A corridor. A stretcher. The steps of a nurse. And a hand brushes another...

A boy. A bridge. And a phone with a...

The life story of an old lady from La Huasteca in the Cave of the Swallows. After admiring the natural spectacle of the birds, Doña Concepción tells how she grew up, what life was like when she was young, how much the people have changed and how she seeks them out today to move forward with the girl she grew...

Young people staying in the institute under maximum security ''Almafuerte'' experience their first approach to the audiovisual record. The camera is a rabid toy that generates them fascination and rescues them an innocent smile that seemed forgotten in the...

Roi and his friends do a very special game, a very violent way to have fun. Dani had the misfortune of being in the wrong place at a bad...

Three men talking to three women we never see, three men arguing, three men claiming no one understands them.“Frozen souls” is a deep insight in the every day life of three isolated characters, a quick glance into the drama hidden behind the anonymous faces we see on the streets any given...

Pilar doesn’t want to be alone, so she decides to go to a dating agency and she gets a blind date. What she doesn’t know is that her date has different plans and they have nothing to do with...

Two weeks. That's what it's asked the star of "Libra". Two weeks can change her...

This is the story of three weirdos, José Luis belongs to urban tribe "sinister" Raúl is a frikie of video games and Eva a ardent adept at...

Two young drug addicts wander the streets of Madrid while they review their past lives. The employs they lost, their former love relations, and the experiences shared, all are part of their...