Lara and Roque, two queer and isolated teenagers in the Spanish countryside, face the end of a bitter-sweet...

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...

Guided by idealism and family tradition, Laura joins a squad of riot police, in her first outings she already notices her taste for adrenaline; but a big mistake exposes the corruption atmosphere of the institution, putting at risk her services and her...

Khalil, an elementary school teacher in Berlin, gets hold of images of war from his Kurdish hometown of Cizre. The footage eventually leads him to join a network of video activists fighting for more attention in the media. In helping them, he hopes to reconnect with his long-lost sister, who is working as a camera operator in the combat zone. With his actions becoming increasingly influenced by the distant conflict, Khalil is forced to question not only his values but also his entire life in...

The Russian industrial city of Karabash, which was known as the dirtiest city in the world, is to be planned to be transformed into an “Ural Switzerland”, an ecological green city. A close observation of how this mega project is being implemented and how it is changing...

The story of the popular protest that shook Hong Kong in 2019. The movement started in response to a proposed law that would have allowed the extraditions to mainland China of Hong Kong citizens, but soon morphed into a larger revolt against China’s control over the semi-autonomous city. The population of the former British colony is struggling with accepting China’s rule of law, which comes with reduced freedoms and civil rights. Into the frameset of the harshest economic and geopolitical...

With only a 5th grade education, Jabulile Ndaba, a tall black woman with a contagious sense of humor, never thought of herself as a manager. Now she is a leader-in-training at a women’s project near Johannesburg. The project, Kopanang, enables women to earn money through embroidery -- and enables Jabulile to learn management skills. Jabulile is the sole provider for her large family. Her husband drinks away his earnings at the local bar. When Jabulile discovers that their teenage son has...

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...

A powerful, stylized portrait of the 80 year old Dorotchka, an archetypal babushka who philosophizes about life, love, regret and...

Iana runs a women‘s shelter and helps girls like Ionela to escape from forced prostitution. This time by risking her own...

Om Amira, a resident living on one of DownTown’s Roof tops, Having no other option but to toughen up to support her family, also known as the “Potatoes Lady” sells homemade fried potatoes sándwiches, starting at night until the sun lights in the streets of the city that never...

A spy ring infiltrates the internet onlinegame with real missions. Heidingsfelder is an addicted nerd and walks into the trap. He accomplishes the illegal assignments for bonus points. Journalist Heppler is collecting evidence and suddenly becomes a mission target...