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Four women, a dangerous fight. In Poland, where abortion is illegal, the Abortion Dream Team is helping hundreds of women every day—loudly, fearlessly, and visibly. One member faces prison, another struggles with the emotional toll. How long can they keep going?
83 min | 2024 | Poland
Abortion Dream Team
After a series of mysterious illnesses and deaths, a community in Mexico discovers that their water is radioactive. At the center of the story are six mothers on a quest for justice who suspect that there is a connection between the contamination and the death of three girls.
76 min | 2024 | Mexico, United States
The Age of Water
Orcas, penguins, and even slugs—nature's diversity is far queerer than you might think. Connel Bradwell takes us on a journey through the animal kingdom, sharing nature’s coming-out stories with humour, love, and a fresh perspective on queerness in the wild.
49 min | 2024 | Canada
Animal Pride
Jackie Shane was one of music's pioneering Black trans performers. Why did she disappear on the verge of stardom? This remarkable portrait finally reveals the full depth of Jackie's extraordinary life and career.
99 min | 2024 | Canada
Any Other Way: The Jackie Shane Story
Spain’s dark colonial past resurfaces as the family of Acacio Mañe, Equatorial Guinea’s independence leader, demands justice. Silenced crimes, hidden archives, and a decades-long fight for truth reveal a history Spain has repeatedly tried to forget.
76 min | 2024 | Spain
Black Limbo
A docu-fictional journey into the underground, where reality, theater, and subculture blur—between subway tunnels, vanished footage, and a mysterious artistic intervention.
87 min | 2025 | Germany
Blaues Licht
Thomas ‘Eichi’ Eichstädt coaches a soccer team of young refugees while facing his own dark past as a former right-wing extremist. A powerful story of second chances, the courage to change, and the hope that can bridge even the deepest divides.
83 min | 2025 | Germany
Changing Sides
A vision of an ecological democracy, where all living beings coexist in harmony. With breathtaking music and stunning nature footage, director Petr Lom makes the Earth itself the protagonist, telling the story of a new dawn.
111 min | 2025 | Norway, Netherlands
The Coriolis Effect
What sparks true creativity? Lilith Stangenberg and Blixa Bargeld take a deep dive with icons like Björk, Ridley Scott, and Marina Abramović—uncovering secrets, igniting inspiration, and breaking creative boundaries!
91 min | 2025 | Germany
Creativo Paradiso: A Creative Renaissance
Curtains
A flamingo’s most delicate journey—managing to find the right mate, the right place, and the right time to start a family. Covering a period of nine years, this stunning film blends humour, breathtaking visuals, and powerful storytelling to reveal the fragile beauty of the flamingo’s existence.
84 min | 2024 | Mexico
Flamingos: Life after the Meteorite
A heartfelt vinyl odyssey through the former Yugoslavia—a journey full of music, memories, and people who have never forgotten the funk. Between record crates and DJ sets, a road movie unfolds bridging past and present.
82 min | 2024 | Croatia, Montenegro
Funk YU
At 94, physics professor Vladimir Fridkin lives in Moscow, where he is torn between authoritarian Russia and his Western values. The film follows his final attempt to reunite with his family in Ukraine—an emotional story of separation, hope, and resilience.
82 min | 2024 | Germany
Further and Further
Forced to flee Yugoslavia as a child, director Lidija Zelović delivers a powerful wake-up call. In her new home, the Netherlands, she recognizes eerie echoes of the social and political forces that once tore her homeland apart.
98 min | 2024 | Netherlands
Home Game
Plagued by PTSD, survivor’s guilt, traumatic brain injuries, chronic pain, and depression, three former Navy SEALs turn to an experimental hallucinogenic drug treatment on their desperate quest for healing.
108 min | 2024 | United States
In Waves and War
In Berlin, Reem, Mohammed, and Yasser—three Syrian refugees—struggle with the trauma of displacement. Together, they ask what remains of the Syrian revolution and how they can move forwards when the past is still shaping their every step.
90 min | 2025 | Romania, Portugal, Germany
Little Syria
For five years, Zuzana Čaputová led a divided country—and allowed cameras a glimpse behind the scenes. Through crises, public dialogues, and quiet moments, this intimate portrait of the former Slovak president reveals what true leadership means—and what it costs.
109 min | 2024 | Slovakia, Czech Republic
Ms. President
For seven years, filmmaker Nanfu Wang follows Cuban activist Rosa María Payá in her relentless fight for democracy, human rights, and free elections. A powerful portrait of an unyielding fight from exile, transcending all borders.
94 min | 2024 | United States, Cuba
Night Is Not Eternal
A quiet, haunting observation of daily life on a Pacific atoll threatened by rising seas. At the heart of the story: a mother and her son — their life, their memories, their quiet resistance.
75 min | 2024 | United Kingdom, Kiribati
Oceania: Journey to the Center
In São Paulo, over 120 creatives in the occupied Ouvidor House squat are fighting against commercialization and eviction. As art collides with resistance, an unbridled struggle ensues between survival, profit, and independence.
75 min | 2023 | Brazil
Ouvidor
After the withdrawal of international troops and the Taliban’s return to power in 2021, four courageous women risk everything. In the midst of a changing Afghanistan, they engage in negotiations with the Taliban, fighting for a peace that won’t cost them their freedom.
60 min | 2024 | Afghanistan
The Sharp Edge of Peace
Three determined women take matters into their own hands when they set up their own businesses in Peru, Sri Lanka, and Senegal, shaping their futures with bravery. This documentary powerfully captures how local entrepreneurship creates livelihoods and brings about lasting change.
92 min | 2024 | United States
She Rises Up
Director Duncan Cowles sets out to break the silence—his own included. On a quest to find men willing to speak openly about their feelings and mental health, he embarks on an emotional journey that challenges societal norms and opens up conversations.
88 min | 2024 | United Kingdom
Silent Men
Nasreen reclaims her voice as a woman and a singer—defying Iran’s ban on female performers. Over seven years, her sister Leila films her journey from silenced housewife to empowered artist inspiring women across Iran and beyond.
94 min | 2024 | Iran, Switzerland, France
A Sisters’ Tale
A father, a son, a story that remained untold for so long. Tadashi Nakamura sheds light on the Parkinson's disease of his father Robert A. Nakamura, a key figure in Asian-American film culture.
92 min | 2025 | United States
Third Act
What seems like a thriller is in fact reality: with a camera hidden in his shirt button, journalist Harry Shukman spends months putting his life at risk to gain access to the heart of far-right networks.
97 min | 2024 | United Kingdom
Undercover: Exposing the Far Right
In the misty mountains, the memory of an encounter with an Indigenous Tzotzil family awakens. Amid sheep and shifting landscapes, this story develops into an exploration of identity, nature, and belonging.
73 min | 2024 | Mexico
Ways to Traverse a Territory
What remains when our parents are gone? Four siblings clear out their childhood home, surrounded by memories, forgotten objects, and unasked questions. As they sort through the past, they begin to question family roles and renegotiate their shared history.
82 min | 2024 | United Kingdom, Netherlands
Where Dragons Live
On South Africa’s East Coast, Shell’s reckless greed threatens to destroy not just the sea but also the livelihoods of the AmaMpondo. But they resist—tirelessly and determined, before the courts and on the streets. Their fight for their environment is a fight for survival.
73 min | 2024 | United Kingdom
Wild Coast Warriors
When the Taliban regain power in 2021, Hawa’s dream of liberation for herself and her family shatters. A documentary love letter from Afghan director Najiba Noori to her mother, Hawa. A film about three generations of women fighting for their freedom.
85 min | 2024 | France, Netherlands
Writing Hawa