Life is full of thresholds. In this block of short documentaries, we meet animals and people in moments of transition—grieving, waiting, repairing, searching. From Cuba to Eastern Europe to the American South, these shorts ask what happens when we step into the in-between.

Set on the uniquely colorful island of Hormoz in southern Iran, this film is a poetic love story between a man and a pigeon — his only companion for many years. This quiet yet powerful bond reflects human resilience and longing for connection in a society marked by repression and silence.

Companion

Set on the uniquely colorful island of Hormoz in southern Iran, this film is a poetic love story between a man and a pigeon — his only companion for many years. This quiet yet powerful bond reflects human resilience and longing for connection in a society marked by repression and silence.

In a rural village in Cuba, Rocío lives with pain as part of her daily life. Her body, marked by medical interventions, holds memory in the form of scars, as she faces the humid climate that foretells each approaching storm.

Agua y Acero (Water and Steel)

In a rural village in Cuba, Rocío lives with pain as part of her daily life. Her body, marked by medical interventions, holds memory in the form of scars.

A bison, prevented from returning to its native herd by a wall on the Polish-Belarusian border, witnesses dramatic events.

Bloodline

A bison, prevented from returning to its native herd by a wall on the Polish-Belarusian border, witnesses dramatic events.

A day at a crematorium in East Tennessee.

Keepsake

A day at a crematorium in East Tennessee.

In an isolated long-term care center in the French Pyrénées mountains, Nemesio, Colette, and other residents wonder about the future and its mysteries.

Nemesio Blues

In an isolated long-term care center in the French Pyrénées mountains, Nemesio, Colette, and other residents wonder about the future and its mysteries.

North America

Doc Shorts: Portals and Pathways

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