29-year-old Mahmud used to be a rebel who fought against president Assad’s regime but also the terrorists of the Islamic State. We follow him from the trenches near Azaz to the treacherous boat journey from the Turkish coast to the Greek island of Samos. From there, the family travels through the Balkans and Austria to a refugee centre in Switzerland.
A film about the unimaginable violence against women in the the DR Congo and a political and social system that turns a blind eye to these atrocities. Women are systematically exposed to the practice of rape as a weapon of war. Director Claudia Schmid gives women a voice and reveals the structures underlying the violence.
Two Iranians set off on a unique journey to their home country. The two women from Berlin and Paris spend five weeks travelling across the Islamic republic, with its magnificent palaces, mosques and parks. They offer us a unique and personal view of the country, avoiding the usual clichés and prejudices.
Sun Village is the name of a refuge for Chinese children whose parents are serving time in prison. With no one to look after or feed them, Sun Village is a home until their parents are released. A unique project that aims to achieve a better future for China.
One route – one continent: the world’s longest direct bus service runs on the Transocéanica between Rio de Janeiro and Lima. This road movie allows us to delve deep into South American soul. Along the wayside and in the bus itself, we immerse ourselves in fascinating stories that demonstrate the continent in all its ambivalence.
Over 2000 years ago, the Ifugao mountain people created a unique natural landscape: the rice terraces in the Philippine Cordilleras. But nowadays the arduous work in the rice fields brings little financial reward and a third of the terraces has fallen into disrepair. Can this world heritage site be preserved for generations to come?
A small town in Fukushima’s exclusion zone searches for normalcy after the world’s largest nuclear catastrophe since Chernobyl. We follow a teen rocker, a media-savvy activist, a conflicted TEPCO engineer, and a female horse breeder as they cope with the loss of their homes and the unseen danger of radiation. Each faces a crucial decision: to stay or to go?
In the small town of Parchim in northern Germany, a Chinese investor has bought a deserted military airport. He wants to create an international hub for air cargo transport – a new centre for global trade. Sheer megalomania or enviable drive and enthusiasm? A tragicomedy that takes a bitter look at the absurd reality of capitalism.
Sound has become an established element of conventional medical therapy. Discover with us the healing sounds of classical music, melodies from ancient Arabic, Oriental and Central Asian cultures and the Japanese bamboo flute shakuhachi.
Snoopy is a talented 26-year-old Moroccan who dreams of making it as a world-famous circus artist. But Morocco’s conservative society does not like oddballs like him. A film about growing up under the influence of the Arab Spring and Islam, about Morocco’s only circus school and perhaps the most splendid hipster moustache in North Africa.
The extraordinary life of the British-Mexican artist is chronicled in this study of the “lost” surrealist. Interspersed with experimental animation and tableux, the film celebrates a woman whose artistic contribution has been historically overlooked. Struggling against misogynistic pressures at home, she eventually found a spiritual and creative kinship in Mexico.
How does the largest family in the world make ends meet when there are 178 women, men and children to be provided for every day? We set out on a journey to the village of Baktwang, in the far north east of India and obtain a unique insight into the everyday life of an astonishing community and its leader: Ziona Chana, head of the Christian sect “Chuantar lal Ruat – The new generation”.
