Popsong

The world appears black on black until it separates from itself, looks at itself, includes itself, and sees colour.

Drowned in Oblivion

Le Cercle des noyés is the name given in Mauritania to black political prisoners imprisoned from 1987 in the old colonial fortress of Oualata. This film touches on the fragile process of unveiling memories by one of these former prisoners who remembers his story and that of his companions. In a visual echo, the places of their confinement come one after another denuded from any traces of that past.

Хлеб для Сталина. Истории раскулаченных

Untamed Albania

Albania in the southeast of Europe – situated between Greece, Macedonia, Kosovo and Montenegro – hosts an astonishingly diverse landscape. Harmonic coastal areas lead to harsh karst landscapes. Snow-covered mountain regions, wild canyons, waterfalls, deep-blue lakes and untouched rivers are perfect conditions for an immensely rich flora and fauna. Decades of war preserved wide areas of the country from industrial exploitation, so the natural environment is still untouched.

Cathédrale sauvage

Over the last few decades, systematic concreting and the use of chemical products have seriously damaged the biodiversity of cities. In Strasbourg's old historic city center, on the Cathedral of Notre Dame, Mathieu Baud, in charge of the conservation of the building, watches over the remaining representatives of a rich and unsuspected wildlife. Collaborating with filmmakers Pauline Bugeon and Cédric Chambin, Mathieu embarks on an investigation to document, inventory and attempt to preserve the wild species that populate the most visited religious monument in France, the Cathedral of Strasbourg.

I Need You

There are people who are treated as outcasts, repeatedly dismissed, and pushed to the margins just because they are temporary workers or union members. However, they do not get intimidated. Although capital may pass over their existence and permanent employees ignore them, they heal and overcome their difficulties over and over again. They choose a path with a dream to live as human beings. A story about people who are walking their paths with surefooted steps.

The Girls Who Were Not Afraid

Rebeca and Isabel are two teenage girls living in Ecatepec, Mexico State. They know all about the problems of gender violence and crime that afflict their hometown, but they have a solution.

Krawall

A Swiss political documentary about the Zurich youth unrest of 1968

The Land of the Wandering Souls

In 1999 a fibre-glas wire was installed from Thailand to Vietnam straight trough Cambodia. Rithy Panh shows us the work done in Cambodia to connect Khmer-society to "modern world". Farmers, soldiers and children work for a living there and unearthen skulls and bones -their remains from PolPot-regime you can see. The fear in their mind is portrayed by Rithy Panh in this documentary. As the other work done by Rithy Panh this deals with his people. I like it very much! The movie was awarded 1999 at "Visions du Réel" in Nyon (Switzerland) and at "Cinéma du Réel" in Paris.

Warszawa 1956

Over a decade after the almost total wartime destruction, Warsaw still looks bruised and battered. Ruined houses are nevertheless inhabited which can be dangerous for the local population.

Opouštíme ráj

Holy Dilemma

It tells the story of Robi, a priest and a father of three. It showcases how he deals with his profession and his forbidden private life.

The Ancestors

This film follows John Kitime, a Tanzanian musician now in his 60s, as he sets out on a mission to put together an all-star band from the old days to revive the classic sound of Zilipendwa music. Along the way, he meets the people who played key roles in the music scene of Tanzania during the struggle for independence and the nation's formative years under the first president, Julius K. Nyerere. As Kitime plays with the band, spends time with musicians and digitizes reel-to-reel tapes from the 1960s and '70s, he reveals a fascinating and little-known story about the power of music to bring together a people and a nation.