Millions Can Walk by Kamal Musale, Christoph Schaub Reck Filmproduktion Gmbh | 88’ | Switzerland | 2013 | HD | Hundreds and thousand of Indian men and women - indigenous inhabitants and landless farmers – demand their right to existence by making a 400 kilometre protest march. «Millions Can Walk» focuses on their violence-free fight for their rights – a political yet philosophical and poetic film.

My Barefoot Friend by Seong-Gyou Lee Sigong Tech Co., Ltd, SigongTech | 52’ - 81’ | South Korea | 2010 | HD | In Calcutta, 20 thousand feet are running tangled up, all barefoot. They are rickshaw pullers. Among them is Shallim, an ordinary man whose old and tired rickshaw has been the only means of hope. He’s run endless miles with it to save up money to buy an auto rickshaw, that will realize his dream: a house for his family. However, despair comes to the weakest first. Shallim’s wife is found to be seriously ill. His son catches a swine flu. Hospital charges are mounting and Shalim’s dream is on the verge of collapsing.

MY BEAUTIFUL DACIA by Stefan Constantinescu & Julio Soto Thinklab Media - Hi Film | Romania | 80’ & 54’ | 2009 | HD | My Beautiful Daciais a light hearted and humoristic portrayal of the evolution of Romania from Communism to Capitalism, seen through the eyes of its most emblematic symbol, the Dacia automobile. In our film, we will follow different generations of Romanians - from the old nostalgic to the young entrepreneurs - showing the present transformation of Romanian society. The connecting point between the different stories is always the Dacia car: first, a symbol of the ambitions of Communist technology and now a reflection of the new global economy. In 1999, Dacia was bought by Renault and nowadays it’s a best-selling car in developing markets.

My Reincarnation by Jennifer Fox Zohe Film Productions, Buddhist Broadcasting Foundation, Lichtblick Film, Ventura Film, Vivo Film | 82’ - 58’ | USA | 2010 | HD 16:9 | MY REINCARNATIONis an epic father-son drama, spanning two decades and three generations, about spirituality, cultural survival, identity, inheritance, family, growing old, growing up, Buddhism, Dzogchen—and past and future lives.

My Thai Bride by David Tucker Showreal Films Pty Ltd | 55’ | Australia | 2011 | | In Wales, Ted doesn't exist. This 46-year-old single man feels lonely in a society where only young people count. In Thailand he marries Tip. His new wife starts running the finances before long he leaves penniless.

No Look Pass by Melissa Johnson High Hip Productions | 87’ | USA | 2011 | HD | Harvard student Emily Tay wants to be a professional basketball player. But there's more: she also happens to be a lesbian. But her Burmese parents, who fled to the United States would rather see her as a devoted housewife.

No Visible Trauma by Marc Serpa Francoeur, Robinder Uppal Lost Time Media, Big Cedar Films | 44'&52'&97’ | Canada | 2020 | 4K | The lives of three men and their families in Calgary, Canada are torn apart by the violent actions of police officers and a justice system that refuses to hold them accountable.

Nowhere to Call Home: A Tibetan in Beijing by Jocelyn Ford Stories that Matter LTD | 52’&76’ | China / USA | 2014 | HD & HDV | A Tibetan farmer is torn between her traditional way of life and her desire for her son to have a better future in the city. Shot in the slums of Beijing and a remote village near the epicenter of Tibetan self-immolations, this epic family story puts a human face on the political strife that fractures China and Tibet.

Numb by Phil Lawrence Little Dog Big Bite Films Inc., Frozen Feet Films & Channel Z Films | 78’ | USA | 2010 | BDIG 16:9 | What happens when you stop taking antidepressants? A successful suburban dad who is tired of feeling “numb” decides to quit taking antidepressants and documents the drastic effects on his physical and psychological well-being. His wife and kids wonder what happened to man they once knew. “Numb” also reveals startling new information the pharmaceutical industry doesn’t want you to know.

- IDFA 2014 - VPRO Award for Best Feature-Length Documentary - 2014 European Film Awards - Nominated in the European Documentary category Of Men and War by Laurent Bécue-Renard Alice Films, Louise Productions | 140' - 82' | France - Switzerland | 2014 | HD | Years after coming home, a dozen veterans continue to wrestle demons from the war. Will their therapist help them find meaning in their trauma and leave the war behind?

Old Marine Boy by Moyoung Jin My Love Films, Illume Oy | 85’ & 52’ | South Korea, Finland | 2017 | HD | One dark night 10 years ago, Myongho crossed the border with his family with nothing from North Korea. In South, he becomes a deep-sea diver at the border village between South and North Korea. He wears 60 kg diving suit, only relying on a single oxygen line from the boat, and fishes 30 meters down underwater. If the line goes wrong, he could die in any minute. Myongho once crossed the most dangerous borderline, now he constantly crosses the line between life and death. This film is the portrait of a courageous man who fights for the life of his family.

Only the Devil Lives Without Hope by Magnus Gertten Auto Images AB, Upnorth Film | 95’&58’ | Sweden, Norway | 2020 | | Her Muslim brother is imprisoned on false charges of terrorism, but in an unforeseen twist, Dilya's fight for his freedom takes on an entirely new and greater significance.

Pennies by Badran Badran Yoad Earon Films | 52’ - 72’ | Israel | 2015 | HD | Two young Palestinian brothers, Yichia (14-years-old) and Hamam (8-years-old), living in Tul Karem are forced to grow-up too fast, to give up going to school and children’s play and instead work as street beggars in Wadi Arah Israel to support their family. Hamam, the youngest, tries to avoid the hard work and play while his elder brother Yichia, dreams of a better future.

Planet of Snail by Seung-Jun Yi Minch&Films | 52’ - 90’ | South Korea - Japan | 2011 | HDV 16:9 Widescreen | Young-Chan lost his vision and hearing from a serious fever when very young. He often describes himself as a ‘snail’ since he has to rely only on his tactile senses, just as slowly as a snail, to communicate with others. Being unable to speak other’s language, he once believed he had been singled out from the world. But his life changes it dramatically when he meets and marries Soon-Ho, who is also disabled. The once lonely snail goes sleighing, swimming and writes essays, poems and even a script for a play, translating every experience into his unique words.

POWERLESS by Fahad Mustafa & Deepti Kakkar Globalistan Films | India | 80' - 52' | India | 2013 | HD Shariq, a 22-year-old electrician living in Kanpur, is renowned for his prowess in stealing electricity. In the face of day-long power-cuts, he runs illegal connections from one neighborhood to another so that homes, factories and business are not left in the dark. Meanwhile, the city administration is renewing its efforts to clamp down on power-theft, which costs them millions of rupees in losses each year.

Scarlet Road. A Sex Worker's Journey by Pat Fiske, Catherine Scott, Catherine Scott Paradigm Pictures | 70’ - 54’ | Australia | 2011 | HDCAM | Scarlet Road follows the extraordinary work of Australian sex worker, Rachel Wotton. Impassioned about freedom of sexual expression and the rights of sex workers, she specializes in a long over-looked clientele - people with disability.

Sea of Butterfly by Park Bae-il Cinema DAL, | 89’ | South Korea | 2011 | HDV | After an 8-year relationship, Jae-nyeon and Woo-young decide to get married. Though similar brain lesions define them, the pair must confront and resolve marital issues identical to any other couple.

Semper Fi: Always Faithful by Tony Hardmon, Rachel Libert Tied to the Tracks Films, Inc. | 76’ - 60' | USA | 2011 | HDCam | When Jerry’s nine-year old daughter Janey died of a rare type of leukemia, his world collapsed. As a grief-stricken father, he struggled for years to make sense of what happened. His search for answers led to the shocking discovery of a Marine Corps cover-up of one of the largest water contamination incidents in U.S. history.

Shipwrecked America by Alexandra Kandy Longuet Crescendo Media Films, Eklektik Productions | 52’ | France, Belgium | 2016 | HD | On the 29th of August, 2005, Hurricane Katrina, the most violent storm in the history of the United States, ravages the city of New Orleans. The city’s entire population is displaced and the Crescent City is to be rebuilt completely. The disaster provides an opportunity for the city’s renaissance on a fairer basis: The film uncovers how New Orleans becomes the US laboratory and reveals the divisions of a whole country.

Shock Room by Kathryn Millard Charlie Productions | 70’ | Australia | 2015 | HD | In the early 1960s, psychologist Stanley Milgram, in seeking to understand the Holocaust, ran a series of controversial experiments on obedience. An authority orders you to inflict painful shocks on another person. Most of us will obey, claimed Milgram. But will we? And were Milgram’s experiments as much art as science? In dramatising previously un-filmed versions of the world’s most famous psychology experiment, Shock Room turns a light on the dark side of human behavior and forces us to ask ourselves: what would I do?

Smog Town by Meng Han DuGood Productions, SonaFilm, MF Production | 89’&52’ | China, South Korea, Netherlands | 2019 | HD | Langfang is one of the most air-polluted cities in China. There, the interests of the local environmental protection bureau, which is under political pressure, clash with those of industry. A case study on China’s fight against pollution.

- ONE WORLD 2016 - AUDIENCE AWARD - SUNDANCE WORLD CINEMA DOCUMENTARY GRAND JURY PRIZE - SUNDANCE WORLD CINEMA DOCUMENTARY AUDIENCE AWARD - IDFA AUDIENCE AWARD - IDFA 2015 DOC U AWARD FOR THE YOUTH JURY'S FAVOURITE FILM Sonita by Rokhsareh Ghaem Maghami TAG/TRAUM Filmproduktion, Intermezzo Films Switzerland + Rokhsareh Ghaem Maghami Iran | 91’ - 52’ | Germany, Switzerland, Iran | 2015 | HD | Sonita's family moved to Iran when she was eight, fleeing the war in Afghanistan. Whithout a legal ID, Sonita couldn't go to school, an NGO taught her how to read and write. Listening to hip hop even though she didn't understand his lyrics, Sonita realized she could tell her own story— and started writing songs of her own. In Iran, it is illegal for a woman to sing without special permission from the government. But with the help of a few rebellious producers, she started recording.

South to North by Antoine Boutet Les Films du Présent, Sister Productions | 109' | France | 2014 | DCP, dvd blu ray, video, hd, quicktime | The Nan Shui Bei Diao (South Water North Move), designed to move water from the south to the north of China, is the biggest water transfer project the world has ever seen. Charting the path of this national construction project, the film maps the turbulent cartography of a territory where cement defeats the plains, rivers are deviated from their natural course, deserts become forests and where gradually people are becoming vocal, demanding justice and the right to speak out. While matter decomposes and individuals are becoming alarmed, a science-fiction landscape, against nature, is reconstituted.

State of Play by Steven Dhoedt VisualAntics, Minch&Films | 85’ - 55' | Belgium | 2013 | | In Seoul, hundreds of young boys compete to be the best at one single video game: Starcraft. As top players earn hundreds of thousands of euros, being a professional gamer isn’t only a wise career move, it is also the path to respect and credibility in the highly competitive society of South Korea. The stars of the Starcraft league are national celebrities, participating on all levels of popular culture.But what happens when play becomes work? For some it will be a struggle to stay on top of their game, for others it might be the turning point of their lives.

Stranger in Paradise by Guido Hendrikx Zeppers Film &TV | 72’ | The Netherlands | 2016 | HD | Being unwanted is a reality that the thousands of refugees flowing into Europe have to face. Three different scenarios of welcoming are presented to three groups of refugees: a dismissive, an empathetic and the actual European migration policy. Is it human to categorize someone else’s life?

Sushi: The Global Catch by Mark S Hall Cactus Three, Sakana Film Productions LLC | 75’ & 60' | USA | 2011 | HD | From humble beginnings as a simple food sold by Japanese street vendors, sushi has exploded into an international phenomenon in the past 30 years. Sushi: The Global Catch is a feature-length documentary shot in five countries exploring the history, problems and future of this popular cuisine. Much of sushi's rich cultural tradition that began in Tokyo is changing as raw fish now appear from cities like Warsaw and New York to small towns worldwide. But what is the cost? Will the worldwide hunger for sushi continue to grow until wild fish vanish, or will new technology like aquaculture keep plates full? Can sustainable sushi restaurants satisfy consumers or will competition for declining resources drive prices so high that only a few can afford raw fish?

SWEET DREAMS 2014: 20th anniversary of the Rwandan genocide by Lisa Fruchtman & Rob Fruchtman | Liro Films | 89’ - 52’ | USA | 2012 | HD Ingoma Nshya is Rwanda’s first and only all women’s drumming troupe. Made up of women from both sides of the 1994 Rwandan genocide, the troupe offers a place of support, healing and reconciliation. When the group decides to partner with two young American entrepreneurs to open Rwanda’s first ever ice cream shop, these remarkable women embark on a journey of independence, peace and possibility. Sweet Dreams interweaves intimate, sometimes heart-wrenching stories, with joyous and powerful music to present a moving portrait of a country in transition.

IDFA’14: The Alliance of Women Film Journalists' EDA Award for Best Female-Directed Documentary Tea Time by Maite Alberdi Micromundo Producciones | 70’ - 52’ | Chile / USA | 2014 | HDV | Five elderly women religiously gather for tea, once a month, for the past 60 years. In these meetings, the friends argue and reconcile, evoke their common past, and try hard to show they are still current. Their personal stories and present events force them to question their education and beliefs. Despite all of them having attended the same religious school, they lived through a period of radical historic changes that few of them can comprehend and adapt. Afternoons, days, months and even years pass, and it seems that nothing in their lives changes, until the absence of one of them makes them go through a period of evident transformation.

THE BALLAD OF GENESIS AND LADY JAYE By Marie Loisier Marie Loisier | 72' | USA | 2011 | Genesis Breyer P-Orridge has been a key figure of the underground music scene for over 30 years. A cult artist in prepunk and post-punk groups Throbbing Gristle (1975 to 1981) and Psychic TV (1981 to present), he is considered to be the father of industrial music and a pioneer of acid house and techno. Not content with breaking new ground in music, Genesis has also used his position at the limits of society to challenge the very fundamentals of biology.

The Earth Is Blue as an Orange by Iryna Tsilyk Albatros Communicos Film Production, Moonmakers | 73' | Ukraine | 2020 | | Single mother Anna and her four children live in the front-line war zone of Donbas, Ukraine. While the outside world is made up of bombings and chaos, the family is managing to keep their home as a safe haven, full of life and full of light. Every member of the family has a passion for cinema, motivating them to shoot a film inspired by their own life during a time of war.

The Grown Ups by Maite Alberdi Micromundo Producciones, Volya Films | 80’ - 52’ | Chile - The Netherlands | 2016 | HD | They keep hoping for an independent life that inevitably eludes them, since no grown-up really wants them to achieve it. Now that they desires clash with their premature aging process, we see them as kids who only wanted to grow up and suddenly grew old.

The Magic Life of V by Tonislav Hristov Making Movies Oy, Kirstine Barfod Film, Soul Food Ltd | 82’ | Finland, Denmark, Bulgaria | 2019 | HD | While trying to become more independent and to help her mentally disabled brother through live-role-playing, a young woman haunted by her childhood traumas learns how to face her own past.

The Man who mends Women by Thierry Michel Les Films de la Passerelle, Ryva production Eric van Zuylen | 115’ - 52’ | Belgium | 2015 | HD | Winner of the Sakharov Prize 2014, Doctor Mukwege is internationally known as the man who mends thousands of women who have been raped during the 20 years of conflicts in the East of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. His endless struggle to put an end to these atrocities and denounce the impunity enjoyed by the perpetrators is not welcome. But he is no longer alone in his struggle. The women to whom he has restored physical integrity and dignity, stand beside him, true activists for peace, hungry for justice.

The New Gospel by Milo Rau Fruitmarket Arts & Media GmbH, Langfilm / Bernard Lang AG | 107' | Germany / Switzerland | 2020 | 4K | An authentically political, theatrical and cinematic New Gospel for the 21st century. What would Jesus preach in the 21st century? Who would his disciples be?

The Night by Steffan Strandberg Indie Film as, Walking the Dog, Fasad Produktion | 63' & 58' | Norway | 2017 | HD | When Steffan's mother died, he felt nothing. No sadness, no sense of relief. How did it come to this?

The Oath by Laura Poitras Praxis Films | 96’44” | USA | 2010 | HD 16:9 | An extraordinary inside view of militant Islamism. A quietly disturbing, often complex portrait of an Al Qaeda insider and a Guantanamo Bay detainee, The Oath offers a chilling preview of emerging Middle East battleground Yemen and poignantly questions American policies over the past decade in the Middle East. The Oath tells the story of Abu Jandal, Osama bin Laden’s former bodyguard, and Salim Hamdan, a prisoner at Guantanamo Bay Prison and the first man to face the controversial military tribunals.

The Poetess by Stefanie Brockhaus, Andreas Wolff Brockhaus/Wolff Films GbR | 88’ & 52’ | Germany, Saudi Arabia | 2017 | HD | Hissa Hilal, a 43-year-old housewife from Saudi Arabia, tests her boundaries in the daily struggle for change. Veiled in a burqa, she gains international fame at Abu Dhabi’s prestigious contest “Million’s Poet” with her poems critical of terrorism and the ideologies of fanatic islamists.

The Price of Sex by Mimi Chakarova Violeu Productions | 73’-52' | USA | 2011 | HDCam Widescre | Mimi Chakarova has spent seven years investigating and documenting the sex trafficking of women from Eastern Europe. "If I had stayed in the country where I was born (Bulgaria), I probably would have been one of them," Chakarova said in an interview discussing her motivations for pursuing the dangerous, sad and enraging project. "These girls risk everything because they want a better life."

The Road to Fame by Hao Wu Tripod Media LLC | 80’ - 56' | China | 2013 | HD | The film gives a rare, intimate look at the coming-of-age of some of China's most promising yet confused youth. It chronicles the staging of the musical 'Fame' by the graduating class of China's top drama academy, in China's first official collaboration with Broadway. It follows five students of divergent personalities and family backgrounds as they compete for roles, struggle with the expectations of teachers and parents, and prepare to graduate into China's reality of huge wealth gap and rampant corruption. Often confused by the conflicting cultural values shaping China today, the students must confront their anxieties about an uncertain future and negotiate their own paths to fame.

The Shelter by Fernand Melgar Climage | 101’ & 52' | Suisse | 2014 | 16/9 | DCP | Every night dozens of people are forced to sleep on the streets of my town. As the population of the excluded grows each day, silence and ignorance of their condition continues to reign. In our current climate of xenophobia I would like my film to help lift the veil on their existence and plight.

IDFA’14: Nominated for Best Mid-Length documentary The Storm Makers by Guillaume Suon Tipasa Production, Bophana Production (Rithy Panh) | 66’ - 62’ | France / Cambodge | 2014 | HD | At the age of 16, Aya, a young Cambodian peasant, was sold into slavery by a “Storm Maker” - a human trafficker – who promised her a job as a maid in Malaysia. Now back in village, she is just as poor as when she left. Dishonoured and traumatised, what is left of her humanity? The unveiling of Aya’s fate, intertwined with the testimonies of human traffickers, offers an unsettling view of contemporary Cambodian society. By revealing the cruel exploitation of the rural population, the film raises an unsettling question: what is the price of a young peasant‘s life in Cambodia?

The Unforgiven by Lars Feldballe-Petersen Kinocompany Ltd., Film & TV Compagniet | 75' | Finland, Denmark | 2017 | |

THE WOODMANS by C. Scott Willis C Scott Films LLC | 82' | USA | 2010 | HD | The Woodmans are a family of well-known artists bonded in their belief of art-making as the highest form of expression, but for their daughter Francesca -- one of the late 20th century's most recognized and influential photographer -- fame came only after a tragedy that would forever scar the family.

Tokyo Idols by Kyoko Miyake Brakeless Limited, EyeSteelFilm | 88' & 52' | UK/Canada | 2017 | HD | Girl bands and their pop music permeate every moment of Japanese life. Following an aspiring pop singer and her fans, Tokyo Idols explores a cultural phenomenon driven by an obsession with young female sexuality, and the growing disconnect between men and women in hyper-modern societies.

Transfixed by Alon Kol Transfixed Films Inc | 80’ - 52’ | Israel | 2015 | HD | Transfixed tells the story of a very unconventional romance: transsexual Martine and straight-identifying John are “underdogs” with Asperger Syndrome, which makes communication with others extremely difficult. Despite their social limitations, both dream of getting married, but John refuses to tie the knot until Martine gets “a real vagina.’ The only problem:  no doctor in Canada will perform the surgery because Martine’s obesity makes her too great of a surgical risk. Will Martine and John find the happiness together that they deserve? Transfixed is a deeply human story about freedom, self-actualization and the quest for happiness – one that anyone who has ever longed for love and acceptance can empathize with and understand.

Transnistra by Anna Eborn Momento Film, Adomeit Film, Clin d’oeil films | 93’ | Sweden, Denmark, Belgium | 2019 | | Shot on 16mm, Transnistra follows a group of young people as they move from a carefree summer through an unforgiving winter in the self-proclaimed state of Transnistria. At the forefront is Tanya, a headstrong young woman who spends her time with young men who all seem to be in love with her.

VOICES OF THE SEA by Kim Hopkins Labor of Love Films Ltd | 90’ & 52’ | UK | 2018 | HD | Revealing stark realities for the poorest of rural Cubans with unique access and empathy, this is the story of a 30-something mother of four longing for a better life. The tension between wife and aging husband - one desperate to leave, the other content to stay - builds into a high stakes family drama after her brother and the couple’s neighbors escape.

Special Flight by Fernand Melgar Climage | 103' - 52' | Switzerland | 2011 | HDCAM-35mm | For the first time in Europe, a film crew gained authorisations to a detention centre for illegal migrants. Behind the closed prison doors, tension builds day by day awaiting for their deportation.

Wake up on Mars by Dea Gjinovci Mélisande Films , Alva Film, Amok Films | 74’ | France, Switzerland | 2020 | 4K | A 10-year-old Roma boy living in Sweden attempts to come to terms with the mysterious Resignation Syndrome that has put his two sisters in a coma. The tight-knit family is trying to rebuild a normal life far from their native Kosovo where they were victims of persecution. While their entire future hangs in the balance of a pending asylum request, the little boy dreams of building a spaceship to leave it all behind.

We did it on a Song by David André Brotherfilms | 82’ | France | 2014 | HD | This film tells the stormy tale of a group of friends from Boulogne-sur-Mer, a French town hit by the financial crisis. A year between dreams and disillusion, imagined by teenagers from a working or middle class background, with songs that regularly add poetry, laughter, and emotion to reality.