Film list

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Ayouni 2020 75'
  Directed by Yasmin Fedda .
Bassel was a successful open source developer and hacker in Damascus. Paolo was a well-known priest based in Mar Musa monastery. Both men were active in the 2011 Syrian revolution, and witnesses to
Middle and Near East War / Conflict / Reconciliation Memory Political Activists
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Bariz (Paris) Street Camp Days 2020 69'
    Werbner Award Directed by Nicolas Jaoul .
Summer 2015. La Chapelle neighbourhood, Paris. Hundreds of exiled people from East Africa survive on the streets, chased violently by the police, yet seeking to defend their rights as asylum seekers.
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The Body Won't Close 2020 74'
    Main Competition Directed by Mattijs van de Port .
Our bodies are semi-permeable. All over the world, stories are being told about heroes who magically “close” their bodies, so as to become invincible. This film follows one such story, as it is
South America Essay film Gender Role and Identity Folklore Reflexivity
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A Colombian Family 2020 80'
    Main Competition Directed by Tanja Wol Sørensen .
A powerful mother-daughter drama is at the centre of this film. Rooted in disagreement—both personal and political—the film follows the consequences of a war that leaves them with an impossible
South America War / Conflict / Reconciliation Family / Kinship Gender Role and Identity Intergenerational relations Memory Migration Personal Narrative Political Activists Refugees / Displaced populations Social Conflict
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Cruces 2020 23'
    Student Directed by Carlos Tobon Franco .
An immersive expedition throughout the geographies and stories composing the Latin American journey to reach US soil. By weaving together oral histories and the landscape, the film is structured to
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Death of the One who Knows 2020 82'
    Werbner Award Directed by Dana Rappoport .
In the Toraja highlands of Sulawesi (Indonesia), Lumbaa is one of the last masters of ritual speech. After his forced conversion to Pentecostalism, he is compelled to stop all his ritual activity and
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Elder's Corner 2020 96'
    Music Docs Directed by Siji Awoyinka .
From the colourful, celebratory sounds of Juju to the politicized urgency of Afrobeat, Nigerian musicians have spearheaded some of Africa's most prominent musical movements. For over a decade,
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Half Elf 2020 64'
    Main Competition Directed by Jón Bjarki Magnússon .
A lighthouse keeper prepares his earthly funeral while trying to reconnect the elf within. Hulda and Trausti have shared a roof on Icelandic shores for over seventy years. Her love of books is
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I Am Belmaya 2020 80'
    Main Competition Directed by Sue Carpenter .
Belmaya is desperate for independence. Born a dalit in Nepal, orphaned aged 9, barely educated, and trapped in an abusive marriage with a baby daughter, Belmaya, 21, has given up hope of finding
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Ojò Igbì (with Gũlā) 2020 60'
    Music Docs Directed by Daniele Ferreira João Carlos Couto .
The ritual cycle of the Waters of Oxalá is one of the most important ceremonies of candomblé in Brazil. After days of preparation, the sons and daughters of the saint gather to cultivate and relive
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The Olive Pickers 2020 51'
    Werbner Award Directed by Toni de Bromhead .
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Ophir 2020 97'
    Main Competition Directed by Alexandre Berman Olivier Pollet .
This is a collaborative story of the civil war and ongoing struggle for sovereignty in Bougainville Island in the face of an all-too-familiar pattern of colonial rule and corporate mining interests.
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Rebel Objects 2020 70'
    Main Competition Directed by Carolina Arias Ortiz .
Anthropologist and filmmaker Carolina Arias Ortiz returns to Costa Rica to visit her estranged father. When he is diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, death suddenly draws close. During this time she
Latin America Archaeology Death Personal Narrative
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Stories from Cabo Corrientes 2020 77'
    Main Competition Directed by Jordi Esteva .
The documentary immerses us in the fantastic and magical stories of the inhabitants of Cabo Corrientes, Chocò District (Colombia) where a community of Afro-Colombians, descended from slaves of
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This Land Is Our Land! 2020 70'
    Arandu - Listen to the Weather Directed by Isael Maxakali Sueli Maxakali Carolina Canguçu Roberto Romero .
“In the old day, whites did not exist on our lands, and we lived hunting with our yãmưyxop spirits. But the whites came, felled the woods, dried the rivers and chased the animals away. Today, our
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Tobacco memories 2020 30'
    Student Directed by Manca Filak .
The villages in southwest Bulgaria have long been known for the cultivation and production of tobacco. Muslim Pomaks, still engaged in this work, are facing a decline due to the low purchase price of
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Uma: a water crisis in Bolivia 2020 76'
  Directed by Ana 𝗟𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗲𝗿 .
Uma: a water crisis in Bolivia tells the story of three Andean indigenous communities in the highlands of Bolivia who are fighting to protect their water from diversion and contamination amid a
South America Environment Food / Water Gender Role and Identity Indigenous peoples / First Nations peoples Land Rights Political Activists Resistance Rural Social Conflict
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Unwritten Letters 2020 59'
  Directed by Max Bloching Abd Alrahman Dukmak .
Abd is a 24-year-old Syrian who took part in the early days of the 2011 revolution and now lives in Padova, Italy. Together with his German friend Max he is working on a film called Unwritten
South-East Europe Middle and Near East Migration Refugees / Displaced populations Participatory / Collaborative methods Life Story / Life History
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VHS Diaries 2020 72'
    Decolonising the Archive Directed by Niyaz Saghari .
The filmmaker revisits the diaries she kept during the years when video was banned in Iran. Using her personal VHS archive of films as a point of reference, the film explores a very personal film
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When the Sea Sends Forth a Forest 2020 21'
    Shorts Directed by Guangli LIU .
The story revolves around the memory of a Chinese survivor of the Khmer Rouge. This tragedy, which took the lives of two million people, continues to reshape our present. This forgotten moment of