Human Interest/Society

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  Pavlensky – Man and Might

  Germany | 2016 | 58/99min

  In the course of his performances, the Russian political artist Pyotr Pavlensky has sewn up his mouth, nailed his scrotum to Red Square, and severed an earlobe. This is how a courageous freethinker is challenging the power of the Russian state. Read More

   
   
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  Prison Sisters

  Sweden | 2016 | 58/90min

  Two young women after being released from prison in Afghanistan: risking her life Sara escapes to Sweden to find a brighter future, while Najibeh is forced to stay in the Taliban nest. Read More

   
   
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  Possessed by Djinn

  Germany, Jordan | 2015 | 52/75min

  The belief in demons, or “djinn”, is a little-known aspect of Islamic culture. In a subjective investigation of this controversial topic the film by Dalia Al Kury follows the true story of Aya, a four-year-old Jordanian girl killed by her father who believed her to be possessed. Read More

   

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  Pepe Mujica – Lessons from the Flowerbed

  Germany | 2014 | 52/90-94min

  A portrait of the eventful life of Pepe Mujica – a former guerrilla fighter and flower grower, and the current president of Uruguay. Read More

   
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  Priests

  Germany | 2014 | 90min

  What happens when two atheist film-makers are given free rein in a religious seminary? Follow directors Chris Wright and Stefan Kolbe to find out. Read More

   
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  Pipeline

  Russia / Czech Republic / Germany | 2013 | 116min

  Life along the pipeline, through which flows half of the budget of Russia. Read More

   

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  Parts of a Family

  The Netherlands, Mexico | 2012 | 55/83min

  What stays behind when the great passion of being in love has slowly faded away, and the years have been passing by? A bittersweet and universal lovestory by Diego Gutiérrez. Read More

   
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  Pit No. 8

  Estonia / Ukraine | 2011 | 58/95min

  In the heart of a once thriving Ukrainian coal mining region, the film is timely portrait of parents and teenagers trying to earn a living in abandoned coal pits, as poverty overtakes their world. Read More

   
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  Portrait of a Man

  Finland | 2010 | 59/81min

  PORTRAIT OF A MAN is a rough but beautiful documentary film about the crisis of a man in his forties and his desire for a better life. Read More