Current Affairs/Politics

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  Pure Unknown

  Italy, Switzerland, Sweden | 2023 | 52 / 93min

  Every night nameless bodies land in Dr. Cristina Cattaneo’s autopsy room. They are homeless, sex workers, runaway teenagers. Lately, they have mostly been migrants, rejected by the Mediterranean Sea onto the shores of Italy. In the face of this growing multitude, no one seems concerned about their right to dignity. No one but Cristina. Read More

   
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  My Father's Prison

  Venezuela | 2023 | 81min

  When Ivan Simonovis becomes the first and most famous political prisoner in Venezuela, a 15-year period of imprisonment leaves devastating effects on his and his family’s lives. Living in exile as a filmmaker, his son Ivan Andrés crafts a very personal and moving story, using over 25 years of unique family material. Read More

   
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  Eastern Front

  Latvia, Ukraine, Czech Republic, United States | 2023 | 98min

  Defending their homeland from Russian aggression, the protagonists, along with the whole country, went to the Eastern Front. In 2022 all of Ukraine, from the Donbas to the Carpathians, became the Eastern Front for Europe. Read More

   

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  5 Seasons of Revolution

  Germany, Syria, Norway, The Netherlands, Qatar | 2023 | 95min

  Born in Damascus, Lina starts to report on the events around her but is compelled to become a war reporter and later, the unexpected narrator of her own destiny. Read More

   
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  Land of Upright People

  Italy, Burkina Faso | 2022 | 106min

  Director Christian Carmosino Mereu follows the quest for freedom of four Bukinabé citizens, during the revolution of 2014 and its aftermath. A famous raggae artist, a candidate in the upcoming elections, a miner egaged in trade union struggles and a mother with a poor and large family to care for. Read More

   
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  Time of Pandemics

  South Africa | 2022 | 87 / 52min

  An eye-opening documentary about the need for a fairer global distribution of medicines and health care. Documentary makers Rehad Desai and Tricia Hlongwe followed the clinical trial for an HIV vaccine in South Africa, when Covid-19 hit. Read More

   

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  Angels of Sinjar

  Poland, Germany | 2022 | 109min

  Hanna Polak follows Hanifa, a young Yezidi woman, who tries to find her sisters, who were abducted by ISIS, and bring them home – as she had promised her dying father she would. Read More

   
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  Gorbachev. Heaven

  Latvia, Czech Republic | 2020 | 57/100min

  The 90-year old Gorbachev currently lives in a modest house outside Moscow, awaiting the moment when he will be called to join the list of the 20th century’s most consequential figures. History will judge Gorbachev, but Gorbachev presents his own, final testimony - captured by Vitaly Mansky. Read More

   
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  How to Steal a Country

  South Africa | 2019 | 58/93min

  A rags-to-riches story by Rehad Desai, involving political influence, corruptible politicians and a host of well-known multinationals prepared to benefit from state capture in South Africa. Read More