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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
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
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

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
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
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

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
I Had A Dream
Italy, France | 2018 | 52/84min
From the feminist fights against Berlusconi to the last elections of 2018, the film by Claudia Tosi explores the last ten years of Italy through the political action and the everyday life of the two compelling women. Read More
Everything Must Fall
South Africa, Netherlands, Belgium | 2018 | 58/85min
An unflinching look at the #FeesMustFall student movement that burst onto the South African political landscape in 2015 as a protest over the cost of education. Read More

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