Current Affairs/Politics
Gorbachev. Heaven
Latvia, Czech Republic | 2020 | 57/100minThe 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 | 58/93minA 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
Never Whistle Alone
Italy | 2019 | 58 / 74minThink about your job, your office, your colleagues... What if you discover that your boss is corrupt? Seven people tell director Marco Ferrari what they witnessed inside their office. Their words were so similar that it became one collective story: the story of a whistleblower. Read More
I Had A Dream
Italy, France | 2018 | 52/84minFrom 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 | 58/85minAn 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
Nine Month War
Hungary, Qatar | 2018 | 54/73minJani has left his family to serve in the Ukrainian Army for nine months. His mother wants her son back. Jani just wants independence. Combining visuals of cinema verité and mobile footage of war, László Csuja chronicles Jani’s fight for adulthood during his military service and after his discharge. Read More
Stronger Than A Bullet
Sweden | 2017 | 58/75minMaryam Ebrahimi’s film explores the misuse of photographer Saeid Sadeghi’s images from the first Persian Gulf War for Iran’s war propaganda, which propelled a generation to their deaths as martyrs. Read More
The Red Soul
The Netherlands | 2017 | 58/90minWhy is it that still so many Russians defend Stalin as a great leader and a hero? The film by Jessica Gorter lays bare the Russian psyche of today and shows a world full of contradictions.Read More
The Other Jerusalem
Sweden, Finland, Norway | 2017 | 58minPeÅ Holmquist and Suzanne Khardalian portray the daily struggle of those moving into and those fighting to stay in East Jerusalem, 50 years after the Israeli occupation. Read More