Current Affairs/Politics
Time of Pandemics
South Africa | 2022 | 87 / 52minAn 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
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 Giant is Falling
South Africa | 2016 | 58/77minTHE GIANT IS FALLING by Rehad Desai asks why South Africa, a middle-income country, rich in mineral wealth has failed to address inequality in twenty-two years of democracy and why the gap between rich and poor is growing. Read More
Those Who Said No
Sweden, Germany | 2014 | 55/89minFor the first time an International People’s Tribunal convenes in The Hague court of justice to investigate the mass executions of political prisoners in Iran during the 1980s. The survivors testify against a crime that has been kept secret from the world for over 25 years. Read More
The Collaborator and his Family
USA / Israel / France | 2011 | 57/84minTHE COLLABORATOR AND HIS FAMILY is the story of a Palestinian family torn apart by espionage. Read More
The Network
Greece | 2005 | 58/82minA documentary about the illicit trade of Greek antiquities. Read More
The Bridge
Romania | 2004 | 58/75minIt is forbidden to cross the bridge between Slatina, Ukraine and Sighet, Romania. Families and neighbors are separated by political actions that seem senseless to the communities that have been divided for decades. Read More
The 3 Rooms of Melancholia
Finland | 2004 | 106minThe award-winning, stunningly beautiful documentary THE 3 ROOMS OF MELANCHOLIA by Pirjo Honkasalo reveals how the Chechen War has psychologically affected children in Russia and in Chechnya. Read More