Human Interest/Society
Against the Tide
India, France | 2023 | 97minTwo friends, both indigenous Koli fishermen in Bombay, are driven to desperation by a dying sea. Their friendship begins to fracture as they take very different paths to provide for their struggling families. Read More
A Holy Family
Taiwan, France | 2022 | 88minAfter 24 years of absence, director Elvis A-Liang Lu returns home to his family in a rural area of southwestern Taiwan. A HOLY FAMILY is an intimate journey of home-coming, a portrait of rekindled family bonding despite differences in religious beliefs, and an unflinching tale of self-discovery through filmmaking. Read More
A Family Quartet
Netherlands | 2018 | 58/73minMeet 16 year old Dutch violin talent Noa Wildschut and her family during the three years leading up to her debut album and international breakthrough. When Noa's talent reaches a new high, this affects the family as a whole. Read More
A Separation
Sweden | 2013 | 58/72minA SEPARATION by Karin Ekberg is a tragicomic documentary that portrays the very last acts of a long marriage. A film about the tentative search for a beginning of what – finally, and unfortunately – is over. Read More
American Vagabond
Finland, Denmark | 2013 | 85minAMERICAN VAGABOND by Susanna Helke is a coming of age story of a gay boy growing up in small town America. It’s a story about a family coming to grips with what it fears the most. Read More
Anna, Seven Years on the Frontline
The Netherlands | 2008 | 78minThis is Anna Politkovskaya’s life story, told in documentary scenes and in the words of friends and colleagues. Read More