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The Giant is Falling
South Africa | 2016 | 58/77min
THE 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
Pavlensky – Man and Might
Germany | 2016 | 58/99min
In the course of his performances, the Russian political artist Pyotr Pavlensky has sewn up his mouth, nailed his scrotum to Red Square, and severed an earlobe. This is how a courageous freethinker is challenging the power of the Russian state. Read More
Prison Sisters
Sweden | 2016 | 58/90min
Two young women after being released from prison in Afghanistan: risking her life Sara escapes to Sweden to find a brighter future, while Najibeh is forced to stay in the Taliban nest. Read More

Imprisoned Lullaby
Italy, France | 2016 | 60/82min
2 years old Lolita lives with her young mother Jasmina in an Italian prison, until their separation at Lolita's 3rd birthday. A stunningly intimate film about motherhood, responsibility, choice behind bars. Read More
Samuel in the Clouds
Belgium, Netherlands | 2016 | 55/70min
High in the Bolivian Andes, the old ski lift operator Samuel remains hopeful that the snow will return, even though climate change has caused the glacier to vanish for good. Read More
Under the Sun
Russia, Germany, Czech Republic, Latvia, North Korea | 2015 | 58/106min
A film by Vitaly Mansky about the ideal life in an ideal country. We can see how much effort the North Korean people have to undertake to make this ideal world work. Read More

Czechs Against Czechs
Czech Republic | 2015 | 88min
Tomáš Kratochvíl’s documentary explores the racial issue in the Czech Republic with heart and conviction. Read More
Swing Game
Finland | 2015 | 55/88min
Documentary film by Mikko Peltonen and Pasi Riiali about the fast-growing digital game business. The filmmakers decide to found a mobile games company and create a hit game. There's only one problem: they don’t know anything about game development. Read More
Café Waldluft
Germany | 2015 | 58/79min
Once a tourist hot spot nestling in the picturesque mountains of Bavaria „Café Waldluft” turned out to be a run-down hotel with a few remaining guests in their late sixties. But there is something very unique about the place: it offers shelter to refugees. Read More

The Giant is Falling