American Passages
Initially, there's that moment of happiness: an African-American celebrating in Harlem cheers "We're free!" as if Barack Obama's victory meant the ultimate end of slavery. American Passages is an associative journey…
City 40
Tucked away deep in the heart of Russia, there is a hidden city where thousands of men, women and children live and work behind barbed-wire fences monitored by armed guards.
Collective
An immersive look into ta dysfunctional system affecting the lives of not just Romanians but all of us.
The Decent One
Through previously undiscovered private letters, photos and diaries that were found in the Himmler family house in 1945, the The Decent One exposes a unique and at times uncomfortable access to the life and mind of...
Defamation
What is anti-semitism two generations after the Holocaust? In his exploration of modern Israeli life, director Yoav Shamir travels the world in search of the most modern manifestations of the "oldest hatred", and comes…
The Distant Barking of Dogs
The Distant Barking of Dogs follows the 10-year-old Ukrainian boy Oleg, whose life
was turned upside down by the on-going war in Eastern Ukraine.
(Half) the Time of My Life
What else is there in life before it's all over? An ironic self-portrait of a whole generation - the happily depressed; a real life version of a coming-of-age novel of our present, and Marko's future. Marko has decided…
Magia Russica
In 1935, Three Walt Disney films were screened in Moscow. Fyodor Chitruk saw these films and was convinced that he had seen a miracle. He didn`t know that one day he would become one of the greatest Russian animators.…
Muezzin
Since the time of the Prophet Mohammed, faithful Muslims have heeded the muezzin’s call to prayer five times a day. A more recent phenomenon is the Turkish call to prayer contest. Each year the country’s muezzins…
Thieves by Law
Made famous by the feature film "Eastern Promises", former heads of Russia’s criminal underworld, the Vori v zakone, ("Thieves By Law") share their story for the first time with the world. The thugs who transformed into…