The indigenous porters who for decades have facilitated the ascent of the world's most extreme mountain
K2 and the Invisible FootmenK2 is widely seen as the world's harshest mountain. Yet many indigenous porters make a living in its extreme conditions, carrying provisions for foreign climbing exp...

Comedian Mike King faces a stand-up gig like none other when asked to perform for American troops based in Afghanistan. King also meets with Kiwi soldiers situated in Kabul, Bagram, and Bamyan and talks about how they are helping rebuild and provide security in the war-torn country. During his jo...

Mathieu Volpe returns to the territories of his childhood, armed with a few feet of film, to meet those who were absent from his summer memories: the migrants from Northern and Southern Africa, gathered together for picking in modern plantations. With grace and humility, he reveals a parallel eco...

Sampat Pal Devi had had enough of the violence and lack of freedom in Indian women's lives and decided to take matters into her own hands. She gathered like-minded women together and, wearing pink, they started storming the offices of corrupt officials, hectoring and beating abusive husbands and ...

On the streets of Denmark, trafficked men and women are exploited by transnational criminal networks who prey on their vulnerability with promises of a better life. Edward is struggling to earn to pay off the traffickers who brought him from Nigeria to sell their drugs. He has been coerced and ru...

Family tried to flee, but ended up in an even more life-threatening situation. Without the tireless efforts of Non-Governmental Organisations and Government officials,who saved them in dramatic conditions, they would have been forgotten, like the millions of Cambodians who died. Decades later, wh...

Three rugby girls question their own prejudices and those of their social circles towards female and male attributes in our society. All along the film we follow their locker room talks, their sport practice as well as their compromises mixing both coquettish touches and mudded knees. Without any...

Nareeman Dosa - Saudi-born, and of Sudanese heritage, - grew up in the Arab world experiencing the casual racism that most Black Arabs face. In Black and Arab, she visits Tunisia, the first Arab country to have made racial discrimination a criminal offence, embarking on a journey to explore wheth...

Against the violent background of a genocide, a teenage poet and rapper struggles to define himself as a young indigenous man.

Miraculous story of Japanese pianist blind from birth, who has become a symbol of Hope for all those with disabilities, hurdles to overcome, and problems in life. Performing throughout the world as a musical ambassador for his country, Nobuyuki Tsujii, or 'Nobu' as he is called by millions on fan...

Sokuro emigrated from Burkina Faso fifteen years earlier and lives in a town in northern Italy with his father and his little brother Nassir. Sokuro decides to visit his mother, who still lives in their native village; he then marries young Guienne, and thus restores a bond with his own origins. ...

They are faceless. They are nameless. They are feared and hated. And they make no apologies. Antifa is notorious for their radical and often divisive tactics - but what’s it really like to be a member of this anti-fascist movement? In the weeks surrounding the 2021 Inauguration, a group of Antifa...

Man Up! offers a critical look at the powerful role men can play in bringing about change within their homes and communities in order to lead more gender equitable and fulfilling lives. The film follows Sikhangele Mabulu and Monwabisi Mbetane as they reflect on their childhood socialization that ...

Finding Freedom that explores rehabilitation through the stories of Franklin and Malcolm, who after being released from South Africa’s notorious prison system, work to redefine the freedom that comes with life after a life sentence.

Six to Six is an intimate look into the night shift of one of Cape Town’s busiest mortuaries, revealing the human and often humorous side of working with the aftermath of loss. The film paints a portrait of three forensic pathology officers; Taariq, Lungi and Pierre, who spend night after night w...

A courageous young woman tries to free herself from tradition in Delhi.
In the sprawling, noisy madness of Delhi, Devki battles to achieve her dream - to become a taxi driver. The odds are stacked against her; the dangers, her sex and the deeply rooted traditions of Indian society. In this crafte...

The day-to-day lives of three Singaporean cardboard collectors. 3 Kilos takes us through their routines and ruminations, showing us how they meet unremitting hardship with grit, humour, and back-breaking hard work.

"The development and progress of the Covid-19 pandemic makes the arrival of pateras to the Canary Islands from West Africa resemble the past cayuco crisis of 2006. The migrants reach the coasts of the islands after crossing one of the most dangerous routes to enter Europe, the so-called Canary Ro...

An affecting and honest portrait of four transgender men as they prepare to step on stage at the only all-trans bodybuilding competition in the world. Pushing beyond the expected tropes of tragedy and hardship in transgender lives, this hopeful doc reveals unexpected truths about gender, humanity...

‘Fury Dance’ is a story about a Korean protest dancer, Sam-hun Lee. He fought for the democratization of South Korea in the ‘80’s through dance, while giving up his own dream to become a ballerino. The film takes the viewer through prominent events in South Korean history, as Sam-hun dances to so...

Mariam Bin Laden is going to swim across the English Channel. This represents not only an athletic challenge, but a symbolic and ardent dream: to give a second chance to her family, to inspire and empower Arab women to go after their dreams, as well as promote awareness for one of the most import...

A Swiss Italian television crew was in Kabul in the days leading up to the surrender and was able to document the growing anguish of a society that feels the end of a hope cultivated for twenty years. Social, civil and democratic achievements, especially those made by women, are being swept away....