Leoneidi is a 12-year-old mother whose life is divided between parental responsibilities and childlike playfulness. In an interview with the director of this short documentary, she tells us her unusual life story.

A behind-the-scenes account of the explosive 1968 televised debates between liberal Gore Vidal and conservative William F. Buckley Jr., and their rancorous disagreements about politics, God, and sex.

A coffee plantation owner of multi-ethnic origin expands his enterprise together with members of his tribe. Is he a neo-colonialist taking advantage of his Ganiga family, or a new-style tribal leader who can bring economic prosperity?

This double portrait of a former New York Times war correspondent and an arms dealer exposes the opposite ends of an ideological spectrum, and provides shocking disclosures about the industry of war—symptom of a profound illness: greed.

From permanent make-up to Brazilian waxing: the beauty treatments that the female body is subjected to are seldom a pleasant experience, as this pointedly unvarnished short documentary shows.

A film fanatic who pretends to be the popular Iranian film director Mohsen Makhmalbaf is eventually caught out and ends up in court. Just like this man who lives between film and reality, Close-up straddles the border between documentary and fiction.

Mutual understanding can bring about change. In a love story between two polar opposites, Cuban director Sara Gómez shows that revolution is about more than just material conditions.

“Private ear” Lawrence Abu Hamdan collected data and audio recordings from Israeli fighter jets over Lebanon. This “symphony of violence” is the soundtrack to shots of Lebanese airspace in an audiovisual essay.

The Cold War, Hitchcock, and the rise of television are ingeniously interconnected in this witty collage of news, advertising and film footage. In a story of intimate paranoia, Hitchcock and his elusive double obsess over the perfect murder.

Using DNA extracted from a hat worn by actors in Brecht’s Berliner Ensemble, this interactive installation explores the past and present of genetics and synthetic biology. A documentary in a drink, Drinking Brecht is a celebration of science for the people.

This short student film shows the fight to control the yellow fever mosquito, that also carries dengue. Mayelín has the thankless task of handing out fines to poor residents of working-class neighborhoods in Havana where the mosquito is found.

In filming a tree growing on the fifth floor of a dilapidated building, an Iranian filmmaker in Cuba reflects on questions about rootedness. Through the tree, she enters into a conversation with her displaced father.

Nature and technology are increasingly merging. In an installation during IDFA, this augmented reality app allows you to design botanical lifeforms and thus explore desires and fears regarding the future of nature.

This essayistic documentary maps the borders around Europe in light of the migration crisis, through images that verge on the poetic. Based on a short story by Franz Kafka.

Join Sara Gómez on a trip to Guanabacoa, a town near Havana where her father’s family come from. Her short impressions form an evocative portrait of Black middle-class life in pre- and post-revolutionary Cuba.

An experimental short film based on the poem Indicios, del inscrito by the Cuban poet José Kozer.

The Palestinians’ search for openings in the wall at the Qalandia checkpoint is nerve-racking. Unsentimentally, Khaled Jarrar shows both the humiliation and the resistance against the absurdity and repression that define daily life.

A celebratory ode to life in the port city of Santiago de Cuba. The population of mulattos and Afro Cubans offers a vibrant blend of cultural influences.

Brief impressions from the eventful history of Isla de Pinos, a former pirate base that became the breeding ground for a new generation in post-revolutionary Cuba.

A short graduation film in which the director captures the island of Cuba in tranquil shots on 16mm. The camera is used as an instrument to record and retrieve memories.

The life story of Jakub serves as a symbol for the history of the marginalized Ruthenian community in Northern Romania and Western Bohemia. From interviews with other residents of his village, an oral history of a displaced people emerges.

A photogenic look at the life of a former miner still living on the premises of the mine where he spent his working life. Aware of the fact that his time is almost up, he seeks to hold on to the past.

A sound installation surrounds a wall. It seems like a partition, but if you listen carefully you can hear a community. In the wall live those who decided to leave the current world with all its oppressive systems. In the wall they flourish.

Two brothers playfully retell stories of their father’s war years and the national history of Cuba. The wealth of their inner world contrasts sharply with the poverty of their living conditions.

An elderly couple leading a simple existence in the Cuban countryside watches an old TV set that’s thrusting a new political era into their lives.

As a living part of her performance/installation, Lisa Schamlé confronts both herself and her audience. Is it possible to look at her body without judgement? As you watch, she looks back.

Reflections on the effects of women having to go to work in 1960s’ Cuba show the impact of the fledgling revolution on daily life.

A playful, live documentary about how Keith Wilson failed to make a film portrait of performance artist and shaman Frank Moore (1946-2013). Can a conventional film about such an unconventional person actually be made?

A hallucinatory, total experience that immerses you in fascinating images and sounds from an underwater world that goes beyond the natural boundaries of our senses. In this live performance the smallest organisms play the leading role.

Neuroscientist turned philosopher Raymond Tallis marvels at the fact that it is impossible to tickle yourself. You really need another person—just as with love and fights.