Laboring in a Cuban ship graveyard, an almost apocalyptic world of fire and creaking sheets of steel, Pitufo dreams of a better life. An atmospheric, magical glimpse into a life on society’s margins.

Activists in Berlin push back against government repression surrounding pro-Palestine protests. Between protests, they channel their activism into rehearsing and performing the queer play The Faggots and Their Friends Between Revolutions.

The Israeli town of Shlomi was built on the lands of the destroyed Palestinian village of Al-Bassa. Using personal archival material and intimate 16 mm footage, director Yuula Benivolski creates a study of memory and violence in her childhood home.

A major earthquake will occur along the San Andreas Fault in California sometime—that much is certain. But when? A free-associative road trip with mineral meditations about life on the edge, where tectonic plates collide.

On dance floors in Japan, Indonesia and the Netherlands, queer ravers celebrate the lives and works of Fumiko Hayashi, Suwarsih Djojopuspito and Beb Vuyk, female authors who challenged patriarchal and nationalist politics from the 1930s through the 1950s.

A radio journalist travels to an Italian village in search of audio traces of a horrific event in her family history. Silence and all that remains unspoken take center stage in this deconstruction of the true-crime genre.

A location scout searches for a castle and a dilapidated farmhouse, traveling through the French countryside and back in time to her own past.

An essay film exploring the gap between the propaganda and reality of Soviet labor camps. Composed entirely of archival footage that often evokes a reality all its own, it juxtaposes conflicting accounts from figures including Gorky and Solzhenitsyn.

Long, observational shots of people and animals going about their activities in the landscape surrounding a gigantic, ever-growing landfill site prompt reflection on the traces we as humans leave behind on our planet.

Three young Afghan refugees spend a hot summer day by a Swiss river. Against a backdrop of lyrical landscapes and wild waters, a new law on migrant returns threatens their longing for a peaceful and secure existence.

Along the coast of Odisha, India, the sea is slowly swallowing entire villages. Once-fertile land is turning into barren plains, and an older generation is being left behind, with the memories of the past.

The extraordinary ideas of an East Chinese botanist who sought to connect with the Earth’s memories through the roots of a “living fossil” tree species are brought to life through creative filmmaking techniques, editing, and soundtrack.

Guided by a prophetic dream, Gift travels through Niger, Algeria, and Tunisia on her way to Europe. This poetic film follows her struggle to stand on her own two feet and shows the personal cost of her dangerous search for a better life.