A piece of anti-art became the most influential artwork of the 20th century. But who elevated the urinal to artistic status? Speculation about a female creator comes and goes. Who was she? And what is true, or even real, in this case?

Vast numbers of Romanians venerate the monk and candidate saint Arsenie Boca. Will a pilgrimage bring insights into the roots of his increasing popularity? A lighthearted investigation into idolatry and faith.

The director is a Syrian refugee in Germany. His father, who once studied in the DDR, ended up trapped in Syria. The son lovingly photoshops “old” photos to accompany his father’s stories about the old days. Winner of the Grand Prix at FIDMarseille.

In the Tengger desert in northwest China, laborers press bunches of straw into the sand in an attempt to combat desertification and sandstorms. On this vast expanse, their work looks like a Sisyphean task.

Reflections on the consequences of growing social inequality and corruption, and the efforts of ordinary people to bring radical, positive change. Featuring expert witness Rutger Bregman, author of Humankind: A Hopeful History.

Childhood in El Eco, a remote Mexican village, is an intensive immersion into the realms of nature, animals and people. The village social mores are a frequent source of conflict for the adolescent girls, but they can still escape in daydreams.

A tender and unforgettable portrait of a national and personal past, a great love, and Alzheimer’s disease. Chilean director Maite Alberdi (The Mole Agent, 2020) received a jury prize at Sundance.

Is it possible to process trauma by looking the beast in the eye? In this powerful documentary in two parts, five filmmakers re-watch their own footage shot in and around Sarajevo during the Bosnian War, 30 years ago.

For 30 years, Cao Guimarães has documented fragments of his friendships with fellow artists. This mosaic of images shows how much his work is influenced by the people he spends time with as they grow older together.

In a vibrant ode to the road trip, we follow five teens from small-town Oregon on their journey to the ocean. Shifting between fiction and reality, their adventure is filled with extraordinary encounters, sadness and lots of fun.

A lyrical and tender portrait of Gerlach van Beinum, one of the last old-school crop farmers around Amsterdam. A beacon of patience and dedication, he plows on through the seasons, as capitalist society imposes itself more and more blatantly.

Online, anger easily becomes a grotesque expression of male aggression, captured in memes and GIFs. In a pointed and humorous “desktop documentary,” Chloé Galibert-Laîné investigates how they can express this emotion authentically.

In 2018, a barber in Chicago is shot by police on his way to work. This shocking reconstruction draws on footage from security cameras and bodycams. Where do the officers’ priorities lie?

Mambar Pierrette is busy, but the dressmaker always has a listening ear for complaining local residents. She also has her own problems: never enough money, an absent husband, a sick mother. And this is even before disaster strikes.

A meditative film and counterpart to the eponymous album by composer and violinist Bryan Senti, interweaving neoclassical and indigenous Latin American music. Memories document something distant yet also familiar.

Wiseman, master of the observational documentary, settles in with a family in central France that runs several top restaurants. An ultimate slow-cinema experience about craftsmanship, sustainability, passing on knowledge, family ties and letting go.

Andrés Di Tella follows in the Argentinian footsteps of the enigmatic gaucho and writer William Henry Hudson. His encounters with people who share his fascination combine with found footage and personal reflections to produce an associative travelogue.

Ghosts of the past find echoes in the present in this meditation on Amsterdam’s war history. Steve McQueen (12 Years a Slave) based his monumental film on Atlas of an Occupied City, Bianca Stigter’s book about the Nazi occupation.

The Adamant is a floating day center for psychiatric patients, on the River Seine in Paris. This subtle and deeply empathetic Golden Bear winner is a heartwarming portrait of several regular visitors and the people who work with them.

A story of life in the obstetrics and gynecology department, both deeply intimate, and clinically detailed. Claire Simon’s patient observations offer a profound insight into the female body and what it’s like to live in it.

Cinema and Recife are inextricably intertwined for director Kleber Mendonça Filho. This love letter to both takes the form of a playful essay film about his parental home, long-gone movie palaces, and the relation between cinema and religion.

Richland residents made a crucial contribution to the production of the atomic bomb during World War II. Current residents deal with this emotionally charged past in a range of different ways, reflecting the deep divides in US society.

Over a one year period, we join the 84-year-old father of filmmaker Margreth Olin on walks in his “back garden,” the spectacular Norwegian valley Oldedalen. Surrounded by glaciers, green mountainsides, waterfalls and drones, he tells stories of his family.

A bittersweet dialogue between neighboring nations Afghanistan and Iran, complemented by scenes from Iranian films by members of the Makhmalbaf family, who have often worked in Afghanistan. A film that addresses a divided yet shared history.

At the maximum security Tehachapi prison in California, 40 inmates create a photo collage in the yard with the French street artist JR (Faces Places). It gives a face and a voice to these men, who have often been locked up since their teens.

How could Brazilian jazz pianist Tenório Jr. mysteriously disappear in Buenos Aires in 1976? In colorful animation, the story unfolds of how a musical revolution was crushed by military force.

In a curious mix of documentary and fiction, Chinese filmmaker Lori visits the historic village of Thaxted in Essex, England. Little by little, she finds herself in the midst of a plot among the villagers, at times farcical, at others dramatic.

Confronted by the death of his parents and the COVID pandemic, Peter Mettler investigates the meaning of life. Through conversations with friends and meditative shots he returns to nature, where everything simply flows.

Three leading activist artists exchange their views on fact and fiction. Filmmakers Haskell Wexler (Medium Cool) and Hubert Sauper (Darwin’s Nightmare), and world renowned photojournalist Susan Meiselas ask: What is truth? Who is telling the story?