Arms manufacturer Arsenal dominates life in a provincial Bulgarian town. The weapons it produces are destined for Ukraine, while most of its employees are pro-Putin. Meanwhile, a pacifist considers setting aside his principles in the war against Russia.

In 2023, a freight train carrying toxic chemicals derailed in the US town of East Palestine. News footage and archival material show how this small town soon became a pawn in the cynicism of national politics.

Richly textured music film in which 11 artists enter into a dialogue with the architecture, raw acoustics, and history of a huge concrete Dome on Oscar Niemeyer’s unfinished exhibition site in Tripoli.

Mentally exhausted Ukrainian soldiers spend a few weeks away from the frontline before returning to war. In this psychological limbo, their reflections reveal how deeply the war has changed them, leaving scars they will carry for life.

Serene Husni, a Palestinian filmmaker living in the diaspora, returns to her parents’ hometown in the occupied West Bank. Conversations with residents reveal the continuing impact of the Nakba, the mass displacement of Palestinians in 1948.

Are there actually extraterrestrial explanations for unidentified aerial phenomena, but we’re not getting the message? With nuance, persistent curiosity, and inventive camerawork, filmmaker Guylaine Maroist sets out in search of an answer.

On 14 March 1978, 17-year-old Rico Carpaye was killed by far-right militants on the island of Réunion. Those responsible went unpunished. Nearly 50 years later, this desktop documentary unravels the story behind the silence surrounding the crime.

Cyprus, July 1974. President Makarios has been ousted in a coup, and a Turkish invasion is imminent. A pilot recounts the very last flight to Nicosia Airport: should he land or not?

Kherson has been under constant Russian fire for four years. Four residents of the Ukrainian port city tell why they stay. They go about their daily routine between evacuations, but their lives are at a standstill. Time seems to be war's greatest casualty.

In Brazil, bereaved families from different eras search for the remains of their loved ones and the truth about how they died. In old home movies, the dead come back to life. But even decades later, the authorities would rather keep the facts hidden.

The distinctive collages of artist Romare Bearden (1911–1988) captured the African American experience with dynamism and a grounded perspective.

This deep dive into Romania’s chaotic 2025 elections echoes global patterns of democratic erosion and the growth of fascist movements—with social media fueling the frenzy.

Cosmetic surgery is hugely popular in Iran. What is driving this epidemic, and what do Iranian women hope to achieve with a nose job? A glimpse inside Tehran’s cosmetic clinics reveals a deeply divided society.

While investigating Germany’s former zoophilia laws, and tracing how the language used to justify violence transforms when spoken by those in power, filmmaker Altay Erlik is accused of being a cyber criminal.

At an immigration court in New York, ICE agents sometimes arrest migrants attending mandatory hearings. The agents’ casual, convivial chatter stands in stark contrast to the migrants’ despair.

When an encampment of unhoused people in Oakland, California, faces eviction, the 300-plus fiercely independent residents fight back. They don’t want to end up in temporary shelter, but hope to preserve their community and way of life.