At age 21, Pol has just one goal in life: to make $10,000 a month. Using tips from "finfluencers," he wants to free himself and his family from poverty. Playful AI-crafted scenes show Pol already living out his dream.

Journalist and filmmaker Mstyslav Chernov (20 Days in Mariupol) follows a Ukrainian platoon as it attempts to liberate a strategically located village. This gripping report confronts us with the futility and dislocation of war.

Burnout and depression are increasingly common conditions—but is this an individual issue, or a systemic one? From the individual experiences of young people in Berlin, this film draws a connection to structural problems of our society and culture.

Bent over but self-assured, 90-year-old Agatha is still hard at work in the large garden of her old family farm in Manitoba, Canada. Captured on 16mm film, this is a sumptuous portrait of her world of traditional skills, far removed from modernity.

Six-year-long cinematic portrait of a rural boy living with his father at his grandparents’ home. He dreams of a life beyond the rigors of rural farming and finds escape in poetry. Featuring stunningly beautiful natural scenes.

The neighborhood in Dakar where filmmaker Mamadou Khouma Gueye’s mother lived for decades has to make way for a new train line. As Gueye documents the forced relocation of the community, he also creates a sensitive, poetic portrait of his mother.

Current Future: Age suggestion 14+. A boy stands in a river with his buffalo, leaning lovingly against the animal while petting it. This mesmerizing world in the marshlands of southern Iraq is Ibrahim’s home. Can he coexist with nature or is the only life he knows about to disappear?

Identical twin brothers Franta and Ondra lead a hermit-like existence in the Bohemian Forest. A rhythmic montage of their daily routine captures their playful spirit in this magical tale of the power of imagination.

An affectionate portrait of Bobò, a talented, deaf, and illiterate actor who was rescued from an institution by theater and film director Pippo Delbono. Or was it was Bobò who rescued Delbono’s spirit, zest for life, and creative soul?

In the region of the US known as Tornado Alley, the population has to cope with the devastating force of increasingly frequent and powerful storms. Alongside grief felt for the many victims, there is also a thriving “tornado culture”.

Director Ricardo Ruales Eguiguren returns to his childhood home in this creative and personal film essay. He reflects on a youth in which he faced much rejection due to a facial disorder, and on his complex relationship with his parents.

Former UN diplomat Noam Shuster-Eliassi was once a poster child for peaceful coexistence between Palestinians and Israelis, but that mild-mannered image no longer fits her. She now rebels against the injustice with her own acerbic comedy show.

As the first female council member of a village in rural Iran, Sara is determined to break through patriarchal traditions. She fights to curb child marriage and, in her free time, teaches girls to ride motorbikes—something that quickly meets with resistance.

As an officer in the Chilean secret service during the military dictatorship, Íngrid Olderöck used dogs to torture and rape prisoners. More than 20 years after her death, the fear she instilled is still very much alive.

For more than four years, Polish-German filmmaker Marcin Wierzchowski followed the relatives of the victims of the 2020 racist murders in Hanau. With dignified determination, they fight for answers, justice, and a memorial.

In this personal and loving journey into the audiovisual history of Lebanon and Beirut—composed entirely of archival footage spanning the past 70 years—Lana Daher tells a powerfully moving story about her homeland.

Indigenous artifacts taken from Sri Lanka by explorers at the beginning of the 20th century lie in a storage facility for Swiss museums. After stumbling upon this hidden collection, a Sri Lankan artist instigates a debate on art restitution.

A quirky animated documentary by two half-brothers who spend nine years capturing the stories of one of them—the son of an Indigenous Canadian mother—including plenty of interruptions from children, dogs, and visitors.

Private security is big business in inequality-ridden South Africa. This behind-the-scenes look reveals that rather than increasing safety, all the weapons, alarm systems, and drones only serve to fuel paranoia, racism, and aggression.

This richly documented plea for the release of a Native American civil rights activist offers a thought-provoking look back at the growing Native American resistance of the 1970s—a struggle that continues to this day.

How does your screen time affect you in times of genocide? The figure in this desktop film sleeps poorly. Is it because of the blue light from their screens, or the constant stream of terrible news they see on them?

In Nairobi, two determined women set out to renovate a dilapidated former colonial library. We follow them over five years as they transform a place once reserved for white Europeans into a creative hub for the entire population.

When filmmaker Déni Oumar Pitsaev, who grew up in France, inherits a piece of land in the country of Georgia, it prompts a series of profound questions about life. A subtle, personal film that won the Best Documentary Award at Cannes.

The coal mine in Jerada, in northeastern Morocco, is officially closed, but miners still enter it clandestinely to work every day. With the help of former miners in a reconstructed mine shaft, Randa Maroufi builds a picture of this shadow industry.

From his apartment on Warsaw’s Wilcza Street, Indian immigrant Arjun Talwar films a changing Poland. The street becomes a microcosm of the country, populated by characters who offer new insights into contemporary society.

Using Egyptian film classics and home videos, Namir Abdel Messeeh makes a film about his late mother Siham. In doing so, he comes to terms with his grief and discovers more about her life before he was born.

An observational, highly cinematic account of a recurring episode in the semi-nomadic life of a Kyrgyz shepherd family: the challenging relocation of the village’s livestock to the summer pastures.

Lynsey Addario’s work as a war photographer is as dangerous as it is crucial, but she’s also got a family to stay alive for. Oscar-winning directors Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin present a powerful portrait of that dual commitment.

Howard and Juliette are the last teens still living on the magical Isle de Jean Charles in Louisiana, USA. Oil companies and climate change have destroyed the island, forcing most residents to flee. A personal and young perspective on urgent global issues.

Twenty years after fleeing his home country of Zimbabwe, Chris is still struggling. To recover and truly make a fresh start, he must confront the cruel fate of his family in Matabeleland.

After becoming fascinated by an old photograph of two indigenous inhabitants of the Amazon, Tatiana Fuentes Sadowski investigates the rubber trade and her own family's past. An alternative reading of colonial history.

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In the Georgian mountain villages of Ushguli, customs dictate that only men can inherit land. When Ana, who dreams of a singing career, inherits a plot of land with her father’s house on it, she has to contend with her male cousin.

Solidarity, grief, and defiance have defined daily life in Ukraine since the very first day of the Russian full-scale invasion. This powerful account shows how war inevitably infiltrates every aspect of life and the human psyche.

Current Future: Age suggestion 14+. In a desolated surreal universe, a man leaves a voice message: “Where I am now, there is nothing.” Combining video game with film and reality with imagination, this is a dreamlike journey that makes you wonder about connection, regret and loneliness.

Tamara Stepanyan enters into a dialogue with the spirit of her father, a celebrated Armenian actor. Through film excerpts and from her own perspective, she sketches the history of her family and of a complex, resilient country.

In the months leading up to Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Julia Loktev filmed a group of young women who were among the last independent journalists in the country. Her compelling account reveals how rapidly authoritarianism can escalate.

Fourth-generation filmmaker Alexander Rodnyansky portrays the decades-long struggle of Ukrainians against aggression, using images and cinema from his family’s past and present that connect historical events to the fight that is being fought today.

Current Future: Age suggestion 14+. Big brands and celebrities, pollution and self-care, the homeless and Elon Musk—they all coexist in this surreal universe. As if in a sightseeing cart, we drive along apocalyptic landscapes and get a dazzling tour of Western culture.

By chance, an Argentine film crew happens to meet the charismatic nine-year-old Ángel. What follows is a nearly decade-long chronicle of how this boy finds his way in the marginalized border region between Argentina and Paraguay.

An energetic and infectious film about the queer punk band Shh…Diam! A self-chosen family for the band members, who are criminalized in Malaysia because of their gender identity. Their close bond helps them overcome countless obstacles.

A teen with big red curls shares how he was imprisoned by IS as a child. While recalling his story, he retains a captivating warmth. Now he has to decide: stay with his family in Sinjar, the homeland of the Yezidis in Iraq, or leave for a safer place?

In contemplative black-and-white scenes, this award-winning documentary captures the daily lives of Black farmers in the American South, as they struggle to preserve their way of life and ancestral land amid poverty and discrimination.

An unusual combination of documentary, road movie and science fiction about psychologist Gina Rønning and the American merfolk subculture in which she found a home as the mermaid Una. Shot on 16mm, the film has a languid, fluid atmosphere.

Current Future: Age suggestion 14+. Mireia only has one video from when she was 13. Playful teen images accompany her memories from that year. Like when a man offered her a hotel room. This film powerfully reveals how sexual violence has become just a normal part of girls’ lives.

Current Future: Age suggestion 14+. At a high school in North Carolina in 2002, a group of cheerleaders all fainted at the same time. This artistic film is a strange and engaging dark trip revolving around this mystery—recalling the incident, but without a desire to ever solve it.

The war impacts young people in Ukraine as well as adults. Filmmaker Kateryna Gonorstai travels east through the country, filming schools in bomb shelters and lessons about mines. How do children cope with all this and how do they see the future?

Against the impassive logic of government analysis and archives, a people’s history of resistance emerges through a visceral journey across the landscapes, ecologies, and personal histories of the candidate sites for a nuclear dumping ground.

On the border between Morocco and Spain, young African men wait for their chance to enter Europe. One of them documents their repeated attempts, providing an eyewitness account from the front line of the refugee crisis.

Produced entirely from archival footage, this film paints a picture of the propaganda machine surrounding dictator Alfredo Stroessner, who ruled Paraguay with an iron fist from 1954 to 1989.

This sensitive and meticulously crafted visual essay weaves an Iranian family history into the broader history of the country. A personal account of an empty childhood home, quiet resistance, and loud political protest.

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Along with his son and father, nature photographer Vincent Munier (The Velvet Queen, 2021) takes us to his home in the unspoiled Vosges mountains of France. If you look and listen closely, the world reveals a breathtaking beauty.

A club of aging Congolese wrestlers are training for a special “catch wrestling” tournament—it's a final tribute to their beloved sports hero and former world wrestling champion, Pierre Kelekele Lituka.

A powerful account of the four-day demonstration against the 1999 WTO ministerial conference in Seattle, Washington, composed entirely of excerpts from news broadcasts, police cameras, amateur videos, and press conferences.