Homeland
12 films
Abebe-Butterfly Song
dir. Rosie Jones
dok2023
The music scene of Papua – New Guinea needed a long time to step out of the shade. It was possible thanks to George Telek, an artist singing in native languages and combining Papuan and Western sounds. The film is also a story of his friendship with Australian musician David Bridie, which defies the colonial past.
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A Good Mind Grows in Thorny Places (Dom Strom)
dir. Katarína Gramatová
dok2023
A poetic story about growing up. Adam is a 12-year-old boy who lives in a Slovak village. He is a local lumberjack and additionally takes up different odd jobs. In general, he likes to do everything. Although his life is not easy, he is able to notice beauty everywhere.
Read moreBeing Ola (Ola - en helt vanlig uvanlig fyr)
dir. Ragnhild Nøst Bergem
dok2023
Ola is a 30-year-old man who lives in a small village in Norway with a very diverse group of people. They try to live life at a slower pace in harmony with nature, and their community is founded on values such as empathy, respect, and mutual interdependence. "Being Ola" is a moving, heartwarming film that celebrates the significance of equality and belonging as a basis for daring to embrace the one you really are. It's a close and honest portrait that helps bridge the gap between 'us' and 'them'.
Read moreBerchidda Live - A Journey Into Time in Jazz Archive (Berchidda Live – Un Viaggio Nell'Archivio Time In Jazz)
dir. Gianfranco Cabiddu, Michele Mellara, Alessandro Rossi
dok2023
Time in Jazz festival is inherently linked to the place where it has been organized since 1988, i.e. the town of Berchidda in Sardinia. In beautiful natural surroundings one may absorb a variety of music traditions and the film is a portrayal of this atmospheric event and the people who create it.
Read moreDon Benjamín
dir. Ivan Zahínos
dok2024
An unpretentious and poetic journey through a magical, endangered region of the Amazon rainforest in Bolivia. People living in the jungle are trying to restore the original state of the areas stripped bare of any trees.
Read moreAwards:Silver Dragon
Flowers of Ukraine (Kwiaty Ukrainy)
dir. Adelina Borets
dok2024
On a flowery plot of land, in the middle of a block of flates in Kiev lives 67-year-old Natalia, who has been fighting for years against investors who would like to build another property in place of her house. And just when it seems that fighting the developers is the worst thing that happens to her, Russia's attack on Ukraine begins.
Read moreFlying Hands
dir. Marta Gómez, Paula Iglesias
dok2023
In the Baltistan region, Aniqa Bano gives birth to a deaf girl, Narjis. She was, until then, unaware children with such disabilities were rejected by their families and not given an identity or a name.
Read moreForce and Courage, Rise and Decline of an Italian Football Club (Forza e Coraggio)
dir. Giovanni Merlini, Francesco Bovara
dok2023
Sambenedettese, a football club from a small town, is celebrating its centenary. In the 1970s, its team was a step away from promotion to Serie A. The story of the team is enlaced with a political narrative recounting the bloodiest and most brutal years from Italy’s history from a unique perspective.
Read moreForest (Las)
dir. Lidia Duda
dok2024
Asia and Marek live with their three children in the Bialowieza Forest, right on the border with Belarus. The cameras installed in the forest have so far served them to observe the animals. But the night-time recordings show that people have appeared in the forest. The whole family is committed to helping the refugees, even though they have no support from the state.
Read moreJews by Choice (Czeski film)
dir. Justyna Gawełko, Tomer Slutzky
dok2024
A group of inhabitants of a small Czech town are rebuilding a destroyed synagogue, at the same time trying to give it a new lease of life. A contemporary story of the Jewish identity in one of the least religious countries of the world.
Read moreKoka
dir. Aliaksandr Tsymbaliuk
dok2024
On the coast of the Bering Sea, where time has stopped, a father and son make a living by fishing. They live in austere, almost ascetic conditions, where the rhythm of life is determined by successive fishing trips.
Read moreAwards:Special Award
Ouvidor
dir. Matias Borgström
dok2023
In Ouvidor, the largest art squat in Latin America, 120 artists from different countries resist constant eviction threats from a government with fascist tendencies in Brazil, while internal tensions are fueled by Red Bull's sponsorship of their Art Biennial.
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