Nominations
Costa Brava, Lebanon
The utopian life of the free-spirited Badir family in the Lebanese mountains is disrupted when a garbage dump is built right outside their house. This causes tensions within the family: should they resist, sue, sabotage, or move back to Beirut? Beautiful and gentle drama with delicious ensemble performances. The Badir ...
Eternal Spring (長春)
The thrilling and emotional story of a group of Falun Gong practitioners who managed to shortly take over Chinese state TV. A story of immense bravery and life under totalitarian rule. Animation and documentary ingenuously combined with breathtaking result. ‘History has taught Chinese people a lesson,’ we hear at the b...
Little Palestine, Diary of a Siege
Daily life in Palestinian refugee camp Yarmouk in Damascus, during a siege by the Assad-regime. Abdallah Al-Khatib lives in the camp, picks up a camera and films for two years. The result is simultaneously determined, optimistic, shocking and heartbreaking, and filled with a deep humanity. Abdallah Al-Khatib lives in Y...
