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Thirteen-year-old Tielle’s sensitive and powerful resistance against the system that oppresses her and all women. A co-production by Walter Salles and the Dardenne brothers, winner of the Best Director Award at the Venice Film Festival and the Grand Jury Fiction Award at the Movies that Matter Festival. Deep in the Amazon rainforest of Brazil, Tielle...

Set in Cape Verde, ‘the place where hurricanes are born’. The Coriolis Effect is a poetic documentary about our world spinning out of control. With stunning footage of the Cape Verdean nature and wildlife, this cinematographically impressive film deals with the increasingly disturbing relation between humankind and nature. A visually spectacular parable-like film that juxtaposes...

Forty years after her arranged marriage as a child, Hawa finally begins to live an independent life and learns to read and write. However, with the return of the Taliban to power, her dreams, along with those of her daughter and granddaughter, are shattered by new challenges. Filmed over a period of five years, Writing...