Animated film in which the lives of three women and a young man intersect in the schizophrenic society of Teheran, the capital city of Iran. Everything prohibited and taboo – sex, drugs, adultery and corruption – lurks behind the illusory façade of the strict Islamic country.In his debut film as a di...
During his travels to the city of Kobani, at the border between Turkey and Syria, Kurdish-Dutch director Reber Dosky meets twenty-year-old reporter Dilovan Kîko. She is determined to keep a radio station amidst the ruins of her city, which no longer has any houses that are intact. Director Reber Dosky was there w...
In the small village of Nepaltra, situated in the Nepalese Himalayas, there are hardly any young men left. War and exile have driven them away and the remaining men are old and keep strictly to their traditions. When the former mayor dies, his sons need to overcome their political differences and jointly bring him to t...
Filmmaker Petra Epperlein, accompanied by director Michael Tucker, undertakes a very personal journey to former East Germany to find the truth about the past of her father, who committed suicide in 1999. She researches if he was working for the Stasi (the Ministry for State Security). The protection of personal informa...
Arash and Anoosh dream of a career as techno DJs, but this goal is virtually unattainable in Iran. So they mix at illegal rave parties and try to sell their album 'under the counter' in record shops. Their dream seems to vanish after one of them is arrested, but then an invitation to perform at a major dance festival i...
'This is the detonation cord. This cord is connected to the button in the cabin. When I push this button, all the containers will explode. Everything in front of me will explode. Everything next to me as well. Inshallah.' With a sense of pride, Abu Qaswara is telling how he will blow himself up when his time comes, cap...
Director Mahamat-Saleh Haroun serves as a mouthpiece for the victims of the violent reign of Hissein Habré, the former dictator of the African country Chad. He was sentenced to lifelong imprisonment in Senegal in May 2016 for crimes against humanity, rape, forced slavery and abduction. Mahamat-Saleh Haroun (A Sc...
Amine, a young Algerian, rents a camcorder and films souvenirs on his way to Eldorado.
First installment in the trilogy – followed by Stand van de Maan and Stand van de Sterren – concerning the Indonesian Sjamsuddin family during the Reformasi period. Stand van de Zon is the first portrait of the Sjamsuddin family, whom Helmrich would continue to follow in the subsequent films. Here we get t...
The stories of an activist, a drug enforcement special agent and a former drugs smuggler blend together in Kingdom of Shadows. It creates an intriguing image of the human side of the ongoing Mexican drug crisis and clearly depicts how it could derail so dramatically. A kaleidoscopic and layered image of the war on drug...