Good-hearted, idealistic mayor of an Israeli town attempts to close the gap between the Palestinian and Israeli population in poverty-ridden and derelict Lod. He overcomes numerous obstacles by listening, talking and exerting patience. But his mission is undermined by gang wars, inequality, mutual distrust and a changi...
The European border police makes every effort to control the continuous flow of refugees. But every time a fence is erected in one place, a truck full of stowaways crosses the border elsewhere. Director Nathalie Loubeyre observed how refugees search for a safe haven at Europe’s external borders and recorded their...
Under the Taliban regime, photography was a mortal sin in Afghanistan. But ‘a land without photography is a land without identity’, according to one of the photographers in this stylized tribute to photojournalism. Four brave Afghan photojournalists literally try to establish new frameworks in a country where photograp...
North Korean artist Sun Mu fled to South Korea in the 1990s. The camera follows him as he prepares for an exhibition of his controversial work in Beijing. Everything is recorded but his face remains a mystery. Animations of his artistic creations ingeniously underscore his life story. Sun Mu is one of the first North K...
In 2015, Ukrainian filmmaker Oleg Sentsov, accused of terrorism by the Russian state, was sentenced to twenty years in prison in Siberia following what Amnesty International called a ‘cynical show trial’ given its highly politicized nature. The film searches the truth behind the trial against pro-Ukrainian activist Sen...
Biography of American diplomat Richard Holbrooke, who served the US State Department for nearly fifty years. To find out the true identity of his father, son David paints a loving portrait of a fascinating man. He moved mountains in international diplomacy, but wasn’t exactly a family man because of his unbridled...
Electrifying documentary thriller about Afro-Americanteenager Jordan Davis who is shot dead after a discussion about his loud music.The filmmakers reconstruct the events with interviews, phone conversations andhome video's, resulting in a collage on the huge divide in the United Stateswith regard to gun ownership and r...
What does it mean to be a Russian opposition leader? In May 2012, Vladimir Putin starts his third term as president. A growing number of citizens calls for him to go and there is a feeling that a political shift is close. Opposition leaders steadfastly struggle against injustice. Convinced that history is being written...
Anna, Ole, Fred en Peter share a special job: as members of the Human Rights Watch emergency team they are rapidly dispatched to investigate human rights abuses in war zones. Exciting documentary that provides an insight into the human rights record of Syria and Libya, but also into the private lives of the investigato...