Poetic reflection on cave paintings and petroglyphs. Transformed by magic, the pictures begin to speak, dancing through the present age like shamans.
The taxi as a space of uncensored communication: the passengers of nocturnal drives through Cairo gossip about life in times of upheavals – including some choice swearing!
About to go under: a village on a dike in Bangladesh is fighting for survival and a future after a flood. The climate catastrophe as larger-than-life, visually stunning cinema.
Mobile phones are the only connection to the outside world the workers of this Chinese asbestos mine have. Everyday routines, hard work, dreams and laughter in a smoking apocalyptic landscape.
A young Colombian in Europe, who is unable to cope with his life, and a family who only want what’s best for him. A complex drama about the sounding lead of parental care.
A filmmaker wants to document Inta’s “simple life”, for which she berates, curses and beats him with all her strength. A ribald response to current film and media practice.
A former underground fighter for the Algerian Liberation Front FLN embarks on a painful journey of remembrance. A reflection on killing in times of war.
The island of Makronisos, where Jannis Ritsos, Mikis Theodorakis and others were interned in one of the Greek Junta’s camps. Poems and commands echo from these walls of terror.
The last of the Mohicans at work: in a rattling ambulance on bumpy streets in the chaos of Sofia. A losing battle, but fought with wit and a cigarette dangling from their lips.
The Cern particle accelerator, streams of lava on Hawaii, industrial ruins in Detroit, a Hindu ritual of the dead and a techno dance floor: Breathtaking essay about our idea of time.
A nursing home in Chile, in limbo between life and death, in picturesque dark tableaux vivants. The rhythm of slowness turns into poetry.
