Student elections in rural Kenya. What do the candidates stand for? Who cares? It’s about prestige, and “little somethings” they distribute to the electorate. A basic course in democracy.
A woman alone in an old manor in the Iranian mountains. A simple life of hard work and caring for animals, painted in the warmest colours. But this idyll has enemies …
Young female artists in Cairo, treading a fine line between self-determination and tradition. A political poem with art objects and performances in oscillating images.
The crumbling balconies of Havana as the inhabitants’ faithful friends and centres of social life. Hawkers, gossip, neighbourly help and magic.
The (very) short story of two balloon birds, meeting each other for the first time, until another comes …
The long lasting struggle of three Lusatian villages against demolition. A “bridge technology” from the point of view of those involved – including the coal miners. What’s more important: work or one’s home?
Brutus always glanced into human eyes only for a moment and immediately turned away. Nobody knows better than dogs how fast people’s affections can change.
Olga works as a supermarket cashier. Her life is monotonous and she is bored. A surprising event briefly disturbs her routine.
A young dock worker on the border between Brazil and Uruguay does everything to keep on top of his family, his job and fishing.
Aggression management training: eight boys who are used to hitting first are supposed to talk, listen, and take their victims’ perspective. Gradually something is set in motion … a psychological drama.
As a child Ketje used to spend the holidays with his aunt. He returns to the place to reminisce about the pharmacist and his quest for the diamond of the birds.
José Domingos de Morais, one of Brazil’s great accordion players. A dreamy trip in time back to an unknown country and a quarry of memories. Bold and enchanting.
Solitude and pain, passion and love, breaking and rebuilding, life itself, all things change and go by, they are: ephemeral.
Reflections on infinity: physicists, theologians and philosophers, unreal places, immense facilities, complex technologies and theories, a sense of humour and infinite space.
Lou is losing the cold war with her stubborn and enigmatic stepdaughter Grace when an unexpected challenge arises from the depths of a warm, dreamy afternoon at the local pool
