
Scared and wide-awake, enlightened and confused, horny and satisfied: people in NYC. The A-train provides the narrative pattern for fast-paced image flows and meditative passages. A pop pearl.
Scared and wide-awake, enlightened and confused, horny and satisfied: people in NYC. The A-train provides the narrative pattern for fast-paced image flows and meditative passages. A pop pearl.
There’s a belief in Myanmar that every person has 32 souls, but that we must call them back time and again.
They survived the Nazi’s killing machine and are forced to fight for their existence and civil rights today. Europe and the Roma – a search for clues that’s full of sadness and absurd humour.
Campaigning in Barcelona: political activist Ada is the left party’s top candidate and must learn to be glib and authentic at the same time. A balancing act and strenuous effort full of suspense and drive.
Immigrant workers in 1965: from contemporary witness reports emerges the narrative of an Italian woman who becomes an “outlaw working body” in Switzerland. Poetic fragment of a humiliation.
Multifaceted reflections of Grisélidis Réal, prostitute, artist, writer and feminist pioneer, in personal writings and encounters. A revolutionary whore and a great work.
The Latvian forest – it’s the time of the blueberry harvest. In other places the fruit with the perfect five point star are sacred because they serve as children’s food in times of draught.
When all Jews have returned to Israel the Messiah will come again. At least that’s what the Dutch missionary in Ukraine, Koen, believes. Christian fundamentalism as a whacky psycho trip.
The path of a young German who converts to Islam and gets more and more radical as an earnest search for spiritual support and a very personal dialogue between brothers.
A ton of cabbage for 20 Euros: the peasants in the Romanian community of Lunguleţu underbid each other with the prices for their products. Is there a way out of this dead end?
The phone booths of Istanbul link thousands of stranded refugees with home. Universal dramas in extremely confined quarters, vows of love, family disputes, and a global tragedy.
An imaginary football match played by blue and red ink figures: attack – defence – goal. And one injured player.
The Arctic Circle Spirit Ice Queens are Finland’s worst cheerleading team. Coach Miia wants to change this, but the girls have other worries … Winning, losing and coming of age.
As girls they were forced to marry considerably older men, now they talk about it with their adult children. About living with wounds that never heal.
Cinema’s leap into the digital age and vanquishing of the analogue – a promise of salvation. An opulent essay about the visions and losses brought by a dubious departure.
Sleepless in Delhi: the never-ending search for a place to rest under bridges and in shelters that are marketed for high prices, mafia-style. A science fiction-like dystopia in feverish images.