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20 Days in Mariupol
94' 2023 Ukraine
dir.: Mstyslav Chernov
A shocking indictment of Russia; a record of Mariupol’s extermination shot by the only correspondent who remained in the besieged city to the end and risked his life to do so. The film...
70/30
98' 2021 Denmark
dir.: Phie Ambo
A picture of the uneasy cooperation among Danish activists and politicians who, during street protests and cabinet negotiations, create a climate law that would become an example for the world....
7th of August
28' 2020 Poland
dir.: Michał Bolland
The protest of the LGBT community in Warsaw and show arrests - did the events of August 7, 2020, awaken queer rage in Poland?
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All That Breathes
94' 2022 United Kingdom, India, USA
dir.: Shaunak Sen
Two brothers in New Delhi try to save birds of prey, essential to the city's ecosystem. Meanwhile, their city plunges into ecological, political and social chaos.
American Carnage
9' 2017 USA
dir.: Farihah Zaman, Jeff Reichert
A brief political biopic of Steve Bannon, the guru of the American alt-right and chief adviser to Donald Trump at the beginning of his presidency.
Arseny Roginsky. The Right To Memory
96' 2018 Russia, USA
dir.: Ludmila Gordon
The Right to Memory is an intimate portrayal of one of Russia's greatest public intellectuals, historian and human rights defender, Arseny Roginsky.
Article 293
26' 2021 Poland
dir.: Jan Bluz
Belarusian refugees. What happened to the heroes of Minsk demonstrations who fled the country when faced with repression?
As I Want
88' 2021 Egypt, France, Norway, Palestine
dir.: Samaher Alqadi
A brave voice of opposition to the pervasive sexual violence in an extremely patriarchal Egyptian society.
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Beirut Dreams in color
28' 2022 Lebanon, United Kingdom, USA
dir.: Michael Collins
Fight for LGBT rights in the Middle East. The consequences of a concert that brought together the singer Masrou 'Leila - the only openly gay Arab pop star, and an Egyptian activist.
Best of Luck With the Wall
7' 2016 USA
dir.: Josh Begley
How does the US-Mexico border look like?
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Black Sheep
27' 2018 UK
dir.: Ed Perkins
A young black man befriends his teenage persecutors for his own survival.
Border Conversations
30' 2022 Niemcy
dir.: Jonathan Brunner
Activists on the Polish-Belarusian border. How to get help to people who spent weeks nomadizing in the cold without food, water, and warm clothes?
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By the Throat
78' 2021 Belgium
dir.: Amir Borenstein, Effi Weiss
Conflict zones, frontiers and asylum centers; these are the places where pronunciation can make the difference between life and death.
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Chornobyl 22
20' 2023 Ukraine
dir.: Oleksiy Radynski
A fascinating close-up of one of the most mysterious episodes of the war in Ukraine. What did the Russians want to achieve by occupying Chornobyl – and how did the Ukrainians manage to thwart their...
Compulsory Figures
71' 2018 Poland, Ukraine
dir.: Ewa Kochańska
Marina doesn’t want to return to Ukraine—Warsaw means a world of completely new opportunities for her family.
Crackdown on Civil Society
29' 2019 Hungary, Poland
dir.: István Gábor Takács, Peter Sarosi
This film features activists and civil society organisations who are being increasingly targeted by repressive governments in Eastern Europe and Central Asia.
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Crotch Stories
35' 2021 Belgium, France
dir.: Myleine Guiard-Schmid
An experimental and sensual animated film. Just possibly, with the right attitude, childbirth can be completely different than we imagine.
Current Sea
86' 2020 USA, Kambodża
dir.: Christopher Smith
An American scuba diver fights illegal fishing off the coast of Cambodia.
Czarna owca
27' 2018 UK
dir.: Ed Perkins
A young black man befriends his teenage persecutors for his own survival.
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Deep Rising
85' 2023 USA
dir.: Matthieu Rytz
Can the dream of energy transformation threaten the future of ocean ecosystems? A visually stunning documentary essay on the price of treasures from the abyss of the sea, with a voice-over by Jason...
Descendants of the Latin Civilization
38' 2020 Polska
dir.: Robert Kowalski
How has the Independence March in Warsaw changed? November 11 - from 2016 to 2020.
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Everybody cleaned their plates!
45' 2021 Polska
dir.: Kamil Witkowski
The unexpected finale of a refugee odyssey: Madina, after escaping from Chechnya and an ordeal at the Brest train station, lives in the house of a famous Polish actor.
Facade Colour: Blue
22' 2019 Ukraine
dir.: Oleksij Radyński
The so-called flying saucer—a multipurpose auditorium with a distinctive shape—is one of the most interesting examples of socialist modernist architecture in Kyiv.
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Fashion Reimagined
100' 2022 United Kingdom, USA
dir.: Becky Hutner
Is it possible to create a truly environmentally-friendly fashion collection that will not be an eco-scam? A British designer travels the world trying to find materials that hurt neither animals nor...
The Flashpoint
83' 2019 Poland
dir.: Wojtek Jankowski
There is probably no symbol in contemporary Poland as socially divisive as the ancient sign of the covenant and harmony: the rainbow.
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Following Valeria
33' 2022 Germany
dir.: Nicola Fegg
Millions watch the funny videos shot by an influencer in anti-aircraft shelters. As Valeria unexpectedly becomes the face of an entire generation of young Ukrainians, she tries to put it to good use....
For They Know Not What They Do
87' 2019 USA
dir.: Daniel Karslake
In June 2015, the US Supreme Court declared same-sex marriage legal. The decision evoked euphoria among human rights defenders, while a number of religious organizations had a very different reaction....
Forced Retirement
10' 2020 Białoruś
dir.: Andrej Kuciła
A well-known Belarusian journalist is hospitalized after being beaten by the police.
The Foundation Pit
70' 2019 Russia
dir.: Andrey Gryazev
From submissive addresses to blasphemy - what Russians tell Putin on YouTube.
From Shock to Awe
87' 2018 USA
dir.: Luc Côté
Millions of veterans of American wars pay an extremely high price for their duty on a daily basis. As a rule, their deep psychological wounds can’t be healed by pharmaceuticals or even...
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Generation 328
19' 2021 Belarus, USA
dir.: Veranika Nikanava
Underage victims of draconian anti-drug law in Belarus and parents fighting for their freedom.
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Ghosts of Moria
25' 2022 Denmark
dir.: Michael Graversen, Florian Elabdi
The last inhabitants of a burned-out migrant camp on the Greek island of Lesbos.
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Good News
11' 2023 Polska
dir.: Zuzanna Solakiewicz, Zvika Gregory Portnoy
Sometimes good news can bring hope for survival.
Good News
35' 2019 Czech Republic
dir.: Ondřej Šálek
Petr Černý is a star of right-wing websites in northern Bohemia.
The Gospel of Eureka
73' 2018
dir.: Michael Palmieri, Donal Mosher
Eureka, Arkansas - population: 2000; Passion Plays and Christian drag shows
Granica
20' 2023 Niemcy
dir.: Joshua Neubert
Based on true events, a moving story of an encounter in a frontier forest. Is it worth sacrificing life's stability to preserve humanity? Where is the line of commitment?
The Green Lie
93' 2018 Austria
dir.: Werner Boote
A behind-the-scenes of how products and companies are greenwashed.
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The Hamlet Syndrome
85' 2022 Poland, Germany
dir.: Elwira Niewiera, Piotr Rosołowski
The first generation of Ukrainians born in a free country struggle with the trauma of war.
Heda
45' 2019 Poland
dir.: Kamil Witkowski
Heda - a refugee from Chechnya who found the meaning of life in volunteering
The Hour of Lynching
19' 2019 UK
dir.: Shirley Abraham, Amit Madheshiya
The makers of The Hour of Lynching managed to capture the mechanism of escalating violence fueled by extreme-right religious fundamentalism.
How Can I Help You?
10' 2020 Białoruś
dir.: Jekaterina Markawiec
Psychologists-volunteers help protesters beaten by the police.
Humanity on Trial
72' 2019 Denmark
dir.: Jonas Bruun
The migration crisis in the Mediterranean has been going on since 2014. Salam Aldeen, a refugee himself, could not just sit around doing nothing.
In the Street
47' 2019 Poland
dir.: Robert Kowalski
Robert Kowalski's film will go down in the history of Polish documentary cinema as one of the most important pieces of early evidence of a new phenomenon in the social life of the Third Polish...
Influence
90' 2020 South Africa, Canada
dir.: Diana Neille, Richard Poplak
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Instructions for Survival
72' 2021 Germany
dir.: Yana Ugrekhelidze
Sasha has mastered the art of camouflage - none of his neighbors know that he was born a woman. Not seeing a future in Georgia, he decides to save money to leave...
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Inventing Truth - The Relotius Affair
93' 2023 Germany
dir.: Daniel Andreas Sager
The strange rise and fall of Germany's biggest journalist showing just how thin the line between truth and fiction has become.
Jano & Shiro, a Brother's Journey
35' 2020 Netherlands
dir.: Els van Driel, Eefje Blankevoort
Teenage Syrian siblings await an asylum decision in the Netherlands; the younger brother quickly adapts to the new situation, while the older one becomes apathetic.
JovannaForFuture
15' Holandia
dir.: Mirjam Marks
Teenage Jovanna goes on strike - a new generation sets the tone for the fight against global warming.
Jozi Gold
74' 2019 Szwecja, RPA, Norwegia
dir.: Sylvia Vollenhoven, Fredrik Gertten
Mariette Liefferink versus the giants - will the authorities and gold mine owners in Johannesburg take responsibility for their environmental disaster?
Lasting Marks
14' 2018 UK
dir.: Charlie Lyne
n 1987, at the height of Margaret Thatcher’s rule, the British police obtained a recording that documented an S&M sex party.
Little Germans
90' 2019 Germany, Austria
dir.: Frank Geiger, Mohammad Farokhmanesh
What’s life like for children raised from an early age on contempt for everything “foreign”? And who do these children become when they grow up?
Lord of the Toys
95' 2018 Germany
dir.: Pablo Ben Yakov
The protagonists in Ben-Yakov’s film are Adlersson, Inkognito Spastiko, and Hector Panzer—young YouTubers who are constantly filming and posting foolish antics online.
Loud & Here
11' 2023 Kanada
dir.: Josiane Blanc
What is the scale of sexual violence at school? And how can it be countered?
The Many Lives of Kojin
88' 2019 France
dir.: Diako Yazdani
The Many Lives of Kojin
88' Francja
dir.: Diako Yazdani
A Kurdish gay man comes out of the closet - what happens when you violate a taboo?
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Mara
62' 2022 France, United Kingdom
dir.: Sasha Kulak
Alice in dictatorland; a chronicle of Belarusian protests shown through oneiric poetics.
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Motherland
92' 2023 Sweden, Ukraine, Norway
dir.: Alexander Mihalkovich, Hanna Badziaka
A visual masterpiece that exposes the darkest secrets of the Belarusian army; mothers of dead soldiers in a David-and-Goliath struggle against a corrupt system and young recruits' final moments of...
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Mourning in Lod
93' 2023 Israel
dir.: Hilla Medalia
Hilla Medalia brings us closer to the story revealing the intricacies of the conflict, the latest installment of which is captivating the world. The families of two accidental victims of the conflict,...
Mum, can you see me? Zone 2021
19' 2021 Poland
dir.: Robert Kowalski
My Country So Beautiful
29' 2019 Poland
dir.: Grzegorz Paprzycki
Grzegorz Paprzycki documents the spread of far-right attitudes in Poland and the reactions of those who fervently oppose them.
My Dads, My Moms and Me
85' 2019 Canada
dir.: Julia Ivanova
Julia Ivanova revisits the protagonists of her previous documentary Fatherhood Dreams.
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Name of the Game
102' 2021 Norway
dir.: Håvard Bustnes
A disgraced politician, accused of sexual harassment, tries to get back in his party’s favor. Will the geriatric political culture survive the moral scandal?
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Nature is My Homeland
54' 2021 Poland
dir.: Marek Gajczak
How to understand nature? A film essay about the non-obvious relationship between man and nature and its contemporary understanding.
Novaya
75' 2018 Russia
dir.: Askold Kurow
In his latest film, Askold Kurov, director of The Trial: The State of Russia vs. Oleg Sentsov, again touches on subjects that are inconvenient for the Kremlin authorities.
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On The Divide
79' 2021 USA
dir.: Leah Galant, Maya Cueva
Fight for the last abortion clinic on the US-Mexico border.
Once Upon a Time in Venezuela
98' 2020 Wenezuela, Wielka Brytania, Brazylia, Austria
dir.: Anabel Rodríguez Ríos
Will the authorities help save Congo Mirador - a floating village on Lake Maracaibo? Will its inhabitants keep voting for the party that stays around only through corruption and propaganda?
Once You Know
104' 2020 France
dir.: Emmanuel Cappellin
Once You Know
104' 2020 Francja
dir.: Emmanuel Cappellin
From climate-related depression to finding practical solutions for difficult times
Only the Devil Lives Without Hope
85' 2020 Szwecja, Norwegia
dir.: Magnus Gertten
Dilya's life has become a thriller filled with surprising twists and turns ever since she's been fighting for the release of her brother, who was convicted on trumped-up terrorism...
Only the Devil Lives without Hope
85' 2020 Sweden, Norway
dir.: Magnus Gertten
Ostrov - Lost Island
91' 2021 Switzerland
dir.: Svetlana Rodina, Laurent Stoop
The daily struggle for survival of people the world forgot. A nostalgic, though painfully authentic image of life on a tiny island lost on the Caspian Sea.
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Overcoming the Darkness
80' 2022 Ukraine
dir.: KINODOPOMOHA
How can you live in a home with walls destroyed by a Russian missile? The war in Ukraine from a civilian perspective through the lens of young documentary filmmakers.
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The Pack
52' 2022 Poland
dir.: Tadeusz Chudy
Prison, dogs, and an open-minded guard. Can recidivists with lengthy sentences save local shelter animals from euthanasia?
The Patriot
35' 2018 Germany
dir.: Katia Fiedułowa
How to suceed in the Russian politics.
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Periodical
93' 2023 USA
dir.: Lina Plioplyte
A multidimensional look at menstruation, which, contrary to cultural stereotypes, does not have to be a shameful problem.
Planet B
74' 2023 Belgia, Holandia
dir.: Pieter Van Eecke
A portrait of a generation steeped in the fight against global warming. Protests, police harassment and climate depression should teenagers bear the burden of responsibility for the fate of the...
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Plan C
99' 2022 USA
dir.: Tracy Droz Tragos
This 2014 Sundance winner examines determined American activists who, irrespective of the legal consequences, provide safe abortion access to women. Sound familiar?
Pure Art
51' 2019 Polska
dir.: Maksim Szwed
A Belarusian artist follows in the footsteps of municipal administration employees who paint over graffiti. Shot against the background of Minsk's monumental architecture, preparations for...
Pure Art
51' 2019 Poland
dir.: Maksim Shved
Pushing Boundaries
102' 2020 Switzerland, Italy
dir.: Lesia Kordonets
Russia's war with Ukraine viewed from an unusual perspective: unexpected consequences of the annexation of Crimea for Ukrainian Paralympians.
Reconstruction of Occupation
100' 2021 Czechy, Słowacja
dir.: Jan Šikl
The difficult truth about the 1968 Prague Spring as told through miraculously recovered archival footage: resistance and opportunism; heroes and collaborators.
The Route Recalculated
56' 2021
dir.: Maksim Szwed
Conversations in a taxi on the eve of last year's presidential elections in Belarus
Scenes From a Dry City
13' 2018 South Africa, USA
dir.: Simon Wood, François Verster
What does life look like in a big city when the water runs out?
Shadow Game
90' 2021 Netherlands
dir.: Eefje Blankevoort , Els van Driel
In this game, each border is another stage: migrant minors on their way to Europe.
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Sheltered
73' 2020 Netherlands
dir.: Saskia Gubbels
At the largest Dutch animal shelter people go out of their way to prepare dogs for adoption in the best possible way – shown alongside the adorable animals they look after.
The Silence of the Mole
91' 2021 Guatemala
dir.: Anaïs Taracena
The spy thriller story of a Guatemalan junta insider who for years provided the opposition with information about the regime's criminal plans.
Sister of Mine
30' 2023 Polska
dir.: Mariusz Rusiński
What to do when the person closest to you is running from reality? An intimate and painfully real film about addiction, family and emotional patterns that block true intimacy.
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The Smell of Money
84' 2022 USA
dir.: Shawn Bannon
Behind the scenes of industrial pork farming. Big money, animal suffering, a smelly problem and people forced to live in the vicinity of giant "meat factories."
The Spy in Your Mobile (part 1)
52' 2023 France, UK
dir.: Anne Poiret, Arthur Bouvart
What is Pegasus really, who is using it and why? Can't anyone feel safe using a smartphone these days?
Stolen Fish
30' 2020 United Kingdom, Poland, Spain
dir.: Gosia Juszczak
Stolen Fish
30' 2020 Wielka Brytania, Polska, Hiszpania
dir.: Gosia Juszczak
Globalization in a nutshell - Chinese investments in Gambia are taking jobs from local fishermen, forcing them to emigrate
The Story Won't Die
83' 2021 Germany, USA
dir.: David Henry Gerson
Syrian artists in exile: a portrait of a group of artists for whom art provides space in which to use their memories.
Strip and War
68' 2019 Poland, Belarus
dir.: Andrej Kuciła
Anatoly lives with his grandfather, a veteran of the so-called Great Patriotic War—World War II—head of a local veterans’ organization, and a tireless promoter of Soviet-style...
Swedes
35' 2022 Poland
dir.: Robert Kowalski
They are audacious and incredibly happy at the same time - Ukrainian soldiers on combat missions near Kharkiv during the initial phase of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
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The Swedes. The Only Fate We Have
50' 2023 Poland
dir.: Robert Kowalski
The eponymous "Swedes" are the 130th platoon fighting as part of the Donbas Kyiv Territorial Defence Battalion. They move just before sunrise. The group is led by White, deputy platoon commander,...
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The Therapy
80' 2021 Israel
dir.: Zvi Landsman
The closed community of Israeli orthodox Jews and the shocking practices of pseudo-therapists promising their confused clients a "cure" for homosexuality.
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This Is Our Everything
81' 2023 Germany
dir.: Frederik Subei
The indigenous people of the Amazon defend their territory from illegal logging, while protecting the last community untainted by contact with the white man's civilization.
A Thousand Robes
12' Polska
dir.: Kacper Lisowski
January 11, 2020, Warsaw - lawyers from 26 European countries demonstrate solidarity with Polish judges fighting for independent courts.
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Time to Revolt
15' 2022 Poland
dir.: Daniel Le Hai
A portrait of the protest generation - young people who aren’t afraid to take to the streets to defend their ideals.
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Tokyo Uber Blues
93' 2022 Japan
dir.: Taku Aoyagi
Who delivers food to your door? The filmmaker takes a job as a bicycle courier delivering fast food in Tokyo gripped by pandemic fever.
The Trial
16' 2018 USA
dir.: Johanna Hamilton
The biggest criminal trial in US history.
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The Troublemaker
56' 2020 UK
dir.: Sasha Snow
New forms of climate protest: a portrait of Roger Hallam - the founder of Extinction Rebellion.
The Viewing Booth
70' 2019 Israel, USA
dir.: Ra'anan Alexandrowicz
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Walls
107' 2023 Italy
dir.: Kasia Smutniak
Polish actor Kasia Smutniak undertakes a risky journey from Italy to the heart of darkness, accompanying activists rescuing migrants in a restricted zone on the Polish-Belarusian border.
Walls
17' 2020 Poland
dir.: Andrej Kuciła
The families of detained Belarusians try to get information about their loved ones at a Minsk pre-trial detention center.
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War Crimes, with Investigators in Ukraine
51' 2022 Switzerland
dir.: Marie-Laure Widmer Baggiolini
Their commitment means criminals in uniform will be brought to justice one day. The painstaking work of activists and investigators documenting Russian war crimes.
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The set of short documentaries includes films about the young generation that is in the mood for rebellion in Poland and Iran as well as a the last inhabitants of a burned-out migrant camp...
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The set of shorts includes a film about the situation of LGBTQ+ people in the Arab world - 'Beirut Dreams in color', a short film about Tehran as we don't know it: illegal hip-hop in...
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We Don’t Talk
71' 2022 Netherlands
dir.: Marjolein Busstra
Young therapists and their patients - teenagers involved in various forms of sexual abuse.
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What If The War Ends Tomorrow
60' 2023 Polska
dir.: Martyna Wojciechowska, Hanna Jewsiewicka
Martyna Wojciechowska and Hanna Jewsiewicka offer a moving glimpse into the lives of women during the Ukraine war. This documentary explores the essence of sisterhood amid adversity, the profound...
What Will We Do Tomorrow?
8' 2020 Białoruś
dir.: Maksim Szwed
Maksim Shved on his first day of freedom after being arrested during the Minsk protests
A Worm in the Heart
84' 2020 USA, Irlandia
dir.: Paul Rice
A gay couple from San Francisco travels through Russia on the Trans-Siberian Railway, collecting evidence of LGBT persecution and activist resistance.
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You can't Show My Face
24' 2021 Sweden
dir.: Knutte Wester
Tehran like you never imagined: illegal hip-hop in parks and underground passages, a candid camera, fear and the desire to rebel.
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You Have to Be Here to Believe
50' 2022 Hungary, Germany
dir.: Polina Georgescu
A street campaign by Hungarian activists facing the impossible odds of convincing a society manipulated by government propaganda to invalidate a homophobic referendum.
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Young Belarus
53' 2022 Poland
dir.: Łukasz Ruciński, Patryk Szczepaniak
Traumatic memories of repression, struggle with the system and a longing for an ordinary life. After fleeing the country, young Belarusians seek their place in the world.
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