Above Water (Aissa Maiga, France/Belgium, 2021)
12-year-old Houlaye lives in Tatiste, Niger, and travels several kilometers every day to fetch water. The village joins together to construct a well, the promise of a new life. been walking on water since birth
Fear (Ivaylo Hristov, Bulgaria, 2020)
In this dramatic comedy, a Bulgarian widow reluctantly provides shelter to an African migrant as he plans the remainder of his journey to Germany.
The Golden Harvest (Alia Yunis, Lebanon/Palestine/Greece/UAE, 2019)
This documentary illuminates the history and relationship between olive trees and the Mediterranean people that have overseen their cultivation for thousands of years. A love letter to a staple ingredient in global cuisine and the people that keep the industry going, the documentary explores the evolving environments, societies, and demographics of the European and Middle Eastern regions where the tree resides.
The Horizon (Emilie Carpentier, France, 2022)
In a housing project in the northern outskirts of Paris, 18 year-old Adja burns with the desire to live intensely. While her brother breaks out as a pro soccer player, her best friend blows up as an influencer on social media, and her mother struggles to save her hometown in Senegal, Adja has only a blurred vision of her future, but as her political and environmental awareness rises, Adja joins the fight of her generation.
Ida B. Wells: A Passion for Justice (William Greaves, US, 1989)
Recognized in 2020 with a special Pulitzer Prize, Ida B. Wells-Barnett was a household name in Black America during her lifetime (1863-1931) and considered the equal of contemporaries such as Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. Du Bois. Featuring Toni Morrison reading from Wells’ memoirs, this film documents the dramatic life and turbulent times of the African American journalist, activist, suffragist, and anti-lynching crusader.
Screening From Within (Yi Cui and Thomas Lahusen, Canada, 2018)
Workers in China share their experiences of government and NGO-sponsored outdoor film screenings. Many remember when itinerant screening attracted huge crowds of viewers before the government stepped in.
A Son (Un fils) (Medhi Barsoui, Tunisia/France/Lebanon/Qatar, 2021)
As their son awaits a liver transplant after being seriously injured during a terrorist ambush, a long-buried secrete threatens a couple's future.
White on White (Blanco en blanco) (Theo Court, Chile, 2019)
A photographer goes to the southern tip of Chile to capture the wedding of a powerful landowner. His client is absent, and as he waits for the wedding, which keeps getting postponed, he becomes obsessed with the young bride and her beauty.
