This short documentary made in an orphanage in India, shows with great humanity how eight children carry within them the seeds of "everyday superheroes".

When a talented young filmmaker tells the story of his country with compassion, beauty, and warmth in an honest, straight and raw first-person account of the war in Gaza in the summer of 2014. Mohamed Jabaly, a young man from the Gaza City, joins an ambulance crew as war approaches, looking for ...

Janette is terminally ill and wants to die in a dignified way. Muscular dystrophy, the illness that Janette suffers from, has affected her family for generations. Janette's mother was wheelchair bound for decades, a prisoner in her own body. Janette refuses to wait for death in unbearable pain an...

Two adults who grew up in the slums of Delhi strive to give new wings to the kids bounded by the shackles of poverty, drugs, and society.

After receiving the early morning news of his younger brother's murder, a mourning barber pushes through the muddy waters of grief to find the courage to do the impossible - give his brother one last cut.

Filmed over seven years, the film follows the improbable journey of conductor Roderick Cox and his quest to succeed in the highly competitive field of orchestral conducting. This profession has traditionally overlooked musicians of color.

Some Dogs Go To Heaven is a documentary that shines a light on the crisis of animal homelessness and the effects of this crisis on local human communities. The film follows nonprofit Chiquita's Friends, as the team conducts animal welfare focused operations in both the US and impoverished region...

Originally from France and Mathilde's family relocated to the island of Raiatea in French Polynesia when she was a child. Her father Gwen, a professional windsurfing instructor began teaching her to windsurf from an early age on the island's beautiful lagoons. It wasn't long before Mathilde cau...

Elliott Erwitt - Silence Sounds Good is a quiet, intimate portrait of an artist at work, who values companionship of all kinds above idle conversation. His life's work is a testament to the power of the image. Elliott Erwitt has spent his entire adult life taking photographs, of presidents, po...

Finding Fidel tells the remarkable story of war cameraman Erik Durschmied, who in 1958 journeyed to Cuba’s Sierra Maestra mountains to interview a little-known rebel leader named Fidel Castro. A month later, Castro’s band of fighters rolled into Havana, and the world would never be the same. Int...

Sampat Pal Devi had had enough of the violence and lack of freedom in Indian women's lives and decided to take matters into her own hands. She gathered like-minded women together and, wearing pink, they started storming the offices of corrupt officials, hectoring and beating abusive husbands and ...

A road-movie starring Argentinian songwriter Tomi Lebrero. Away from folkloric cliches, together with two mares and a colt tamed along the way, he throws himself into an adventure across the Argentinean pampas against all odds, meeting all kinds of crazy characters on the road. All through this...

Sokuro emigrated from Burkina Faso fifteen years earlier and lives in a town in northern Italy with his father and his little brother Nassir. Sokuro decides to visit his mother, who still lives in their native village; he then marries young Guienne, and thus restores a bond with his own origins. ...

An experiential, immersive documentary capturing a year in the life of a 130 year old Nebraska Sandhills ranch in a lyrical, timeless manner. The film presents the intriguing personalities and opinions of those individuals who choose this sparse, rugged lifestyle. From old school patriarchs to ...

A mother and a daughter climb a mountain trying to cope with a past the mother has spent years suppressing. The daughter was sexually abused by her stepfather, and now she wants to understand why her mother didn't notice.

A beautifully intimate portrayal of coming of age in a Kenyan orphanage
Daily routines mark time for the children of Kenya’s Nchiru AIDS orphanage. Delving into the minutiae of their burgeoning lives, it is soon clear that amid their cheerful patter, death lurks in the shadows, as they cope with ...

The Tigris River, which was the site of the ancient civilization of Mesopotamia, still flows majestically through Baghdad, Iraq's capital. In March2003, the area around this river underwent intense airstrikes by U.S. and British forces. The U.S. armed forces gained control of Baghdad. Journalist ...

Though Azzedine is a Paralympic champion, at home in Morocco, he is an outcast. Denied a salary or social care, even the right to train in the city stadium, Azzedine and his friend Yousef prepare for the next Paralympic Games in Rio, where they will be going for glory in the seated shot put. Retu...

“On the Inside of a Military Dictatorship” takes its audience back to when the military made their master plan for a so-called disciplined democracy in Myanmar and wrote a very scripted role for their enemy no. 1; Aung San Suu Kyi In a dramatic way The film builds the character- and story set-up ...

A 100 years ago, Mata Hari faced the firing squad as a convicted German spy. Was she a dangerous spy, whose boldness and sexuality threatened the establishment, or a victim entangled in a climate of blame and desperation as WWI dragged on?

The man single-handedly patrolling the Yangtze River Bridge to save those attempting suicide
Angel of NanjingThe Yangtze River Bridge in Nanjing is the most popular place in the world to commit suicide, with over 5 attempts per week. For the past 11 years, blue-collar worker Chen Si has been patr...

Psychologist and filmmaker Eve always thought there was something not quite right about her family. After a decade of searching for the truth about her mother's roots as a Polish holocaust survivor, Eve makes a remarkable discovery about a chance encounter that changed her life forever. A compell...

In 2017 Petter (24) decides to end his life, but at the very last moment, is stopped by the police. His best friend and fellow film student Sverre is determined to help and suggests they make a film to keep Petter busy and focused on getting better. Equipped with a camera, they search the streets...