Category: 2025
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City on the back
Categories: 2025María and Isabel are women in their fifties who, like many others, recycle in Quito, where there is no recycling system. Maria leads a collective fight for basic labor rights; Isabel passes on her knowledge of environmental care while raising her daughters. They walk the streets with recycling material on their backs, generating a better…
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A tarea
Categories: 2025Poachers and climate change are wiping out the fine clam and the slimy clam in the Galician estuaries. A group of shellfish gatherers on foot fight to remedy this imbalance. A hard work whose tradition is extinguished with each generation. Alfonso O’Donnell Alfonso O’Donnell has been director, editor and director of photography for over 14…
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Work between us
Categories: 2025Care work is rarely visible. It takes place in the background, is performed mainly by women, underpaid and undervalued. “Between Us Work” is a cinematic journey through the landscape of care in Austria, reflecting on our perceptions of care and observing different forms of care.The film crew poses questions about the Austrian health care system…
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Blueberry Dreams
Categories: 2025Led by the good-hearted father Soso, a family of four starts a blueberry farm to secure their future together. But with a home in northern Georgia, their village is close to the troubled border with the Russian-backed region of Abkhazia, where new conflicts have been rumbling for 30 years. Soso is a retired engineer, but…
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Żyjąc z talibami
Categories: 2025“Living with the Taliban” offers a powerful glimpse into life in Afghanistan after the Taliban’s return to power in 2021. Through personal stories, the film portrays both the supporters of the new regime and those whose lives have been tragically altered, capturing the country’s ongoing struggle between hope and despair. Witold Repetowicz Witold Repetowicz, born…
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Revolution Abroad
Categories: 2025The death of Mahsa Amini in the hands of the police spiked a revolution in Iran to fight for human rights and to topple the Ayatollah regime. As happened in 1979, events on foreign lands play a major role in the movement. Daniel Gandra Daniel Gandra (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 1981). After working for more…
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Tarantism Revisited
Categories: 2025Apulia, 1959: Women in white dresses dance ecstatically in a small chapel. They jump around, spin in circles, roll on the ground, some even climb the altar. They are said to have been bitten by a poisonous spider. Images of this ›dancing mania‹, which requires a ritual exorcism with music, have inspired Italian anthropologists to…
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Ch’ul be’ –sacred path
Categories: 2025“Ch’ul be” delves into the Tsotsil sacred path, exploring ancient collectivecommitments that sustain the cycle of life in community. In San Andres Larrainzar,everyone is responsible for the collective well-being, but few are chosen to follow thepath of serving the gods. ”Ch’ul be” is the path of Martha and Diego, and of Románand his son Tino.…
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The Forbidden Dogs
Categories: 2025This film takes viewers on a journey into the lives of several middle-class families in Tehran, Iran, where owning a pet dog is prohibited. It delves into the underlying reasons for this ban and highlights the people’s resilience. The participants discuss why they chose to have a dog despite the added stress it brings to…
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Lift Lady
Categories: 2025Brutalist architecture, a toll elevator, and Georgian temper define the daily routine of Mzia, who oversees this globally unique transportation system. The reality of the district and the quirks of the Caucasus residents paint a tragicomic picture of modern Georgia. The film blends the surrealism of the urban complex with the grotesque of everyday life.…