"Ellis Island", the film, is a short audio-visual piece of work shot in the surroundings of what used to be called the “immigrants’ squat”, close to the cross-Channel harbor and the former Cherbourg seaport. "Ellis Island" questions the condition and the place of the immigrant through a reflection on “biopower”; its starting point is the following concern: the way a society can create weak human beings such as “immigrants”. Homesickness, lack of future, and emptiness of presen... more

The film "Don't let the Dream Die" is a documentary about Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and his contribution to the American Civil Rights Movement.

Does everybody have the right to be beautiful? Miss Landmine is an art project that raises awareness of landmine issues and challenges traditional perceptions of disabled people. On the heels of a successful event in Africa, theater director Morten Traavik has now turned to Cambodia for the next edition of his controversial beauty pageant for landmine survivors. Faced with cries of sexism, exploitation, and a conservative Buddhist culture, Traavik seeks out new expressions of beauty in an increasingl... more

"Verse Code" reveals the power of the word and the new ways of urban expression through the main representatives of Spanish hip-hop MCs. Top-notch artists such as Frank T, El Langui, Arianna Pueyo, Kamikaze, Juaninacka, VKR, Tremendo Menda, Rafa Lechowsky, and Falsalarma, among others, will take part in Verse Code. Led by a university professor and a professor of poetry, the documentary explores the origin of social rap and draws comparisons between present MCs and poets of other eras to demonstrat... more

Life is tough for two women, Belay and Zemu, who live in the small village of Kajima in northern Ethiopia. The shortage of food caused them to leave the village and travel with their kids to the capital, Addis Ababa for begging. Zemu and Belay support the family they left behind with the money they make as beggars. Several months later, they come back to the village with their small savings. This year, Zemu returned to a bad surprise. Rumors in the village told that her husband had donated som... more

A celebration of perseverance and rebirth through the arts, this inspiring documentary follows a group of New Orleans teens as they stage a revival of the hurricane-themed musical Once on this Island.

The filmmaker Elena Beloff is a Russian woman who has lived in New York for ten years. Her film explores stereotypes of Russian women that emerged in the 1990s; unfortunate stereotypes that arose from the media and hearsay. Elena’s method was to follow five Russian women for six months, interviewing each one in her environment: a rapper in a Sheepsheadbay Church, a salesperson at La Perla Madison Avenue Boutique, a model at home, a showgirl at a Brighton Beach restaurant, and a... more