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Surreal, Delightful Political Satire With Soccer, Gender-Bending and Giant Puppies—‘Diamantino’, dir. Gabriel Abrantes & Daniel Schmidt, 2018

November 29th, 2020|Country: Brazil, France, Portugal, USA|

The end of a soccer legend’s career makes him an easy target for Portuguese nationalists, opportunism, and greed—but will his kind heart show him the way to love and truth?

Four Women Dance Innocence and Experience to the Choreography of Isadora Duncan’s Grief—‘Isadora’s Children’, dir. Damien Manivel, 2019

November 22nd, 2020|Country: France, South Korea|

A triptych in which different women reinterpret legendary dancer Isadora Duncan’s choreography she created after the death of her two small children

A Long Distance Art Practice Is Here to Heal a World Where Families Are Split Apart By the Pandemic —‘Sister Octopi’, Natalya Konforti & Justine Formentelli

November 19th, 2020|Country: France, Italy, UAE, United Kingdom, USA|

Two cousins separated by time zones and oceans create together to overcome shared trauma, lack of concrete roots and keep the family close-knit despite the distance

A Vulnerable Portrait of Girlhood Between Two Cultures Is a Searing Indictment of the Commercialization of Budding Sexuality— ‘Cuties,’ dir. Maïmouna Doucouré, 2020

September 24th, 2020|Country: France, Senegal|

In a much-discussed coming-of-age comedy-drama, French filmmaker of Senegalese origin does not pull any punches while shedding light on the way cultural excesses harm those caught between them

A Searing, Claustrophobic Portrait of Family Homelessness in Ireland—’Rosie’, dir. Paddy Breathnach, 2018

September 20th, 2020|Country: Ireland|

Based on a screenplay by Roddy Doyle, this film is as relevant as ever in the times of COVID economy and focuses on the hidden homelessness where families with kids are left without shelter

One of the Greatest Queer Love Stories of the 21st Century Hiding In the Gritty Alleys of Genoa— ’The Mouth of the Wolf,’ dir. Pietro Marcello, 2009

September 13th, 2020|Country: France, Italy|

Pietro Marcello’s documentary about a career criminal and a transsexual sex-worker who fell in love in prison is the director’s lesser-known film, but it deserves all the accolades

One of the Country’s Most Exciting Filmmakers Experiments with a Collective Portrait of Iceland at Christmas Time—’Echo’, dir. Rúnar Rúnarsson, 2019

September 7th, 2020|Country: France, Iceland, Switzerland|

56 short scenes allow an unprecedented pleasure to peek into the different households and community gatherings in Iceland during the holiday season

The Transformations of Albania and Its Femininity in the Works of Hasan Nallbani

August 30th, 2020|Country: Albania|

Whether he’s depicting socialist worker heroines, women alienated by their fragility, or experiments with the Byzantine heritage, Hasan Nallbani is Albania’s foremost master of the female portrait

Land, Labor and Alienation in Gentrifying Istanbul—‘Saf’, dir. Ali Vatansever, 2018

August 18th, 2020|Country: Germany, Romania, Turkey|

Migrant and local workers compete for jobs, as the urban sprawl overtakes the neighborhoods: a searing second feature centered around a young couple, where the husband suddenly goes missing

A Burning Desire to Belong and Some Heartbreak On a Roadtrip Across Bosnia & Herzegovina—‘Take Me Somewhere Nice’, dir. Ena Sendijarević, 2019

August 9th, 2020|Country: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Netherlands|

A young woman’s absurdist journey across her estranged homeland in an intelligent candy-colored debut from a Bosnian-Dutch filmmaker with an exhilarating young cast

The Kids Aren’t Alright In Danish Artist Ole Tersløse’s Digital Art

August 2nd, 2020|Country: Denmark|

Unsettling dystopias unravel in eerie sculptures and postapocalyptic scenes rendered in meticulous 3D, where nature, humanity and the neural networks converge and dissolve into each other

The Pragmatic, Wholesome Hip-Hop of Russia’s Musical Prodigy—Antoha MC, “Pro Menya”, 2019

July 16th, 2020|Country: Russia|

Antona MC dances like no one is watching, raps about healthy habits and routines, and his music is crystal-clear nostalgic futurism: see why there is no one else like him in the industry

The Breakaway State on the Cusp of Adulthood—‘Transnistra’, dir. Anna Eborn, 2019

June 8th, 2020|Country: Belgium, Denmark, Sweden, Transnistria|

An intimate and haunting portrait of six teenagers in rural Transnistria shows the splintered prospects and the many limitations of growing up in a melancholy landscape

Balkan Beats and Battle Hymns—Dubioza Kolektiv, ‘#fakenews,’ 2020

May 3rd, 2020|Country: Bosnia and Herzegovina|

A Bosnian band with firm positions on civil rights and intellectual property and a fluid approach to genre has a song for every political issue you may care about

Money, Madness, and Mysteries of Outlaw Capitalism—‘My Father the Banker’, dir. Ieva Ozoliņa, 2015

April 30th, 2020|Country: Latvia, Malaysia|

A daughter’s search for her father who disappeared without a trace after enjoying a high roller life in the 90s becomes a window into the bizarre landscape of post-Soviet Latvia

The Great Black British Artist and the Fruit of Her Toils—Lubaina Himid

March 24th, 2020|Country: Comoros, Tanzania, United Kingdom|

A tireless scholar of the intersection of black identity and labor, visual artist Lubaina Himid creates work that has a lot to teach us about separating the self from production in the current moment

A Shattered Polish Factory Is Resurrected in a Multidisciplinary Performance—‘Symphony of the Ursus Factory’, dir. Jasmina Wojcik, 2018

January 12th, 2020|Country: Poland|

Former workers of Poland's manufacturing giant are asked to reinterpret their labor rituals through dance and music in a visceral body of analytical work from Poland's finest young artists

A Parable For Humanity Plays Out Amidst Balkan Beehives in ‘Honeyland,’ dir. Tamara Kotevska and Ljubomir Stefanov, 2019

December 26th, 2019|Country: Macedonia, Yoruk People|

A luminous documentary about a female beekeeper, who seems to have found harmony with nature, becomes an allegory for humanity when extraneous forces threaten the fragile ecosystem

The True Treasure of Monaco Is Its Deranged Music: Hardcore Hydrogen Anal, Hypercut, 2018

December 20th, 2019|Country: Monaco|

An avant-garde space adventure into the music of the 20th century from Monégasque metalheads who made a music video using Artificial Intelligence

Grief as Dense as the Icelandic Fog and the Little Girl Who Makes It Better in ‘A White, White Day,’ dir. Hlynur Pálmason, 2019

December 18th, 2019|Country: Denmark, Iceland, Sweden|

The death of his wife and an unsettling discovery propel a police chief into violence and darkness. Will the love for his granddaughter save him? A bleak yet stunning film with searing performances

Avant-Garde Music, Abstract Art, and Good Friends: ‘Do.So’ by Rolando Renè and ‘Trónco’ by Trónco from Torto Editions, 2019

December 9th, 2019|Country: Canada, Italy|

An Italian music label makes a premiere with two records of experimental music. One is a dramatic showcase of string musicians playing dangerously, another—an immersive easy listening experience

From Beslan hostage to hip-hop artist—Indi, ‘Perviy’, 2019

December 5th, 2019|Country: North Ossetia, Russia|

A survivor of the Beslan school siege and chronic illness creates soulful hip-hop about love, faith, and perseverance, blending Moscow moodiness with Caucasus mountains flair

Daughters of Mujahideen in ‘Before Father Gets Back’, dir. Mari Gulbiani, 2019

December 4th, 2019|Country: France, Georgia, Germany|

An intimate portrait of two girls in a Georgian village who come of age and learn about the beauty of cinema, while their fathers are in Syria fighting for mujahideen groups

Film: Pause, dir. Tonia Mishiali, 2019

November 24th, 2019|Country: Cyprus, Greece|

Menopause comes to a meek woman with visions of redemption and liberation: will she give in to the avenging force? A darkly funny, infuriating portrayal of one of feminism's less glamorous battles

Film: Winter’s Yearning, dir. Sidse Torstholm Larsen and Sturla Pilskog, 2019

November 22nd, 2019|Country: Denmark, Greenland, Norway|

Portraits of three citizens of a Greenland town waiting to be industrialized become a powerful exploration of the small country's quest for independence in feature debut from Norwegian anthropologists

An Island Feast With Wine-Drunk Pork at Zenon Taverna

November 21st, 2019|Country: Cyprus, USA|

Traditional Mediterranean meze and Cypriot specialties in a Queens bastion of simple, affordable and incredibly delicious food, which has been run by the same family for the last 30 years

Music: Rytmus, Krstný Otec, 2016

November 15th, 2019|Country: Slovakia|

An exploration of Slovakia's cultural and political contexts as a rapper reflects on the two decades of his career which made him, a working class Roma boy, into a superstar

A Dinner for Foodies and Cinephiles Alike: List of 5 Films About Food and Community That Pair Well With Meals

November 14th, 2019|Country: Aruba, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, South Korea, Switzerland, USA|

An international gourmet meal in five courses of cinema: diversity beer, weed soup, and protest tea, with plushies and spirits as guests—a tasting menu to nourish all senses

Film: And Then We Danced, dir. Levan Akin, 2019

November 13th, 2019|Country: Georgia, Sweden|

This necessary, exquisite story of a gay romance in a Georgian folk dance ensemble was nominated by Sweden as its Oscars 2020 entry, and opened to homophobic protest in Tbilisi

Iceberg Nations, Stupid Borders, and Minimal Republics by Ruben Martín de Lucas and Fernando Martín Borlán

November 12th, 2019|Country: Borderless Earth, Spain|

An artist and a film director join forces to imitate the notion of creating sovereign states in a project that shows just how absurd private and national claims on the Earth's territories are

Film: Supper for the Dead Souls, dir. Ignazio Figus, 2017

November 11th, 2019|Country: Italy|

On November 1, Sardinians cook a traditional meal for the spirits of their deceased: a rare opportunity to participate in the preparation made by the region's leading ethnographic filmmaker

Abkhazia	Congo-Brazzaville	Indonesia	New Zealand	Spain
Afghanistan	Costa Rica	Iran	Nicaragua	Sri Lanka
Albania	Côte d’Ivoire	Iraq	Niger	Sudan
Algeria	Croatia	Ireland	Nigeria	Suriname
Andorra	Cuba	Israel	Niue	Sweden
Angola	Cyprus	Italy	North Korea	Switzerland
Antigua-and-Barbuda	Czech Republic	Iwaidja People	North Ossetia	Syria
Argentina	Dagestan	Jamaica	Norway	Taiwan
Armenia	Denmark	Japan	Oman	Tajikistan
Arrernte	Dominica	Jordan	Pakistan	Tamil Nadu
Aruba	Dominican Republic	Kanak People	Palestine	Tanzania
Australia	DR Congo	Karelia	Panama	Tatarstan
Austria	Dunghutti People	Kashmir	Papua New Guinea	Thailand
Azerbaijan	Ecuador	Kazakhstan	Paraguay	Tibet
Bahamas	Eelam Tamil	Kenya	Pechanga Band of Luiseno Indians	Timor-Leste
Bahrain	Egypt	Kosovo	Peru	Tiwi Islands
Balochistan	El Salvador	Kurdistan	Philippines	Togo
Bangladesh	Estonia	Kyrgyzstan	Poland	Tonga
Barbados	Eswatini	Laos	Portugal	Torres Strait Islands
Bashkortostan	Ethiopia	Latvia	Puerto Rico	Transnistria
Belarus	Faroe Islands	Lebanon	Qatar	Trinidad and Tobago
Belgium	Fiji	Liberia	Rapa Nui	Tunisia
Belize	Finland	Libya	Reunion	Turkey
Benin	France	Lithuania	Roma	Turkmenistan
Bermuda	French Guiana	Luxembourg	Romania	Tuvalu
Bhutan	Gabon	Macedonia	Russia	Uganda
Biripi People	Gambia	Madagascar	Rwanda	Ukraine
Bolivia	Garifuna Nation	Malak Malak People	Saint Kitts and Nevis	United Kingdom
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Garrwa People	Malawi	Saint Lucia	Uruguay
Botswana	Georgia	Malaysia	Saint Vincent and The Grenadines	USA
Brazil	Germany	Mali	Samoa	Uyghur Nation
Brunei	Ghana	Malta	San Marino	Uzbekistan
Bulgaria	Golan Heights	Māori	Sao Tome and Principe	Vanuatu
Burkina Faso	Greece	Martinique	Saudi Arabia	Venezuela
Burundi	Greenland	Mauritania	Scotland	Vietnam
Buryatia	Grenada	Mauritius	Senegal	Wales
Cabo Verde	Guatemala	Mexico	Serbia	Wallis and Futuna
Cambodia	Guinea	Moldova	Sierra Leone	Water
Cameroon	Guyana	Monaco	Singapore	Yemen
Canada	Haida Gwaii	Morocco	Slovakia	Yöruk People
Central African Republic	Haiti	Mozambique	Slovenia	Zambia
Chad	Ho-Chunk Nation	Myanmar	Solomon Islands	Zimbabwe
Chile	Honduras	Namibia	Somalia
China	Hong Kong	Native American Tribes	South Africa
Chinook Nation	Hungary	Nepal	South Korea
Colombia	Iceland	Netherlands	South Ossetia
Comoros	India	New Caledonia	South Sudan

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