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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

Homes, Memories, Perceptions: Ethnic Minorities and the Scars of War in Vietnam— ’The Tree House,’ dir. Trương Minh Quý, 2019

September 14th, 2020|Country: Cor People, Jarai People, Ruc People, Vietnam|

A poetic yet informative journey across the unconventional homes of Vietnamese ethnic minorities becomes a rumination on belonging, displacement, and weaponized alienation

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

An Ethnographic Documentary on the Harsh But Satisfying Realities of Living in Siberia That Beguiled Werner Herzog—’Happy People: A Year in Taiga’, dir. Dmitry Vasyukov, 2007

September 4th, 2020|Country: Ket People, Russia|

Come for Werner Herzog, Tarkovsky’s nephew, and charismatic dogs, stay because it’s an incomparable opportunity to hang out in Taiga for a whole year

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

In Postwar Chad, Vengeance Is Served With Freshly Baked Bread, by a Boy With a Gun—‘Dry Season’, Dir. Mahamat-Saleh Haroun, 2006

August 6th, 2020|Country: Austria, Belgium, Chad, France|

In the aftermath of the Chadian war, a young man looks to avenge his father's death but instead finds a father figure in this stunning parable about the humanity hiding beneath the scar tissue

The Songs and Sorrows of São Paulo’s ‘Crack Land’—‘Let It Burn’, dir. Maíra Bühler, 2019

July 30th, 2020|Country: Brazil|

Tender documentary set in a recovery project for homeless crack users shows that longing, loneliness and lack of perspectives are just as hard to overcome as substance dependence

Small Business Owner Against the City Authorities in Pre-Epidemic Wuhan—‘City Dream’, dir. Weijun Chen, 2019

July 28th, 2020|Country: China|

A close look at the law enforcement systems in the Chinese city of Wuhan through the story of a street vendor who decides to battle gentrification in a very flamboyant fashion

Disaffected Youth, Colonization and the Spirit-Ridden Forrests of the Amazon—‘The Dead and the Others’, dir. João Salaviza & Renée Nader Messora, 2018

July 26th, 2020|Country: Brazil, Ge people, Indigenous Peoples of the Americas, Kraho people, Portugal|

A coming-of-age story set in a Krahô people reservation shows the double bind of alienation that an indigenous young man has to grapple with as he becomes the man of the house

A Senegalese Village, Swiss Drama and a Masterful Critique of Globalization From Senegal’s Finest Filmmaker—’Hyenas’, dir. Djibril Diop Mambéty, 1992

July 21st, 2020|Country: France, Italy, Netherlands, Senegal, Switzerland, United Kingdom|

An anti-neocolonialist gem from legendary Mambéty: human nature and capitalist indoctrination are under scrutiny when a billionaire agrees to give money to her struggling hometown—on her terms

Worker Exploitation and Misogyny: Where the Real Looting Happens in the Retail Industry—’Made in Bangladesh’, dir. Rubaiyat Hossain, 2019

July 13th, 2020|Country: Bangladesh, Denmark, France, Portugal|

A sizzling drama about a feminist uprising and union organizing at a garment factory in Dhaka puts the necessary spotlight on the exploitation of labor of which many consumers remain oblivious

Fighting for Change, Against the Odds and with Each Other, a Look Into the DRC Protest Movement—‘Kinshasa Makambo’, dir. Dieudo Hamadi, 2018

July 9th, 2020|Country: DR Congo, France, Germany, Norway, Qatar, Switzerland|

An incendiary documentary about three brave men at the forefront of the uprising against Joseph Kabila’s rule shows just how much the protest movements across the world have in common

Trans Body as a Weapon: The Personal and the Political In Gender Insurgency—‘Bixa Travesty/Tranny Fag’, dir. Claudia Priscilla & Kiko Goifman, 2018

July 2nd, 2020|Country: Brazil|

A riveting showcase of Linn da Quebrada, an Afro-Brazilian trans rap star from the favela, who dismantles racism, the binary and the patriarchy with her militant music, performances, and life

Film: Razana, dir. Haminiaina Ratovoarivony, 2017

July 10th, 2019|Country: Madagascar|

Solo, a gay man from Paris comes to his homeland of Madagascar to carry out his late partner’s final wish: a stunning short film on the intersections of Malagasy and queer identities

Film: RocKabul, dir. Travis Beard, 2018

July 9th, 2019|Country: Afghanistan, Australia|

A dive into the underground rock scene of Afghanistan with a self-taught heavy metal band District Unknown at the forefront, made by the founder of Kabul’s first rock festival.

Film: Twin Flower, dir. Laura Luchetti, 2018

July 6th, 2019|Country: Côte d'Ivoire, Italy|

A girl struck numb by tragedy and a refugee boy bond together against the vicious world in this stunning film set in Sardinia: a dark, but hopeful story of youth and vulnerability in today's world

Film: Hero, dir. Frances-Anne Solomon, 2018

July 5th, 2019|Country: Cameroon, Canada, DR Congo, Ghana, Tanzania, Togo, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom|

A biopic of an extraordinary Trinidadian lawyer whose life spanned some of the most fascinating events of the 20th century, which doubles as a primer on the history of the Pan-Africanist movement.

Film: Dafne, dir. Federico Bondi, 2019

July 1st, 2019|Country: Italy|

A sassy woman with down’s syndrome has to become the parent to her depressed father in the aftermath of her mother’s death: a very quotable and funny oddball drama with a huge heart.

Film: Wizard, dir. Kagiso Lediga, 2017

June 29th, 2019|Country: South Africa|

A coming-of-age story about the hustle of two high school graduates in the crime-ridden suburbs of Pretoria, which takes on an even eerier quality after one of the two leading actors was fatally stabbed

Film: The Vice of Hope, dir. Edoardo de Angelis, 2018

June 27th, 2019|Country: Italy|

A Christmas story about a woman in newborn trafficking trade who discovers she is pregnant, set in the beautiful desolation of Castel Volturno, a crime-riddled village near Naples

Film: Between God and I, dir. Yara Costa, 2018

June 26th, 2019|Country: Mozambique|

Centered on a millenial muslim who tries to reconcile her Wahhabism and modernity, this documentary is a fascinating assessment of the way cultures blend in contemporary Mozambique

Film: The Mercy of the Jungle, dir. Joël Karekezi, 2018

June 24th, 2019|Country: Belgium, DR Congo, France, Rwanda|

Two Rwandan soldiers try to survive the jungle after being separated from their platoon during the Second Congo War in the first all-black anti-war film from a young and promising Rwandan talent

Film: Silent Forests, dir. Mariah Wilson, 2019

June 22nd, 2019|Country: Cameroon, Congo-Brazzaville, USA|

Documentary shedding light on the people who help fight poaching and protect the endangered species in the often overlooked wildlife zones of Cameroon and Congo-Brazzaville

Film: Between Two Seas, dir. Anas Tolba, 2019

June 20th, 2019|Country: Egypt, Water|

Enthralling narrative of education and tradition coming to clashes in a small Egyptian island close to Cairo, with a remarkable ensemble of women actors who portray their characters with gusto and sass

Film: Bigger Than Africa, dir. Toyin Ibrahim Adekeye, 2018

June 19th, 2019|Country: Benin, Brazil, Cuba, Nigeria, Togo, Trinidad and Tobago, USA|

A long overdue educational and mesmerizing documentary on the way Yoruba religion spread from West Africa to many regions of the world via slave trade routes: and people practicing it today

Film: Clean Hands, dir. Michael Dominic, 2019

June 17th, 2019|Country: Nicaragua, USA|

Winner of 2019 Cinequest, Michael Dominic's documentary about an impoverished family who lives off Central America's biggest landfill, and their attempt to get out of poverty

Film: Fatwa, dir. Mahmoud Ben Mahmoud, 2018

June 15th, 2019|Country: Tunisia|

A father returns to his homeland of Tunisia to bury his son, only to discover that he had been radicalized prior to his death: a crucial feature from Mahmoud Ben Mahmoud starring singer Gahlia Benali

Film: Chez Jolie Coiffure, dir. Rosine Mbakam, 2018

June 12th, 2019|Country: Belgium, Cameroon|

A documentary, centered on a Cameroonian migrant in Belgium and her salon, reveals the many nuances and problems in west-bound migration

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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