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

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

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

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

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

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

Meat, Lust and Madness Against the Bhutanese Greenery— ‘The Red Phallus’, dir. Tashi Gyeltshen, 2018

An emotionally intelligent, masterfully arranged film that explores the power-dynamics in Bhutanese society through the eyes of a traumatized, disaffected teenage girl

March 31st, 2020|Country: Bhutan, Germany, Nepal|

Through a Dog’s Eyes, Humanity—‘Los Reyes’, dir. Iván Osnovikoff and Bettina Perut, 2018

Two stray canines living at a Chilean skatepark are portrayed in their uninhibited dignity: an arresting film that dismantles the complexity of human institutes by throwing them to the dogs

March 29th, 2020|Country: Chile, Germany|

Water Tells Its Own Story–‘Aquarela,’ dir. Victor Kossakovsky, 2019

An elegiac documentary with an urgent message about climate change centers the narrative around aquatic bodies and lets the environment speak for itself

February 10th, 2020|Country: Denmark, Germany, Greenland, Mexico, Portugal, Russia, United Kingdom, USA, Venezuela, Water|

Modern Technology Meets Archaically Pointless Deaths In the Devastating Frontline Documentary ‘People of the Wasteland,’ dir. Heba Khaled, 2019

GoPro footage filmed by militants on the frontline of the Syrian War is arranged into an essay on deadly masculinity by female film director, who has lost her home and family members to the conflict

December 8th, 2019|Country: Germany, Kurdistan, Syria|

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

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

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

Film: The Last Male on Earth, dir. Floor van der Meulen, 2019

As the last male northern white rhino in existence nears the end of his life, humans hurry to revive the extinct species in a tragicomic farce of conservation efforts in this observant documentary

November 25th, 2019|Country: Belgium, Germany, Kenya, Netherlands|

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

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

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

Film: Taste of Hope, dir. Laura Coppens, 2019

Workers at a tea factory in the South of France fought their bosses in an almost 4-year strike and now run the place as a co-op: will they emerge victorious from the battles of competition?

November 7th, 2019|Country: France, Germany, Switzerland|

7 Fresh Animated Short Films Directed by Women From All Over the World

Topless supermarkets, museum exhibits riddled with anxiety, nature-loving robots, immigrant artists and albatross soup: there’s nothing that’s out of bounds for women at Animation Block Party

October 28th, 2019|Country: Finland, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Hungary, Ireland, Japan, Russia, Ukraine, USA|

Film: Born in Evin, dir. Maryam Zaree, 2019

A German filmmaker of Iranian descent learns that she was born in Tehran's notorious Evin prison where her mother was a detainee—and embarks on a quest to find out more about her birth

September 5th, 2019|Country: Austria, Germany, Iran|

Film: Supa Modo, dir. Likarion Wainaina, 2018

Kenya's 2019 Oscar entry about a terminally ill 9-year-old girl who pretends to be a superhero and turns out to be one in real life: a brilliant, brave film on a highly exploited topic

July 19th, 2019|Country: Germany, Kenya|

Film: In Search, dir. Beryl Magoko, 2018

A different take on the subject of female genital mutilation through a personal story of the survivor who searches for answers and a cure because of a mistake she made as a young girl

July 12th, 2019|Country: Germany, Kenya|

Book: Gaston Dorren, Babel, 2018

A book of wildly entertaining and illuminating essays on the world’s top 20 languages that celebrates the planet’s differences and similarities in a new way and makes you want to learn a new language

July 11th, 2019|Country: Brazil, Cameroon, China, Egypt, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Japan, Kenya, Malaysia, Netherlands, North Korea, Pakistan, Portugal, Russia, South Korea, Spain, Suriname, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Tamil Eelam, Tanzania, Turkey, Uganda, United Kingdom, USA, Vietnam|