In a Kurdish village, a couple collects the remnants of war, breathing new life into these symbols of destruction. Somewhere between fiction and documentary, the deeply moving images and striking soundscape illustrate resilience and humanity....
In Saint-Nazaire, heavy industry operates in the open air, where the Loire meets the Atlantic Ocean. The film brings together images of the estuary’s landscapes with the words of those who live and work in the area, portraying them as individuals caught in the contradictions of our time and of contemporary labor.
Daniel Torres enlisted in the US Marine Corps before being arrested and deported to Tijuana in Mexico, upon his return from the war in Iraq. After winning a lawsuit against the US administration, he is now trying to help those who, like him, were banished from a country for which they put their lives on the line.
Memories of the Beginning tells the story of survival and unlikely friendship between two 13-year-old prison guards at one of Cambodia’s earliest killing fields. Filmed 50 years later at the former prison site, it traces a hard-won journey of compassion and freedom.
What does a dance company have in common with robots? Nothing, at first sight. But what if we could transfer to artificial intelligence the heart of the human brain? Empathy, imagination, feelings... and the ability to cooperate? World-renowned artists and scientists explore the different paths artificial intelligence is taking, envisioning a collective use of this intelligence, to shape a positive future for humanity.
During a lively fiesta-style family lunch, the last serving of turon, the family’s favorite dessert, sits in the center of the table. The siblings hesitate, each pretending to offer it to the others. Polite smiles give way to small jabs about favoritism and past grudges. Hands hover over the dessert, eyes dart from one sibling to another, and tension rises. Just as one reaches for the last bite, another moves their hand. The spoon hovers, and the question lingers—who gets the last bite?
Two students forced to work on a school project together discuss higher powers, the concept of control, coffee, and discover something deep within in the meantime.
Albanian American artist Elena Dorfman’s debut experimental feature film. A visual symphony in three thematically distinct movements, the film is composed of dozens of communist-era Albanian propaganda feature and documentary films from the Albanian National Film Archive.
My Body Is a Lens I Can Look Through With My Mind starts at the 2024 solar eclipse and uses planetary movements and geological records as jumping-off points to explore memory, meaning-making and subjectivity.
A troubled medium joins a crew of ghost-hunting con artists, but when the isolated jungle they investigate begins claiming victims through face-erasing murders, she must reveal her genuine gift or become the ancient entity’s next target.