Etel Adnan’s last words recorded by her close friend, the Lebanese historian and writer Fawwaz Traboulsi, on colours, Nietzsche and poetry. Twenty years after her film Etel Adnan: Words in Exile (2007), the filmaker returns to find Etel Adnan’s lost voice in a Lebanon marked by ongoing historical fractures.
For many inhabitants of Anchorage, Alaska, daily life is defined by homelessness, drug use and open wounds from early childhood. "Anchorage Welcomes You" is a collection of short stories in image form that weaves together individual stories to depict the shadow of contemporary USA in addition to showcasing how the human spirit can thrive and flourish even in the most challenging of circumstances.
Without the lifeline of communication, four immigrant families find life in America full of obstacles. As they persevere, pursuing the simple goal of learning English, they cross paths with Americans eager to help, form lifelong friendships, and discover a new sense of belonging.
In the heart of Athens, Omonia Square stands as a paradox within the city’s rapid gentrification. While neighbourhoods are rebranded and beautified, Omonia remains suspended in time a raw, fractured landscape that the metropolis chooses to ignore. Square of the Unseen moves through this hidden world, where lives on the margins leave their silent marks: handwritten passages etched onto urban surfaces, whispers of despair, resilience, and fleeting hope. Through these words and images of a city in constant transit, the film reveals an Athens of shadows, ghosts, and truths rarely seen.
Danae works at a bar, but dreams of becoming a ballet dancer. She is one of the many young women in Athens struggling to make ends meet. She decides to become an egg donor. Why not? Sounds like it comes at no cost. But the procedure is not that simple.
NATALIE is a golem witch with “emet” on her forehead. KURT is a Gila Monster lizard in the Somer’s Isles Band. The Lizard Exterminators want to kill KURT. NATALIE’S sister JOANNA is friends with HOUDINI a toothpaste vendor. NATALIE attacks and kills the Lizard Exterminators. KURT is against violence so he removes the “e” from “emet” on NATALIE’S forehead and deactivates her.