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Well over half a million children in Indonesia are on the autism spectrum and have varying difficulty with social interaction and communication. Idris is a nonverbal autistic boy living in rural Java who struggles to communicate and connect with others in his village. This is his story, and a story of how grassroots disability awareness movem...

In 1962, the versatile American artist William Waldren has been living in the Mallorcan village of Deiá for 10 years. Waldren has a restless mind and combines his artistic side with one of his great passions. Photographing natural caves with his camera is a hobby for the moment, but it was by chance that in Sóller, in a cave called Muleta, he...

A social portrait of two families as it looks into the intimate world of conjugal visits at North Macedonia’s most notorious prison Idrizovo, and the effects it has on family and their surrounding world.

A motherless young woman in Iran is torn between her desire to take care of her mentally disabled father and her desire to go to university. This documentary is observational, letting the people and emotions reveal themselves. A thicket of relationships and expectations are at work here involving family, clergy, friends, religion, social expe...

Maka presents Geneviéve Makaping’s life in Italy and perilous migration journey. By sharing Makaping’s experience as the first Black news editor in Italy, Maka speaks out against the media representation of immigrants and offers an evocative examination of the intersection between sexism and racism in Italy. From Moroccan-born Italian directo...

Women’s political and social struggles in the 20th century, surviving prison, exile, and facing the firing squads. They were punished for their struggle for a better life and for fighting the Nazis, seeking national independence and democracy.

“Life of a mutt” tells true, intimate and authentic stories from the perspective of stray dogs. Combining documentary material with hand drawn animation and voice over, we are crossing between genres and forms of documentary, fiction and animation, giving our silent heroes a voice. The inspiration comes from ancient Indian, Russian, and Briti...

With only each other to depend on, 14-year-old Shamira and her mother flee tribal genocide. While they fight to escape South Sudan’s violent civil war, experts and defectors challenge those in power. Global pressure mounts as these profiteers of war claim to seek peace. With unprecedented access, the film examines how politicians weaponize pe...