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Children of the Moon Land
In a devastated Slovak town poisoned by magnesite mining, six Roma children refuse
to accept their harsh reality, finding refuge in imagination, friendship, and their dreams that
become their form of resistance.
Dance with Me
My uncle Adam fled our Muslim Lebanese family during the 1970s civil war to become the first male solo belly dancer in LA. Years later, I set out to reconnect with him in a search for identity, belonging, and acceptance.
Grandpa was a genius
Pancho Vladigerov is one of the iconic European composers of the 20th century, but how popular is his work today? What challenges do his descendants, also musicians, face with a grandfather considered a genius?
Hijacked Life
In 1970, a teenager and his father hijack a Soviet airplane in search of freedom, igniting a 50-year odyssey across three continents - until, in 2002 in California, the son kills his dad.
House in a Bottle
A confession of five people who had to be adults as children, and remain children as adults.
I had a Dream about an Elephant
When an aging Eastern European oligarch dies mid-comeback, his partner inherits his absurd "state within a state." She sells it off for scrap metal while keeping his populist myth alive.
I was told to save the world
Vesna lives in a shelter with 300 rescued animals and alpha granny who raised her. Facing the weight of hard work and a broken system she is caught between the need to save the world and the desire to save herself.
Justice as Legalised Terror
The rule of law is a cornerstone of a democratic society, shielding citizens from injustice and holding authorities to account. But what occurs when justice itself is weaponised to instil fear and silence dissent?
My Dear Vira
When war shatters her sense of home, Ukrainian artist Maryna seeks answers through a reunion with her childhood friend Vira—now a U.S. Army captain.
Not so far away places
In-depth immersion into the Russian prison repressive machinery shot from the subjective perspective of a human right activist working undercover, trying to confront the totalitarian system from within.