by Jola Wieczorek (Austria 2020) The Mediterranean has always played a central role in our world. It is crossed, made use of, enjoyed, feared and loved every day, every night. Stories from the Sea portrays women aboard three vessels who experience the Mediterranean Sea as a place of longing, a place of work, or a […]

by Dögg Mósesdóttir (Iceland 2020) An exploration of women’s stories of home birth in Iceland, seen through the lens of a female filmmaker who is forced to come to terms with her feminine side when she discovers she is pregnant. “I cannot put into strong enough words how The rough cut service influenced my film. […]

by John Harkrider (USA 2020) Fault tells the story of the director’s father – a Caltech geophysicist who is slowly losing his memory to Alzheimers. David G. Harkrider discovered how to tell the difference between underground nuclear tests and earthquakes. But he also tried to kill his wife when she told him she was leaving […]

by Anita Rivaroli (France, Italy 2020) Rock music fan, Fabio wants to convince the Foo Fighters to perform in his little village in Italy. To do that he gathered 1,000 musicians to play their song together… This resulted in a huge community who became the biggest rock band on Earth.

by Amin Behroozzadeh (Iran 2020) Fish Eye follows the biggest industrial fishing boat in Iran, the Parsian Shila, whose objective is to catch 2,000 tons of tuna fish. The film depicts the cruelty and harsh conditions of the job, and just how nature is affected by this activity. Premiere at Visions du Réel 2020.

by Jens Meurer (Austria, Germany 2020) The film tells the story of the self-professed crazy, charming, dogged and visionary Austrian, Dr. Florian Kaps – the world knows him simply as Doc – and his crusade for everything analog, instant photography especially. Doc decided to save the last Polaroid factory in the world, and started a […]

by Jerzy Sladkowski (Sweden, Finland 2020) A lovesick misfit, a mysterious beauty, a retired civil servant, a randy fortuneteller and a couple of doubtful, young, charismatic lovers meet in late summer on a Russian river cruise. They have one thing in common – they suffer from emotional problems and doubts. However, they’ve come to the […]

by Jenni Kivistö & Jussi Rastas (Finland) The film examines if a nation can stop the cycle of violence that has lasted for decades, even centuries. Ernesto is one of the FARC guerrillas who after 53 years of armed conflict, are about to hand over their arms in exchange for the social inclusion of the poor. While […]

by Mohamed El Aboudi (Finland, France, Morocco 2020) School of Hope tells about a nomad tribe struggling to get education for their children, and a young teacher trying to help them while suffering himself of the Government’s indifference toward rural regions. Premiere at DocPoint Documentary Film Festival 2021 where it was awarded the Jury Special […]

by Shirly Berkovitz (Israel) Following his son’s murder, Danny the father – an Ex-Hitman-Syrian-Muslim who turned Israeli-Jew – realizes the state won’t seek justice and sets on an investigative quest to find the truth. Premiere at Docaviv 2021.