A FIDAI FILM repurposes a collection of footage seized from the Palestine Research Center by Israeli military in 1982. With this reclaimed archive, Palestinian auteur Kamal Aljafari composes a visceral and liberating recontextualization of historic images.
A STATE OF PASSION explores the under-resourced emergency rooms of the Al Shifa and Al Ahli hospitals, composing a rousing portrait of a surgeon’s tireless efforts to save Palestinian lives.
AFTERWARDS is a short, intimate doc from Québécois filmmaker Romane Garant Chartrand depicting a domestic violence shelter where women convene, sharing stories of abuse and resilience.
AVANT-DRAG! Ten Athenian drag queens challenge social conventions, deconstruct gender and combat Greek nationalism in this queer middle-finger to heteronormativity.
Told with sumptuous hand-painted animation sequences, KARUARA, PEOPLE OF THE RIVER captures the Kukama people’s groundbreaking lawsuit for the Marañón River to be recognized as a legal person with rights.
MY FRIEND THE TERRORIST is a charming and rallying legacy of revolutionary Jose Maria Sison, the founder of the Communist Party of the Philippines, and his exile into the Netherlands after being designated a terrorist.
PARADE: QUEER ACTS OF RESISTANCE offers an unflinching journey through Canada’s 2SLGBTQI+ history, capturing the pivotal protests and passionate voices that ignited a movement of love and resistance.
THE STRIKE tells the story of a generation of California men as they endure decades of solitary confinement and, against all odds, launch the largest hunger strike in US history.
THE SENSE OF VIOLENCE is a striking found footage essay on the genealogies of South Korean anti-communist ideology, told through an assembly of national media.
In TO KILL A TIGER, Ranjit, a farmer in Jharkhand, India, takes on the fight of his life when he demands justice for his 13-year-old daughter, the survivor of a violent sexual assault.
URBAN DISOBEDIENCE TOOLKIT is a stirring performance-based doc, capturing a rebellious project where artist-activists reclaim a gentrified Prague through anarchist monkey-wrenching.
