Local Spotlight: CP Charlottetown
“[T]he collective has become a vital part of the Charlottetown scene, and the Island-wide movement for positive change on all fronts—environmental, social and political.”
Chronicle of a Crisis
Sarah and Simon, a couple of young millennials are facing the repossession of their apartment in the midst of an unprecedented housing crisis in the province of Quebec. They decide to turn the camera on themselves to document their daily life during their challenging search for a new affordable place to live in. Filmed in […]
Vote For The 2024 Audience Choice Award
The time has come, once again, to vote for the winner of the Cinema Politica Audience Choice Award.
Turkey on the Edge
For the first time a documentary shows the radical changes in Turkey from an inner perspective and what it means to be part of the opposition. Turkish filmmaker Imre Azem accompanies four protagonists for one year in the state of emergency: Fatih Polat, journalist and editor in chief of the left-wing Newspaper Evernsel; Gül Köksal, […]
Job Opening: Distribution Coordinator
Cinema Politica is seeking to hire a full-time Distribution Coordinator who will handle the theatrical, non-theatrical and digital distribution of acquired titles, and provide support in the execution of impact and dedicated distribution campaigns and activities.
General Call for Submissions 2021
Cinema Politica is seeking submissions of independent films that combine strong creative vision with political perspective. We are interested in works of any length that contribute to justice and equality movements, activism, knowledge and discourse.
Diaries From Lebanon
Filmed during the maelstrom of Lebanon’s early 2020s, Myriam El Hajj’s DIARIES FROM LEBANON uses a diaristic structure to tell the story of a country plagued by legislative tyrants, state censorship, and a catastrophic ammonium nitrate explosion in Beirut. El Hajj’s deeply personal film renders the tireless attempts of the Lebanese people to restructure their […]
La Soledad
La Soledad is a dilapidated, seemingly abandoned villa in what used to be one of the wealthiest neighborhoods of Caracas, Venezuela. It used to be the home of director Jorge Thielen Armand s great-grandparents, but when the owners passed away fifteen years ago, the property was unofficially inherited by their lifelong maid, Rosina, now 72, […]
Call for Submissions 2024
If you recently completed a politically engaged film and you want it seen far and wide submit your work to Cinema Politica today! We are interested in works of any length that contribute to justice and equality movements, activism, knowledge and discourse.
Audience Choice Awards 2024 Winners
We’re delighted to announce that the winners of our annual Audience Choice Award are Abdallah Al-Khatib’s LITTLE PALESTINE, DIARY OF A SIEGE (Best Feature Film) and Rehab Nazzal’s VIBRATIONS FROM GAZA (Best Short Film).
Letter to My Tribe
Letter to My Tribe started with a question: Why don’t more Jews and Israelis speak out about Palestine? Over many years my mother, who represents a more messianic perspective, and I have had numerous arguments, some recorded, some not. These form the backbone of this video essay in which Israelis and Jews, journalists, activists and […]
The Kartemquin Collection
It all started in 1966 with a camera, a verite film, Home for Life, and three friends (Stan Karter, Jerry Temaner, and Gordon Quinn) coming together and deciding to take a risk to “try to make something happen.” And make something happen they did. The collective they formed has been home to over 200 filmmakers who […]
DEAR JACKIE Premieres in Montreal on June 17
Cinema Politica Distribution and Catbird Productions are thrilled to announce the theatrical premiere of DEAR JACKIE, Henri Pardo’s debut feature documentary to open in Montreal theatres on Friday, June 17.
Cinema Politica co-presents DEIR YASSIN REMEMBERED screening & discussion with b.h. Yael and Independent Jewish Voices
On November 28th at 7:30pm (ET), Independent Jewish Voices (IJV) and Cinema Politica warmly welcome you to a film screening of DEIR YASSIN REMEMBERED, followed by a discussion with director and IJV member b.h. Yael. DEIR YASSIN REMEMBERED considers the repercussions of a largely forgotten massacre of approximately 100 Palestinians in 1948.
FROM GROUND ZERO
Through striking authorial engagements with allegory and creative actuality, these filmmakers’ testimonies of confinement under relentless bombardment and imposed famine expose audiences to fragments of their daily struggle to survive — and to do so with dignity. Khamis Masharawi’s Soft Skin enters an animation workshop providing art therapy to children, many of whom are newly orphaned, as […]
LITTLE PALESTINE, DIARY OF A SIEGE Now Available in Canada with CP Distribution
Hot off the press! CP Distribution welcomes the spring with its latest distribution acquisition of LITTLE PALESTINE, DIARY OF A SIEGE.
