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- A broke and dopey musician, constantly harassed by his exasperated landlady, glues his lottery ticket to his door and when it turns out to be a winner must carry his door to the lottery office.
- A girl sells copies of Soleil, the government paper.
- The story chronicles the pioneering life of Maryam Mirzakhani, first Iranian woman to win the prestigious Fields Medal in 2014. Her journey from Iran to the US and impact as a role model for female mathematicians and scientists.
- Set in a pre-colonial African past, Tilai is about an illicit love affair and its consequences. Saga returns to his village after an extended absence to discover that his father has taken Nogma, Saga's promised bride, for himself. Still in love with each other, the two begin an affair, although it would be considered incestuous. When the liaison is discovered, Saga's brother, Koudri, pretends to kill Saga for the honor of the family and village. Saga and Nogma flee to another village, but when Nogma's birth mother dies, he returns home. Having brought ruin on the family, Saga is shot by Koudri, who walks off into exile and probable death.
- Samba Traore returns to his village flush with funds. Soon enough he manages to charm the beautiful Saratou into marrying him and, along with another friend, builds the first bar their village has ever seen. But his conscience keeps nagging him and the police are on the lookout for the "gas station murderer."
- The Chinese I Ching, the Book of Changes, is one of the oldest and most influential documents of mankind. It was the missionary Richard Wilhelm, who brought it to the West. The film tells his story and provides insight into ancient Chinese thought.
- Filmmaker Ross McElwee (Sherman's March, Bright Leaves) finds himself in frequent conflict with his son, a young adult who seems addicted to and distracted by the virtual worlds of the internet. To understand his fractured love for his son, McElwee travels back to St. Quay-Portrieux in Brittany for the first time in decades to retrace his own journey into adulthood. A meditation on the passing of time, the praxis of photography and film, and the digital versus analog divide.
- Narges Mohammadi, vice-president of the Defenders of Human Rights Center in Iran, imprisoned several times since 2012, is currently detained since November 2021 for "undermining national security". Her sentence of 8 years' imprisonment and 80 lashes (extended in August 2023 to 10 years and 9 months' imprisonment and 154 lashes) is a deliberate attempt by government authorities to silence this human rights defender. Narges Mohammadi's documentary is based on interviews with 16 former prisoners, men and women who were subjected to White Torture: 4 white walls, no natural light and total isolation. A fearsomely effective form of torture that leaves no trace, prompting some to confess to any crime after just a few months, even if it means execution. All tell of the psychological destruction, the humiliation, the torture and the lasting trauma.
- "My land" gives voice to old Palestinian refugees who fled in 1948 without ever returning to their land, and who have been living in camps in Lebanon for more than 60 years.
- Sacrificed generation? At the beginning of 2019, young people are taking to the streets all over the world to warn of the climate crisis. In Switzerland too, young people are questioning the system. As their voices begin to resound, the arrival of the corona virus in 2020 abruptly cuts their drive. The film intimately follows these activists in the euphoria of the first demonstrations as well as in the spleen of the health crisis.
- In Mongolia, one third of the population lives in poverty. Is this one of the reasons why the suicide rate is so high? Survivors or relatives of those who committed suicide, tell us their stories, some of them prefers to remain anonymous because suicide is a taboo. The stories come from different regions of the country, but the reasons given for this desperate act are similar: despair, loneliness, alcoholism, the harshness of life. The example of a couple who once set up their Mongolian yurt within the walls of an abandoned prison seems to symbolize the state of the nation. On a frozen dump, they dig for scrap metal - if they sell it, they will have just enough money to buy food for a few days. It is an existence far removed from the clichés of traditional nomadic life.
- Why are we so afraid of the dark that we need to brighten the world around us?
- A portrait of the dark and tortured world of artist Matt Elliott, who opens up in rehearsals, interviews or writings. With disturbing clarity of expression, Elliott discusses his depression and the magic of inspiration, or reveals his heartfelt political opinions.
- A portrait of a sound engineer specialised in the natural world, who spends his nights recording noises in the forest, then shares them with his daughter, with schoolchildren invited to sharpen their hearing, and with a composer who draws on his collected sounds.
- Alexia, 32, is from Fécamp, a small fishing port on the cliffs of Normandy. In this city in decline, this young maid, flirtatious and lonely trying to escape his daily life. Legs gathered in a large tail covered with scales, she plunges into the sea and escapes. A secret ritual, until the day she decides to register for the Miss Sirène France contest. For a year, she trains tirelessly, doing pool training, jogging in the early morning on the cliffs. As the competition approaches, Alexia opens to the world, exposes herself to the eyes, makes dream, amuses sometimes or disturbs some. Under a carapace of humor and provocation, we discover the battered story, the fears, the complexes of the young woman. So many failings that finally enlighten us on the reasons buried that push to transform itself.
- The key to the communal laundry room in the block of flats on the Rue de Genève 85 in Lausanne serves a much greater function than merely unlocking the door. This encounter between a symbol of typical Swiss mentality with a penchant for order and the tenants who have been housed here by the city's social services department is not something to be taken for granted. Although the laundry room is normally located in the cellar, the tenants in this building share a tiny laundry room in a hall because the cellar is reserved for prostitution. To maintain order and cleanliness, the landlord hires Claudina, a new "laundry woman."
- A French tourist discovers Toronto through the eyes of its Francophone communities and characters.
- They build myths, light passions, and practically never speak. In this documentary they'll complete with their words, the iconographic world of one of the most legendary cinematographers of all times, Gabriel Figueroa. This film is an immersion into some of the most symbolic and iconic images from Mexican cinematography, along with the commentaries of the greatest directors of photography today.
- Revolves around families of abducted persons during and in the aftermath of the Lebanese war.It sheds the light on the trauma of six different families constantly teetering on the brink of incertitude.Each family doesn't know the fate of their abducted member whether dead or alive.The premise of the film is humane for it depicts the broken emotional ties within the family away from any political implication.The film combines real interviews within a surreal set on one hand,and surreal fiction on the other hand.Interviews reveal the families reaction towards the abduction of a member.Fiction part is an incarnation of their fantasies,an awaited day of reunion,a recurring dream and a fantasy.