MDAG Docs Against Gravity 2023
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- DirectorLila RibiStarsSteven LaureysLila Ribi spent years filming her grandmother, Greti, constantly repeating the same question: "what is there after death". The centenarian invariably gave the same reply: "Nothing". Disagreeing with her grandmother's opinion, the film-maker set off in search of different perspectives.
- DirectorSam GreenStarsEdgar ChoueririJoanna FangSam GreenExplores the elemental phenomenon of sound and its power to bend time, cross borders, and profoundly shape our perception of the world around us.
- DirectorAnnie ErnauxDavid Ernaux-BriotStarsBlanche Madeleine Dumenil DuchesneAnnie ErnauxDominique ErnauxHome videos shot by Ernaux and her family from 1972 to 1981 and feeds into the themes of her work over the past 60 years.
- DirectorAhsen NadeemAfter decades of living a secret life, a filmmaker travels to a strict Japanese monastery in search of guidance but the only monk who will help him prefers ice cream and heavy metal over meditation.
- DirectorNicolas PhilibertStarsMamadi BarriWalid BenzianeSabine BerlièreFollows patients and caregivers at a psychiatric centre with a unique floating structure located in the middle of the Seine river in central Paris.
- DirectorKim HopkinsStarsColin EgglestoneHarry NichollsJoe OgdenBradford Movie Makers is one of the oldest amateur filmmaking clubs in the world. Once a thriving community, these days the membership is dwindling and the group struggle to keep the wolf from the door.
- DirectorTheo MontoyaStarsAlejandro HincapiéCamilo MachadoAlejandro MendiganaA funeral car cruises the streets of Medellin, while a young director tells the story of his past in this violent and conservative city. He remembers the pre-production of his first film, a Class-B movie with ghosts.
- DirectorLea GlobStarsApolonia SokolLea GlobOksana ShachkoThe talented Apolonia grows up seeking her place in the art world while grappling with the agonies and joys of womanhood and relationships in a world dominated by patriarchy, capitalism, and war.
- DirectorTomás BojarAdéla KomrzýArtistic endeavor isn't about competing; even so, applicants still have to be placed in order of merit at the academy's entrance exams. But how do you assess artistic talent? And what role can art play in today's world?
- DirectorGiulia GiapponesiStarsIlkay AkkayaStefano BellottiCesare BermaniFrom the hymn of the partisans to the fight song of the new generations around the world, hit of the most famous international artists and soundtrack of the Netflix series La Casa de Papel. Almost a century after its birth, the power of Bella Ciao does not stop. The film recounts the mysteries, genesis and history of the Resistance song, which reappears wherever somebody fights against injustice. An unstoppable song, today a patrimony of humanity in the struggle for freedom.
- DirectorMichael GlawoggerMonika WilliStarsBirgit MinichmayrFiona ShawRobin A Townsend"I want to give a view of the world that can only emerge by not pursuing any particular theme, by refraining from passing judgment, proceeding without aim. Drifting with no direction except one's own curiosity and intuition." (Michael Glawogger) More than two years after the sudden death of Michael Glawogger in April 2014, film editor Monika Willi realizes a film out of the film footage produced during 4 months and 19 days of shooting in the Balkans, Italy, Northwest and West Africa. A journey into the world to observe, listen and experience, the eye attentive, courageous and raw. Serendipity is the concept - in shooting as well as in editing the film.
- DirectorMatteo ParisiniStarsStefano AccorsiLuigi Ghirri, an internationally renowned Italian photographer, wrote regularly throughout his life. His photography is reflected in his writing, which is at the same time a poetic affirmation, an existential argument, a diary that questions the present times. Starting from his writings, the documentary will retrace the crucial stages of the photographer's life. It will be a journey to the places of the province, a study of lands, water, hills, infinite horizons. It will be a research on his photographic work, conceived not in terms of a single image, but as an alphabet in which each image exists only thanks to the others. The companions of this journey will be the artists Franco Guerzoni and Davide Benati, the art historian Arturo Carlo Quintavalle, the printer Arrigo Ghi, the photographer Gianni Leone, the musician Massimo Zamboni and finally the family, which represented for Ghirri the feeling of belonging to an ordinary but united community. Stefano Accorsi will give voice to Ghirri's texts.
- DirectorSarah VosHow can we be more inclusive? That is a question that many companies ask themselves, including the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam. And there the search for more diversity turns out to be more difficult than expected.
- DirectorMoses BwayoChristopher SharpStarsBarbie KyagulanyiBobi WineFollows Ugandan opposition leader, activist and musical star Bobi Wine. He used his music to fight the regime led by Yoweri Museveni, the person who led the country for 35 years.
- DirectorCamilla HallJennifer TiexieraStarsEvgeny AfineevskyArthur AgeeMukunda AnguloFilmmakers examine the impact that well-known documentaries and their commercial success have had on the lives of their subjects. They focus on the ethics and responsibility inherent in documentary filmmaking.
- DirectorSimon WallonStarsBonnie TimmermannPaul AusterSteve BuscemiA portrait of legendary casting director Bonnie Timmermann. An homage to the craft of acting.
- DirectorDaniel Asadi FaeziMila ZhluktenkoA summer's day in a former German military barracks: children forced to flee Ukraine have found refuge here. In their games, they discover military symbols from the past and link them to their present experiences.
- DirectorLaura PoitrasStarsNan GoldinDavid VelascoMegan KaplerFollows the life of artist Nan Goldin and the downfall of the Sackler family, the pharmaceutical dynasty who was greatly responsible for the opioid epidemic's unfathomable death toll.
- DirectorSébastien LifshitzIn the '50s and '60s, deep in the American countryside at the foot of the Catskills, a small wooden house with a barn behind it was home to the first clandestine network of cross-dressers.
- DirectorTrinh T. Minh-haProminent feminist film scholar Trinh presents a hugely imaginative cultural critique of China that resists the idea of a single historical narrative, instead evoking the plurality of indigenous perspectives. Combining travelogue-style video footage shot in the 1990s during her visit to rural areas of the country, with poetry, folk songs and oral histories, the film ruminates on China in the past, present and future tenses. Weaving through the concept of harmony and memory, What about China? holds a mirror to the women and children the filmmaker encounters in their communal spaces, reflecting on what has been lost and what we are in the process of forgetting. Yet Trinh never speaks for or about her subjects - always inviting the voices of women to participate in shaping the narrative.
- DirectorAdnane BarakaFollows Mohamed a nomad and Abderrahmane a renowned Moroccan scientist. Mohamed is in his fifties who lives with his family in a tent in a remote area of the eastern Moroccan desert.
- DirectorSarvnik KaurStarsRakesh KoliGanesh NakhawaBombay fishermen Rakesh and Ganesh are inheritors of the Koli knowledge system of harvesting the sea following the moon and the tides. Rakesh has kept faith in the traditional fishing methods; Ganesh has instead embraced technology.
- DirectorKristy Guevara-FlanaganStarsJane FondaBrittany Taylor VisserJoey SolowayAn examination of how the nude female body is hypersexualized, under attack and exploited on and off screen in Hollywood.
- DirectorJennifer BaichwalStarsDewayne 'Lee' JohnsonCali BaldelomarMichelle BaldelomarThe powerful story of a former Bay Area groundskeeper who took on Monsanto after a terminal cancer diagnosis.
- DirectorLuke McManusStarsGemma DunleavyJohn Francis FlynnJohnny FlynnA Musical Trip Through Dublin's North Inner City
- DirectorAdrian SibleyStarsJared HarrisDamian HarrisJamie HarrisRichard Harris a fascinating man as seen through the eyes of his three sons, BAFTA Award-winning actor Jared Harris, actor Jamie Harris and director Damian Harris.
- DirectorLin AllunaStarsAleqa HammondPaninnguaq HeilmannAsta HelmsRenowned Inuit lawyer Aaju Peter who has led a lifelong fight for the rights of her people. When her youngest son unexpectedly passes away, Aaju embarks on a personal journey to bring her colonizers in both Canada and Denmark to justice.
- DirectorJulien JohanAgnès PizziniStarsMonika EkiertIn 1945, twelve million homeless children wandered through the rubble of a Europe that had just emerged from the deadliest conflict it had ever known. An unprecedented number of children were separated from their parents or orphaned. Under the guise of the best interests of these children and of the nation, France, the United States, Great Britain and the countries of Central Europe embarked on a veritable race for children. By demographic opportunism, by fear of seeing them indoctrinated by a new totalitarianism, these countries move and adopt these orphans, erasing their history and their identity.
- DirectorAntongiulio PanizziStarsEric AlexanderMonica BellucciThe story of an actress devoured by her own icon. Alternating archive footage of Anita Ekberg with the story of a contemporary star, Monica Bellucci retraces Anita's frailties and chooses, reflecting on what it feels like to be an icon.
- DirectorTessa Louise-SaloméStarsWillem DafoePeter BogdanovichIrène JacobFeature documentary that illuminates the journey of an unsung artist, Jack Garfein - Holocaust camp survivor, Actors Studio co-founder and teacher, celebrated Broadway director and controversial filmmaker - revealing how art can engage our collective memory to better illuminate our present.
- DirectorClaudia MüllerStarsElfriede JelinekSophie RoisMaren KroymannELFRIEDE JELINEK: "Language Unleashed" Child prodigy, scandal writer, traitor of the fatherland, theatre fury, feminist, model lover, communist, pessimist, language terrorist, rebel, enfant terrible, defiler of the nest, brilliant, vulnerable artist, Nobel Prize winner.
- DirectorDawid NickelStarsFilip Rutkowski
- DirectorSergey LoznitsaBased on the book by German writer W.G. Sebald, examines the perception and processing of the phenomenon of mass destruction of the German civilian population in European post-war literature.
- DirectorAxel DanielsonMaximilien Van AertryckStarsChris AndersonFelix BergssonUlrika BergstenFrom the first camera to 45 billion cameras worldwide today, the visual sociologist filmmakers widen their lens to expose both humanity's unique obsession with the camera's image and the social consequences that lay ahead.
- DirectorJialing ZhangStarsZijuan ChenTutuWenzu LiTwo families fight for justice from within the digital prison of the Chinese surveillance state.
- DirectorEkiem BarbierGuilhem CausseQuentin L'Helgouac'hSomewhere on the internet is a land where communities pretend to live out a survivalist fiction. The players reveal their fears and fantasies, in an at times unsettling blurring of the real and the virtual.
- DirectorJulie BertuccelliStarsJane CampionKerry FoxHolly HunterFollows the story of Jane Campion, the first-ever woman to win the Palme d'Or in 1993.
- DirectorJoya ThomeStarsWhitney BjerkenYara StorpIt follows two teenage girls who are connected through their screens and their passion for gymnastics. They begin to find out who they are and what they want from life.
- DirectorHubert SauperA modern odyssey into the heart of Africa at the historic moment when Sudan, the continent's largest country, is being divided into two separate states.
- DirectorSierra UrichSpurred by a provocative family memory and a lifetime of separation from the country her mother left behind, a young filmmaker delves into her mother and grandmother's complicated pasts and her own fractured Iranian identity.
- DirectorScott LeberechtStarsSteve 'Spaz' WilliamsPhil TippettRobert PatrickSteve 'Spaz' Williams is a pioneer in computer animation. His digital dinosaurs of JURASSIC PARK transformed Hollywood in 1993, but an appetite for anarchy and reckless disregard for authority may have cost him the recognition he deserved.
- DirectorCyril LeuthyStarsGuillaume GouixJean-Luc GodardCyril LeuthyJean-Luc Godard is cinema, its quintessence. Having just turned 91, he has made more than 140 films. We hate him as much as we worship him. Where does his aura come from? From legendary films of course, but also from Godard himself.
- DirectorPeter MettlerStarsPeter MettlerFreya BlekmanRichie HawtinExplores our perception of time.
- DirectorIiti Yli-HarjaStarsFatuRaiLeena UotilaFor Fatu, a simple visit to the grocery store feels as nerve-racking as a lunar expedition: for the first time in his life, he's wearing makeup in public.
- DirectorMike DayAs cowboys meet at the National Cowboy Poetry Gathering, they confront myths, old and new, to try and save the land they love.
- DirectorValerie KontakosStarsChelly WilsonBondi WaltersDon WaltersThe unbelievable story of Chelly Wilson, who escaped the Holocaust and built a porn cinema empire in New York City in the 1970s.
- DirectorBen BraunChiaki YanagimotoOn March 20,1995 a deadly gas attack in Tokyo subway sent nation and its people into chaos. This exploration of Aum Shinrikyo, who is responsible for attack, involves the participation of those who lived through the horror as it unfolded.
- DirectorSilvia Del Carmen CastañosEstefanía ContrerasMiguel Drake-McLaughlinStarsSilvia Del Carmen CastañosEstefanía ContrerasTwo filmmakers find healing in their everyday joyful antics on the streets of Laredo, Texas.
- DirectorWojciech GostomczykStarsLeon K. DziemaszkiewiczThierry MuglerPerformance artist Leon (60) rejects limits between art and life which puts him often in conflict with society and family. Only his famous boyfriend, the iconic fashion designer Manfred Thierry Mugler seems to understand him. To overcome a middle-age crisis, Leon decides to work on his last big show which will prove that he is still a good artist but whenever things go wrong, he reaches for alcohol. And what can go more wrong than the sudden and unexpected death of his beloved Manfred?
- DirectorAlexandre O. PhilippeStarsAmy NicholsonRodney AscherJohn WatersVictor Fleming's film The Wizard of Oz (1939) is one of David Lynch's most enduring obsessions. This documentary goes over the rainbow to explore this Technicolor through-line in Lynch's work.
- DirectorAlison MillarStarsLyra McKeeFollows the life of Northern Irish investigative journalist Lyra McKee by telling her story through her own work and words.
- DirectorGavin FitzgeraldPigeon masters from across the globe compete in the highest-stakes bird races on the planet. Fame, fortune and livelihoods rest on the wings of these feathered athletes in this hilarious and charming story.
- DirectorMantas KvedaraviciusHanna BilobrovaStarsNikolai ArabadzhiSafo BurievSveta BurievaIn 2022, Mantas Kvedaravicius returned to Mariupol, Ukraine, accompanied by his partner, Hanna Bilobrova, to re-engage with the people he had met and filmed in 2015 amidst the conflict. After his untimely passing, Hanna, the co-author of their film, and her team have put all their strength into continuing transmitting Mantas' work, his vision and his films. Also a Ph.D. in anthropology, Mantas Kvedaravicius wished to testify as a filmmaker as far as possible from the agitation of the media and the politicians. With huge force and sensitivity, MARIUPOLIS 2 depicts life as it continues amidst the bombing and reveals images that convey both tragedy and hope.
- DirectorLiliane MuttiDaniel ZarvosStarsChico BuarqueSílvia BuarqueVinicius de MoraesDespite her position at the epicentre of the Brazilian Bossa Nova scene, singer Heloísa Maria Buarque de Hollanda, known as Miúcha, has been largely underappreciated.
- DirectorTonje Hessen ScheiMichael RowleyStarsArik AschermanGary BurdRalph DrollingerAn influential movement of Christian fundamentalists in the US, who with millions of dollars in backing and threads into the government are fighting for the end of the world.
- DirectorAndreas KoefoedJørgen LethStarsJoey BaronJakob BroAnders ChristensenA documentary that explores the lives and processes of some of the world's most renowned and prolific jazz musicians.
- DirectorIdo MizrahyStarsKayla BarronCady ColemanAl HollandTraining for a Mars mission, daring astronauts work with a NASA psychologist to cope with space isolation in this Sundance-premiering documentary.
- DirectorAmanda KimStarsNam June PaikSteven YeunThe life and times of Nam June Paik, the father of video art, who coined the phrase "Electronic Superhighway."
- DirectorJohan KramerStarsJasonKimLanaA tragicomic documentary about the inseparable bond between pets and their owners. Do their pig, hairless cats, dancing dog, spiritual snail, or Insta-cat fill the gaps of their human existence?
- DirectorMarc ShafferStarsGary OldmanMarta BraunPhilip BrookmanExposing Muybridge tells the story of trailblazing 19th-century photographer Eadweard Muybridge, who changed the world with his camera. Muybridge set the course for the development of cinema when he became the first photographer to capture something moving faster than the human eye can see--Leland Stanford's galloping horses. He also produced a sprawling and spectacular landscape catalog, ranging from Alaska to Central America, Utah to California. Artful, resilient, selfish, naive, eccentric, deceitful--Muybridge is a complicated, imperfect man and his story drips with ambition and success, loss and betrayal, near death experiences and even murder. "The machine cannot lie," Stanford declared of Muybridge's pioneering motion images. But what about the photographer? More than a century after his death, Muybridge's photographs have never ceased to seduce cutting-edge artists, scientists, innovators, and general viewers alike.
- DirectorTrinh T. Minh-haTrinh T. Minh-ha combines archival footage, text, and interviews to paint portraits of Vietnamese women past and present. She explores the fiction of documentary and the truth of subjective experience and all their inherent contradictions.
- DirectorMark CousinsStarsJulie AndrewsJohn WaynePaul NewmanA fictional Alfred Hitchcock narrates an explanation of some of the lesser known cinematic techniques he used in his movies, richly illustrated with clips from his entire 50-year career.
- DirectorNikolaus GeyrhalterA film about our garbage that is found in the most remote areas and about the people who try to dispose of it.
- DirectorAlisa KovalenkoStarsAlisa KovalenkoFor five teenagers living in the conflict-ridden Donbas region of Ukraine, a Himalayan expedition provides a brief escape from reality. A portrait of a generation that, in spite of everything, is able to recognize and celebrate the fragile beauty of life.
- DirectorGuy DavidiMaking a war is a storyteller's job. A good story is crucial to legitimize the use of military force. That's why militaries need strong promotion and Israel is a model country in promoting its military ventures. We've successfully colonized, occupied and overgrown, and only got stronger and more accepted amongst the nations. Our history as persecuted Jews, our enlightened democracy are both in use in our solid PR kit. But before pitching our story to the world, we need to pitch it to our children. As moral corruption linked with apartheid thrives, avoiding service becomes a threat. For some children we'll offer benefits, for most we'll sell fictitious promises. Every child is screened to serve with bearable pressure and an adjusted amount of exposure to violence. 'Innocence' tells the story of children who resisted to be enlisted but capitulated. Their stories were never told as they died during their service. Through a narration based on their haunting diaries, the film depicts their inner turmoil. It interweaves first-hand military images, key moments from childhood until enlistment and home videos of the deceased soldiers whose stories are silenced and seen as a national threat.
- DirectorMonique NolteStarsNikkiKarinWhat does it mean when your parents cannot always take good care of you? When you sometimes have to be protected from them? To what extent do you become - consciously or unconsciously - in a conflict of loyalty, because you love them unconditionally in spite of everything? Nikki tells the story of one of those at least 577,000 Dutch children whose parents have a psychiatric or addiction problem.
- DirectorFredrik GerttenStarsRutger BregmanGerald BrysonSarah ChayesExamines turning points that make people want to organise and protest such as the assassination of an investigative journalist in Malta and a dried up river in Chile.
- DirectorPeter LiechtiStarsPeter MettlerAlexander TschernekNikola WeisseA hunter in a remote and idyllic forest stumbles on a make shift tent fashioned from sheets of plastic and containing the mummified remains of a corpse. A detailed journal found on site reveals the man committed suicide by self-imposed starvation. Who was this man? Why did he kill himself in such a manner? Inspired by this true event and by the novella 'Until I Am a Mummy' by Shimada Masahiko, Insects sensuously evokes the mysterious man's last days.
- DirectorTrinh T. Minh-haA short film which documents the lives of women in a rural Senegal.
- DirectorJean-Paul BourdierTrinh T. Minh-haStarsJuliette ChenMai Le HoMai HuynhDilemmas of a Vietnamese woman living in America based on the Vietnamese epic poem The Tale of Kieu.
- DirectorTrinh T. Minh-haThrough the insights of these witnesses to one of America's most divisive wars, Vietnam's specter and her contributions to world history remain both present and all too easy to forget.
- DirectorTonislav HristovIvan, 58, is a seagull, a Bulgarian ladies' man hooking up with female tourists at a Sunny Beach resort. He has done this for forty years, ever since the Communist times. Ivan wants to settle down, but that's not so easy for an old Seagull. He's got no savings and the pandemic makes things even more difficult: there are no tourists. Ivan supports himself by washing cars and windows. He tries to connect to Russian ladies to help them get visas to the EU and buy property in Bulgaria. He soon understands that he's not really credible as a serious male companion. Ivan's real wound is an adult son in Ukraine who refuses to talk to him. Maybe now, in spring 2022, would be the right time to reconnect.
- DirectorDeborah StratmanEvolution and extinction from the point of view of rocks. A humid take on minerals, where sci-fi meets sci-fact. The geo-biosphere is a place of evolutionary possibility, where humans disappear but life endures.
- DirectorMisia JoachimNina KrawczakStarsJanek CiolkoszMisia JoachimShady LadyEvery year in June, for one day, Warsaw is taken over by thousands, if not tens of thousands of people. A colorful, loud, magical crowd takes over the streets. The capital of one of the most homophobic countries in the European Union has hosted the Equality Parade for 21 years - an event that gives visibility not only to LGBTQ people, but to the entire community of excluded and discriminated people. What motivates activist individuals to take action? Why have you found people willing to take an active part in this event for so many years? What makes Warsaw gain the status of an enclave of freedom and equality for one day in June? And is it really an enclave for everyone? The documentary Don't rain on our Parade attempts to answer these questions.
- DirectorJakub PiatekStarsLeonora ArmelliniAlexander GadjievEva GevorgyanYoung pianists take part in the legendary International Chopin Piano Competition. A unique chance of a lifetime, portrayed from backstage and set to Chopin's music.
- DirectorAssia DjebarReturning to her native region 15 years after the end of the Algerian war, Lila is obsessed by memories of the war for independence that defined her childhood. In dialogue with other Algerian women, she reflects on the differences between her life and theirs.
- DirectorJean-Albert LièvreStarsJean DujardinMaya HernandezSylvain BonnetA humpback whale is beached on a remote shore. During the fight to save its life, we will discover the story of these extraordinary creatures, denizens of the world's oceans. Inspired by Heathcote William's bestselling book, WHALE NATION takes us on a journey of discovery into the unexplored territories and barely known society of whales, with their remarkable abilities and incredibly rich and complex social lives.
- DirectorTalal DerkiHeba KhaledAli WajeehIn Damascus, a collective of young female actors comes together to research the topic. They plan to use the moving anonymous statements of countless women to create a stage play that will break taboos.
- DirectorShuli HuangAs a young Chinese filmmaker returns to his hometown in search for himself, a long due conversation with his mother dives the two of them into a quest for acceptance and love.
- DirectorJoscha BongardStarsNico NiceJamie YoungSylvia SadzinskiAndreea and Nico made a fortune as "Verified Couple" on porn websites. Now they live their dream under palm trees in the tax haven state of Cyprus. But how does it look off the stage?
- DirectorPatrick MuroniStarsMélanie BossJulie FollyMahalia Tage GiottoIn Lausanne, a group of twenty-something women and queer persons start directing ethical and dissident pornographic films: the OIL Productions collective is born. Committed to an artistic and political approach, they create adult films aiming to positively represent sexualities and bodies in all their diversity. Ardente·x·s follows the adventure of the collective, behind the scenes of the productions, presentations to the media and events as well as more intimate moments in which they invite us to discover their everyday lives. With this bold first feature-length film, Patrick Muroni - a Swiss filmmaker trained at ECAL - tells the story of their fight for another vision of desire and sexuality. His camera follows the adventure of these new pornographers who joyfully and irreverently travel the streets of Switzerland to loudly and clearly claim other ways of conveying pleasure. The emergence of gender-neutral sexual liberation is on the way.
- DirectorManuel AbramovichStarsLalo SantosAdrián ZukiChacalito RegioLalo is a sex-influencer: he posts photos of his naked body and homemade porn videos for his thousands of followers on social networks.
- DirectorHelke MisselwitzStarsErika BanhardtHermann BusseMargarete BusseBefore GDR collapsed, Misselwitz interviewed diverse East German women who candidly reveal personal and professional stories, frustrations, hopes, aspirations to record a changing society against a backdrop of architecture and landscapes.
- DirectorHanna NobisTwenty-two-year-old Antek grows up in a deeply religious and radical right-wing family in contemporary Poland. Catholicism, nationalism and especially celibacy define his world. Filmmaker Hanka Nobis follows him and his friends of the Brotherhood, a small group of like-minded young men, for more than four years. Antek leads them in survival camps and at anti-pride demonstrations. At the same time, he is curious about the world, and mostly, about the women in it.
- DirectorLizzie BordenStarsAriel BockMarion CajoriGlenda HydlerFeminist portrait of four artists in a women's group.
- DirectorChristoffer GuldbrandsenStarsChristoffer GuldbrandsenRoger StoneJoe BiggsWith Trump's political godfather, Roger Stone, as the film's central character the film documents how Trump's presidential period had to find its logical end point in The Storm at the Capitol.
- DirectorJonas Poher RasmussenStarsDaniel KarimyarFardin MijdzadehMilad EskandariFLEE tells the extraordinary true story of a man, Amin, on the verge of marriage which compels him to reveal his hidden past for the first time.
- DirectorLizzie MacKenzieStarsKen SmithAfter 40 years of solitude, a spirited elderly hermit opens his life to young female director as he tackles ill health, a declining memory, and questions whether he can live out his last years in the wilderness he calls home.
- DirectorAgniia GaldanovaStarsJenna MarvinIn defiance of Russia's anti-LGTBQ laws, a queer, 21-year-old artist risks her life performing in surreal costumes throughout Moscow. Jenna Marvin's radical public performances blend artistry and activism in this SXSW documentary.
- DirectorAlexander AbaturovStarsAnton ZakharovNelli AlekseevaVasili EverstovThe heart of a raging forest fire in northeastern Siberia, brought on by climate change. Left to their own fate, the villagers join forces.
- DirectorSara NewensMina T. SonWas the planting of tamarisk trees along the historically Black Lawrence Crossley neighborhood in Palm Springs a symbol of segregation?
- DirectorLuzia SchmidStarsMargaret Bourke-WhiteMartha GellhornLee MillerAn inspiring portrait of Margaret Bourke-White, Martha Gellhorn and Lee Miller, three pioneering journalists who made history as the first female correspondents to report on the Second World War.
- DirectorMartyna PeszkoStarsBeata BandurskaTymek BryndalDagna DabrowieckaA professional theatre group of actors with Down syndrome begins working on a new performance, inviting able-bodied actors to a theatrical cooperation. The process arouses heated discussions on the subject of political involvement in art.
- DirectorJonathan BrunnerBorder Conversations is set in November 2021 as thousands of migrants are trying to enter the EU across Poland's border with Belarus. Kornelia and Karolina, two Polish activists, receive urgent calls for help via text messages on a daily basis. Trying to help, their support efforts are not successful. A film about facing the limitations of humanitarian aid.
- DirectorShameela SeedatStarsEdward Mugerwa-SekawabeDaniella MushikaziJerome OwagageEvery year, top law students from all over Africa meet in Botswana to compete in litigation. In the competition, they act as both prosecutors and defense in a fictional case about the rights of refugees. Here, students are forced to challenge their previous ideas about human rights in pursuit of the prestigious award.
- DirectorDouwe DijkstraStarsAbdiwahab AliHamza SunailaSadaq AliHow can you understand a violent past? Somali-born Abdi is furniture designer and support worker. He reenacts his life, marked by war and criminality, with the help of his neighbor and filmmaker Douwe. By means of playful reconstructions in a special effects studio, Abdi and Douwe embark on a candid and investigative journey through a painful history, focusing on the creative process throughout.
- DirectorWerner HerzogHerzog casts his gaze on the human brain, looking for clues as to why a piece of tissue can produce deep thoughts and feelings, while also considering the philosophical, ethical and social implications.
- DirectorJoshua OppenheimerAnonymousChristine CynnStarsAnwar CongoHerman KotoSyamsul ArifinA documentary which challenges former Indonesian death-squad leaders to reenact their mass-killings in whichever cinematic genres they wish, including classic Hollywood crime scenarios and lavish musical numbers.
- DirectorSanaz SohrabiAn archival constellation from the still and moving images of the British Petroleum Archives, documenting the expansive colonial network behind the British geophysical expeditions that spanned across Iran in the early 20th century.