Tvillingebrødrene Benny og Brian kæmper ihærdigt for at realisere deres store drøm om at etablere et julemuseum i Sønderjylland. Deres fascination af alt, der hører julen til, er kun blevet større i løbet af deres voksenliv, og trods en presset økonomi…
Fleeing Syria, two doctors and their children are separated from each other. The kids bravely live on their own in Turkey, while their parents make it to Canada and Denmark. Now they're stuck in a Kafkaesque system that reduces their family life to Skype calls. Will they manage to reunite? The film…
Frühsommer 1990. Die jungen Dokumentarfilmer Reinhard Kungel und Michael Huh bereisen die DDR. Vor einem halben Jahr ist die Mauer gefallen. In einem halben Jahr wird es zur Wiedervereinigung kommen. In der „Ostzone“ ist nichts mehr wie es war, die DDR befindet sich im Dazwischen, irgendwo…
En anerkendt dansk HIV-forsker forlader sin familie og sit højtprofilerede job for at blive buddhistisk skovmunk på et bjerg i Sri Lanka. Et dansk dokumentaristpar filmer hans levevis, men må på grund af uoverensstemmelser afbryde projektet. Da de en årrække senere…
24-year-old Jacob Nossell is really bright, but he does not fit the typical idea of the perfect life. Jacob is living with cerebral palsy, a congenital physical disability. In addition to affecting his speech, it causes muscle cramps and stiffness. His words run together when he speaks and his movements…
Observational Film #4 by Kazuhiro Soda 2012, 170 minutes, Documentary, with English Subtitles Young Jury’s Prize, Festival des 3 Continents Can the theatre arts survive in the 21st century? If Theatre 1 is about the world of Hirata, Theatre 2 is a feature documentary, which depicts the…
The story of the South African band Ladysmith Black Mambazo who became worldwide sensations after powering Paul Simon's landmark and massively successful Graceland album. The film takes us from roots in apartheid to winning 5 Grammys. We talk with Oprah Winfrey, Dolly Parton and others who work…
Fascia, the connective tissue supporting the body, was identified by Dr. Ida Rolf over 50 years ago, well before modern imaging tools existed. Her pioneering work revealed fascia's key role in health and alignment. The fascinating documentary "Ida Rolf - Mother of Fascia" celebrates her…
An award-winning documentary on the legacy of the internal armed conflict in El Salvador, The Offended features the director’s charismatic father, Rubén Zamora, a key political leader and current Salvadorian Ambassador to the UN, who was captured and tortured by the National Police during…
In the wake of the October 7th massacre and explosive allegations implicating UNRWA staff in kidnappings, this documentary explores the global fallout and Israel’s legislative move to sever ties with the agency amid Gaza’s deepening humanitarian crisis. Through a wide lens of historical and…
An investigative documentary, These Walls was inspired by the director’s chance discovery of a poem written on the ruins of a building during his childhood. From this lonely moorland in the Sierra de Madrid, we discover one of the darkest episodes in Spain’s history. During the Franco…
On the violent border between Brazil and Paraguay, a battle between agribusiness and indigenous sovereignty wages. Filmmakers Laura Faerman and Marina Weis outline the clash between lawyer Luana Ruiz, heiress to the contested land and staunch Jair Bolsonaro supporter, and Alenir Ximendes, Guarani-Kaiowá…
