Hanoi, in the Japan­ese indus­tri­al zone: two young women who have left their vil­lage strug­gle to escape tem­po­rary work and short-term con­tracts. Becom­ing a real worker is a dream, which … read more

A broth­er and sister, aged eleven and eight respec­tive­ly, are sur­vivors of a deadly cyclone on the island of Min­danao in Decem­ber 2011. With extreme mod­esty, Kiri films their child­hood … read more

At a bend in the Rue de Charonne, I come across the letter car­ri­er start­ing his second daily round on foot. He wants me to accom­pa­ny him. It’s very, very … read more

In 2022, a col­lec­tive from the Sudan Film Fac­to­ry began a project to por­tray some people in Sudan’s cap­i­tal, ini­ti­at­ed by British film­mak­er Phil Cox (Native Voice Films). In the … read more

Ini­tial­ly, Gul­noza thought she knew her­self well enough and was open enough to start a film project about the rela­tion­ship between her and Denis, her boyfriend. She didn’t want to … read more

Zamira is fes­tive­ly attired, singing in a choir. A line from a love song poses the ques­tion “What is my pur­pose in life here on earth?”, becom­ing the guid­ing theme … read more

The night is still black. In the narrow beam of her torch, Quralai counts the money for the sweet corn she is about to buy from the pick­ers. At home, … read more

Can pass­ing through a forest change the fate of a 16-year-old girl overnight? The lives of Runa and her family are now divid­ed into before and after cross­ing this forest.

With the Belaru­sian gov­ern­ment issu­ing visas to refugees, some chose the forest at the Belarus-Poland border as their route to Europe - unaware that Polish border guards would block their entry and no way to return to Belarus. Some refugees have been trapped in this forest.

A Kur­dish mother becomes one of the vic­tims of this forest, losing her life. Now, Runa, the 16-year-old daugh­ter, must take on the respon­si­bil­i­ty of caring for both her sib­lings and her father in Poland.

Through an inti­mate lens, the film cap­tures Runa’s strug­gle to rebuild her family’s life from scratch in a for­eign coun­try with an unfa­mil­iar lan­guage. But in the dis­tance, a light of hope shines. Runa’s strength drives the narrative.

Agniesz­ka Zwief­ka, obtained her PhD in 2007 in new media and ever since worked as a lec­tur­er of tele­vi­sion jour­nal­ism and inter­ac­tive films at the Uni­ver­si­ty of Wro­claw spe­cial­iz­ing in mul­ti­me­dia sto­ry­telling. Films: THE QUEEN OF SILENCE (2014), SCARS (2020), SILENT TREES (2024)

Koka is a pretty grown-up kid who lives with his father and two dogs in a coastal vil­lage on the Bering Sea. Under his father’s edgy instruc­tions, he helps with … read more

The film unfolds as a poignant explo­ration of the film­mak­er’s jour­ney toward under­stand­ing and accept­ing the pro­found sense of belong­ing tied to space and time. It chron­i­cles the moth­er’s expe­ri­ence … read more