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, she will pre-cook it and then sell it at the market in the city. She has five chil­dren to feed and a house­hold to run. Her hus­band? “He’s a man of the streets … “

Film­mak­er Aishoola Aisae­va accom­pa­nies this resilient farmer through her day - until night falls again and she takes a taxi home. And what does Quralai dream of? To visit Switzer­land once in her life, because she loves the moun­tains, the landscape …

Aishoola Aisae­va is a female doc­u­men­tary pho­tog­ra­ph­er and an inde­pen­dent film­mak­er from Kyr­gyzs­tan. Aishoola start­ed her career as a jour­nal­ist at the age of 13 and has pub­lished arti­cles focus­ing on social issues and nation­al pol­i­tics for local and inter­na­tion­al media. She worked for many local and inter­na­tion­al non-profit organ­i­sa­tions to sup­port women and queer ini­tia­tives, advo­cate for human rights and the cli­mate jus­tice in the Cen­tral Asian region.
Nowa­days, Aishola is engaged with build­ing com­mu­ni­ties through art inter­ven­tions as an artist at the Museum of Fem­i­nist and Queer Art in Kyr­gyzs­tan, empow­er­ing youth, women and com­mu­ni­ties to tell their own sto­ries and to speak up about injus­tice, gender inequal­i­ty, cli­mate crisis through exper­i­men­tal art and photo exhibitions.

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. … read more

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