RECLAMATION

TJ Cuthand
Canada 2018 | 13 Min. | engl. subtitled

Sun, 14-May-23 12:30 PM
Q&A with:
Rajat Nayyar (EFC), Rana El Kadi (EFC), TJ Cuthand via Zoom
RECLAMATION is a doc­u­men­tary-style imag­in­ing of a post-dystopic future in Canada after mas­sive cli­mate change, wars, pol­lu­tion, and the after­ef­fects of the large-scale colo­nial project which has now destroyed the … read more

IN THE GARDEN OF FORKING PATHS (Excerpt)

Dara Culhane, Simone Rapisarda Casanova
Canada 2021 | 30 Min. | engl. subtitled

Sun, 14-May-23 12:30 PM
Q&A with:
Rajat Nayyar (EFC), Rana El Kadi (EFC)
Just before con­di­tions on Planet Earth became unsuit­able for human life, a small group of chil­dren received a mes­sage from a far­away galaxy: an ancient civilization’s plea for notes describ­ing … read more

CALL ME BACK

Johannes Sjöberg
Great Britain 2020 | 28 Min. | engl. subtitled

Sun, 14-May-23 12:30 PM
Q&A with:
Johannes Sjöberg via Zoom, Rajat Nayyar (EFC), Rana El Kadi (EFC)
This ethno-sci­ence fic­tion film fol­lows James Hudson-Wright in dia­logue with him­self in a phone booth out­side his house. James is filmed during 2014-2018 dis­cussing his life and the impact of … read more

WHEN SLEEP ENFOLDED HER

Amina Abouelghar, Grégoire Verbeke
Belgium, Egypt 2022 | 10 Min. | engl. subtitled

Sun, 14-May-23 12:30 PM
Filmgespräch mit:
Rajat Nayyar (EFC), Rana El Kadi (EFC)
Under a full moon in an arid moun­tain land­scape a young woman wan­ders and reach­es a dried-out riverbed. She waters a plant and is at one with her silence. When … read more

WANDERING, A ROHINGYA STORY

Mélanie Carrier, Olivier Higgins
Canada 2020 | 87 Min. | engl. subtitled

Sun, 14-May-23 04:00 PM
Q&A via Zoom mit:
Mélanie Carrier, Olivier Higgins
“Here is a place beyond space and time” says Kalam, who guides view­ers through the world’s largest refugee camp in Bangladesh. His poetic words form the frame­work of the film. … read more

LIGHT UPON LIGHT
(نور على نور)

Christian Suhr
Denmark, Egypt 2022 | 78 Min. | engl. subtitled

Sun, 14-May-23 07:30 PM
Q&A with:
Christian Suhr, Muhammad Mustapha
Danish anthro­pol­o­gist Chris­t­ian Suhr embarks on a jour­ney through Egypt and into the spir­i­tu­al world of the Sufis. Togeth­er with his Islam­ic friend Muham­mad, he meets numer­ous believ­ers for talks … read more

L’OMBRA DI RASPUTIN

Pietro Francesco Pingitore
Italy 2022 | 27 Min. | engl. subtitled

Sun, 14-May-23 10:00 PM
Q&A with:
Pietro Pingitore
A wild life rescue treats boar and deer at the edge of a nat­ur­al reserve along­side the Treb­bia river, north­ern italy. Hunters pro­tect the non-human life in an area of … read more

SHEEP, DOG AND WOLF

Sujay Iyer
Hungary 2022 | 13 Min. | engl. subtitled

Sun, 14-May-23 10:00 PM
Q&A with:
Sujay Lyer
In Hun­gary, people used to co-exist with wolves. But the envi­ron­men­tal and polit­i­cal atmos­phere drove them out of their ter­ri­to­ries for nearly 100 years. In the last decade, they have … read more

WITH MY THOUGHTS ON THE SEA

Fabiana Fragale
Germany, Italy 2022 | 23 Min. | engl. subtitled

Sun, 14-May-23 10:00 PM
Q&A with:
Fabiana Fragale
In WITH MY THOUGHTS ON THE SEA we follow Nedo, one of the last inde­pen­dent fish­er­men of Piom­bi­no, Italy. While more and more fish­er­men in the area are eco­nom­i­cal­ly forced … read more