Current Films

Cuba and cream cakes. An old pastry cook, who has to work in an indus­tri­al bakery – despite long having reached retire­ment age. A hobby baker in the menopause with … read more

A sit­u­a­tion report from the Gaza Strip in Feb­ru­ary 2009, just one month after the end of Israel’s mil­i­tary offen­sive. Destruc­tion every­where. The bombs did not even spare the theme … read more

Bombay, Indi­a’s gate­way to the West, has rein­vent­ed itself and emerged as Mumbai, a modern, self­con­fi­dent com­mer­cial metrop­o­lis. A magnet for the hopes of the rich and poor. But with … read more

“Do you love me?” Daniel asks his wife Nati, who is busy pack­ing her suit­cas­es. They have lived togeth­er for 34 years. Soon they will be sep­a­rat­ed by a seem­ing­ly … read more

I WANNA BE BOSS… reports on how the next gen­er­a­tion of Chi­nese lead­ers is being mould­ed. In this doc­u­men­tary we follow five very smart Chi­nese stu­dents through their final high … read more

“Don’t worry about what has passed, look towards what is coming.” This far­east­ern proverb works as a mis­sion state­ment for Xiaolu Guo’s filmic kalei­do­scope. This is a mul­ti­fac­eted por­trait of … read more

In the north­ern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, Sampat Pal Devi fights against forced mar­riage, vio­lence against women, and the humil­i­a­tion faced by the untouch­ables. The ener­getic Sampat, who con­trary to tra­di­tion­al roles is respect­ed at all times wher­ev­er she goes, faced vio­lence and oppres­sion her­self when she was mar­ried off at the age of eight. Since then she has been eman­ci­pat­ed from her family and is now the leader of the so called Gulabi Gang, a fem­i­nist vig­i­lante group of sorts that wears pink saris and helps other oppressed girls and women. Among them Rekha, a 14 year old untouch­able who is three months preg­nant, yet unable to marry the father of her child because he belongs to anoth­er caste. Or 15 year old Renu, who speaks of throw­ing her­self in front of a train because her hus­band from an arranged mar­riage has left her and her father-in-law has raped her. 

Kim Longinot­to’s inge­nious artistry lies in an ele­gant abil­i­ty to estab­lish trust with sub­jects and a deep sen­si­tiv­i­ty to their cul­tur­al con­texts, yield­ing an alchem­i­cal inti­ma­cy in which sub­tleties and com­plex­i­ties are allowed to sur­face and unfold to breath-taking effect. (Sun­dance Film Festival) 

Great tech­ni­cal abil­i­ty, craftsman’s pride, and cre­ative energy are the dri­ving forces behind the Sudanese mechan­ics respon­si­ble for cus­tomiz­ing Bed­ford Trucks orig­i­nal­ly from Eng­land to meet the local needs in … read more

The first shot of the film estab­lish­es its agenda: the arrival of the Indian ele­phant god in the streets of Paris. The ele­phant god – a symbol of power and … read more

“One day, I climbed Diosso Hill… After dig­ging, I came upon a big rock and I saw some gold. I called for help… On the sev­enth day, the hill had … read more

This is a filmic reflec­tion on South­ern Italy as it changes from a place of emi­gra­tion to a des­ti­na­tion for immi­gra­tion. The film begins in a grave­yard of refugee ships … read more