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 pres­sure year at an elite high school in Chongqing, a mega­lopo­lis in cen­tral China. They are com­pet­ing, togeth­er with 10,5 mil­lion stu­dents all over the coun­try, for a lim­it­ed amount of spots at Bei­jing’s top two uni­ver­si­ties. Study­ing from 7.10 AM till 10.30 PM, 6 days a week, the stu­dents’ lives are reg­i­ment­ed almost every minute of the day as they pre­pare for the end-of-year exam that can deter­mine their fate. For many stu­dents from poor or rural back­grounds, a strong per­for­mance on the test is the only way to climb the social ladder and excel with­out con­nec­tions. “Strat­e­gy for the exams is more impor­tant than knowl­edge” is the advice given by one teacher at an elite high school in Chongqing, China. 

Nick­named the ‘I want’ gen­er­a­tion by the Chi­nese press, these only chil­dren will be the new class of cor­po­rate man­agers, lawyers and civil ser­vants who are expect­ed to propel China to sur­pass the United States as the largest econ­o­my in the world. 

“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 … read more

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