For centuries, a closed institution served as a final destination for socially transgressive women at Själö, an isolated island in the Baltic Sea. The outcast women were kept there in detention, to be observed, studied and measured – in much the same way as the surrounding nature is by scientists...

“Los Lobos” thrives as an intimate window into what it means to confront immigrant life in piecemeal." Indiewire

Berlin International Film Festival
Busan International Film Festival
Miami Film Festival

A wonderfully realised look at the immigrant experience in the USA, the award-winning Los Lob...

"A shimmering depiction of the kind of chance encounter that can change life’s course..." The Hollywood Reporter

Tribeca Film Festival
BFI London Film Festival
Karlovy Vary International Film Festival

Paz Fabrega's heartfelt drama sees follows Pedro (Fernando Bolaños) and Luciana (Kattia G. Zúñ...

Toronto International Film Festival
Göteborg Film Festival
Miami Film Festival

Katherine Jerkovic's poignant, intimate debut feature follows Sarah (Arlen Aguayo-Stewart) who, after the death of her father, travels from Montreal to a small village in Uruguay to visit with her paternal grandmother...

"Eva Marie Rødbro's arresting feature debut probes the inner and outer struggles of three generations of women in suburban Colorado Springs." Variety

International Documentary Festival Amsterdam
Cork International Film Festival
Göteborg Film Festival

A raw and emotionally impactful story of a y...

"Gan’s doc is a pained love letter to her artistic, impractical father, with his love of bonsai trees, birds and old poetry." POV Magazine

Hot Docs International Documentary Festival
Montreal International Documentary Film Festival

The key ingredient in bird's nest soup is the hardened saliva o...

"Da Quebrada is a charismatic and compelling individual, a bold and dynamic performer and an insightful and articulate social critic." Sight and Sound

Berlin International Film Festival
Busan International Film Festival
Sheffield Doc/Fest

Directed by Claudia Priscilla and Kiko Goifman, Bixa Tra...

"Family is family across the world, and the fights and familial bonds are all the same. Ivana The Terrible is an incredible relatable film." Film Threat

Locarno Film Festival
Thessaloniki International Film Festival
Göteborg Film Festival

A deeply personal film from director Ivana Mladenovic, I...

Locarno Film Festival
Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival
Camerimage International Film Festival

Dorottya Zurbó's insightful documentary explores the life of Kafia, a 17-year-old who fled to Hungary on her own, escaping from a child marriage in Somalia, at the age of fifteen. Sh...

Vancouver International Film Festival

This distinctive short film from directors Chloe Van Landschoot and Niamh Wilson examines the relentless nature of healthcare work, the exhaustion that the job can elicit and the toll it takes on body and mind. Utilising movement, rhythm, and dance, Tidal is...

Based on the ballad written by Ukrainian poet Taras Shevchenko called “That Catherine’s hut is on the hill…”, Toloka is about a rescue of Catherine’s lover, whom she saves by posing him as her brother. This story, as a parable, flies throughout Ukraine’s history and reconstructs its dramatic and ...

Dok Lepizig Festival
Chicago Underground Film Festival
IndieLisboa International Independent Film Festival

Nicole Wegner's documentary pays homage to the American DIY spirit, and the diversity of the US musical landscape outside the commercial music industry, by portraying 12 American avant-gard...

Inside Out LGBT Toronto Film Festival
Sheffield Doc/Fest
Outfest Los Angeles

“We transgender are the revolution!” Indianara Siqueira, trans activist and politician, says as she admonishes her political party for ousting her days before the 2018 Brazilian national elections. In the same election ...

Canada Shorts Film Festival
San Jose International Short Film Festival
Roma Short Film Festival

Flyer Boys is the story of a Ukrainian grandfather and his Canadian-born grandson who find themselves at both generational and cultural odds as they spend long summer days working together delivering ...

"Ellen Fiske and Ellinor Hallin announce themselves as docmakers to watch with this piercing chronicle of a Scottish teen's drastic coming of age." Variety

Tribeca Film Festival
Hot Docs
Edinburgh International Film Festival

A winner of multiple awards across the festival circuit, including Be...

Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival
Belgrade Film Festival
Pula Film Festival

When Jasna (Daria Lorenci-Flatz) returns to her childhood home in Croatia in order to care for her mother, Anka (Neva Rosic), who is in ill health, she is forced to confront the complex, damaging relationship she has wi...

Seattle International Film Festival

In this one-of-a-kind comedy, Didi (Dee Hsu) is an aspiring actress trying to prove herself to her superstar sister. She keeps having the same dream about the love affairs of a woman named Xu Chunmei (also Dee Hsu), who owns a spaceship restaurant known for a ...

"a dreamy acid trip through Rio de Janeiro’s queer nightlife." Now Magazine

Berlin International Film Festival
Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Film Festival
Amsterdam International Documentary Film Festival

In her dreamlike, essayistic film Obscuro Barroco, Greek director Evangelia ...

"Emmanuelle Bonmariage delivers a multi-layered documentary about a filmmaker and extraordinary man’s road to remembrance." Cineuropa

IDFA
Docville
Munich Dok Fest

The Belgian filmmaker Manu Bonmariage now has Alzheimer's at age 76. As his memory starts to fade, his daughter Emmanuelle goes bac...

Amsterdam International Documentary Film Festival
Sheffield Doc/Fest
Cleveland International Film Festival

Alisa Kovalenko’s documentary focusses on a crucial period in the life of Alina, a gifted 20-year-old footballer from Kyiv, whose passion for the sport has a chance of saving her from pover...

Ukrainian-born filmmaker Damien Kolodiy travelled to his homeland in 2014 to document the violent insurrection from the streets, chronicling the extreme chaos engulfing Ukraine in a remarkable and intense narrative. Told from the point of view of Kolodiy, with exhaustive research and incredible u...

Directed by Adriana Luhovy, Recovery Room is a feature documentary that tells the story of several humanitarian Canadian Medical Missions to Ukraine. Plastic surgeons with their specialized team of 25 Canadian health professionals arrive at the Main Military Clinical Hospital in Kyiv during 2014 ...

"one of the year’s most notable Korean independent features.” Screendaily

Toronto International Film Festival
Busan International Film Festival

After dedicating years of her life studying for the public official exam, Ja-young (Moon Choi) suddenly loses interest and makes the difficult decision...

"In a nation crying for change, Since I Been Down is not only timely but a vital piece to an ever-growing picture that needs to be seen." Film Inquiry

Directed by Dr. Gilda Sheppard, Since I Been Down tells the dramatic story of how an American community, held captive by 1990’s punitive policies...