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I Am Samuel

 Filmed over five years, I Am Samuel is an intimate portrait of a Kenyan man balancing pressures of family loyalty, love, and safety and questioning the concept of conflicting identities.

Amsterdam,  London,  San Diego,  Toronto,  New York

Reunited

A story of love across borders, and the compromises a family must make when it is torn apart by circumstances beyond its control. When Rana and Muhkles are forced to flee the war in Syria in a desperate search for stable and secure futures for their family, they are separated from their children.

Leftover Women

This eye-opening documentary follows three women in their gruelling quest to find a husband, weighing the cost of family and society’s approval against their own chances of happiness.

Nae Pasaran

 In solidarity against the brutal Chilean coup six months earlier, Scottish factory workers know where they stand.

Practice or Preach: Protest Anno 2020

Nonviolent mass movements are the primary challenges to governments today. Yet the success rates declined dramatically over the past decades. What makes or breaks a mass movement?

Afghan Cycles

What lengths would you go to in order to ride a bicycle? Afghan Cycles follows a new generation of young Afghan women cyclists.

Ghost Fleet

Bangkok-based Patima Tungpuchayakul has committed her life to rescuing and returning home men from Myanmar, Laos, Cambodia, and other Southeast Asian nations who have been sold to Thai fishing companies by human traffickers. 

Prosecuting Evil: The Extraordinary world of Ben Ferencz

The fascinating story of Ben Ferencz—the last surviving Nuremberg prosecutor and lifelong advocate of “law not war.” After witnessing Nazi concentration camps shortly after liberation, Ferencz became lead prosecutor in the Einsatzgruppen case at Nuremberg, which has been called the biggest murder trial in history.

Screwdriver (Mafak)

After spending more than a decade in prison for an attack on an Israeli settler, Ziad struggles to readjust to life in Ramallah, lost in a world he barely recognizes. 

Jaha's Promise

Jaha's Promise is a touching story about a young girl's struggle to take control of her own body.

Silas

Silas celebrates the power of individuals to fight back against the power of money and politics.

Amsterdam,  London,  San Diego,  Toronto

The Workers Cup

The Workers Cup follows one group of men from among the 1.6 million migrant workers preparing for the world’s largest sporting event.

Chasing Asylum

Chasing Asylum exposes the negative impact of Australia’s offshore detention policies and explores how Australia became a country where leaders choose detention over compassion.

Complicit

Shot below the radar, Complicit follows the journey of Chinese migrant worker-turned-activist Yi Yeting, a Foxconn factory worker who takes his fight against the global electronic industry from his hospital bed to the international stage.

Amsterdam,  London,  New York,  San Diego,  Toronto

Do Not Resist

Winner of Best Documentary Feature at Tribeca Film Festival,Do Not Resist opens with shocking scenes from Ferguson, Missouri, to introduce an array of stories that collectively detail the disturbing realities of American police culture.

Dreaming of Denmark

For 17-year-old Wasiullah, who spent three years in asylum centres after arriving alone from Afghanistan, Denmark has become his home.

Lost in Lebanon

<p>As the war threatens to leave a generation of young Syrians without education, health care or a state, Lost in Lebanon follows four Syrians who are building a community, sharing resources and attempting to advocate for themselves in their new land.</p>

No Dress Code Required

Víctor and Fernando, a devoted, unassuming couple from Mexicali, Mexico, find themselves in the center of a legal firestorm over their desire to get married.

The Apology

Grandma Gil in South Korea, Grandma Cao in China, and Grandma Adela in the Philippines were amongst thousands of girls and young women who were sexually exploited by the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II.

Amsterdam,  London,  New York

The Heart of Nuba

Welcome to the war-torn heart of the Nuba Mountains of Sudan, where doctor Tom Catena selflessly and courageously serves the needs of a forgotten people.

The Uncondemned

Both a real-life courtroom thriller and a moving human drama, The Uncondemned tells the gripping story of a group of young international lawyers, activists, and Rwandan women who fought to have rape recognized as a war crime.

Amsterdam,  Chicago,  New York,  Toronto

Tickling Giants

Dubbed, “The Egyptian Jon Stewart,” Bassem Youssef hosts the most popular television programme in the Middle East.

Among the Believers

An unsettling and eye-opening exploration into the spread of the radical ideology of the Red Mosque Islamic school in Pakistan, which trains children to devote their lives to jihad, or holy war, from a very young age.

At Home in the World

Multi-award winning filmmaker Andreas Koefoed intimately portrays ordinary children in extraordinary circumstances

Cartel Land

With unprecedented access, Cartel Land is a harrowing look at the journeys of two modern-day vigilante groups and their shared enemy – the murderous Mexican drug cartels.

Desperate Journey

More than one million asylum seekers and migrants have arrived in Europe by sea.

I Am Sun Mu

Since fleeing his native North Korea to defect to the south, the artist Sun Mu has worked under a defiant alias meaning “no boundaries” to criticize the repressive regime of Kim Jong-un.

Amsterdam,  London,  Los Angeles,  San Diego,  Toronto

Life Is Sacred

Violence is part of everyday life in Colombia, where the military, guerrillas, paramilitaries, and drug cartels have been fighting for decades, and hundreds of thousands of people have been killed.

No Land's Song

<p>A political thriller and a musical journey,<em>No Land's Song</em> never loses sight of its real center - the female voice.</p>

Out to Win

In Out to Win gay and lesbian professional athletes discuss coming out, and the effect it had on their lives and sporting careers.

The Diplomat

THE DIPLOMAT tells the remarkable story of the life and legacy of Ambassador Richard Holbrooke, whose singular career spans fifty years of American foreign policy from Vietnam to Afghanistan.

The Wanted 18

<p>Through a clever mix of stop motion animation and interviews, <em>The Wanted 18</em> recreates an astonishing true story: the Israeli army's pursuit of 18 cows.</p>

E-TEAM

When atrocities are committed in countries held hostage by ruthless dictators, Human Rights Watch sends in the Emergencies Team, a collection of fiercely intelligent individuals who document war crimes and report them to the world.

Evaporating Borders

A visual essay in five parts, Evaporating Borders is told through a series of vignettes that explore the lives of asylum seekers and political refugees on the island of Cyprus.

First to Fall

First to Fall is an intimate story of friendship, sacrifice, and the madness of war. It bears witness to the irreversible transformation of two friends, and the price they pay for their convictions.

Syria: Bullets and Countershots

For the Abounaddara Collective, "films should burst out like bullets to break the silence. They should tell the Syrian story with great narrative intensity and make the viewer look at reality differently."

Virunga

A powerful combination of investigative journalism and nature documentary, Virunga is the incredible true story of a group of courageous people risking their lives to build a better future in a part of Africa the world's forgotten, and a gripp