Polar Spin
A journey into the unknown to discover the farthest places, the last frontier, where the nights are long and icy, the conditions for life are extreme, the ever-present duality between beauty and its hostility, the tranquility and silence that death brings, the constant struggle to stay alive. The North Pole, where pristine, crystalline night skies …Read more »
Arabic Secret
Kamil Filipek wants to meet his father Ilham Al Madfai. Ilham is a renowned star of the Arabic folk music in the Middle East. The two have never met. The director invites viewers to Kamil’s live, to observe and reflect on the meaning of finding ones’ roots. Can the meeting with his father shed some …Read more »
AILLEURS PARTOUT
A computer screen, images from the four corners of the world. We cross borders in one-click while another trip’s story reach us in bits, through text messages, chats, phone conversations, and an immigration office’s questionnaire. It’s the journey of Shahin, a 20-year-old Iranian boy who, fleeing his country alone, lands in Greece, then winds his …Read more »
A VOYAGE AGAINST TIME
This pioneering documentary follows a physically and mentally challenging kayaking expedition led by BASHAR AL HUNEIDI through six countries from Kuwait to Oman. This spiritual journey raises awareness of the region’s natural beauty and rich biodiversity and highlights the urgent need for a sustainable strategy to protect the environment so fundamental to the region’s heritage …Read more »
While We Live -a compass to connection-
In While We Live, musical journalist Andrea Voets makes a social roadtrip through Greece, in search for a way out of fundamental loneliness in society. Together with dozens of Greeks and Greek musicians, she deciphers their tools for meaningful contact and the social logic they live by. The journey takes us from the metropole of …Read more »