Neocolonialism
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- DirectorVera VodynskiStarsEduard ChekmazovAndrey FilippakElena LemeshkoDownshifter Alex lives in Sri Lanka as a white king. Parents' arrival coincides with mystical appearance of the local deity, Shamka, in the village. Alex's peaceful life ends at this point.
- DirectorMarja HelanderStarsBirit HaarlaKatja HaarlaTwo sister ballerinas dance through the villages and forests of the Sámi land in this whimsical and disarming commentary on indigenous sovereignty and land ownership (The Sámi are the only indigenous people within the European Union area).
- DirectorPetteri SaarioStarsRiikka KarppinenJuha KarppinenTiina KarppinenInternational mining company is looking to establish a mine on Viiankiaapa, a swamp area, which is a part of EU's Natura 2000 nature protection network. Miner's daughter Riikka Karppinen has decided to lead the opposition for this project.
- DirectorZia MandviwallaStarsDesmond MalakaiDavid MillerAnapela PolataivaoFollows a cleaning lady going through an overnight shift at an airport. Her actions throughout may seem selfish and heartless but they all become incredibly understandable at the end.
- DirectorMiki MistratiU. Roberto RomanoStarsDiamoutene BakaryDavid BatesonHenri BleminAt cocoa plantations in Ghana and the Ivory Coast, children aged from 7 to 15 years old, with the promise of paid work, are forced into slave labour. Does the world know about the dark side of chocolate?
- DirectorZach IngrasciSean LeonardChris TempleStarsChris TempleZach IngrasciSean LeonardFour young friends set out to live on just $1 a day for two months in rural Guatemala. Armed with only a video camera, they battle hunger, parasites, and extreme financial stress as they attempt to survive life on the edge.
- DirectorNeil DiamondCatherine BainbridgeJeremiah HayesStarsAdam BeachChris EyreRussell MeansThe history of the depiction of Native Americans in Hollywood films.
- DirectorRaoul PeckStarsSamuel L. JacksonJames BaldwinMartin Luther KingWriter James Baldwin tells the story of race in modern America with his unfinished novel, Remember This House.
- DirectorSteven BognarJulia ReichertStarsJunming 'Jimmy' WangRobert AllenSherrod BrownIn post-industrial Ohio, a Chinese billionaire opens a factory in an abandoned General Motors plant, hiring two thousand Americans. Early days of hope and optimism give way to setbacks as high-tech China clashes with working-class America.
- DirectorTamara KotevskaLjubomir StefanovStarsHatidze MuratovaNazife MuratovaHussein SamThe last female bee-hunter in Europe must save the bees and return the natural balance in Honeyland, when a family of nomadic beekeepers invade her land and threaten her livelihood.
- DirectorPaul GorrieTarneen Onus Williams
- DirectorVictoria HuntA dancer enters the liminal spaces between history and emotion to retell the story of her ancestral Maori meeting house Hinemihi o te Ao Tawhito.
- DirectorChantelle MurrayStarsAshweeni MasonMungo McKayBernadette Pryde1950's Australia, Mudju's daughter Munna has been stolen, helpless against the Mission governance and violence, until she learns to read and write to be reunited with her daughter.
- DirectorElina TalvensaariVisitors from a distant place appear in the misty swamps of Northern Finland. The locals grow restless - things are changing, secret berry spots are revealed and everything is getting uncomfortable. Who is to blame and who is profiting from all this? How to Pick Berries is an exploration of Finnish mind and the absurdities of global economy.
- DirectorClaude DutyStarsJean-Philippe BarrauIn a luxurious loft, African statuettes awake and mock the capitalist civilization as soon as their owner is away.
- DirectorShady SrourStarsHala DawAngham KhalilAlbir MirebZiad, a Palestinian day laborer, is denied entry into Israel for work that day. Not wanting to return home empty handed after promising his daughter meat for dinner, he needs to get creative. A tragic reflection of the everyday struggle of Palestinian breadwinners after the failure of the Oslo Accords.