Shahid (2024)
https://vimeo.com/931512192 DESCRIPTION Director Narges Shahid Kalhor no longer wants to be called "Shahid" (martyr) as her surname and casts an actress as herself, who is supposed to set about changing the family name. All of a sudden, her bizarre great-grandfather appears. A
hold on to her (2024)
https://vimeo.com/931495967 DESCRIPTION Mawda Shawri, two years old in 2018, sister of Hama, daughter of Phrast and Shamden, was shot dead by a Belgian police officer during a migration border control. In 2023, over 40 people, both undocumented and documented resident activists, assembled
A Golden Life (2023)
https://vimeo.com/808047973 DESCRIPTION In Burkina Faso, in the gold-digging site of Bantara, Rasmané, 16 years old, descends more than 100 meters deep in artisanal mines to extract gold. Anxious about accidents, Rasmané makes his way in this world of fierce adults in the
Anxious in Beirut (2023)
https://youtu.be/bJzd0jRf5Bs DESCRIPTION In the ever-present desire to capture, record, and understand Beirut, and by extension himself, Zakaria has been trying to give a coherent story to his city. “Anxious in Beirut” is a personal diary that documents the events of the last two
All You See (2022)
https://vimeo.com/801177309 DESCRIPTION What if from one day to the next, you’re no longer seen, but instead are stared at? The leading characters in All You See have ended up in a new world where suddenly nothing seems to align. In their new
Fragments from Heaven (2022)
https://vimeo.com/757119277 DESCRIPTION The Moroccan desert has recently experienced several large meteor showers. In its arid lands now, rest some celestial pieces. «Fragments from Heaven» tells the story of Mohamed, a nomad in his fifties who lives with his family in a tent in
Like an Island (2022)
https://vimeo.com/719818394 DESCRIPTION In the heat of the summer, two watchmen secure the river that runs through a neighbourhood in Lausanne. Ammar is new to the job, and Daniel shares his experience with him. During their rounds and encounters with the inhabitants, they
STEEL LIFE (2022)
https://vimeo.com/711576235 DESCRIPTION VIDA FERREA - Steel Life is a film journey about the Central Peruvian Railway during the week of Peru’s most important national holiday, Independence Day, July 28th. The train goes through steep gradients, carrying minerals from Cerro de Pasco, at
SAMI´S ODYSSEYS (2022)
https://vimeo.com/732925825 DESCRIPTION In Ethiopia’s labyrinthine capital Addis Ababa, Sami spent long 19 years to translate Greek and Roman myths on an ancient laptop to Amharic, the Ethiopian official language. Director follows a man pursuing his inexplicable dreams in the service of literature. After years of solitary labor,
TOLYATTI ADRIFT (2022)
https://vimeo.com/683816327 DESCRIPTION Tolyatti, once the symbol of socialist pride, is today the Russian Detroit, a limbo city where there is no future for the youth. It was known for its car industry, mainly for the legendary car called LADA. Currently it's a deteriorated