“For several years, Nobel Prize winner Svetlana Alexievich investigated Russian people’s relationship of love. Which, she means, is an acute shortage of today’s society. Documentary film director Staffan Julén followed her work and together they depict a process driven by equal parts of political, artistic and humanistic forces.” The film is an intricate tapestry of […]
The filmmaker documents all his activities, and although Jonathan claims he has the best job in the world and says it has actually saved his life, it soon becomes apparent that he’s not particularly happy. He’s haunted by boyhood traumas, and his relationship with his largely absent father is problematic. With his mother, the bond […]
A film about the love affair between Jamaican and British Youth culture told through the prism of one the most iconic record labels in history, TROJAN RECORDS. Combining archive footage, interview and drama – RUDEBOY tells the story of Trojan Records by placing it at the heart of a cultural revolution that unfolded in the […]
The tiny Christmas Island, belonging to Australia, is undergoing its annual wave of migration when 50 million Christmas Island red crabs head from the shelter of the jungle to the sea to continue their species. At the same time thousands of refugees are held in detention centres with no knowledge of tomorrow. They have travelled […]
According to statistics, almost a third of France is covered in forests. But can you call a forest a forest anymore, if it is dedicated to a single kind of tree and not even birds care to be there? Reaching for financial profit has brought monotone plantations to France, where you grow trees like you […]
Victor Kossakovsky’s Aquarela has spectacular photo footage which is fuelled with a score composed by Eicca Toppinen. Large glaciers are melting at a growing pace, the sea level is rising and hurricanes take over our streets. The consequences of climate change are being addressed in Aquarela, even though it is not exactly a film about the approaching disaster. Aquarela takes […]
1960. The USSR starts humanitarian aid programs based on Marxist ideology in several newly independent African countries. For more than 35 years the Soviets expand their influence in Africa. Soviet filmmakers are sent along to document the glorious advance of socialism on the entire continent. After the fall of the Soviet empire Russia lost political […]
In the chaotic aftermath of the fall of Saddam Hussein, Fakhir, a father of eight, is serving in the Iraqi army. All around him, he sees innocent civilians getting injured by landmines, so he determines to disarm them with his own hands, using just a pocketknife and some wire cutters. He clears thousands of roadside […]
Dark Eden examines the reality behind the search for a better life. What kind of sacrifices are we ready to make when reaching for personal wealth and happiness? Our planet’s third largest oil deposit Athabasca Oil Sands is located in Fort McMurray, Northern Canada and is the size of England. People from all over the world […]
Say what you will about folk music, you either love it or ignore it, but The Ballad of Shirley Collins is a film that everyone should see. Stories lie in the core of folk. In the age of corporate narratives and brand storytelling there is really an oversupply of stories, but there is always room for truly good […]