WATCH THE FESTIVAL FILMS ONLINE UNTIL 20 OCTOBER 2020!
ANOTHER PARADISE
Olivier Magis
82 min. I BE, FR I 2019
Fifty years ago the entire Creole population of the Chagos Islands was displaced from their island homes by the British authorities in order to lease the largest island to the US Navy. Now, with the lease about to expire, Chagossian exiles struggle to recover their homeland. STREAM NOW
BATTLE OF THE GIANTS
Hernán Zin
80 min. I ES I 2018
What does hunger mean? Women from around the world show their unfiltered everyday life, talk about what it means to fight hunger on a daily basis and give emotional insights into their life. STREAM NOW
DISCOUNT WORKERS
Christopher Patz,Ammar Aziz
70 min. I DE, PK I 2020
A journey along the fashion industry’s supply chain reveals that change may in fact come from those at the very bottom. STREAM NOW
FROM HERE
Christina Antonakos-Wallace
89 min. I US I 2020
Set in Berlin and New York, FROM HERE is a hopeful story of four young artists and activists from immigrant families redefining belonging in an era of increasing global nationalism. STREAM NOW
GAZA
Garry Keane, Andrew McConnell
90 min. I IE, CA, DE I 2019
GAZA examines the dreams and realities of children born and raised in a place forsaken by the world. STREAM NOW
GREEN BLOOD
Jules Giraudat, Arthur Bouvart, Alexis Marant
208 min I FR I 2019
In an era of eroded journalism, fragmented audiences, and consoli-dated corporate power, 40 journalists from 15 countries work together to protect themselves as they uncover the dangerous practices of three mining companies. STREAM NOW
HONG KONG MOMENTS
Bing Zhou
90 min. I HK, DE I 2020
Since the summer of 2019, hundreds of thousands of supporters of the Hong Kong democracy movement have been taking to the streets every week. This film combines the perspec-tives of seven protestors into an explosive, emotional narrative. STREAM NOW
LEARNING TO SKATEBOARD IN A WARZONE (IF YOU'RE A GIRL)
Carol Dysinger
40 min. I UK I 2019
This very emotional film shows an all-girls school in Kabul that empowers young girls from poor regions through skateboarding, giving them new perspectives. STREAM NOW
MADDY THE MODEL
Jane Magnusson
95 min. I SE I 2019
Maddy Stuart is the world’s first supermodel with Down syndrome. She challenges our perception of beauty as she breaks down barriers all over the world for people with disabilities. But does her career actually bring more diversity to the fashion world? STREAM NOW
MAI KHOI & THE DISSIDENTS
Joe Piscatella
70 min. I US I 2019
Her first song made her famous, her latest one made her a political refugee. Pop star Mai Khoi had money, fame and the blessing of the Vietnamese Communist Party. She risks it all to stand up for freedom and democracy in Vietnam. STREAM NOW
MAXIMA
Claudia Sparrow
88 min. I PE, US I 2019
The incredible story of Máxima Acuña, a farmer from the Peruvian Andes, who stands up to the largest gold mining company in the world. STREAM NOW
QUESTIONS
Michael Kranz
72 min. I DE, BD I 2020
A filmmaker’s essayistic journey to answer the question: how do we deal with the suffering in the world? Soon, events begin developing their own dynamics. STREAM NOW
RUN LIKE A GIRL
Katrine Kjær
86 min. I DK I 2019
Visiline Jepkesho from Kenya is a marathon runner. Her biggest dream is to win races and use the prize money to buy a house for her family and lift them from a life of poverty. STREAM NOW
STOP FILMING US
Joris Postema
95 min. I NL I 2020
To what extent is the Western media’s representation of the Congo the result of a skewed balance of power between African coun-tries and the West? STOP FILMING US is a cinematic dialogue between Western and Congolese people’s perception of reality. STREAM NOW
THE FORBIDDEN STRINGS
Hasan Noori
72 min. I AF, IR, QA I 2019
Four young Afghans born and raised in Iran, go on a journey to perform their first ever rock concert in the war-torn motherland. STREAM NOW
XIMEI
Andy Cohen
101 min. I US I 2019
XIMEI portrays a young Chinese woman, born in rural China in violation of the country’s one child policy. Local officials try to terrorize her into silence as she tries to defend patients who contracted HIV/AIDS in the 1990s when millions of poor farmers sold their blood for money. STREAM NOW
