In the UK, the Indigenous Rai community gathers annually to celebrate Sakela, connecting through tradition. Rongphamu captures the festival preparations in Ashford, Kent, blending Eurocentric archives and ethnographic recordings to reinterpret contemporary Rai lives and challenge colonial narratives.
A video diary of the surreal lockdown made by the filmmaker couple trapped in a small, rented apartment in Shanghai. In the face of endless madness, the camera gradually breaks free from the window and observes a vast social isolation unprecedented in the country’s history.
Beyond state-sanctioned churches and in intimate house gatherings, rural Chinese Protestants practice a religion they only knew from word of mouth. Rather a portrait of the perception of faith than faith itself, God Loves Me studies the dreams and hopes it brought about to a people scattered in a country…
Set in the expansive landscape of the Foggia hinterland in southern Italy, Commodo begins with the sudden disappearance of Fabrizio, sparking a series of transformative experiences for those left behind. Against the backdrop of rolling hills, endless roads, and wind farms, Fabrizio’s absence becomes…
A’buru follows the Arhuaco community of Jimaín as they prepare spiritual offerings at sacred sites in La Sierra Nevada, guided by a Mamo. Through rituals using a’buru, the film reflects on Indigenous wisdom and the urgent need to restore territories affected by extractivism and capitalism.…
Elena, a Mayan Tzotzil woman from San Andrés Larráinzar, Chiapas, is challenged by the uses and customs of her people when an almost entirely male community assembly appoints her as a municipal trustee. As an authority, she introduces us to the complexity of the system of socio-political organization…
Cosmographies is a hybrid film that draws from modes of speculative fiction, observational and poetic documentary, activism, and Indigiqueer approaches. Māori astrobiologist Xuê Noon (played by Australian/Māori artist Victoria Hunt) finds solace on Mars in 2051 as a leader from the Aotearoa Space…
The story follows Bibiru, a kaikuxi (dog) who becomes panema — unlucky in hunting — and Waranaré Wayana’s attempt to cure him so they can hunt together again. During an intense hunt, young people learn about the origins of ancestral dogs and the care required when hunting in…
SENTENCED is an immersive and vulnerable exploration of the epidemic of childhood illiteracy through a series of braided character driven stories. Filmed from the point of view of ethnically diverse adults and children who have never learned to read, SENTENCED is a forceful yet tender tale of how literacy…
Was ist Tradition? Wie wandelt sich Brauchtum im Laufe der Zeit? Und welche Rolle spielt dabei der Alkohol? Alle sieben Jahre befindet sich der Markt Dinkelscherben im Ausnahmezustand, wenn die sogenannten Schäffler-Tänzer durch die Straßen ziehen und ein für Außenstehender…
In dem kleinen Ort Buchendorf bei München liegt das einzige orthodoxe Frauenkloster Deutschlands. Unter der Leitung von Äbtissin Maria leben dort 13 Schwestern internationaler Herkunft, die einer strengen hierarchischen Ordnung folgen. Als Dienerinnen Gottes entschwinden die Nonnen immer mehr…
Acht Jahrzehnte nach der Befreiung der KZs stellt sich die Frage der Erinnerung an den NS Terror so drängend wie nie zuvor! Wie halten die letzten Überlebenden die Erinnerung aufrecht? Was können sie und die Gedenkstätte gegen die zunehmende Relativierung des Holocausts und gegen…
