Dir: Amin Behroozzadeh | Doc, Iran, 70' The debut feature-length poetic documentary by Iranian filmmaker-composer Amin Behroozzadeh follows the biggest industrial fishing boat in Iran, the Parsian Shila, whose objective is...

Dir: Gabriel Tejedor | Doc, 2020, Switzerland, 75′ A remarkable wide screen opening sequence shows the mighty industrial heart of Russia, the main town of Magnitogorsk in the South Urals and home to...

Dir: Sascha Schöberl | Germany, Doc 84'  The cult of beauty and celebrity coalesce in this deeply unsettling documentary that looks at Beijing-based plastic surgeon Dr Han and his permanent quest for perfection, not only...

Dir: Jose Permar | DoP Ernest Trujillo | Mexico Doc 76' Mexican filmmaker Jose Permar takes a shoestring budget and makes a ingenious and cinematic western style documentary set in the...

Dir.: Serdar Kökceoglu; Documentary with Ilhan Mimaroglu, Güngör Batum, Rüstem Batum; Turkey/USA 20219, 76 min. Serdar Kökceoglu is a composer and filmmaker whose first feature is a vivid portrait of fellow...

Dir.: Petra Costa; Doc with Li An, Elena Andrade, Petra Costa; Brazil/USA 2012, 80 min. Brazilian director/co-writer Petra Costa's debut documentary is a melancholic portrait of bereavement for her much younger...

Dir: Peter Mettler | Doc, Canada, 87' Narrated in his smooth Canadian drawl Peter Mettler's meditative melancholic essay film often serves as a maudlin stream of consciousness reflecting on and questioning...

DIR: Rûken Tekes | Doc, Turkey 82' Time is up for the past in Hasankeyf. This ancient town in southeastern Turkey, declared a conservation area in 1981, is now at risk of...

Dir.: Christian Labhart; Documentary; Switzerland 2019, 80 min. Christian Labhart was only fifteen in 1968 but he dreamt of changing the world. And that society would transcend into a utopia of...