In Messolonghi, central Greece, the roma community lives together in peace with the locals throughout the centuries. St. Symeon feast is the best way to celebrate this harmonious coexistence.
Category: Culture
Tongue
An exceptional poetic film of historical significance, based on the belief that another history is possible. One of true freedom, unity and fellowship.
Anbessa
A boy caught between the ancient and the new navigates modernization on his own terms. By becoming a lion (anbessa) he can fight back against the forces beyond his control.
Danton’s death
“…maybe we can be rap singers or footballers, street cleaners…but nothing more. We’re not part of their program”
Anuktatop: The Metamorphosis
A severe identity crisis is emerging in the indigenous Wayana community, as their ancient cultural heritage is confronted by the intrusive spirit of globalization.
Gianni Berengo Gardin’s Tale of Two Cities
The impact of globalization on the beautiful city of Venice highlighted by the work of Italy’s greatest photographer.
Arts of Conflict
This is the story of the controversial Notting Hill Carnival, from its inception out of the 1950s London race riots, to its present-day heated debate.
Wild Honey
The harmonious universality of musical expression is explored in this rapturous ethnographic look at traditional folk music of Russia.
The Case of the Three Sided Dream
The exceptional real story of Rahsaan Roland Kirk, the blind musician whose dreams inspired and guided him to create music history.
Balkan Melody
A cultural journey through space and time, where the new cannot exist without the old and the synthesis between East and West is at least as important.
Toumast
…Guitars And Kalashnikovs. Moussa Ag Keyna, ex-rebel and musician, guides us through the living history of the Tuareg.
Imagine Waking Up Tomorrow and All Music Has Disappeared
What will remain when it’s all gone?
i itsai Romni – the child Woman
A unique real-life film about the institution of marriage in the Romani tribe.
The Joy of Sound
An ode to sound, that mysterious, invisible and intangible phenomenon that brings pleasure and togetherness – and sometimes irritation.
A Balloon For Allah – Trilogy
The award winning trilogy on gender and Islam by the Norwegian-Turkish filmmaker Nefise Özkal Lorentzen
La Belle at the Movies
The real story of a city without cinemas. A testimony of a moment in time where the film industry feels orphaned but lives in hope for a brighter future.
Kibera Sauti – Sounds of Kibera
A motivating real-life story, about how talent and creativity can bloom in conditions of extreme poverty and hardship