Signe Byrge Sørensen

Tras 37 años del régimen de Robert Mugabe, Zimbabwe se encuentra en un momento crucial. Nelson Chamisa se convierte en el nuevo líder de la oposición y su carisma impulsa la campaña electoral más poderosa de la historia. El país entero se moviliza por el cambio, pero la vieja guardia liderada por Emmerson “El Cocodrilo” Mnangagwa está dispuesta a todo para mantener el poder. Una crónica inspiradora e impactante sobre la lucha por la democracia en un sistema corrupto controlado por militares. Un thriller político de una intensidad jamás vista, un choque trepidante entre democracia y dictadura.

Documental centrado en los niños y el personal en un hogar especial: una institución para niños que han sido retirados de sus hogares mientras esperan las decisiones judiciales sobre la custodia parental. El personal hace todo lo posible para que el tiempo que los niños pasan allí sea seguro y de apoyo.

Where does the dream begin and reality end? In Dreaming Arizona, this is the question both for the central figures and for the viewer. Known for his staged documentaries, Danish director Jon Bang Carlsen has five American teenagers from a small town in Arizona reenact their own lives—past, present and future.

Un refugiado afgano acepta contar su historia personal con la condición de que no se revele su identidad. Para lograr tal propósito, el director decide emplear un estilo de animación que no sólo protege al narrador, sino que potencia su historia, combinando el tiempo y la memoria de forma visceral y poética.

At the foot of the Andes Mountains in Chile lies an idyllic German colony called Villa Baviera. However, the beauty of the place – formerly known as Colonia Dignidad – hides a grim past. Systematic child-abuse, medical experiments, torture chambers and mass graves are part of its history. Today, 120 inhabitants still live their lives in the colony which has since changed its name to Villa Baviera and where a disturbing blend of religious fanaticism and extreme conservatism still holds sway.

American documentarian James Longley delivers a sweeping, profoundly compassionate group portrait of Afghan students and teachers still weathering national turbulence.

Oleg, un niño ucraniano de 10 años, vive en una zona en guerra y a menudo convive con el fuego antiaéreo y los ataques con misiles. Mientras muchos ya han decidido abandonar esta zona peligrosa, Oleg permanece con su abuela, quien se ocupa de él desde la muerte de su madre. Sin poder hacer nada ni tener otro lugar a donde ir, esperan pacientes. Oleg se divierte con su primo pequeño Yarik. Juntos crean mil aventuras mientras ponen a prueba sus propios límites. A través de la perspectiva de Oleg, vemos qué significa crecer en una zona de guerra y la lucha de un niño para descubrir qué es el mundo mientras se hace grande entre los peligros y desafíos de una guerra.

Albert and David Maysles' classic GREY GARDENS immortalized the estate of Edith and Little Edie Beale, relatives of Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy, who lived in alarmingly poor conditions. But there is more to the story: it was Lee Radziwill and Peter Beard who first brought the Maysles to the Beales, when the two set out to make a film about Radziwill's childhood. The reels of that first contact were shelved for 45 years. This documentary recovers the lost footage. Anchored in Beard's recollections and artistic vision, we are returned to "that summer" in 1972, a seductive dream world and collage of radically unconventional creative personalities—Warhol, Bacon, Jagger, Capote—practicing the art of living amidst oppressive forces of class expectation and prejudice.

Noredin, un detective corrupto con un futuro brillante en el cuerpo de policía cuyo principal propósito no es exactamente hacer el bien sino hacerse rico, es llamado al hotel Nile Hilton, donde acaban de descubrir el cuerpo de una hermosa mujer. La identidad de ésta, sus conexiones con las élites de El Cairo y otros incidentes más personales acabarán llevando a Noredin a tomar decisiones trascendentales y a descubrirse a sí mismo.

Alone and far from home, The Kid makes his way through a strange city looking for the means to get through his day. Surrounded by predators he is forced to make compromises merely to survive, his life of exile grows one day longer.

The film follows 10-year-old Oleg, whose life has been turned upside down by the ongoing war in East Ukraine. Oleg lives with his beloved grandmother Alexandra in a small house in a village on the frontline. Most people have left the village, but Oleg and Alexandra love their life together there and want to stay on and take care of each other. But life is becoming more and more difficult and the war does not seem to end.

Analizando la muerte violenta del hermano del director y el sistema judicial que le permitió irse libre, este documental cuestiona el miedo homicida y la percepción racial.

Una investigación detallada sobre los intereses políticos y económicos que, desde principios del siglo XX, han manejado en la sombra y a su antojo los hilos del comercio de armas, alimentado la vergonzosa corrupción de políticos y funcionarios gubernamentales y promovido un estado de guerra permanente a lo largo de todo el mundo, al tiempo que cínicamente predicaban a favor de una paz durarera y universal.

A través de la obra cinematográfica de Joshua Oppenheimer sobre los responsables del genocidio en Indonesia, una familia de supervivientes descubre cómo fue asesinado su hijo y la identidad de los hombres que lo mataron. El hermano más joven se decide a romper ese silencio y miedo con el que viven los supervivientes, enfrentándose a los responsables del asesinato de su hermano, algo inimaginable en un país en el que los asesinos siguen en el poder.

Part of a 3-D project on the soul of architecture initiated by Wim Wenders, Madsen’s film considers the impact of Norway’s Halden Prison, called “the world’s most humane prison.”

Documental que narra el juicio a los co-fundadores de The Pirate Bay, los jóvenes Fredrik, Gottfrid y Peter, que se enfrentaron a una reclamación de 13 millones de dólares por daños a Hollywood en un caso de infracción de derechos de autor.

The filmic approach playfully balances on the edge between documentary and fiction, thereby both underlining and adding to the theme of the film. The two directors have filmed Troels for 4 years, capturing all his ups and downs, the defining moments, both the hilarious and the sad. This material will be combined with Troels¿ video diary where we get even closer, and animation that will bring life to Troels¿ text and inner universe in a compelling and humoristic way. The animation is done by the artist Carl Krull whoose very distinctive style matches Troels¿ story and personality, combining darkness and humor, the grotesque and the beautiful. It will be subtly integrated into the filmed material, at times taking over completely. The story of Troels and the visual approach melt together.

En 1965 hubo un golpe de estado en Indonesia. Miles de comunistas, reales o presuntos, fueron asesinados por escuadrones de la muerte. Unas décadas después, el pasado pervive y un relato se perpetúa. Pero nada será igual después de este filme.

A simple can of ravioli propels this spectacular 30,000-kilometre, eight-country journey through all phases of food production and the far flung sources of international ingredients. A dream-like voyage with glimpses of disconcerting realities, the story begins with a single mother toiling in one of the biggest open pit mines in Brazil and ends on the shelf of a grocery store in Finland. Along the way, the workers whose calloused hands mine, raise and harvest each ingredient reveal their dreams and hopes, like the Danish pig farmer who loves his sows but longs for a girlfriend, and the Portuguese tomato picker who wants to stay healthy long enough to pay her daughters way through university. Sumptuous photography and impressive sound design make an eloquent statement about our modern, globalized world, making us aware of the hundreds of invisible people who prepare the food we eat every day. -Gisèle Gordon (HotDocs.ca)

El documental danés Football Is God sigue a tres hinchas de Boca: 1. Pablo, el ultrafanático maradoniano; 2. “La Tía”, una señora que trata a los jugadores de Boca como si fueran sus sobrinos, les lleva caramelos y les hace regalos para sus cumpleaños; 3. Hernán, un fanático envenenado, al que la palabra pasional le queda muy chica: se le quiebra la voz recordando un gol de Mastrángelo de hace décadas. Hernán, sin embargo, puede observar su pasión desde un lugar analítico, y hasta lo vemos en sesiones de psicoanálisis hablando de su fanatismo. Por su parte, Pablo se integra a la Iglesia Maradoniana, y hasta vemos los ritos. Football Is God es un apasionante paseo por las pasiones. Y por la Bombonera. Y por una parte de la psiquis argentina vista por un extranjero. (extraído de BAFICI.gov.ar) (FILMAFFINITY)

There are only 320 Mlabri people left on this planet. They came out of the jungle in Northern Thailand on the border to Laos one generation ago. The Mlabri people used to be hunters and gatherers. Today they scrape out a meagre existence at the bottom of society working as day labourers for the Hmong farmers, and living in shacks on the outskirts of larger Hmong villages. The Mlabri people are currently going through a transformation process, which has taken many other people thousands of years. Now the young people are faced with the choice of staying with their families in the village or adapting to the Thai society. How do they experience the meeting between their own culture and the local, regional and national majority cultures? In this film young Mlabri tell about their past, present and future as they see it; all expressed in their unique and expressive Mlabri language.

There are only 320 Mlabri people left on this planet. They came out of the jungle in Northern Thailand on the border to Laos one generation ago. The Mlabri people used to be hunters and gatherers. Today they scrape out a meagre existence at the bottom of society working as day labourers for the Hmong farmers, and living in shacks on the outskirts of larger Hmong villages. The Mlabri people are currently going through a transformation process, which has taken many other people thousands of years. Now the young people are faced with the choice of staying with their families in the village or adapting to the Thai society. How do they experience the meeting between their own culture and the local, regional and national majority cultures? In this film young Mlabri tell about their past, present and future as they see it; all expressed in their unique and expressive Mlabri language.

We think, we talk, we write. Without language, we wouldn't be human. Out of the 6500 languages in the world, half of them will disappear. Voices of the World discusses the multiplicity of the world's languages. There is the language of violence, the dying language, the minorities' language, the youth's language and new languages. How will globalization affect them all?

We think, we talk, we write. Without language, we wouldn't be human. Out of the 6500 languages in the world, half of them will disappear. Voices of the World discusses the multiplicity of the world's languages. There is the language of violence, the dying language, the minorities' language, the youth's language and new languages. How will globalization affect them all?

A powerful modern film narrative, set in a historical framework, about the crucial encounter between vulnerable eighteen-year-old Hans Christian Andersen, who rates himself so highly, and Mr. Meisling, the cynical school principal. An encounter that fundamentally transforms Hans Christian's life.

A post-apocalyptic story about a rich family living in a salt mine converted into a luxurious home. The earth around them has apparently been destroyed, but their son has never seen the outside world. As a young girl appears at the entrance of the bunker, the balance of the family is threatened.