Sandlines, the Story of History (2020)

When Yoel hears about an imminent Iranian military attack on Tel Aviv, he knows what to do - escape with his family to a safe haven in Jerusalem. His son Assaf, who is a filmmaker and about to become a father himself, wants to give Yoel one last lead role in his movie by melting the fictional world into bittersweet reality.

At 35 years old, photographer JR is a street art worldwide star. Discovered after the Paris’ suburb riots of 2005 for his portraits of young people, his collages have adorned the galleries of the Louvre, the Pompidou Center, the Pantheon, the National Assembly ever since … From New York to Shanghai, and the Israeli-Palestinian wall to the US-Mexico border, he has stuck or exhibited giant photos on the walls of dozens of countries and associated hundreds of thousands of unknown artists with his projects. With the active collaboration of the artist himself, the documentary “# JR” tells the extraordinary adventure of this art activist whose spectacular interventions are all clear expressions of humanism, pacifism or remembrance relayed by his very strong involvement in social networks. For JR, art can help change the world.

In the 1980s Keith Haring blazed a trail through the galleries and nightclubs of downtown New York's art scene. Rebellious and ingenious, Haring chose to operate both inside and outside the art world. Inspired by the city's graffiti scene, he made New York's subways, tarpaulins and walls his canvas. This new feature documentary blends stunning archive and an edgy soundtrack, with tender and candid first-hand accounts of Haring. It tells the extraordinary story of an artist who lived and created with a boundless energy, throughout the social, cultural and political counter-revolution of the 1980s.

Uma mulher entra numa famosa galeria trazendo obras desconhecidas de mestres da pintura. Assim começa a história do maior golpe que o mercado de arte dos EUA já sofreu.

A bridegroom is possessed by an unquiet spirit in the midst of his own wedding celebration, in this clever take on the Jewish legend of the dybbuk.

Gaza, today. Sixty-year-old fisherman Issa is secretly in love with Siham, a woman who works at the market with her daughter Leila. When he discovers an ancient phallic statue of Apollo in his fishing nets, Issa hides it, not knowing what to do with this mysterious and potent treasure. Yet deep inside, he feels that this discovery will change his life forever. Strangely, his confidence starts to grow and eventually he decides to approach Siham.

Wladyslaw Strzeminski (Boguslaw Linda), é um artista de vanguarda polonês que superou todas as dificuldades impostas pelas suas deficiências físicas - ele não possuía uma perna e um braço - e também o ódio, a indiferença e a crueldade dispensados pelas autoridades de seu país para se tornar um dos artistas mais reverenciados do século vinte, uma verdadeira força da natureza que batalhou com todas as forças para construir seu progressista e genial programa artístico.

An intimate journey into the inner life of an aspiring athlete and the female weightlifting community of Alexandria. For 4 years, Zebiba goes through victories and defeats, including major losses that shape her, as she finds her way from dust to gold.

Acompanhando o ativista Nardjes com sua câmera, Karim Aïnouz documenta a cultura da juventude, que está confiante nas ruas para um futuro democrático na Argélia, cuja independência seus pais e avós já lutaram.

The Spanish family Gabarre-Mendoza is celebrating a birthday, when it is interrupted by a police inspection. In ‘La Cañada Real’, a shanty town just outside Madrid, the inhabitants are forced to leave their illegal homes. Each member of the family struggles in their own way with their unstable position.

In Istanbul, on the verge of a country-wide power surge, four characters come across in a neighborhood undergoing the process of gentrification for the “New Turkey”: a mother whose son is in prison, a young female dancer, a feminist artist, and a cunning middle man. Their stories intertwine during a drug deal, offering a roaring tale of the contemporary generation.

A busy attorney, worried that his anorexic daughter Olga, who is still grieving her recently deceased mother, might try to harm herself, sends her to see a psychiatrist who's dealing with her own loss in an unusual way.

Freshly hired as a labor nurse in a chemical factory, Nour discovers that small arrangements exist between management and her father, Slimane, the staff representative, and the company's pivot. Lies about polluting discharges, hidden illnesses of employees, hidden accidents ... Nour, little by little, no longer accepts the compromises of his father to preserve the image of the company. She decides to launch the alert.

Na noite de 19 de agosto de 1978, quatro homens incendiaram o Cinema Rex, na cidade de Abadan, matando mais de 400 pessoas que assistiam a uma projeção de “The Deer”, de Masoud Kimiai. Marco da revolta popular que meses depois derrubaria o governo monárquico, o episódio traumático é revisitado em um jogo ficcional labiríntico que imagina a repetição do crime na sala escura. Ao vislumbrar o risco do infinito na história iraniana, o filme circunscreve o cinema como um protagonista ao mesmo tempo incontornável e desconcertante.

This harrowing tale of survival centers on Rose, a Masurian woman, whose German soldier husband was killed in the war, leaving her alone on their farm. A single woman had no defense against Russian soldiers who raped as a form of revenge, nor against plundering Poles who found themselves in desperate straits. Help arrives for Rose in the form of Tadeusz, a former officer in the Polish Home Army who deserted after he saw his wife raped and murdered by Russian troops and is attempting to hide his identity.

A young couple employed by a pet crematorium finds fulfilment in respectfully removing cadavers. Their love blossoms in an environment where the boundaries between human and animal are fading. When they hit a stray dog, their relationship starts to derail.

Filme sobre o pintor surrealista polonês Zdzislaw Beksinski, que foi assassinado em 2005 no seu apartamento em Varsóvia. O filme concentra-se em grande parte sobre o relacionamento do artista com seu filho Tomasz Beksinski, um jornalista de música e tradutor que cometeu suicídio em 1995.

Giuseppina Pasqualino di Marineo, better known as Pippa Bacca, was a 34 years old Italian artist. She crossed 11 countries involved in wars, hitchhiking with another Milanese artist, Silvia Moro, both wearing a wedding dress. This was a performance for peace, trust and hoping to prove that if you rely on others, you’ll receive good things only. After travelling many roads, the two artists decided to split for a while in Istanbul, planning to meet again in Byblos. Pippa left then, alone, and nobody heard from her again.

Três histórias de amor que se passam em três décadas consecutivas, ambientadas em dois vilarejos vizinhos balcânicos marcados por uma longa história de ódio interétnico. Este é um filme sobre os perigos e a força dos amores proibidos.