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- DirectorSuhaib GasmelbariStarsManar Al HiloSuliman ElnourAltayeb MahdiFour older Sudanese filmmakers with passion for film battle to bring cinema-going back to Sudan, not without resistance. Their 'Sudanese Film Club' have decided to revive an old cinema, and again draw attention to Sudanese film history.
- DirectorInuk Silis HoeghStarsErno AronsenPer BerthelsenHjalmar DahlA successful rock band from Greenland? Yes, it's not a lie. In 1973, the Greenlandic Sumé released a debut album, which record time made it to all the households on the icy island. But Sumé's success was not just due to their catchy beat rock, but also to the band's ability to put words to the zeitgeist, where Greenlandic culture was slowly fading away.
- DirectorRobin SpryStarsThor BishopricPierre BourgaultRéal CaouetteA historical account of the French-Canadian terrorist kidnapping incident and the Federal Govt.'s response by declaring martial-law.
- DirectorMarc MeillassouxStarsMax ThommesVera LengsfeldThomas DrakeAn independent documentary dealing with surveillance and its acceptance by the general public through the "I have nothing to hide" argument.
- DirectorJennie LivingstonStarsBrooke XtravaganzaAndré ChristianDorian CoreyA chronicle of New York's drag scene in the 1980s, focusing on balls, voguing and the ambitions and dreams of those who gave the era its warmth and vitality.
- DirectorCarlo A. BachschmidtStarsLena ZuhlkeChabi NoquerasMichael GieserGenoa 2001: As the G8 Summit drew to a close and the press and politicians departed, 300 riot police stormed the Diaz School looking for members of the infamous Black Block.
- DirectorYannis YoulountasTen years after the first riots the media no longer speak of the Greek crisis. Everything suggests that the austerity cure has succeeded and that calm has returned. This film proves the opposite. In Thessaloniki young people prevent auctions of foreclosed homes. In Crete peasants oppose the construction of a new airport. In Athens a mysterious group worries the power by multiplying the sabotages. In the neighborhood of Exarcheia threatened with evacuation the heart of the resistance welcomes the refugees in self-management. A trip to music among those who dream of love and revolution.
- DirectorIrene LangemannStarsVladislav DunaevTatyana LopatinaAleksey MaslodudovPjotr Pawlenski was arrested after various artistic demonstrations against the russian regime. It's a movie about his scandalous protest for example pinning his genatiles on the Red Place in Moskow and his motivation and inspiration fighting to be seen and heard.
- DirectorPatricio GuzmánStarsMartín CalderónCristinaPatricio GuzmánDelving into the nearly-religious significance of water, this profound rumination on memory and loss bridges the gap between its mystical origins, Pinochet's coup d'état, and the secret of a mother-of-pearl button at the bottom of the sea.
- DirectorJuliano Ribeiro SalgadoWim WendersStarsSebastião SalgadoWim WendersLélia Wanick SalgadoThe life and work of photographer Sebastião Salgado, who has spent forty years documenting societies in hidden corners of the world.
- DirectorJon EastStarsOlly AlexanderAnnette BadlandHolly BodimeadeSummerhill, whose headmistress is Zoe Redhead, is a seventy year old progressive school, run on cooperative lines with pupils having an equal say in its constitution. However officious OFSTED inspector Wharton regards it as a waste of money and a means of teaching children disrespect - though his assistant Myrtle is charmed by its ambience. In a court hearing to decide the school's future barrister Geoffrey Robertson points to the many alumni from the school but also, thanks to a tip-off from a pupil, is able to reveal that Wharton had told Myrtle that the school was virtually due for closure and the inspection was purely a formality. Consequently Summerhill is saved, Myrtle gets to teach there and the children launch a pirate ship with the banner 'Freedom' to celebrate the victory. Two children whose future at the school looked uncertain are also given cause to celebrate.
- DirectorJosh MurphyStarsBrett GalyeanYvon ChouinardJim LichatowichA look at the challenges ecologists and conservationists face in the lucrative salmon-hatchery industry.
- DirectorJosh MurphyStarsBrett GalyeanYvon ChouinardJim LichatowichA look at the challenges ecologists and conservationists face in the lucrative salmon-hatchery industry.