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Between The Rains Between The Rains
Between The Rains and No Winter Holidays
Between The Rains (Country: Kenya; Year: 2023; Director: Andrew H Brown, Moses Thuranira)
A coming-of-age documentary following a young member of a formerly nomadic northern Kenyan community as they deal with the environmental and psychological effects of climate change.
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The Body Politic (Country: US; Year: 2023; Director: Gabriel Francis Paz Goodenough)
Portrait of Brandon Scott, Baltimore’s youngest Black mayor, during his mayoral campaign and first year.
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Handle With Extreme Care (Country: US; Year: 2023; Director: Patrick Ginnetty, Bowie Alexander)
The daily life of a New York mortuary struggling to provide a resting place for the dead at the height of the Covid crisis.
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In The Shadow Of Light (Country: Chile; Year: 2023; Director: Isabel Reyes, Ignacia Merino)
Life in a town dominated by a power plant and its constant hum.
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Lonely Oaks (Vergiss Meyn Nicht) (Country: Germany; Year: 2023; Director: Fabiana Fragale, Kilian Kuhlendahl, Jens Muehlhoff)
Documents the troubled occupation of Germany´s Hambach Forest.
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Not A Bedtime Story (Cuentos Para No Dormir) (Country: Ecuador; Year: 2023; Director: Lila Penagos)
Lila Penagos has fond childhood memories of her father telling her bedtime stories. She now asks him to tell her real stories about his past as a guerrilla fighter.
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No Winter Holidays (Dhorpatan) (Country: Nepal, South Korea, Romania; Year: 2023; Director: Rajan Kathet, Sunir Pandey)
Documentary portrait of two lifelong rivals, who are forced to share an empty village during the dead of winter.
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Q (Country: Lebanon, United States; Year: 2023; Director: Jude Chehab)
The filmmaker explores her mother Hiba’s devotion to an all-female, secretive religious order in Syria.
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A Year In A Field (Country: UK; Year: 2023; Director: Christopher Morris)
A year in the life of the Longstone, a natural relic in Cornwall.
World premiere
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