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Blue Has No Borders (Country: UK; Year: 2025; Director: Jessi Gutch)
A young filmmaker is determined to know her neighbours in the port town of Folkestone. But in the aftermath of Brexit, building new relationships isn’t easy.
The Broken R (Rotacismo) (Country: Ecuador, Italy; Year: 2025; Director: Ricardo Ruales Eguiguren)
Documentary follows Ricardo, a 24-year-old man born with Treacher Collins Syndrome, who has struggled to pronounce the letter R since birth.
Carmela And The Walkers (Carmela y los Caminantes) (Country: Ecuador; Year: 2025; Director: Esteban Coloma, Luis Herrera)
Documentary about an Ecuadorian woman who welcomes Venezuelan migrants into her home.
Comparsa (Country: Guatemala, US; Year: 2025; Director: Doug Anderson, Vickie Curtis)
From the shadows of a Guatemalan neighbourhood scared into silence, two sisters lead a luminous rebellion.
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December (Country: Qatar, Lithuania, Poland; Year: 2025; Director: Grzegorz Paprzycki)
Amid December’s festive glow, refugees remain hidden in forests along the Poland-Belarus border. This documentary focuses on them.
A Little Gray Wolf Will Come (Dolazi mali sivi vuk) (Country: Croatia, Netherlands, France; Year: 2025; Director: Zhanna Agalakova)
On the eve of the war in Ukraine, a Russian journalist from pro-Kremlin TV channel brings her rebellious and Westernised teenage daughter on a journey through Putin’s Russia.
Lullaby For The Mountains (Country: Armenia, US; Year: 2025; Director: Hayk Matevosyan; Stars: Hayk Mosinyan, Bella Ghochikyan, Luiza Yeranosyan, Sargis Mosinyan, Ashot Matevosyan)
Documentary odyssey which sees the ancient monasteries of Armenia’s highlands bear traces of epochs past. Landscapes give way to soundscapes, and the shadowy depths within.
Redlight To Limelight (Country: Finland, Latvia, India; Year: 2025; Director: Bipuljit Basu)
A high-spirited group of Indian sex workers and their families begin making short films to transform their own lives and inspire others.
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