John Daly, an ex-neo-Nazi skinhead, fled to Israel after his own gang attempted to murder him for being Jewish. Years later he receives an e-mail from someone in his long forgotten past. Kevin Connell, a former friend and fellow ex-neo-Nazi is on a mission to change his own life and make amends for…
When eighteen-year-old Rahaf Al Qunun decided to renounce Islam, an action that is punishable by death in Saudi Arabia, fleeing the country became her only option. As her family slept, she planned her route to Australia. After being stopped in transit in Bangkok, she barricaded herself into a hotel room…
Directed by Ludovic Petho and Christian Popp Produced by YUZU Productions In coproduction with Découpages, DOCDAYS Productions, and ARTE GEIE Siberia is a rough land known for its extreme conditions. It is as difficult to cross nowadays than it was a hundred years ago, at the time when Lajos…
Escape to the Rising Sun documents the experience of 20.000 Jews who fled Nazi persecutions in Europe and took refuge in Shanghai, China, during World War II. For several thousands of them, escape meant travelling through the Soviet Union and Japan before eventually reaching Shanghai. Throughout the…
Logline: Held hostage in India after their gender and sexual orientation is discovered, Naveen* fights back. Synopsis: 19-year old non-binary college student, Naveen Bhat chronicles their experience of being illegally detained by their parents in Agra, India after their true gender and sexual orientation…
When the Taliban returned to power in Afghanistan in 2021, cycling was made illegal, turning the sport into an act of rebellion for Afghanistan’s women riders. With their lives at risk, an extraordinary international rescue mission is launched to get them out of Kabul and to safety. This gripping…
Tim Jenkin from Cape Town, South Africa, escaped the Pretoria prison during Apartheid in a spectacular way. Today he is co-founder of the Community Exchange System (C.E.S.), an alternative money system which to Tim is even more revolutionary then what they were doing at the time. As the camera follows…
Escaping the Money Prison Tim Jenkin, from Cape Town, South Africa, first escaped the Pretoria Prison during the time of apartheid, and now he created a system to escape our money system. He is the co-founder of the Community Exchange System (CES), a successful alternative exchange system. As the camera…
In this inspiring melding of culture and sport, Las Azaleas are the gutsy team of women rodeo riders vying to represent the U.S. at the National Charro Championships in Mexico, where "to be Charro is to be Mexican." Escaramuza, or skirmish, describes both their daredevil horseback ballets,…
«L’ ange protecteur», the art sculpture by Nikki de Saint-Phalle of Zurich's main station, ponders on art, architecture and urban development. Beside interviews with the architects, ordinary workmen and employees report on their work in Switzerland‘s biggest train station. ****** Deux…
Le secret fut bien gardé : quelques unes des plus grandes entreprises industrielles suisses ont exploité durant la guerre la main d’oeuvre des camps de travail forcé mise à leur disposition par les Nazis. Révélés en Suisse au début de 1997…
Francisco Fernández es un maestro que en 1970 inició una experiencia pedagógica revolucionaria: durante seis años utilizaron las aulas de la escuela pública de Orellana la Vieja (Badajoz), para auto gestionar la escuela y buscar una enseñanza alternativa que…
