1. The Perfumed Garden (The Perfumed Garden)
THE PERFUMED GARDEN is an exploration of the myths and realities of sensuality and sexuality in Arab society, a world of taboos and of erotic literature. Through interviews with men and women of all ages, classes, and sexual orientation, the film lifts a corner of the veil that usually shrouds discussion of this subject in the Arab world. Made by an Algerian-French woman director, the film begins by looking at the record of a more permissive history, and ends with the experiences of contemporary lovers from mixed backgrounds. It examines the personal issues raised by the desire for pleasure, amidst societal pressures for chastity and virginity. The film discusses pre-marital sex, courtship and marriage, familial pressures, private vs. public spaces, social taboos , and issues of language.
2. Byker Community
This documentary is about the Byker Community Centre. This centre was built in 1928. During the great depression, it helped a lot for the local people. In modern days, we have plenty of other problems, such as food waste, poverty, and isolation. This centre fights with all of that. Also, it invites all people, despite their disabilities, social groups, age, and gender and provides help and activities. This place is magical and hospitable.
It has an average vote of 10 on TMDB.
3. The Hasty Man Drinks His Tea with a Fork
A blend of drama and documentary, this film follows several people caught up in the turmoil of the modern world. The drama centres on a woman who has burned out and who holds up her own despair – and her attempts to rebuild her life – as a mirror to the rest of us. With a blend of gravity and humour, Sylvie Groulx's film shows the absurdity of a society dedicated to the cult of speed at all costs.
4. The Internet Warriors
Why do people vent such toxic opinions online? Filmmaker Kyrre Lien spent three years travelling the world to find out who these anonymous ‘internet warriors’ are and why they do it.
It has an average vote of 6 on TMDB.
5. Trashed (Mezi Odpady)
The short reportage film depicts the situation of hard-to-recycle waste. Our guides are a local government employee and the staff of Technical Services Zlín, whom the director interviewed and filmed at work. In the local context of an East Moravian municipality, it examines the technical, economic and political aspects of the problem. In addition, there are the inevitable social issues regarding the wider sustainability of the contemporary consumer lifestyle.
6. fifteen zero three nineteenth of january two thousand sixteen (femton noll tre nittonde januari två tusen sexton)
fifteen zero three nineteenth of january two thousand sixteen explores how everyday routines and gestures are transformed when a mother loses her child in the violence impacting Swedish outskirts since the early 2000s. The film resists simplistic media depictions of the suburbs and shows how a home can hold both mourning and the mobilization of women to fight for their own and others' children.
7. Motu Haka, le combat des îles Marquises (Motu Haka, le combat des îles Marquises)
(Motu Haka, le combat des îles Marquises)
It has an average vote of 8 on TMDB.
8. Trans - La confusion des genres (Trans - La confusion des genres)
(Trans - La confusion des genres)
9. The Building and Burning of a Refugee Camp
Three men seeking asylum in Ireland find themselves on the streets, caught between restrictive migration policies and an increasingly aggressive far-right movement. Dennis Harvey captures an explosive sequence of events on the streets of Dublin.
10. In the Grip of Gazprom (Gazprom - Die perfekte Waffe)
The war in the Ukraine has changed the way many European countries view Russian politics. Suddenly it became clear how dependent countries had become on Russian gas imports for decades and what Vladimir Putin was up to. However, no country needs more gas than Germany. It was only after Russia's invasion of the Ukraine that the German government realized that Russia had long used gas as a weapon to impose its will on states. The instrument created for this purpose is the natural gas production company GAZPROM. So how did Germany become so dependent on Russian gas? The documentary shows how, over several decades and several changes of government, a broad alliance of politicians and business representatives did everything possible to secure Germany's energy supply with cheap Russian gas, while the Kremlin's foreign policy became increasingly aggressive and the warnings of experts went unheeded.
It has an average vote of 8 on TMDB.
11. Archipelago (Archipel)
A true animated film about invented islands. About an imaginary, linguistic, political territory. About a real or dreamed country, or something in between. Archipelago is a film of drawings and speeches, that tells and dreams a place and its inhabitants, to tell and dream a little of our world and times.
12. Will Work For Free
The film explores the potential for automation in every sector of employment and questions the integrity of our methods of resource distribution going into the future.
It has an average vote of 8.333 on TMDB.
13. Disobedience
Disobedience tells the David vs. Goliath tale of front line leaders battling for a livable world. Filmed in the Philippines, Turkey, Germany, Canada, Cambodia and the United States, it weaves together these riveting stories with insights from the most renowned voices on social justice and climate. Disobedience is personal, passionate and powerful - the stakes could not be higher, nor the mission more critical.
It has an average vote of 8 on TMDB.
14. Too Black to Be French? (Trop noire pour être française ?)
(Trop noire pour être française ?)
15. Survival in Berlin-Neukölln (Überleben in Neukölln)
About Stefan Stricker, who calls himself Juwelia and has been running a gallery on Sanderstraße in Berlin Neukölln for many years. Every weekend he invites guests to shamelessly recount from his life and to sing poetic songs written with his friend from Hollywood Jose Promis. Juwelia has been poor and sexy all her life, has always struggled for recognition, but only partially.
It has an average vote of 2 on TMDB.
16. Always Beautiful
Narratives are tales that unintentionally define our personality. In the case of women, being beautiful is the only way. The film shows how we learn to be obsessed by the visual itself, and how the highest compliment to a woman is always beauty.
It has an average vote of 10 on TMDB.
17. Pas assez de volume (Pas assez de volume)
(Pas assez de volume)
It has an average vote of 7 on TMDB.
18. Heavy Agger (Heavy Agger)
A portrait of a group of youngsters in Agger at the west coast of Jutland. They listen to the raw metalrock. They dress in leather and rivets. And that doesn't exactly lessen the generational divide.
19. Allons enfants ! (Allons enfants !)
While some of them flirt with the limits, others are dropouts or in school reintegration, they are seventeen students to follow the Defense Class at the Japy vocational school in Lyon. An option of two hours per week provided by the military to these high school students in great difficulty. School and army, a rapprochement that may seem unlikely. In a society in loss of bearings, this course can allow these young people in lack of belonging to redefine "doing Nation". What values can the army instil in them? What will be the real scope?
20. Jeunesse à vendre (Jeunesse à vendre)
(Jeunesse à vendre)
It has an average vote of 8 on TMDB.
