Films 2021

For over 40 years, Ashur Shamis was a member of the Libyan Muslim Brotherhood and Colonel Gaddafi’s enemy number one in exile with a million-dollar bounty on his head. His dream of a “free” Libya…

His name was known around the world: Jamal Khashoggi. In 2018, the Saudi Arabian journalist entered his country's consulate in Istanbul – and did not leave alive. The Saudi government acknowledged…

Commander X (a.k.a. Christopher Doyon) spent time on the streets of Toronto and Mexico hiding from the FBI. But this infamous hacktivist feels most at home on the internet where he gained notoriety…

In Mali, the city of Gao has for years provided a peaceful haven for people who have left their homeland for years. Here, on the edge of the Sahel desert, stands the House of Migrants, which provides…

Hoda Muthana and Shamima Begum made headlines around the world when they left their homes in the US and UK as teenagers to join the so-called Islamic State. THE RETURN – LIFE AFTER ISIS is a unique…

At the height of the USSR’s invasion of Afghanistan in 1982, 1.5 million Afghans undertook the long journey to the border of Iran to flee the war. Taghi, born after that generation, is unwilling to…

Three people on a unique Pacific Island face the devastating effects of climate change. As an enormous flood threatens to engulf their paradise, who will decide to flee and leave their culture behind…

International chemical companies sell highly toxic agrochemicals in Kenya, that have long been banned in Europe because their ingredients cause cancer. Nonetheless, in Kenya these toxic chemicals are…

UNAPOLOGETIC follows Janaé and Bella, two Black Lives Matter activists working in Chicago to solve the murders of Rekia Boyd and Laquan McDonald and fight to convict their killers– police officers…