Francesco Cocco
15 min | 2019 | Spain | East Coast Premiere
Alicia puts make-up on her face after yet another special night. The intimacy of her world is broken by the doorbell ringing. On the other side of the door there's Ida, her mother, with some flowers as a birthday gift and her face strained by the gravity of what she's about to confess.
Mostafa Rostampour and Atefeh Rezayan
10 min | 2019 | Iran | US Premiere
The story of Tahereh, a victim of a premature marriage has just heard of the wedding arrangements being made for her younger sister. Tahereh is obsessed to protect her from the fate she is living.
Luc Godonou Dossou
15 min | 2019 | Switzerland | US Premiere
Inside the cockfighting pits in Thailand, in Philippines and the ones in Guadeloupe, Aod, Edgar and Dolores are preparing their roosters for an upcoming fight in front of a public of bettors and aficionados. For the Thais, the Filipinos and the Guadeloupeans, this ritualized sport runs through their veins meanwhile it is a tradition that seems meant to disappear.
Ronja Hemm
38 min | 2019 | Germany/Nepal
Nepal is facing a generational change. Two daughters of a Tamang family are preparing to study abroad. Their hopes for a better life are high, but the price is immeasurable. They must leave behind what is most treasured, their family. A beautiful intimate window into the lives of women still living traditionally and the younger women who are encouraged by their mothers to reach for more.