Portraits
Oleg, 10, lives with his grandmother near the front lines of the Donbass, Ukraine conflict. A beautifully filmed, heartbreaking portrait of a childhood disrupted by the violence of adults.
The Distant Barking of Dogs
- Simon Lereng Wilmont
- 2017
- Denmark
- s.t. English
- 91 min
Portraits
The filmmaker records the memories of residents of a retirement home. With a remarkable sense of detail, she reveals the cruelty and beauty of old age.
Distant Constellation
- Shevaun Mizrahi
- 2017
- United States, Turkey, Netherlands
- s.t. English
- 82 min
Portraits
Laila at the Bridge is the portrait of an intrepid Afghan woman determined to single handedly cure heroin addiction in Kabul by all means necessary.
Laila at the Bridge
- Elizabeth Mirzaei, Gulistan Mirzaei
- 2018
- Canada (Quebec), Afghanistan
- s.t. English
- 98 min
Portraits
Lost Warrior follows a young couple trying to reunite in Europe after one is barred from ever coming back for joining a terrorist organization in Somalia.
Lost Warrior
- Søren Steen Jespersen, Nasib Farah
- 2018
- Denmark
- s.t. English
- 81 min
Portraits
An intimate, poetic self-portrait in the form of a love letter to a sister, questioning the fundamental principles of Japanese society.
My Dearest Sister
- Kyoka Tsukamoto
- 2018
- Canada (Quebec)
- s.t. English
- 74 min
Portraits
Both a look at Ukraine’s indie arts scene, and an astonishing, heartbreaking family portrait.
My Father Is My Mother's Brother
- Vadym Ilkov
- 2018
- Ukraine
- s.t. English
- 76 min
