International First Feature Competition
Championing the future of non-fiction film and celebrating promising new talent.
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Bad Reputation
In Uruguay, a sex worker has had enough – she wants proper recognition for her work and its inclusion in mainstream labour unions.
  • Marta García, Sol Infante
  • 2024
  • Film Programme
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Dreams Travel With the Wind
A filmmaker movingly chronicles his Wayuu grandfather's wrenching history, weaving his memories into a haunting narrative of cultural resilience and loss.

  • Inti Jacanamijoy
  • 2024
  • Film Programme
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Kilometre
As Russia begins a full-scale invasion of Ukraine, video artist Roma Liubyi attempts to return home to be with his daughter, wife and parents.
  • Hanna Tykha
  • 2024
  • Film Programme
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Made in Ethiopia
When a vast Chinese factory complex in rural Ethiopia undertakes ambitious expansion plans, the promises of industrialisation are brought into question.
  • Xinyan Yu, Max Duncan
  • 2024
  • Film Programme
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My Sweet Land
For 11-year-old Vrej, life in his homeland Artsakh is like a paradise, but when war starts again, can he carry a nation’s hopes on his young shoulders?
  • Sareen Hairabedian
  • 2024
  • Film Programme
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Silent Men
Director Duncan Cowles takes us on a journey through male mental health, stigma and taboo in the UK.
  • Duncan Cowles
  • 2024
  • Film Programme
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The Boy and the Suit of Lights
A young boy grows up in a Spanish town with dreams of being a bullfighter in an age when tradition and modernity are in constant conflict.
  • Inma de Reyes
  • 2024
  • Film Programme
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Yintah
An incisive account of how a group of land defenders took on the Canadian government, gas companies and armed police to fight the construction of a major pipeline.
  • Jennifer Wickham, Brenda Michell, Michael Toledano
  • 2024
  • Film Programme
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