Denis Mukwege, a Congolese doctor and future Nobel Peace Prize laureate, risks his life to treat thousands of women who are victims of sexual violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo. His encounter with Belgian surgeon Guy Cadière will give new strength to his commitment.
Nominee
Complaint nº713317
Magdy and Sama, a retired couple in their 60s, live quietly in their Cairo apartment. Their calm routine is disrupted when their fridge breaks down. What should be a simple repair spirals into a bizarre, months-long battle with a shady maintenance company. As the fridge remains unfixed, so does everything else, pushing them to confront not only the cracks in the system but also in their own sense of purpose.
wolf blood: the threads that bind
This short film was created in collaboration with a family who reside on the home territory of Oneida Nation of the Thames, part of the Haudenosaunee or Six Nations Confederacy Wolf Clan. It is a portrayal of a lifelong friendship, with stories about Oneida family histories, while Métis filmmaker, Dianne learns to bead from the Wolf Clan women. The film’s title is in 3 languages: Othahyu:ni’kéha’ Kaniwʌhtaló:tʌ’ Ksliye:twánhaks (Oneida) Li sawn d’lo: lee fil kaw tuhkoupitamihk (Michif)
Pierced
Pierced. Pierced. Pierced. Pierced. Pierced.
But the moose keeps on…
Hiding in The Bubble
Seventeen-year-old Xiaokui has spent her entire life in a small seaside town. A top student with a quiet passion for girl idol groups, she is well known throughout the neighborhood — as is her closest friend, Qiangwei, a brilliant math prodigy who recently transferred back from the city.
At seventeen, Xiaokui’s world is one without romance, without a cellphone — just geography magazines and a giant television screen. In the stillness of her routine life, an unexpected “aurora” quietly descends u
Dog Days of Summer
For these metalheads, the first steps into adulthood are driven by a dream that will break them before it builds them.