No Other Land

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For half a decade, Basel Adra, a Palestinian activist, films his community of Masafer Yatta being destroyed by Israel’s occupation, as he builds an unlikely alliance with a journalist from the other side who joins his fight.

Hollywoodgate

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Unprecedented and audacious, Hollywoodgate is the riveting result of the year director Ibrahim Nash’at spent with the Taliban in the wake of the United States withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2021. Risking his life in the war-torn nation, Nash’at is on the ground with the Taliban when they enter an American base loaded with a portion […]

Grand Theft Hamlet

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A feature documentary about two out-of-work actors attempting the impossible task of mounting a full production of Hamlet inside the ultra-violent world of Grand Theft Auto shot entirely in-game. It’s January 2021. The UK has just entered its 3rd lockdown and all theatres remain closed. For actors Sam and Mark, the future looks bleak. As […]

Frida

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An intimately raw and magical journey through the life, mind, and heart of iconic artist Frida Kahlo. Told through her own words for the very first time – drawn from her diary, revealing letters, essays, and print interviews – and brought vividly to life by lyrical animation inspired by her unforgettable artwork.

Daughters

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Four young girls prepare for a special Daddy Daughter Dance with their incarcerated fathers, as part of a unique fatherhood program in a Washington, D.C., jail.

Black Box Diaries

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Journalist Shiori Ito becomes both detective and protagonist as she embarks on an investigation of her own sexual assault at the hands of a high-profile offender. Piecing together the crime she experienced, while pushing herself to the extreme, her quest sparks a historic reckoning in Japan.

The Territory

CEH 2023 Nominee: The Territory

The Territory provides an immersive on-the-ground look at the tireless fight of the Indigenous Uru-eu-wau-wau people against the encroaching deforestation brought by farmers and illegal settlers in the Brazilian Amazon. With awe-inspiring cinematography showcasing the titular landscape and richly textured sound design, the film takes audiences deep into the Uru-eu-wau-wau community and provides unprecedented access […]

Nothing Compares

CEH 2023 Nominee: Nothing Compares

Nothing Compares is the story of Sinéad O’Connor’s phenomenal rise to worldwide fame and how her iconoclastic personality resulted in her exile from the pop mainstream. Focusing on her prophetic words and deeds from 1987-1993, the film reflects on the legacy of this fearless trailblazer through a contemporary feminist lens.

A Night of Knowing Nothing

CEH 2023 Nominee: A Night of Knowing Nothing

Through fictional love letters found in a cupboard at the Film and Television Institute of India, we meet L, a film student writing to her estranged lover while he is away. Gradually we’re immersed in the drastic changes taking place at the school and in the lives of young people across the country as they […]

I Didn’t See You There

CEH 2023 Nominee: I Didn't See You There

Spurred by the spectacle of a circus tent that goes up outside his Oakland apartment, a disabled filmmaker launches into an unflinching meditation on spectacle, (in)visibility and the corrosive legacy of the Freak Show.