World DOCUMENTARIES

Wed 8 July | 13:45 | Pálás Screen 3 | 99′

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Spanning continents and cultures, this collection of documentary shorts explores resilience, memory, identity and community. From personal journeys to global struggles, these films examine lives shaped by change.
Films in our programme can include mature themes/adult content. Viewer discretion is advised.

Swim Sistas

Four Black women, including Great Britain’s first Black female Olympian, explore healing, resilience, and their historical relationship to water.
Director/Writer: Catherine Joy White
Producers: Oriane Pick, Anais Ferrato, Afua Hirsch, Amandla Crichlow, Catherine Joy White

Marks of Time

In partnership with the Swedish Museum of Natural History and MAX IV Laboratory, this film explores palaeontologist Vivi Vajda’s unique perception of time, demystifying the scientific process and inspiring a deeper curiosity for the field.
Director: Michael Fleischner
Producer: Daniel Santivanez

A Woman’s Place is Everywhere

After the death of their artist mother, identical twin sisters face eviction from their rent-controlled Brooklyn loft. An intimate story of grief, sisterhood, motherhood, and gentrification in New York City.
Director: Fanny Texier
Producer: Alison Joy

Ramón Who Speaks to Ghosts

After a volcanic eruption, Ramón walks the island of La Palma with his microphone, looking for ghosts.
Director: Shervin Kermani
Producers/Writers: Shervin Kermani, Karla Reyes

Our Choir Has Always Been Travelling

Charting the international legacy, intergenerational impact and joy of the Hermannsburg Choir and subsequent iterations; Ntaria Ladies Choir and the Central Australian Aboriginal Women’s Choir.
Directors: Marjorie Williams, Judith Inkamala, Nelson Armstrong
Producers: Eloise Lindeback, Ness Sim, Alinta Brown
Writers: Eloise Lindeback, Marjorie Williams, Judith Inkamala, Betty Conway, N. Donald, Anita Ratara, Lizzie Jako

Memories of a Window

Following crackdowns on protests in Iran, civilians begin documenting the unrest from behind windows. When a woman is shot while recording, a film student writes her a letter raising the question: Can revolution emerge from behind windows?
Directors/Producers: Amin Pakparvar, Mehraneh Salimian
Writers: Mehraneh Salimian, Amin Pakparvar

Free Fish

An intimate short documentary filmed entirely in Gaza during one of the deadliest years in recent history, it’s not just a story of survival, but of grief, inheritance, and the quiet defiance of those who refuse to disappear.
Director/Writer: Bisan Owda
Producers: Carolina Pereira, Bisan Owda