Festival Calendar

A pack of strays - seven dogs and one woman - live in Moscow’s city shadows. They remain in a state of constant restlessness as cracks in the city reveal a savage landscape. Shot entirely from the animals’ point of view, patterns of taming and mutual dependence become blurred.

Frederick Wiseman surveys the wide range of work the police are asked to perform: enforcing the law, maintaining order, and providing general social services. The incidents shown illustrate how training, community expectations, socio-economic status of the subject, the threat of violence, and discretion affect police behavior.

Drawing on a rich array of archival materials, director Martin Scorsese fully explores the collaboration between Englishman Michael Powell and Hungarian Emeric Pressburger, who thrived in the face of adversity during World War II but were eventually brought down by the film industry of the 1950s.

In his efforts to mediate between feuding tribal factions, Bedouin arbitrator Farhan Al-Nabari confronts state laws that mandate the eviction of his tribe from its ancestral land, which it has inhabited for 71 years.

In Mumbai, Nurse Prabha's routine is troubled when she receives an unexpected gift from her estranged husband. Her younger roommate, Anu, tries in vain to find a spot in the city to be intimate with her boyfriend.

An offbeat musician and first-time-mom who just gave birth to her daughter, starts working at “The Milky Way," a dairy farm for breast milk.

When Franck mysteriously disappeared during a space mission three years ago, everything changed for his sister Elsa. One day, she is contacted by an unidentified life form who offers to bring her brother back to Earth. But there is a price to pay.

As a heat wave brings a Marseille neighborhood to the boil, three roommates gleefully meddle in the lives of their neighbors from their balcony. Until a late-night drink turns into a bloody affair.