Nicole Santé

A mesmerizing visual essay on the impact of technology. It doesn’t judge but observes, and it poses questions which don’t necessarily need answering.

An intriguing and lyrical investigation, one which at times feels like a meditation, into German co-pilot Andreas Lubitz's involvement in the mysterious 2015 plane crash in the French Alps which killed 149 people. Review by Nicole Santé.

In her masterly film, Olga Lucovnicova has managed to break a cycle of silence - her greatest and much deserved reward is the freedom she has given herself. All other prizes this film deserves might help increase the impact of this sensitive and artfully crafted document.

The film may take a little time to get used to, but in the end it will have you rooting for these industrious but tireless Japanese volleyball players seeking Olympic gold.

Everything you see in this beautiful, painful but ultimately uplifting film is, indeed, a landscape: the fields of flowers, the green meadows, the forests… and the wrinkled skin of the protagonist, covered with lines and bumps, liver spots and a fading tattoo, representing a number.

An impressive achievement for Brooklyn-based filmmaker Saad Khan who wrote, directed, co-produced and co-edited this intriguing look into the world of Pakistan’s theatre dancers - once worshipped and respected, now hunted and lusted after.

A beautiful love letter that breathes the unconditional love of a community for the ground beneath its feet, and the will to preserve a treasure much greater than any money can buy.

In this non-judgmental, respectful and empathetic documentary, three Israeli families hold on to the semen of their dead sons for future harvesting.

Not just a jubilant homage to the beauty of the Wadden’s unique intertidal wetlands, Pieter-Rim de Kroon’s film also sets out to show the place in a less than idyllic light…

Madagascan Nantenaina Lova’s story of protecting sacred land from foreign mining interests hits just the right tone: no sentimentality, no voyeurism, just honesty.