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Looking For Life
Looking For Life and Symphony Of The Ursus Factory
City Dream (Country: China; Year: 2019; Director: Weijun Chen)
A year during which the Urban Management Bureau tries to displace a cantankerous street vendor in China.
The Human Factor (Country: UK, Israel; Year: 2019; Director: Dror Moreh)
Scrutinising the American-led negotiations between Israelis and Palestinians in 2000
Looking For Life (Cheche Lavi) (Country: Mexico, US, Haiti; Year: 2019; Director: Sam Ellison)
Documentary about two Haitian migrants who become stranded at the US-Mexico border, with no way forward.
Love Child (Country: Denmark; Year: 2019; Director: Eva Mulvad)
A couple who could face the death penalty in Iran because of their extra-marital affair attempt to flee the country with their four-year-old love child.
Sing Me A Song (Country: France, Germany, Switzerland; Year: 2019; Director: Thomas Balmès)
The director returns to Bhutan 10 years after he focused on a seven-year-old Buddhist there, to see how life has changed.
Symphony Of The Ursus Factory (Country: Poland; Year: 2018; Director: Jasmina Wojcik; Writer: Jasmina Wojcik)
The largest producers of tractors in Europe , the Ursus Factory came to an end following the collapse of communism. Here the ex-workers of the Ursus Factory re-enact a day of work.
The Wind. A Documentary Thriller (Country: Poland; Year: 2019; Director: Michal Bielawski)
A study of the destructive windstorm that regularly wreaks havoc in Poland’s Tatra Mountains.
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