Troyanovsky also communicates the mental toll that comes with being away from the frontline, not just for those who have been in active service, like Alaska, but also parents and family.
Documentary following the friendship of two paramedics on the frontline in Ukraine.
A journey into one of China’s vast factories around the time of the pandemic to detail the impact of global supply chains and coercive business practices on workers’ lives.
The sense of hopefulness in people’s urge to continue and to rebuild shines through but this film also looks the lasting more negative impact of war unflinchingly in the eye.
Documentary about the people living in war-ravaged Bucha.
(Country: Ukraine; Year: 2025; Director: Mila Teshaieva, Marcus Lenz)
Full of engaging material yet sometimes stretched a little too thin, the film is less pop biopic, more a meditation on ageing, and over time it takes on an increasingly melancholic tone.
The story of the former singer of pop band Black Lace and his journey on the road with his ageing mother and his partner, as he aims for a comeback.
(Country: UK; Year: 2025; Director: Kim Hopkins; Writer: Kim Hopkins; Stars: Dene Michael Betteridge, Anne Betteridge)
Follows the fearless Indigenous chief Juma Xipaia, who has survived six assassination attempts as she leads a relentless fight to defend her people's land alongside her husband, Hugo Loss,
a steely Special Forces Unit ranger.
(Country: Austria, Brazil, United States, Canada, Germany; Year: 2025; Director: Richard Ladkani)