Sen could easily just have made an observational documentary about the brothers' day-to-day work or simply focused on the kites themselves but he stretches its wings much further than that.
Against the darkening backdrop of Delhi's apocalyptic air and escalating violence, two brothers devote their lives to protect one casualty of the turbulent times: the bird known as the black kite.
Without the soft focus common in representations of female subjects, we get to see their faces in all their lived-in three dimensionality.
A coming-of-golden-age look at Florida's most dedicated dance team for women over 60, shaking up the outdated image of "the little old lady," and calling for everyone to dance their hearts out, while they still can.
(Country: Sweden; Year: 2022; Director: Maria Loohufvud, Love Martinsen; Writer: Maria Loohufvud, Love Martinsen)
In eastern Ukraine, follow the daily life of children and staff in a special kind of home: an institution for children who have been removed from their homes while awaiting court custody decisions. Staff do their best to make the time children have there safe and supportive.
(Country: Denmark; Year: 2022; Director: Simon Lereng Wilmont)
While it’s important to bring attention to the wider-spread government actions against the minority group, the film’s truly valuable observations are of how the prejudice impacts normal life.
Two midwives work side-by-side in a makeshift clinic in Myanmar.
(Country: Canada, Germany, Myanmar; Year: 2022; Director: Hnin Ei Hlaing)
A revelation of the inner lives of young Church of the Latter Day Saints missionaries, as they leave their homes for the first time and embark upon the most emotionally, physically and psychologically challenging period of their life.
Finds a strong propulsive narrative with an emotional core.
The story of Sinéad O'Connor's phenomenal rise to worldwide fame and subsequent exile from the pop mainstream. Focusing on Sinéad's prophetic words and deeds from 1987 to 1993, the film reflects on the legacy of this fearless trailblazer through a contemporary feminist lens.
On the outskirts of Beirut, Lilas and Shery, co-founders and guitarists of the Middle East's first all-female metal band, wrestle with friendship, sexuality and destruction in their pursuit of becoming thrash metal rock stars.
Documentary examining events surrounding the depopulation of a Palestinian village in 1948 and the implications for the way the state of Israel records its own history.
The message is clear - the world needs to pay much closer attention to what is happening in Brazil, before it's too late.
When a network of Brazilian farmers seizes a protected area of the Amazon rainforest, a young Indigenous leader and his mentor must fight back in defense of the land and an uncontacted group living deep within the forest.
(Country: Brazil, Denmark, US; Year: 2022; Director: Alex Pritz)
We quickly see the more poignant emotional landscape is every bit as important as that manufactured by pixels and bytes.
Filmed entirely inside the world of VR, this vérité documentary captures the excitement and surprising intimacy of a burgeoning cultural movement, demonstrating the power of online connection in an isolated world.
(Country: UK; Year: 2022; Director: Joe Hunting; Writer: Joe Hunting)
