Europe

XALKO

100 min, Documentary, Canada, 5.1

This film looks at Xalko, a kurdish village in Turkey, threatened by exodus. Deserted by its men who have gone to Europe or America, Xalko still survives thanks to those who keep the fort: mothers and children who do what it takes to keep it alive. It looks at migration from those left behind.

ISTANBUL ECHOES

100min, Documentary, Canada / France

Istanbul's street vendors adapt to fast paced urban changes when their 
neighborhoods are destroyed and residents are evicted over the course of 5 years. 
As old buildings and traditions disappear, a strong awareness develops in the younger 
generations and a new voice emerges through a socially engaged hip hop group.

A MOON OF NICKEL AND ICE

110 min, Documentary, Canada, 5.1

An intimate portrayal of the closed-off Russian city of Norilsk through the eyes of its youth, mine workers and truth seekers.

THE RED APPLE

20 min, Short film, Canada, 5.1

In this short movie, two children improvise and stage their actual lives.

THE COSSACK AND THE GYPSY

79 min, Documentary, Canada, 5.1

A portrait of the “last of the firsts” Slav migrants in Abitibi.

TREE WITH SEVERED BRANCHES

80 min, Documentary, Canada, 5.1

In Moscow, two elderly men who lived under the Soviet regime adapt to their new sociopolitical reality by creating an imaginary world through art.​