In war-torn Syria, a 23-year-old fine arts student fights for her life to witness her graduation day after she is severely injured by a missile that hits her house in Damascus only four days before her graduation date. Ashtar’s indomitable spirit amid the chaos ignites a journey of survival and hope. As she navigates the challenges of her new reality, she finds solace in her studies, drawing strength from the dreams she refuses to relinquish. Kano 4 is a testament to the enduring hope that we all have the superpower to heal, even in the face of unimaginable adversity.

Kano 4

Pimpi’s life experiences conclude in a tragic experience for his relatives. The story takes place in a small town in the middle of the Colombian Pacific jungle. Past and present mix to form a story where the town and its inhabitants are witnesses to the struggle of Black people.

Pimpi

Majunga, Madagascar, December 1976. A wind of revolt sweeps through the city. Ali, a second-in-command in a bookbinding workshop, is raising his two daughters alone. One morning, before going to work, he witnesses what seems to be a simple neighborhood quarrel.

Zanatany, When Soulless Shrouds Whisper

Glimpses and hallucinations of solidarity and possibility through generations. A woman’s dreams become haunted by a mythological titan from Portuguese mythology that sought to prevent Vasco de Gama from ever reaching India. Questions of what could have been emerge across ends to colonial occupations in India and Africa.

Two Refusals (Would We Recognize Ourselves Unbroken?)

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