Dublin Films

Young and promising Chechen MMA (Mixed Martial Arts) fighter Khavaj must flee from Chechnya to Brussels when his brother discovers his homosexuality and promises to kill him. In an episode of silence, the young man finds comfort in the Planetarium, among the silence of the stars. In this documentary, which traces his first months of life in Belgium, Khavaj slowly observes how the last link that ties him to Chechnya disintegrates. The life of yesterday is in past, but the future is not clear yet.

Franck heals horses with his hands. With his children, he is loving and playful. With horses, he is patient and delicate. But when it comes to talking to Zita, he clams up.

In the Peruvian Andes, two young boys are raised in isolation by their father. A series of unexpected events will radically transform the only reality they know and will bring Sabina, the older sister, to meet her past and her culture.

Jorge is the only one of his generation who has decided to stay in the countryside. The local festivities are just round the corner, and with them comes the reunion with his ex-girlfriend Andrea, who is back from the city. Her arrival starts to unhinge him physically and mentally. Second feature film by its director.

Rosa, 15, lives in an oyster-farming family. As her gravely ill father nears death, the support of Adel, her childhood friend, forges a new bond between them. In this fragile in-between, Rosa moves forward and falters…

Saman lives in the Coptic district of Mokattam in Cairo. Every morning, he goes with his father to collect and sort rubbish and give food waste to their pigs. One day in April, the Egyptian military government orders the slaughter of all the pigs in Mokattam. Saman decides to go in search for pigs in Cairo. His journey is gradually transformed into a quest for identity.

Cozzano, a village in the Corsican mountains gets ready for the municipal elections. Its 250 inhabitants will have to choose between the current mayor, Jean-Jacques Ciccoloni, the elected representative for 30 years and the UMP activist native of the village. In Cozzano, every inhabitant is involved heart and soul in politics: it is the middle of their life and concerns. In this crucial moment when the village is cut in two, passions and hatreds revealed that the stake in the vote is not where we wait for it.

In northern Peru, deep in the Amazonian jungle, Amadeo is the last Taushiro. He is old, his body is tired, he knows he will die soon. We follow him in his solitude and his rituals. He uses his native language to talk to the trees, to the spirits of the animals he hunts and to his brother who died a few years ago. By taking a close look at Amadeo’s daily life, the film questions bigger issues : the destruction of the Amazone, the disappearance of indigenous people and cultures.

We are with Pasolini during the last hours of his life, as he talks with his beloved family and friends, writes, gives a brutally honest interview, shares a meal with Ninetto Davoli, and cruises for the roughest rough trade in his gun-metal gray Alfa Romeo. Over the course of the action, Pasolini’s life and his art are constantly refracted and intermingled to the point where they become one.

Karim, a cab driver in his thirties, is abandoned overnight by his wife, Marie. His daughter, Julie, blames him for her departure. Unable to leave her alone at home, Karim takes Julie with him on his nightshifts. During one night, in contact with the other passengers, they have no choice but to confront each other. This will be the occasion for them to renew their bond and to overcome together the void left by Marie.

During a class discussion, Sarah, an 11-year-old French girl of Maghrebian heritage, tells the class she's going to Algeria for the school holidays to see her father. Overwhelmed by her lie, she doesn’t attend the last day of school.

Andrew is a disabled veteran who lives outside of New Jersey. Some time ago, he began having virtual conversations with Alejandra, a Colombian single mother who works in a webcam studio in Medellin.

Anna, a young mother, lives alone with her son in the suburbs. But when her son is placed in a home, her life falls apart and her feelings become confused.

After years of absence, Ciro returns home to his mother's bedside. In the Colombian desert of Tatacoa, he meets those he fled and confronts the last guardians of a territory as fragile as it is enchanting.

Lalo is a sex influencer: he posts photos of his naked body and homemade porn videos for his thousands of social media followers. Lalo directs his own life, but in private, when out of character, he seems to live in constant melancholy.

Alix, Jaco and Mattia are the members of Odezenne, an independent music band. They communicate on the social networks, produce their own videos and manage the tours… Their first vocation though, is writing. No choice but leaving. 5 months in Berlin to create a third album in a remote place: Subland.

When an Ethiopian boy moves in with distant relatives he takes his pet sheep with him but the upcoming holidays spell danger for his beloved friend.

In 1983, Borislava is held in custody after her boyfriend’s attempt to escape communist Bulgaria. All she has to do is agree to cooperate with the State Security against Julian and they will set her free… Shortly after her release, Borislava is getting married to Julian, who is still in prison. What had to be the happiest day in her life is overshadowed by the growing distrust that tears up her family.

In a universe that looks like nothingness, two beings seem to exist only to come into contact.

After 15 years of living abroad, Amanda returns home with her French boyfriend, Martin. They arrive at her family's large-scale farm, located in a secluded village on the endless plains of southern Brazil. There, Amanda finds her father in a coma in the midst of increasing tension among the workers. The sole doctor in the nearby village is Helô, a young woman who resigns herself to caring for the local townspeople. The imminent death of the farm owner will put Amanda, Martin, and Helô at the heart of a disturbing settlement between the village and the farm owners.