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“This is a travelogue of a country that is losing its faith in geography. One of the perennial issues concerns the nature of the ocean. Some people still think of the ocean as a river at the edge of the land. What balances this loss is a certain type of nostalgia that most often comes from the memory of colours and from the songs of aunts” (Flavio Bonetti).

Apartments, castles, artificial islands: on state visit in micro-nations, made out of rebellion or pure amusement, as a serious way of living or just an interim solution. What is this matter called State? Where does it start, where does it end and why do we live in states? Self-made monarchs and presidents give a political report on the daily routine of their living room autonomy. And who knows, utopia may already be right in our middle...

A film that recounts the situation in Gaza in the wake of Operation Cast Lead. As the filmmakers explain, “We came to Gaza the day after the start of the war and discovered the extent of the Gaza-strophy.”

Gaza, War in Media presents a series of interviews that challenge the official Spanish media account of Israel's Operation Cast Lead, in which 1,400 Palestinians died and 5,000 people were wounded, most of them civilians. According to this version, Israel was “defending itself” from the launch of Qassam rockets by Hamas, by massive bombardments to destroy the “infrastructure” of this “terrorist” group. In reality, the bombardments and the ground offensive by the Israeli army targetted the civilian population of the Gaza Strip, as shown by the Goldstone report commissioned by the UN Human Rights Council.

American documentary filmmaker James Longley travelled to the Gaza Strip in January of 2001, planning to stay for two weeks and collect preliminary material for a film about the Palestinian intifada. He threw away his return ticket and stayed for another 3 months, shooting over 75 hours of material throughout the Gaza Strip. GAZA STRIP follows a range of people and events following the election of Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, including the first major armed incursion into "Area A" by IDF forces during this intifada. The film is filmed almost entirely in a verite style, presented without narration and with little explanation, focusing on ordinary Palestinians rather than politicians and pundits.

In the summer of 1984, mountain climber Reinhold Messner climbed two of the highest peaks in the world back to back. A film about stark and austere inner landscapes, and what compels these climbers.