Best of DAFilms 2023

"In The Girl Chewing Gum a commanding voice over appears to direct the action in a busy London street.

Two adult women - a mother and her daughter - take part in a family therapy to improve their painful relationship.

After a long period of isolation, Antonin, a young man suffering from persisting exhaustion, rediscovers the world at a rehabilitation center for birds.

In 1958 Robert Gottlieb was forced to renounce his Romanian citizenship in order to migrate to Israel. 50 years later his daughter Yaela (re)builds that route.

We go to people homes, ask them to go outside and we film them through their own windows.

Blue Rose leads us through the world of flowers, reminding us that flowers, being seemingly ephemeral, might give us an important lesson about the world.

Reflection upon the metaphysical ideas of british natural historian Philip Henry Gosse as an experiment with images and sounds stored in his personal database.

Constantin, Sarah and Gregor live in a polyamorous relationship. The film follows them on their search of a mindful way of dealing with each others emotions.

A documentary portrait of the unique friendship between the renowned filmmakers James Benning and Richard Linklater.

Two-way conversation between a young girl and the director who has chosen to create her portrait. This raises the question: what is a documentary?

In a small community, not too far from the noise of Rio de Janeiro, a group of people lead a peaceful lifestyle, with nature as their guide.

A rebellious worker before retirement is committed to saving ITAS, the only collectively-owned factory left in Croatia.

This archival deep-dive analyzes the role of images produced in the 20th century by oil companies operating in Iran as part of British colonialism.

The film follows inmates from Roumieh Prison in Lebanon as they produce a play about their fellow prisoners who suffer from mental illness.

Through the testimonies of the soldiers who implemented it, director Avi Mograbi provides insights on how a colonialist occupation works.