The main program, with 12 docus that have backing from 14 countries, will be juried by award-winning Swiss director/producer Fernand Melgar, head of African human rights fest Tri Continental Anita Khanna, Canadian cross-media platform expert Katerina Cizek and Czech documaker Radovan Síbrt.
Highlights will include: opening film Miners Shot Down by Rehad Desai, an account of systematic police assaults on South African protesters: a an ironic look at exorbitant preparations for the 2014 Sochi Olympics Putin's Game; Swedish filmmaker Linda Vastrik's look at life deep in the Congo Forest of the Dancing Spirits; Talal Derki's account of life under siege in Syria Return to Homs; and a three-year account of the trial of four members of a Hungarian gang charges with the murder of Roma, Eszter Hajdu's Judgment in Hungary.
Accompanying events include panel debates on Euro subsidies, the Syrian conflict, alternative housing, media, politics, socially engaged art, the Caucasus, employment in the EU, euthanasia rights and institutional care.
Main program:
Everyday Rebellion
Austria, Switzerland
Directed by Arash T. Riahi, Arman T. Riahi
Forest of the Dancing Spirits
Sweden, Canada
Directed by Linda Västrik
Hill of Pleasures
Netherlands
Directed by Maria Ramos
Judgment in Hungary
Hungary
Directed by Eszter Hajdú
Metamorphosen
Germany
Directed by Sebastian Mez
Naomi Campbel. It's Not Easy to Become a Different Person, But You Can Always Change Your Name
Chile
Directed by Nicolas Videla, Camila Donoso
Ne me quitte pas
Netherlands, Belgium
Directed by Niels van Koevorden, Sabine Lubbe Bakker
Putin's Games
Germany, Austria, Israel
Directed by Alexander Gentelev
Return to Homs
Syria, Germany
Directed by Talal Derki
Roots
Japan
Directed by Kaoru Ikeya
Stop-Over
France
Directed by Kaveh Bakhtiari
The Blocher Experience
Switzerland, France
Directed by Jean-Stéphane Bron