Films by Elena Fortes

Germany 2026, 79 min
by Ruslan Fedotov

Following the course of the river Dnieper, Down the River observes the lives of young people growing up along its banks. Teenage boys spend their summer by the water; passengers on a cruise ship dance to Tina Turner; children play among monuments; historical reenactors reconstruct World War II battles. In these carefully composed, seemingly peaceful scenes, everyday life, historical memory and inherited rituals begin to overlap. Gradually, another current emerges beneath the surface. The imagery

Germany, Mexico 2020, 112 min
by Ai Weiwei

Vivos is a documentary feature film by artist and filmmaker Ai Weiwei, portraying the human impact of Mexico’s ongoing crisis of enforced disappearances.On the night of September 26, 2014, a convoy of students from Ayotzinapa Rural Teachers’ College in drug cartel-afflicted Guerrero state, travelling in buses in the city of Iguala, were brutally attacked by police forces and other masked assailants. In the course of the night, six people were killed, dozens more were wounded, and 43 students wer