DOCUMENTARY SHORTS
28 TURNS
Directed by Joan Bermudez Martos, Jonathan Gutiérrez
Country Spain
Runtime 00:03:58
SYNOPSIS
This short film traces Artis’s journey of immersion in hip hop culture, from his origins to the Mecca of the movement, tracing a personal path shaped by his passion and devotion to this culture.
A FILM CALLED BLACK
Directed by Cam Be
Country United States
Runtime 19:20 min
Year 2024
SYNOPSIS
A film Called Black: King’s Speech is a cinematic meditation on Black
identity and legacy. Through intimate
interviews and the creative journey of Cam
Be and Neak, the film explores what it
means to be a king in the Black
community.
ASILI: CREATIVE VOICES, SWAHILI RHYTHMS
Directed by Coquard Guillaume, Okey
Country Francia, Tanzania
Runtime 17:22 min
Year 2026
SYNOPSIS
In the heart of Tanzania, ASILI explores the vitality of the local art scene through portraits of musicians, visual artists, and performers engaged in a cultural redefinition of their territory.
FEM
Directed by Margarita Dreiling
Country Germany
Runtime 4:00 min
Year 2021
SYNOPSIS
This short film follows FEM, a graffiti writer, on a night tour of the city of Bremen (Germany) who, when most people are fast asleep, leaves her apartment and wanders the deserted streets with spray cans clinking in her bag.
FRAGMENTOS CAPITALINOS, THE BIRTH OF HIP HOP IN BOGOTA’
Directed by Jeisson Beltran, Andrés Mauricio Ramírez, David Estevan Sánchez, Laura Novoa, Sandra Bernal
Country Colombia
Runtime 24:41 min
Year 2019
SYNOPSIS
At the center of the story is Zkirla, whose personal journey reflects the growth of hip hop in Bogotá, from its underground beginnings to its consolidation as a powerful cultural voice.
HIP HOP NATION
Directed by Laia Orisa
Country Brazil
Runtime 16:19 min
Year 2025
SYNOPSIS
The film traces the milestones of Brazilian Hip Hop, from early struggles to award-winning successes, revealing its profound social impact. The presence of special appearances such as MV Bill, Cacá Diegues, Douglas Silva and Racionais MCs, among other icons of Brazilian cinema and rap, reinforces the importance of this legacy.
ILL HARMONIC: THE WORLD’S FIRST HIP-HOP ORCHESTRA
Directed by John Morrison
Country United States
Runtime 29:33 min
Year 2025
SYNOPSIS
Jeff McNeil, a rapper from North Philly and his wife are the co-leaders of the III Harmonic Orchestra, the world’s first hip hop orchestra. III Harmonic follows the Orchestra’s fight to legitimize this unlikely musical fusion and bring hip hop culture to stages around the world.
LA CALLE ESTA’ ESCUCHANDO
Directed by Pablo Cristo Navarro
Country Mexico
Runtime 15:58 min
Year 2025
SYNOPSIS
Hugo, known as Sombra Chico Raro, uses rap to find his place in the world. From the streets of Guadalajara, his lyrics and rhythm reflect the harshness of his surroundings and his desire to change it.
LONTANO DAL CENTRO
Directed by Roberto Pili
Country Italy
Runtime 19:42 min
Year 2026
SYNOPSIS
A personal and artistic journey that traces DJ Sputo’s youth, his dazzling encounter with hip-hop culture, and his discovery of DJing as a form of expression and resistance. The film explores the challenges of growing up “far from the center,” the struggles and setbacks, but also the successes and rebirths.
M.A.D. STORIES
Directed by Mark Anthony Duckitt
Country South Africa
Runtime 40:00 min
Year 2024
SYNOPSIS
M.A.D. Stories is a raw and emotionally charged dive into the South African underground creative scene, told through the eyes of a young artist who refuses to give up, even after a near-fatal accident.
NOUNS BREAKERS ⌐◨-◨ A Movement
Directed by Andrea Lomelin
Country Mexico
Runtime 25:55 min
Year 2025
SYNOPSIS
Nine Latin American athletes share a passion: breakdancing. Their mission is to compete on the world’s biggest stages. Without support, these talented artists refuse to let obstacles define them.
ONCE UPON A TOWN
Directed by Andrew Kirkby
Country South Africa
Runtime 28:14 min
Year 2017
SYNOPSIS
A South African graffiti artist travels across his homeland, painting small rural towns. His goal is to change local residents’ perspectives on the value of their homes and the neighborhood they live in.
PERIF
Directed by Fabrizio Conte
Country Italy
Runtime 16:19 min
Year 2020
SYNOPSIS
The documentary chronicles the daily life and origins of Neima Ezza (Amine Ez Zaaraoui), retracing her growth between the San Siro and Baggio neighborhoods of Milan. It documents the reality of the suburbs, the sense of belonging to the neighborhood and the path of redemption through rap music.
REBIRTH
Directed by Syly Taido
Country France
Runtime 27:42 min
Year 2025
SYNOPSIS
Rebirth follows the transformative journey of Benjamin, known as Bboy Banc, a French breakdancer facing a deep personal and artistic crisis. Years of daily physical strain have left his body marked by injury, while the ever-growing pressure of social media and the loss of authenticity in the dance scene have drained his creative spirit. Disillusioned and burned out, he decides to embark on a journey to Tokyo and Seoul — two cultural hubs where dance remains raw, expressive, and deeply rooted in human connection.
SPRAY CAN STORIES
Directed by Emmitt H. Thrower
Country United States
Runtime 37:45 min
Year 2025
SYNOPSIS
Spray Can Stories is a vibrant documentary that explores the legacy, impact, and continued evolution of Bronx graffiti culture through the eyes of two of its most influential artists: BG183 and Nicer of the legendary TATS CRU.
THE MOVE WITHIN
Directed by Rado Tsiadiana Nataniela Randrianomearisoa
Country China
Runtime 10:33 min
Year 2025
SYNOPSIS
The short follows a hip-hop dancer who lives by his passion and tries to brighten the lives of others. Meet Liu Hao, as known as Vast.
THE RETURN OF OUT FOR FAME
Directed by Konee Rok
Country United States
Runtime 10:00 min
Year 2025
SYNOPSIS
This is the return story of “Out for Fame,” the first US breaking battle tour of the early 2000s, featuring an all-new, classic battle moment between DJ Fleg and Hawaii’s 808 Breakers.
UZBEK URBAN MUSIC
Directed by Alberto Oliva Vilches, Miguel González Ríos
Country Spain, Uzbekistan
Runtime 36:19 min
Year 2025
SYNOPSIS
Through interviews and live performances, the short film gives voice to several generations of artists, revealing the roots of Uzbekistan’s urban music scene, the economic challenges and cultural diversity in a nation in transition.
DOCUMENTARY FEATURES
4TRO EL3MENTOS
Directed by Ulises Sanher
Country Mexico
Runtime 60:09 min
Year 2025
SYNOPSIS
It’s an intimate portrait of the transformative power of hip hop. Through the voices of Colombian freestylers, DJs, rappers, and MCs, this documentary reveals how the genre has become a tool of resistance.
BREAKING
Directed by Dan Faber
Country United Kingdom
Runtime 88:48 min
Year 2025
SYNOPSIS
Four elite female breakdancers compete against each other and their inner beasts on a two-year journey that will culminate on the biggest stage of all, in Paris 2024.
CAIRI LAND NO LAND
Directed by Jacopo Fantastichini
Country United States
Runtime 90:00 min
Year 2024
SYNOPSIS
In May 2022, seventeen-year-old Cairi McNear was shot and killed in Miami. Her death is one of countless tragedies in a community scarred by gun violence. Through the eyes of Cairi’s mother, the film examines the broader gun culture in America.
DIAMONDS IN THE ROUGH
Directed by Brett Leon Mazurek
Country Uganda
Runtime 52:28 min
Year 2006
SYNOPSIS
After 40 years of war, AIDS, and corruption, the Bataka Squad responds with the only weapon they have: their voice. This documentary presents the story of the Bataka Squad, the creators of Luga Flow (Ugandan Hip Hop) and the rise of hip hop in Uganda.
ETERNA
Directed by Juanma Sayalonga, David Sainz
Country Spain
Runtime 99:00 min
Year 2023
SYNOPSIS
The documentary discusses the life and work of rapper Gata Cattana, addressing the most fundamental aspects of her life and her human and artistic concerns through her family, friends, and cultural figures. Among others, the colleagues she grew up with on stage, such as DJ Carlos Esteso and rapper Aenege.
EVERY SINGLE DAY
Directed by Spyros Dimitrios Gerousis
Country Greece
Runtime 56:38 min
Year 2017
SYNOPSIS
The film uses the critical eye of three of Greece’s most influential underground rap MCs, along with their artistic representations of reality, to offer an ethnographic approach to the country’s transition from the economic boom of the 1990s to the current financial crisis, from the perspective of everyday life.
GOLDEN BOYZ: INVISIBLE TREASURES
Directed by Santiago Galafassi, Agustin Wicki
Country Argentina
Runtime 74:00 min
Year 2024
SYNOPSIS
Golden Boyz is a group of seven young men from Rosario, Argentina. “Tesoros Invisibles” tells the story of their journey to create one of the most ambitious projects in Argentine music in recent years, the triple album “Tesoros en la Tundra.”
INSIDE BEATBOX
Directed by Moritz Münstermann
Country Germany
Runtime 89:59 min
Year 2025
SYNOPSIS
The documentary explores current developments in German beatboxing, with a focus on gender and competition. The film is told in depth through the story of Foxey, who is deeply affected by these issues but also wants to take matters into her own hands.
JOANNA IS SKYWALKING
Directed by Maja Britasdotter Östberg
Country Swiss
Runtime 76:00 min
Year 2025
SYNOPSIS
It’s a story of incredible dance moves and finding balance amidst life’s ups and downs. We follow Joanna to Johannesburg, South Africa, as she immerses herself in the Pantsula culture, which emerged during apartheid. The challenges she faces will be more than just the exhaustion of mastering the world’s fastest footwork.
JUST TO GET A REP
Directed by Peter Gerard
Country United States
Runtime 52:00 min
Year 2004
SYNOPSIS
It tells the true origin story of graffiti and hip-hop, featuring exclusive interviews with legendary spray paint pioneers from New York and today’s leading artists from Europe and the United States.
MADRID GRAFFITI: ORIGEN
Directed by Francisco Reyes
Country Spain
Runtime 90:00 min
Year 2026
SYNOPSIS
A documentary exploring the origins of graffiti in Madrid and the emergence of arrow style, a local visual language that reshaped urban culture and the use of public space in Spain.
NEXT: A PRIMER ON URBAN PAINTING
Directed by Pablo Aravena
Country France, Canada
Runtime 90:00 min
Year 2005
SYNOPSIS
This documentary features members of the global graffiti community showcasing their work and illustrating the evolution of modern graffiti from its beginnings in 1970s New York to the early 2000s.
ROOTS OF THE CULTURE
Directed by Nana Tuffour Okai, Elvis Kwame Appaloosa
Country Ghana
Runtime 50:00 min
Year 2025
SYNOPSIS
This documentary reveals the untold story of Bboy Lyricx, a pioneer whose personal journey from the streets of Accra (Ghana) gave rise to the concept of Afrobreak.
THE ART OF DISOBEDIENCE
Directed by Geco
Country Italy
Runtime 80:00 min
Year 2025
SYNOPSIS
The documentary is a journey into the world of graffiti writing through the eyes of Geco, one of Europe’s most famous and prolific writers. It takes us through Rome’s highest streets, retracing key moments in the manhunt in which the artist was involved.
URTOBEN: VIENNA’S ILLEGAL ARTFORMS
Directed by Bastian Aegidius Brandstötter
Country Austria
Runtime 79:30 min
Year 2025
SYNOPSIS
A documentary that delves into Vienna’s underground art movements. Illegal artists and explorers challenge society’s boundaries in the pure pursuit of art.
VAI BELLO
Directed by Gabriele Pacitto
Country Italy
Runtime 62:00 min
Year 2025
SYNOPSIS
In 1994, J-Ax, TDK Raptuz, and Space One founded what would become the first industrial entity of 1990s Italian hip hop: Spaghetti Funk. Their goal was clear: to create an “Italian-style” hip hop, inspired by Spaghetti Westerns, with a unique and distinctive sound, far removed from the genre’s typically American sounds.
WE ALMOST LOST BOCHUM
Directed by Julian Brimmers, Benjamin Westermann
Country Germany
Runtime 90:00 min
Year 2019
SYNOPSIS
It tells the story of Ruhrpott AG, the best German hip-hop band that never quite made it into the collective imagination. A film about friendship, hip-hop, life, and death in the Ruhr region.
WICKET
Directed by Lily Plotkin
Country United States
Runtime 75:00 min
Year 2025
SYNOPSIS
After 41 years in the closet, Bboy Wicket confronts his past as a renowned breakdancing legend with a deep secret.
In this intimate exploration of his legacy, WICKET reveals how falling in love – with an artistic pursuit, or a person, or yourself – can change the course of life forever.
TRACERS IN THE TREES
Directed by Sébastien Sevino
Country Swiss
Runtime 64:00 min
Year 2025
SYNOPSIS
In the heart of a forest in southern France, parkour enthusiasts, also known as “tracers,” have created a unique space made of treehouses, ropes, and suspended nets. Up there, they explore their discipline as a way of life, moving through the trees like wild animals.
FICTION FEATURE
BREGHENENS 2
Directed by Simone Stritti Micozzi, Alessio Kgi Giaccaglia
Country Italy
Runtime 90:00 min
Year 2026
SYNOPSIS
In Passo Varao there are two feuding neighborhoods, South Stronz and East Stronz, the crews belonging to them will challenge each other in the Big Battle with Breakin’, but the South Stronz meet Ozono, legend of Breghenens and old Masters and special trainings resurface as urban legends.
WALKING MAN
Directed by ANARCHY
Country Japan
Runtime 90: 00 min
Year 2019
SYNOPSIS
This is the story of Atom, a boy with a stutter, who, thanks to the power of rap, manages, with strength and tenacity, to make his dreams come true.
WHOLETRAIN
Directed by Florian Gaag
Country Germany
Runtime 89: 00 min
Year 2006
SYNOPSIS
Actor/rapper Malik Work shares his story of perseverance, love, music, and the struggle to survive as an artist in New York City.
ZAMAL PARADISE
Directed by DkpitKdick
Country Réunion
Runtime 156 min
Year 2020
SYNOPSIS
Three unemployed young men named Kingta, Kevin and Kenlo, become drug dealers to produce their first music album. Rookies in the business, they get robbed and lose all of their weed.
Having to honor their contract with their eccentric dangerous boss, the three young men will have to take risky routes.
Will they be able to master their own fate?
The Ways of the Lord are preposterous.
FICTION SHORT
5 EURO
Directed by Tekla Taidelli
Country Italy
Runtime 30:00 min
Year 2008
SYNOPSIS
The real protagonist of the film is the five-euro note that passes from hand to hand one Milanese night. The exchange of the note is a pretext to see the city that not everyone knows or pretends not to see.
EXPERIMENTAL
ACME PAINT X EXEL
Directed by Bazooka Films1977
Country USA
Runtime 9:58 min
Year 2025
SYNOPSIS
Exel takes to the streets with Acme Paint and Art Primo, transforming the city one wall at a time. From blank surfaces to explosive colors, the film explores the creative process and passion behind every line..
AIN’T NO LOVE IN THE OLD TOWN
Directed by Alessio Kgi Giaccaglia
Country Italy
Runtime 6:45 min
Year 2024
SYNOPSIS
The short film recounts a series of unfortunate events that prevent the various characters from meeting: failed blind dates and chance encounters sabotaged by fate, all punctuated by a rhythmic dance.
AS WITHIN, SO WITHOUT
Directed by Christian Bevilacqua, Brooke Milliner
Country United Kingdoms
Runtime 2:41 min
Year 2024
SYNOPSIS
As Within, So Without is a dance film exploring identity, duality, and inner conflict through movement and visual storytelling.
Rooted in the Cherokee legend of the two wolves, one of light and the other of darkness, the piece symbolises the battle between opposing forces within the self. The wolf that wins is the one we choose to feed.
BUILDING AND DWELLING
Directed by Arjan Gebraad
Country Netherlands
Runtime 6:42 min
Year 2025
SYNOPSIS
Three ways of building. Three ways of dwelling. A cure for the loneliness is finding each other, building a place we call home.
C.R.E.A.M.
Directed by Ryen McPherson
Country United States
Runtime 48:00 min
Year 2025
SYNOPSIS
A modern-day adaptation of Shakespeare’s “Romeo & Juliet” told entirely through the lyrics of the Wu-Tang Clan.
DETRITUS
Directed by Adrià Saiz Soler, Tomás Longato Arnedo
Country Spain
Runtime 16:09 min
Year 2024
SYNOPSIS
DETRITUS is a music video that connects the songs from Levico’s latest album. In this metaphorical journey, we follow the main character through numerous landscapes and situations that frame and represent his mental health.
EDGE
Directed by Abel Moreno Pradas
Country Spain
Runtime 14:00 min
Year 2025
SYNOPSIS
Locked in, separated by a huge glass and deprived of speech, two people meet without knowing how they got there. Where are the limits that prevent us from acting in unjust situations? Are they physical or are they within us?
IN VIADI
Directed by Alun Meyerhans, Ellen Wolf
Country Switzerland
Runtime 17:00 min
Year 2025
SYNOPSIS
IN VIADI is a journey back to oneself – an intimate yet profound act of reconnection. Sophie (they/them) moves through mountain scenery as fractured as their inner world. Marked by dualities – heritage and belonging, constraint and release – Sophie climbs the rugged terrain, each step a reckoning, each breath a quiet revolution. The mountains bear witness to the journey, the sculpture as guidance to Sophie’s inner peace. Five dancers echo the unrevealed conflicts, giving shape to what words cannot, their movement mirroring the unspoken tensions within.
TAUBE 040 – THE FIRST YEAR
Directed by TAUBE040
Country Germany
Runtime 24:32 min
Year 2024
SYNOPSIS
This short film, documented by artist TAUBE040, follows the nocturnal trail of Taube himself as he tests his artistic skills with graffiti on trains.
THE CHOOLERS: FISH AND MEAT
Directed by Monsieur Pimpant
Country Belgium
Runtime 13:17 min
Year 2023
SYNOPSIS
Experimental hip-hop group Choolers Division, whose members are artists in residence at the art brut center La S in Belgium, build on a crescendo of energy and humor to create a new song, punctuating intuition and emotion with rhythm.
ZACER 80 – GRAFFITI BOGOTA’
Directed by Zacer80
Country Colombia
Runtime 15:00 min
Year 2025
SYNOPSIS
ZACER80 presents a collection of graffiti writing from Colombia (and beyond). Painted trains are showcased, along with some of the first examples of Pixacao writing in the city of Bogotá.
DANCE ALARM
Directed byAnne Grete Eriksen
Country Norway
Runtime 23:00 min
Year 2025
SYNOPSIS
The short film tells the story of five dancers from southern Norway. Some of them have found true refuge in dance.
SERIES
CODIGO HUMANO:ORIGEN DEL RAP EN CHILE
Directed by Jose Luis Alvares
Country Chile
Runtime 63:00 min
Year 2022
SYNOPSIS
A rebellious and provocative series that explores the origins of rap in Chile. Narrated by one of its founders, Lalo Meneses of “Panteras Negras,” in a session on Código Humano: “Conversando alla fine del mondo.”
DJ MEHDI: MADE IN FRANCE
Directed by Thibaut de Longeville
Country France
Runtime 243:19 min
Year 2024
SYNOPSIS
Taking viewers on a celebration of his legacy and enduring influence on musicians across genres, DJ Mehdi: Made in France tells Mehdi’s story and a broader story of how rap emerged from the suburbs to reshape the national cultural landscape.
FRENTE AL MURO
Directed by Juan Luis Tamayo
Country Chile
Runtime 55:00 min
Year 2015
SYNOPSIS
Frente al muro is an in-depth exploration of the street art that covers city walls with colors and slogans. The series explores the different voices of key artists and delves into their social and historical contexts. The aim is to convey memory, contingency, and imagination through an overflowing creativity that suddenly branches out across the city’s arteries.
LA NECEDAD PRESENTS: THE RAP OF COSTA RICA
Directed by Carlox Soto
Country Costa Rica
Runtime 53:54 min
Year 2025
SYNOPSIS
Traces rap’s rise from the Caribbean ports of the 1980s to today’s vibrant scene. Featuring rap pioneers and new voices, and enriched with rare archival footage, it offers a nostalgic yet uplifting portrait of Costa Rican rap culture.
LA PINTURA
Directed by Cinegringos
Country Netherlands
Runtime 3:15 min
Year 2016
SYNOPSIS
Taking viewers on a celebration of his legacy and enduring influence on musicians across genres, DJ Mehdi: Made in France tells Mehdi’s story and a broader story of how rap emerged from the suburbs to reshape the national cultural landscape.
TICARET
Directed by J.O.E. L’Extraterrestre
Country France
Runtime 60:00 min
Year 2025
SYNOPSIS
Frente al muro is an in-depth exploration of the street art that covers city walls with colors and slogans. The series explores the different voices of key artists and delves into their social and historical contexts. The aim is to convey memory, contingency, and imagination through an overflowing creativity that suddenly branches out across the city’s arteries.
WITH ONE EYE OPEN
Directed by Jonathan Pieterse
Country Netherlands
Runtime 24:49 min
Year 2024
SYNOPSIS
The series explores how photographers navigate risk, ephemerality, and intentionality within graffiti culture across cities and generations. Documentation is at the heart of the series: why images are created and how photography has become both a testimony and a destination in graffiti culture.
BEST OF THE WEB
ALWA/SUENA SPRITE LIMELIGHT
Directed by Pablo Rafael Pérez Baptista
Country Bolivia
Runtime 10:49 min
Year 2024
SYNOPSIS
Relive the epic moment of the 3rd season of SUENA, where the stage was filled with pure flow, creativity and energy with the best artists of the country, in particular with ALWA.
BARRETTE
Directed by Valerio Sardiello
Country Italy
Runtime 3:25 min
Year 2026
SYNOPSIS
Barrette is a web series created to translate and explain the best rhymes in American hip hop. This ninth episode focuses on the song “The Message” and follows an in-depth analysis of the slang created by Big L’s Ebonics.
COCTEL DE RIMAS
Directed by Adrian Vega
Country Cuba
Runtime 1:21 min
Year 2025
SYNOPSIS
Short recap about Spitfire Contest, the one and only italian Breaking Contest dedicated in memory of Alessio Spitfire Lunardini, died in may 2014 trough a terrible crush against a car in Ravenna. Rest in Peace, Bro.
MARRA – PALAZZI TORINO
Directed by Dario Garegnani, Maurizio Zanieri
Country Italy
Runtime 1:02 min
Year 2025
SYNOPSIS
The stages of the rapper Marracash’s tour in Italian arenas are retraced.
WHARE HIP HOP GESCHICHTEN
Directed by Ben Bugatty
Country Germany
Runtime 72:45 min
Year 2024
SYNOPSIS
Countless untold stories from 50 years of hip-hop, shared by artists, producers, and those who witnessed it firsthand.
WHAT’S THE POINT OF ANYTHING?
Directed by Shane Allen
Country United States
Runtime 4:07 min
Year xxxx
SYNOPSIS
Through various stops within New York City, director Shane Allen brings the viewer up close to the creation of graffiti artist Minus.
MUSIC VIDEO
ANTIDOTO
Directed by Giulia Masci
Country Italy
Runtime 03:23 min
Year 2019
SYNOPSIS
The antidote is you: everyone is one for himself. Rather than re-educating others, sanctioning and stemming them, Rosa White says: let yourself be invaded, absorb the shock.
BROWN REPRESENTATION
Directed by Joshua Lopez
Country United States
Runtime 02:48 min
Year 2026
SYNOPSIS
In an age when voices are silenced, very few choose to speak and speak for the voiceless.
CHOOLERS DIVISION: CAPITAINE T
Directed by Monsieur Pimpant
Country Belgium
Runtime 04:53 min
Year 2025
SYNOPSIS
The members of the group Choolers Division are filming a video clip in a toy store in the Belgian Ardennes, in Brussels as well as in a hi-tech studio.
DJ JAZZY JEFF “IT’S JUNE ALREADY”
Directed by Konee Rok
Country United States
Runtime 02:00 min
Year 2019
SYNOPSIS
The music video features a hand-drawn animation of DJ Jazzy Jeff’s life.
FIESTA DE PATIO
Directed by Andrés Bentitez
Country Colombia
Runtime 3:25 min
Year 2025
SYNOPSIS
The illustration shows that this is a space where many prisoners can go out and take control of everything, with all the consequences that entails. Fiesta de patio means “patio ticket,” and that’s when a prison yard spirals out of control. This song tells how in an instant we can lose everything and how suddenly we can find ourselves.
GHOST OF THE MACHINE: DREAM GREEN
Directed by Kaz Supernova
Country United States
Runtime 3:38 min
Year 2024
SYNOPSIS
In “Dream Green,” rapper Ghost of the Machine waxes poetic about limitless wealth and a world free from financial burdens as he journeys through a surreal dreamscape illustrated by director Kaz Supernova.
KÖRTÁNC BY SLOW VILLAGE FEAT FANNI ZAHAR
Directed by Balázs Sánta, Ábel Regős
Country Hungary
Runtime 03:23 min
Year 2025
SYNOPSIS
The visual world of “Körtánc” is inspired by ancient Chinese shadow puppetry, an art form with centuries of history that you could even think of as an early predecessor to cinema. What interested us in this project was its reduced, handmade quality. In a visual world that keeps getting noisier, more saturated, and increasingly amplified by AI, we wanted to step back into something raw and instinctive.
LALA – GONDHAL
Directed by Dinesh Choudhary
Country India
Runtime 02:25 min
Year 2026
SYNOPSIS
Gondhal is a visceral portrait of Mumbai’s dark underbelly, where street codes, faith, hunger, and brotherhood collide. Through rhythm, rebellion, and raw poetry, the film captures young men transforming chaos into identity.
NOSTRA SIGNORA DELLE LACRIME
Directed by Francesco Kento Carlo
Country Italy
Runtime 04:17 min
Year 2025
SYNOPSIS
Nostra Signora delle Lacrime (Our Lady of Tears) is a Hip-Hop music video rooted in lived experience, shot during a real search and rescue mission in the Mediterranean aboard the Ocean Viking, a humanitarian ship operated by SOS Méditerranée.
Blending documentary footage with a poetic rap narrative, the video captures the voices, faces and presence of young survivors Their voices intertwine with the artist’s lyrics, creating a chorus that moves between fear, memory and hope.
ORO NELLE CICATRICI
Directed by Carmine Luino
Country Italy
Runtime 03:53 min
Year 2025
SYNOPSIS
The text recounts daily life behind bars: regret, anger, and separation from loved ones, but also the desire to change and start over. Scars become symbols of a pain that marks, but can also teach and transform.
PEDAGOGIA GANGSTA
Directed by Fernando Conrado
Country Ecuador
Runtime 05:35 min
Year xxxx
SYNOPSIS
The story immerses us in the harsh reality of Raúl, a 12-year-old boy forced to guard safehouses and transport drugs, and Juana, a 16-year-old teenager who carries weapons and participates in kidnappings and contract killings. Their stories reveal the impact of organized crime on their physical, emotional, and social integrity. However, the narrative explores how Gangsta Pedagogy, through art and hip-hop culture, becomes a refuge.
SAVAGE WOMAN
Directed by Paulina Briceño
Country Chile
Runtime 3:39 min
Year 2025
SYNOPSIS
From the depths of the female psyche emerges the savage woman, who issues an urgent call to women to awaken their instinct and true essence.
THIEUF “SENEGAL DAL”
Directed by Gaetano Massa, Danilo Marraffino
Country Italy
Runtime 03:00 min
Year 2019
SYNOPSIS
Senegalese MC Thieuf brings his story to the backdrop of the photographic exhibitions at the Kromia art gallery, a story within a story that takes us through the streets of Via Bologna and Piazza Garibaldi (Naples), a crossroads of multi-ethnicity and beauty but also of border lives.
TXTTXPPXST’
Directed by Gianmaria Fiorillo
Country Italy
Runtime 05:00 min
Year 2024
SYNOPSIS
The video is a series of references and quotes that pay homage to the history of rap and the 90s. At the end, the film “L’odio” is mentioned where the cult phrase “up to here everything is fine” becomes the title of the song “È TXTTXPPXST!!”.
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