Arya Rothe

Somi is pregnant with her second child. A girl, she hopes. Together with her husband she prepares for this new phase of their parenthood. It means that their son has to go to school, but as an ex-Naxalite that is tough to achieve in contemporary India, where people like them are third-rate citizens. They lack the certificates and an opaque bureaucratic process doesn't help. Directors Isabella Rinaldi, Cristina Hanes and Arya Rothe of the NoCut Film Collective concentrate on Somi's close family ties, painting a portrait of ex-Naxalites in India. Once, Somi and her husband were communist rebels fighting for the rights of Indian tribes. However, to safeguard their family's welfare, they surrendered to the government in exchange for marginal compensation and simple accommodation.

As part of a school activity, eighth-grade students from diverse backgrounds channel their reflections on "Salokha" - peaceful coexistence - into an original rap song. During a summer filmmaking workshop, these students collaborate with a documentary crew to create their own music video. The film captures their vibrant, hands-on creative process as they use mobile phones to shoot, record local sounds, and playfully stage scenes of religious unity. More than a behind-the-scenes look, the documentary explores how the next generation in India actively perceives and practices the concept of unity through amicability, ultimately asking: "Why do we think the other is different when all of our blood is red in colour?".

Somi, an Indian ex-Maoist (Naxalite) rebel, faces a new battle as her efforts to build a home are stalled by the construction of an iron mine. Somi leads her community in resisting the violation of their land, forest and indigenous heritage, but this time without her rifle.

A sketch of a woman who is a regular in an old bar called Café Estádio in Lisbon. Quina has been visiting it for the past two decades because she believes that it is the only place that is a cure for her loneliness.

Somi is pregnant with her second child. A girl, she hopes. Together with her husband she prepares for this new phase of their parenthood. It means that their son has to go to school, but as an ex-Naxalite that is tough to achieve in contemporary India, where people like them are third-rate citizens. They lack the certificates and an opaque bureaucratic process doesn't help. Directors Isabella Rinaldi, Cristina Hanes and Arya Rothe of the NoCut Film Collective concentrate on Somi's close family ties, painting a portrait of ex-Naxalites in India. Once, Somi and her husband were communist rebels fighting for the rights of Indian tribes. However, to safeguard their family's welfare, they surrendered to the government in exchange for marginal compensation and simple accommodation.

Somi is pregnant with her second child. A girl, she hopes. Together with her husband she prepares for this new phase of their parenthood. It means that their son has to go to school, but as an ex-Naxalite that is tough to achieve in contemporary India, where people like them are third-rate citizens. They lack the certificates and an opaque bureaucratic process doesn't help. Directors Isabella Rinaldi, Cristina Hanes and Arya Rothe of the NoCut Film Collective concentrate on Somi's close family ties, painting a portrait of ex-Naxalites in India. Once, Somi and her husband were communist rebels fighting for the rights of Indian tribes. However, to safeguard their family's welfare, they surrendered to the government in exchange for marginal compensation and simple accommodation.

Somi is pregnant with her second child. A girl, she hopes. Together with her husband she prepares for this new phase of their parenthood. It means that their son has to go to school, but as an ex-Naxalite that is tough to achieve in contemporary India, where people like them are third-rate citizens. They lack the certificates and an opaque bureaucratic process doesn't help. Directors Isabella Rinaldi, Cristina Hanes and Arya Rothe of the NoCut Film Collective concentrate on Somi's close family ties, painting a portrait of ex-Naxalites in India. Once, Somi and her husband were communist rebels fighting for the rights of Indian tribes. However, to safeguard their family's welfare, they surrendered to the government in exchange for marginal compensation and simple accommodation.

As part of a school activity, eighth-grade students from diverse backgrounds channel their reflections on "Salokha" - peaceful coexistence - into an original rap song. During a summer filmmaking workshop, these students collaborate with a documentary crew to create their own music video. The film captures their vibrant, hands-on creative process as they use mobile phones to shoot, record local sounds, and playfully stage scenes of religious unity. More than a behind-the-scenes look, the documentary explores how the next generation in India actively perceives and practices the concept of unity through amicability, ultimately asking: "Why do we think the other is different when all of our blood is red in colour?".

Somi, an Indian ex-Maoist (Naxalite) rebel, faces a new battle as her efforts to build a home are stalled by the construction of an iron mine. Somi leads her community in resisting the violation of their land, forest and indigenous heritage, but this time without her rifle.

Somi, an Indian ex-Maoist (Naxalite) rebel, faces a new battle as her efforts to build a home are stalled by the construction of an iron mine. Somi leads her community in resisting the violation of their land, forest and indigenous heritage, but this time without her rifle.

Somi, an Indian ex-Maoist (Naxalite) rebel, faces a new battle as her efforts to build a home are stalled by the construction of an iron mine. Somi leads her community in resisting the violation of their land, forest and indigenous heritage, but this time without her rifle.

A sketch of a woman who is a regular in an old bar called Café Estádio in Lisbon. Quina has been visiting it for the past two decades because she believes that it is the only place that is a cure for her loneliness.