Books and films

Every Acre, Every Factory

It is getting hot in our antechamber of barbarism, so much is clear. It's time to agree on a new political strategy.

AnyMart / チルド

Winner of the FIPRESCI Prize at the Berlinale, this deadpan satire of late capitalism sees a convenience store become a stage for darkly funny horror. Sakai – played by Japanese star Shota Sometani (Himizu, MIFF 2012) – is an assistant manager at the Tokyo convenience store managed by his father (Masahiko Nishimura), both men deadened by the rigid…

No Name Ceuta

No Name Ceuta is a documentary about migrants trapped at Ceuta, one of the most militarised and least visible borders in southern Europe. Filmed in Ceuta in January and February 2026, it follows migrants and activists from No Name Kitchen and shows the consequences of European border-control policies: barriers to international protection, administrative…

Who Moves America

In an era of deepening inequality, the Teamsters stand on the brink of a historic strike. UPS is the world’s largest package delivery company, moving millions of packages across 200 countries and territories every day.

"Huelga en el fin del mundo

The historic metalworkers’ strike of May 2025: ten thousand workers brought production to a halt and stood their shifts in front of burning barrels to withstand nine degrees below zero. In those ten days that shook the island, they made it clear who truly operates the levers of the most powerful electronics hub in the country — and the southernmost in…

The Thing to Be Done

A map of Europe is marked with numbers, their values rising from south to north, east to west – these are the gross minimum wages of each nation. Director Srđan Kovačević is committed to transparency.

Die Mutigen 56 - Germany's longest strike

It was different for the employees. The workers did not want to put up with this unequal treatment anymore.

Driving Europe

More and more goods are being transported on Europe's roads, yet work conditions for truck drivers are getting worse and worse. Exploitative dependency and wage dumping.

Het stof daalt! / The Dust Settles

Following 'Het water komt' (about Zeeland and the consequences of the North Sea Flood) and 'De aarde beeft' (about Groningen and the consequences of natural gas extraction), the history program Andere Tijden (NTR) presents a series about Limburg and the scars of the mining industry, fifty years after the closure of the last coal mine: 'Het stof vallen'.…

Aro berria / A New Era

With ecstatic sequences reminiscent of Alejandro Jodorowsky’s The Holy Mountain, this complex portrait of new-age commune life is a striking feature debut. It’s 1978, and Spanish society is struggling to find a post-dictatorship identity in the wake of Franco’s death.

Late Shift / Heldin

Floria, a dedicated nurse, navigates the relentless pace of her hospital’s understaffed surgical ward with humanity and warmth. As the day intensifies, she is pushed to the brink in a race against time.

Lucky Lu

Lucky Lu follows a New York City delivery rider whose world is turned upside down when he loses his only source of income. With his long-estranged family finally on their way from Asia, Lu is forced to navigate the unforgiving city and fight to protect the fragile life he’s spent all these years building.

Bargaining Forward: The story of the 2021 CUPE Strike in New Brunswick

This documentary showcases the unity and resilience of 22,000 public sector workers in New Brunswick as they strike against wage suppression. It explores strategic mobilization and collective bargaining efforts by the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE), culminating in a province-wide movement that successfully challenges austerity and sparks…

Cashiers Rise Up / Kasiyerler Ayağa

Cashiers Rise Up, a documentary by the workers’ party Bağımsızlık Yolu drawing attention to the problems faced by supermarket employees in particular and private-sector workers in general, has been released on YouTube. Emphasizing the importance of struggle on the side of labor, the documentary examines the campaign launched by Bağımsızlık Yolu after…

Nos hommes

One November morning, the mobile phones of Sarah, Frédérique, Ludivine, Lise and other women ring. A text message delivers the same news dozens of times: Prysmian-Draka, the factory where their partners manufacture fibre-optic cable, is going to close.

MA – Cry of Silence

Mi-Thet, a garment factory worker in Yangon, faces wage issues. Nyein-Nyein leads female workers to organize a strike.

Cycle / Döngü

For years Sevim has worked as a housekeeper for Ayten, playing a key role in managing the household while financially supporting her daughter and son-in-law. When Ayten’s Kosovan helper, Lena, suffers an accident, it sparks a legal dispute between the parties.

How crane operator is fighting for her rights

The immediate appearance of new residential complexes that emerge from the maze of green fences like mushrooms after the rain may no longer attract the attention of city dwellers. Yet, the people who build housing and create profits for developers through their work are even less visible.

The Dells

The Dells observes the clash between fantasy and reality faced by international student workers newly arrived in Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin – the self-described “Waterpark Capital of the World.” The film follows the rhythms of an ensemble cast of “J-1s” as they work, party, and cruise around town in taxis. Students weather the myriad headaches of making…

Ken Loach: The Art of Activism

Two times winner of the Palme d'Or, Ken Loach is one of the greatest contemporary filmmakers. This documentary shows in a punk and rebellious tone how Loach uses cinema as a political tool that allows to advocate for the advent of a more just society, by raising viewers' awareness.

Sejarah Gerakan Buruh Indonesia / History of the Indonesian Labor Movement

The history of the Indonesian labor movement from the Dutch colonial period (1870) to 2000. This film explores the emergence of the working class, how workers built their organizations, the victories of the labor movement during the Independence era, the destruction of the labor movement under Suharto’s dictatorship, and workers’ resistance in the 1990s.

¡Sí se puede!' - Sindicalismo en Colombia

The documentary "'¡Sí se puede!'" (2023) exposes the harsh reality of Colombia, the world's most dangerous country for activists. It follows the perilous struggles of oil worker Moisés Báron and domestic workers Nohelia Mendoza and Nellys Simarra, who face political violence and extreme inequality.

The Riot 1907 / Sulis 1907

In the early 1900s, Sulitjelma Gruber was the second largest industrial company in Norway. The living conditions for the mining workers were very primitive, working conditions hard and harmful to health.

Drop by drop — there will be a wave!

A film about the everyday work of activists in the "Be Like Nina" union movement. The movement was created after Nina Kozlovskaya wrote on Facebook about working conditions.

UPS Strike: Lessons from '97

The story of the Teamsters’ successful strike at UPS in 1997.

The Loud Spring: Together out of the Climate Crisis / Der laute Frühling: Gemeinsam aus der Klimakrise

A documentary and animated film about the climate crisis and the political power of workers. It connects climate activism with strikes, trade-union organizing and workers’ self-organization, asking how people can build the power needed for a profound social transformation beyond green capitalism.

Enola Holmes 2

Enola opens her own detective agency, but struggles to get clients unlike her famous detective brother Sherlock Holmes. A factory girl named Bessie asks Enola to help find her missing sister Sarah Chapman, labor organizer.

The 1934 Waterfront Strike: Solidarity on the Docks

Factory to the Workers

After ten years of operation, the workers behind the ITAS factory takeover in Ivanec are struggling to survive the capitalist economy. This film paints a collective portrait of those who fight to protect their labour and the sacrifices they need to make along the way.

Bel Karper and Adkotürk Workers' Strike Diar

They entered into a struggle shoulder to shoulder with their women and men. They waved the flag of Tekgıda-İş Union in Çorlu and Çerkezköy, the most important worker basins of Turkey.