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During a visit to a zoo, our gaze lingers on the last silhouettes and stories that still inhabit the place.

A self portrait data-moshing chaos of various images from the internet and from the author's phone gallery.

Drought and water scarcity have become part of Iranian identity. This poetic documentary explores a ritual to seek the fading rain, where a grandmother sends her grandson to revive the tradition with a doll called Bokeh Baraneh, in the hope that the new generation will better understand the importance of water and show greater respect for the environment.

Sharon den Adel and Robert Westerholt of Within Temptation shine a light on the current state of wartorn Ukraine, while showing how music can provide a beacon of hope and unity in such dark times.

People accustomed to living in urban areas gradually lost touch with the primordial and in the reduced presence of civilization began to feel a certain anxiety. Darkness occupied the spaces, changing their content and essence, leaving the exposed observer completely alone. The atmosphere of the film creates a feeling of alienation that insists on the discomfort caused by the mere presence of darkness. The boundaries between the external world and inner fear are erased, and darkness becomes all-encompassing.

Geoffrey Baer is back to traverse the length and breadth of Chicago’s world-famous “front yard” to explore everything from beloved birds to submerged secrets along Chicago’s lakefront. A fascinating journey from the history of Jean Baptiste Pointe DuSable to modern-day hikes on Northerly Island, fishing for lake trout, and snorkeling on a prehistoric reef, Touring the Lakefront with Geoffrey Baer Geoffrey takes viewers on a journey to discover how our lakefront was envisioned, built, and defended, and how it has evolved over the centuries.

The ancient production of Gus crystal is now supported by 100 workers. Among the ruins of the former enterprise, one working workshop remains. The film tells about the inevitably flowing time, about what was and what will never be again.

The chestnut tree is old and sick and may have to be felled. But for now, it still stands, towering over the garden. Slowly, like buds unfolding, the stories of the people who gaze upon the tree emerge.

On call 24/7 to respond to alarms wherever there’s more than a proverbial fire. Judith Zdesar accompanies volunteer firefighters in their everyday routines. With a focus on emotional challenges rather than on the spectacle, the portrait of the institution develops into a study of how people deal with crisis situations: it is impossible to predict when, where, and how the next catastrophe will occur. That it will happen, is certain.

How did women of a not-so-distant generation experience love – both the romantic and physical dimensions of it? Through their narration, silences, glances, and gestures, this documentary explores some of the facets that made up the world of our grandmothers.

A filmmaker, driven by an enigmatic painting he discovers in his grandmother’s living room, travels to Madrid to meet the artist behind the work: the legendary Latin American artist Julio Zachrisson. What begins as a simple encounter soon blossoms into a deep friendship that will change both their lives. This documentary, featuring never-before-seen interviews and archival footage, invites us to reflect on memory, history, identity, and art as a thread that connects generations.

In 1973, Maria José Bernardino and António Rosa fled from poverty in rural Alentejo to live in industrialized Setúbal. 51 years later, they recall childhood memories, life struggles and family life, while also discussing hobbies and aspirations with their grandson.

Our Conversation in the Afternoon at the Park

In China, a high school teacher has introduced a death education class for young students. On the traditional Tomb Sweeping Day, they bury unnamed ashes at a public cemetery where they contemplate and contextualize the meaning of death.

10-year-old Vítek has special abilities – he can feel and hear what others cannot. This is a door to his world and shows us that the absence of one sense doesn’t have to be just an obstacle.

Te Puna Ora intertwines mythology and reality to tell a powerful story of resistance on the lush island of Mo'orea. Inspired by the legend of the goddess Hina, the film follows three exceptional Tahitian women who unite to protect their cherished beach from privatisation, determined to prevent their island from facing the same challenges of Tahiti.

A found footage exploration of incidents that occurred on November 22, 1987.

Combining scientific experiment with artistic vision, a team of high-altitude filming experts from the UK set out for the Arctic Circle to document the Northern Lights from closer than ever before. Driven by the need to push their technology to new heights, they aim to deploy an array of 360° cameras at the edge of space, inside the Aurora Borealis. Should they succeed, they seek to inspire the next generation of explorers, scientists and artists. But up against extreme environmental conditions, a narrowing launch window and untested technology, can they capture this fleeting natural wonder, or are they chasing moonbeams?

We stand at the edge of the world each day. After the world ends, a new day and world begin. The days lost their connections long ago—there is no tomorrow or yesterday, only fragmented todays. What lies at the end of the path through these fragments?

Tiktok, Andrè Bazin, Subway Surfers, Minecraft parkour and Harmony Korine.

Karola Pfaffinger makes it a principle that the term sex work emphasises the work and not the voyeuristically illustrated sex.

Alina is studying at medical university and has been living in St. Petersburg for a year. The big city offers many opportunities and a vibrant lifestyle. In the summer, Alina returns to her native village in Altai. She will complete an internship at the local hospital, which is short of doctors, and once again experience life in harmony with nature—following the special traditions of her extraordinary land.

A study of the life and work of Andrei Rublev and his influence on Orthodox culture, as well as the spiritual phenomenon behind Russian icons.

Stories about people who are in love with mountains and extreme sports, as well as how mountain sports help you set ambitious goals and achieve them.

Hot Splice is a semi-serious short documentary that highlights how destructive film repairs leave behind raw materials to experiment and play with. In a mixture of archival video, 16mm film scans, inexplicable French narration, and Atlanta trap history, this short takes bits and pieces collected during my time as an archival assistant to make something nouveau.

Israel’s Genocide on Gaza has displaced nearly two million Palestinians since October 2023. And with calls by some Israeli politicians to permanently expel Palestinians from the Strip, fear is growing of yet another forced population transfer. An Israeli minister has even called the current war the “Gaza Nakba”, referring to the forced displacement of Palestinians in 1948-49.

A short documentary film about film photography and platinum & palladium printing.

Report to the flight deck of the USS Nimitz and strap in with F-18 fighter pilots for a full-throttle ride through the skies.

Documentary about a mother-daughter relationship that balances between love, grief, and anger, where the mother is confronted with long-repressed issues.

In Gaspésie in rural Quebec, a quirky Chinese motel owner navigates his quiet routine between fixing rooms and casting lines into the sea — until his filmmaker son visits for a week.

The starting point is an excerpt from the Albanian feature film "Qyteti me i ri ne bote" (Xhanfise Keko 1974, EN: "The Youngest City in the World"), in which a boy dreams of a modern city where progress and change are represented by construction and sealing. The film revolves around the historical and current transformation processes of urban space and reflects on the power of images, historical and contemporary utopias, and their interplay with architecture. An essay on new and contemporary utopias and their interplay with architecture. The film revolves around the historical and current processes of transformation in urban space and reflects on the power of images, historical and contemporary utopias, and their interplay with architecture. An essay on new and old regimes, power, propaganda, and the accessibility of public space.

This film is not just about vitiligo - it’s about how we see, how we judge, and how we can begin to reimagine what beauty truly means. It’s a portrait of one woman’s transformation, but also of my own evolving understanding of perception and human dignity.

In Buenos Aires, after years of being rented as an evangelical church, the most important movie theater in the San Cristóbal neighborhood gives an interview. What does a movie theater remember about its audience?

Being mixed-race can be challenging, navigating the world often feels complicated. Aesha shares her journey from childhood to adulthood. Facing toxic environments but finding strength in the right people and embracing who you are is the key to making it easier.

Deborah returns to Pehuajó, the city where she spent her entire childhood, to discover the true story of Manuelita, María Elena Walsh's iconic character. She reflects on her city's identity, feminism, the history of Argentine cinema, and her own past.

A look into the space under a busy bridge in Milwaukee Wisconsin; with an observational poem accompaniment.

A story set in Calamar, a village in the middle of the Colombian jungle, where Blanca, a midwife by vocation, continues to bring life into this world. Her hands, the legacy of decades of service to the community, make her a guardian of life in a territory where violence, glyphosate, and neglect have left an indelible mark on the deep memory of its inhabitants. Together with Margarita, her friend and accomplice, we explore the profound relationship that destiny has bestowed upon them in relation to a birth.

Until his retirement, Irakli worked as a neurologist in a hospital in the valley. Only then did he return to the mountains in Tusheti and become a mountain doctor. Since then, he and Bitschola have saved 51 lives. In winter, when the shepherds move down into the valley with their sheep, there are hardly any people left in Tusheti. But even the few who remain need a doctor. Irakli perseveres and is there for them. "Sometimes I envy the wolves," he says. "They run in pairs. And I'm alone here in the snow." But as long as the 81-year-old can still mount his horse, he will continue to do so.

The story of Gladys Primo, a desperate mother searching for her children rescued from the Armero mudslide in 1985.

Three stories of lives shattered at work: Raffaella, a truck driver from Fondi left paralyzed; Lucia, a widow with two children after the construction site where her husband Luca was working collapsed; and Sandro, a worker who died at a Tuscan paper mill. The documentary gives voice to the survivors, exploring the human impact of tragedies and restoring dignity to the victims, transforming them from numbers into people.

The voices that emerge from the shadows of words scrape the liquid skin of memory. Fragments of tradition in breaths of silence. Living bodies that walk through time Only to imagine. Slow fluidity, creation that transforms between gestures and absences. The changes do not scream—they whisper. Now the horizon shaped by eternity and dirt flows slowly. It transforms. It persists.

Great whites flood the quiet shores of Nova Scotia, threatening locals and igniting a mission to track the biggest sharks to identify the most dangerous areas before a deadly encounter.