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The film almanac is a travelogue that immerses the viewer in Russia's past. It comes to life in the personal recollections of both prominent and little-known public and cultural figures. The heroes of the new part are: Vasily Perov, Andrei Tarkovsky, Marina Tsvetaeva, Tamara Petkevich, Sergei Durylin, Sergei Konenkov and Aleksandr Vertinsky. Their recollections were voiced by: Yevgeny Mironov, Maxim Matveyev, Yulia Snigir, Yevgenia Simonova, Dmitry Lysenkov, Yevgeny Tkachuk and Nikolay Chindyaykin.

A deeply moving portrait of an architect tested by the impossible choices between career, country and motherhood

Alain and Maria are French Sinti. They live with their children and grandchildren in Montauban in southern France. Throughout their lives, they have fought against discrimination against their community, the Sinti and Roma, and against injustice. Today, at over 70 years of age and after a lifetime of working on construction sites, Alain is retiring. Together with his wife, they are setting off in their motorhome on a long journey through Europe, tracing the genocide of the Sinti and Roma by the German Nazis.

Oculus-Spei, under the 2025 Jubilee, reimagines the Holy Doors through immersive art. Five portals explore disability, inner barriers, and hope through light. The film celebrates hope's power through art, spirituality, and technology.

EXODUS is an intimate, lyrical portrait of Trinity Copeland and Assia Serrano as they struggle to make sense of their lives post-release, exploring the overarching question of: What does life after prison look like? Grappling with the weight of what they’ve done—and what society has done to them—the film explores the burden of absence, the toll of separation, and what it takes to rebuild fractured bonds.

Featuring commentary from surviving participants, as well as other filmmakers and critics, this documentary chronicles the career of director John Boorman and the tumultuous production of his film Exorcist II: The Heretic, exploring its critical and commercial failure, how it changed the industry, and the importance of risk-taking in art.

Cycling on one wheel, three friends prepare for a new phase of life: the transition to high school.

In the small, enchanting town of Lachatao, the children's fears, dreams, and wild imaginations come to life, offering us a glimpse into their everyday adventures. Through their eyes, we are invited to explore the wonder of childhood and the hopes they hold for their future, as they navigate the mysteries of growing up in a place full of magic and possibility.

T.J. Oshie became a household name after his electrifying shootout performance against Russia at the 2014 Sochi Olympics—a defining moment of grit and national pride that captivated the world. But behind the glory of a Stanley Cup and raising a family lies a deeper battle, one fought off the ice

A film that documents the solar eclipse that happened in Montreal on April 8th 2024.

Travel diary about a vacation, without going anywhere. This travel diary is a reflection on past vacations and what one observes in their daily life when one goes out, even if it's to the same place as always: home.

Mariem, 53, a former estate agent, has been living at a shelter for several months. Surrounded by women in far more precarious circumstances than herself, she tries to regard her unprecedented social downfall as an immersion in real life. By the time she leaves, Mariem’s view of the world will have changed forever, enriched by all the women she has met along the way.

Short documentary about the female "cartazistas" working across Brazil. Produced for the 2025-26 exhibition "Letras & Filetes: Memória Afetiva e Latinidades".

A young transwoman spends a week in a trans punk house in Windsor, Ontario, where she test how she feels about her new name.

The history of arguably the most famous shop in the world, which has been based on Brompton Road in London for more than 175 years, employs more than 6,000 people and still welcomes 15 million customers every year. This documentary tells the story of the people behind the department store, including Robin Harrod, the great-great-grandson of the store's founder, and culminates with the recent allegations against former chairman Mohamed Al-Fayed

It's the smallest and most mysterious army in the world: the Swiss Guard. The film follows these men of faith and combat, from their recruitment in Switzerland to their military training in the heart of the Vatican. Made up of 150 men, this elite corps lives in barracks in the center of Vatican City. All must be Swiss citizens and devout Catholics. They have all sworn to fight to the death to protect their faith and the Holy Father. They are heirs to a 500-year-old tradition in which the Pope's protection and security were ensured by Swiss mercenaries. Trained in the use of both halberds and semi-automatic rifles, the Swiss Guards form a unique army. But who are they really? What motivates these young men to join this military and religious body? A dive into a world normally closed to the cameras.

Brief portrait of Nessy Muhr, her cats and her pianos.

The once prosperous mining town of Houtong. The film collects voices of elderly folk who lived through those times—encounters with the supernatural. Their stories are lights cast down into the darkness of that near-faded history.

This documentary follows two long-lost Ukrainian friends, Arsalan and Nastya, as they reconnect in Germany after russia's full-scale invasion against Ukraine. Arsalan, an actor now in Frankfurt after time in a refugee camp, and Nastya, journalist and producer who stayed in Kyiv, reflect on the divergent paths their lives have taken due to the war. Through their conversations and therapy sessions, the film explores themes of displacement, identity, and the emotional impact of war on youth.

For almost three years, nature filmmaker and ecologist David Cebulla has been observing wild Common hamsters. He not only tries to learn more about the species, but also documents why hamsters are globally threatened with extinction. David travels from the western border of the distribution area in France via Germany, Poland, Austria and Hungary to the eastern border of the distribution area in the Kazakh steppe. In the process, he manages to capture some unique and fantastic images. But during the project, it becomes increasingly difficult to find animals living in the wild.

A film about the end of the world and the end of a roll of toilet paper. In his deftly playful work shot on 16mm, filmmaker (and musician) Ondřej Vavrečka reminisces, says his farewells and also reflects on the limits of progress. Via three fictional characters, each of whom responds differently to the impulses of their surroundings, he simultaneously enhances the sensitivity of the film audience. Will a pain we experience leave a scar or merely a colourless memory? And will someone remember the old Vysočany station a hundred years from now? In its poetic charm this cinematic piece is almost tactile in nature; it awakens all the senses and, in places, bears the hallmark of Jan Švankmajer, if the latter had been born an essential optimist, that is. Film as a whisper emanating from smiling lips. (Viktor Palák, KVIFF)

A documentary following two students with no musical experience as they attempt to write and perform a song in under an hour.

When a polite robber carries out a series of odd bank heists, the police investigation takes a sharp turn—pointing to Steve Vogelsang, a garrulous former broadcaster once known as “The Sexiest Man in Winnipeg.” Set against Winnipeg’s frozen streets and familiar faces, Vogelsang’s fall from local celebrity to bank robber echoes like a news story you can’t quite forget.

Joseph Vallot, geographer, naturalist and mountaineer born in 1854 in Lodève, was a visionary man, full of humor and whose curiosity was insatiable. He had spent some forty years of his life studying the Mont Blanc massif, sacrificing a good part of his fortune to this multifaceted passion. He was notably the first to demonstrate that one could sleep, work and even do science at an altitude of over 4000 meters, at a time when ascents to the summit of Western Europe were still adventurous expeditions. This documentary tribute follows in his footsteps, via the route taken at the time, on foot from Chamonix via the Grands Mulets refuge to the summit of Mont Blanc to the Joseph Vallot observatory nestled at an altitude of 4400m, with a team of guides, journalists and scientists.

A Palestinian grain miller in a Jordanian refugee camp safeguards her culture and shares her people’s history through food prepared with love, longing, and sumud—the Palestinian spirit of steadfastness.

A forced outing as sexual fantasy. After 30 years of heterosexual marriage André wants to present himself to the camera and wishes to be outed on the internet against his will. This needs to be discussed and negotiated.

This original documentary charts the founding year of the Revolutionary Communist International, up to its inaugural conference in June 2024.

Ngatiyem and her grandson Okta live at Lentera, an orphanage in Solo for children with HIV. After the orphanage is relocated to a secluded cemetery, Okta and friends are expelled from school. As Okta's health declines, Ngatiyem becomes overwhelmed, struggling to provide the care and attention he desperately needs.

“A gift so precious, you can only offer it once” was the promise Cryosave, a Swiss multinational and global leader in stem cell banking, made to hundreds of thousands of new parents. For a few thousand francs, the company offered to store their newborn’s umbilical cord blood, an insurance policy against more than 80 illnesses, a safeguard for the future. But behind the brochures lay marketing schemes, hidden commissions, and a lack of oversight. In 2019, Cryosave abruptly went bankrupt. Without notifying its clients, the company quietly transferred over 300,000 stem cell samples to a lab in Poland. Since then, many parents have been fighting to recover what they believed was safely stored.

Halime doesn't identify with the traditional image of women in her patriarchal Turkish village community. There's more to life than looking after the house and children, she believes. So she decides to organize a shooting competition for women. But this idea isn't universally welcomed by the men in the village and, as heads of the household, their permission is needed.

Argentine trap star Duki gives an intimate look at his past and career, from early rap battles to his rise as a verified hitmaker in this documentary.

A powerful documentary that takes viewers into the lives of those who have witnessed the unexplainable—whether it’s mysterious lights in the sky, encounters with extraterrestrial beings, or otherworldly phenomena.

After crossing Canada from North to South in 2021, the adventurers of AKOR expeditions set out on a new challenge: a crossing of the Canadian Far North from West to East, from the Yukon to Baffin Island. A 6,900-kilometre journey by bike, canoe, sailboat and on foot.

This is the story of a group of people who sought to separate pain from its conventional utility and explore it as an entity, a vehicle for consciousness.

An urgent portrait of the people of the Zanskar valley and their struggle to survive extreme living conditions aggravated by climate change.

Who are the Irish? Where did they come from? Where do they go? Six million people live on the island of Ireland, but over 80 million people worldwide say they are Irish. What does that mean? Narrated by Colin Farrell and featuring an original score by Colm Mac Con Iomaire, From that Small Island was shot on location in 17 countries worldwide, and provides a compelling narrative of Ireland and the Irish people.

Five friends set out on what becomes their final trip together, spending two nights and a day in the desert. As time slows and the distance from everything familiar grows, they experience moments of joy, discomfort, and quiet reflection. Drifting through a hazy, almost psychedelic state, the journey begins to feel less like an escape and more like a goodbye all captured through the lens of a camcorder.

A film professor reflects on his life.

Seven strangers are interviewed to talk about the relationship they have with their mother.

An afterlife experience of a Brazilian poet. A work of a filmmaker, an artist worker, in harmony with nature and technology.

13-year-old Anderson Cefola documents his month-long grounding in 2018 with an old handheld camera he kept.

By visiting three animal shelters and learning about their stories, we discover that animals are not so different from us: intelligent, sensitive, supportive, stubborn, and even deceitful, etc. However, we treat them as inferior and, to satisfy our needs, we force them to live lives of misery. What if we imagined another way of living with animals?

From 1961 to 1995, Alexander Sokurov kept a personal diary, recording both important events and everyday trivia. Now these candid recordings are taking on a new life in a large-scale five-hour documentary, intertwined with footage from iconic films of that era. This is not just the autobiography of a famous director, but a personal look at the history of the second half of the 20th century, full of reflections and observations.

Living alone in the highest mountains of Portugal, Carlos has spent years writing letters to his beloved late wife, suspended in a time that no longer exists. His solitary world is disrupted when a filmmaker, on a quest to find a mysterious lake, stumbles upon him. What begins as a chance encounter soon evolves into a deep, yet fleeting friendship. To her, Carlos slowly reveals the depth of his grief, his memories, and his inner abyss. In their shared moments, the boundaries between their lives blur, offering both a glimpse of healing amidst the shadows of longing.

It's a kaleidoscope of children's lives, emotions and dreams during the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The children will try to survive and overcome the traumas caused by the war by talking through and immersing their memories.

Amid landscapes of confused memories, Doctor L, a missionary in southern Africa, recounts his journeys and adventures in the bush, intensive evangelisation efforts and surgical operations at the end of the 19th century. 150 years later, four inhabitants of the region send him a letter in the form of sound capsules, evoking a past whose traces can still be keenly felt.

When greedy property developers attempt to force the feisty 67-year-old Natalia off her small plot of land – a garden oasis in the midst of an apartment complex in Kyiv – she fights back, refusing to be defeated. When her entire country is subsequently invaded by ruthless land-grabbing individuals, her rebellious fight only grows stronger in spirit.

A micro-macroscopic journey through Jean-Luc Godard's Rolle studio, a place of light and shadow and a tree of thoughts: the inner forest of cinema.

After the war began, memorial plaques bearing the names of victims of repression started being torn down far more often than before. The Last Address project didn’t have the resources to keep up with the vandalism. A group of activists stepped in: they began making temporary cardboard plaques and set out to track down those responsible.

A documentary portrait of Carlos Maslatón, focusing on the development of his public image and the beginning of the vertiginous process of globalization.

We follow Dimitra's effort to complete her new album and her new video, balancing exposure with exposure and creativity with organization.

1004 Skateboards presents "Tampa Tax Write Off," a team video filmed during a week long trip to Tampa, Florida. Featuring Kiara Hargrove, Pat Anthony, Mishpat Jaquez, Lando Davis, Josiah “J2” West-Green, and Kate Dillon.

At a time when dialogue has completely collapsed in the international arena, a group of policemen fight with dialogue as a weapon for democracy and everyone's right to meet and express their opinion in the streets and squares. We follow the dialogue policemen in the midst of the 2022 election campaign.