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A young man recovering from an illness grows a garden with his best mates before the war tears them apart.

Adam was born with only one foot. He’s always dreamt of emulating his Rugby League heroes and, with the first ever Physical Disability Rugby League World Cup taking place in the UK in 2022, that dream became a tantalising reality. But before Sydney-born Adam could give his all out on the pitch, first he had a crucial decision to make. Should he pull on the green and gold of Australia…or join his regular rugby family who make up the England team? After an agonising choice, Adam faced a tournament of hard-hitting rugby mayhem, one which tested his limits further than ever before.

Long before there were computer-animated images, Oskar Fischinger compiled abstract forms, pulsating color patterns and moving animations and combined them with music in short experimental films. In this documentary, Harald Pulch sheds light on the life and work of the "father of the video clip" and also shows an exclusive interview from 1993 with Elfriede Fischinger, the filmmaker's widow and colleague. In it, she talks about the couple's life as artists, who first worked in Frankfurt, Munich, Berlin and finally in Hollywood.

A family is driving through the mountainous centre of the island of Sardinia, at the height of the paranoia-charged 1970s. During this fateful journey, along dark and treacherous roads, they encounter a group of bandits and kidnappers.

At last we are starting to hear the voice of women in the cinema. We celebrate it with this documentary on the Basque women moviemakers of yesterday and today, giving a global overview of the subject. Three female divers guide us through the topic of their films, their points of view, their dreams, their efforts to get somewhere, their contribution to the cinema and to society.

He is a key figure in the struggle between the superpowers USA and China. He is on the FBI's wanted list with a five million dollar bounty on his head. Secret services have been trying to stop him for decades: Karl Lee. With the help of the Chinese businessman, Iran was able to build up the largest missile arsenal in the Middle East. This film reconstructs the hunt for the arms dealer.

Lilli + Camille is about the loss of a loved one and the healing effect of the world of plants - a space in which memory and vitality exist at the same time.

In this lonely dystopian world, Player 0.1 is stuck in a desperate loop to complete an impossible, abstract mission every day.

Anna is a young journalist with progressive ideas. Lophilia is a painter who impresses and challenges with her heretical lifestyle and art. The chance meeting of the two women will soon develop into an intense and deep relationship with unexpected revelations. The experience of Anna’s acquaintance with Lophilia, will determine her later life.

The story of Kate, an international voice actress who, after a voice-over job, connects with a desire that has been on her mind for too long. A tender story of connection between two people through voice and the importance of sharing important moments in life with our loved ones.

After the death of a patient, Crimera Pharmaceuticals, assigns the task of finding out what happened to Dr. Elena Pizano, a clinical trial analyst. She must do this with the help of the efficient and reliable artificial intelligence entity: KODA. During her findings she will come across data gaps in one of the drugs being studied, uncovering a darker truth in the world of medicine. As the organizations try to hide the information, she must decide how to handle the secrets she's just uncovered.

On a prairie millions of miles from home, a grumpy space farmer is having trouble with one of her hive: a robot bee called Buzz that keeps going rogue. After failing to reprogram the mischievous bee she follows him into the belly of a volcano and discovers something that will change life on Mars forever.

Increase of chronic diseases, loss of biodiversity, extinction of bees... for a few years, the consequences of pesticides mass use are compelling public opinion. How to explain their effects on human health and biodiversity, whereas EU regulations forbid the spread of every harmful product ?

In the solitude of night, the veil of reality slips away to reveal our deepest fears.

In the first few months of 2020, huge swathes of Northern Italy were hit by a new virus. The town of Bergamo and its province was to become the epicentre of this pandemic.

The Volvo A60 is regarded as the world’s largest articulated hauler. With a payload capacity of up to 55 tonnes, it is capable of transporting even the heaviest materials with ease. When fully loaded, the vehicle reaches a total weight of nearly 100 tonnes. The XXL hauler is manufactured in Braås, southern Sweden, where around 550 employees produce a total of six different hauler models. The A60 is the largest vehicle built at the plant, and due to its enormous weight, most components can only be installed using cranes.

Architecture photographer Gabriele Basilico captures the post-industrial transition of Italian cities. Basilico’s lens turns everyday objects such as chimneys, electricity cables and a telephone pole into aesthetic objects. His work lends aesthetic qualities to places and objects that would not otherwise possess them. A view that was far ahead of its time. Today, industrial heritage is automatically understood to possess value. A group of photography students study and dissect the work of this Italian photographer.

What’s it like to have 15 minutes of fame in the largest country on Earth? Pindos is the debut stand-up special from Milo Edwards, about how he became the first British stand-up comic on Russian TV, almost ended up in a Russian jail and discovered what happens when a country is run by a shirtless man on a horse. 'Pindos' had an award winning run at the Edinburgh Fringe in 2019 and has subsequently toured internationally, before being released here. Filmed at London's Backyard Comedy Club on May 1st 2022.

Between Russia and the USA, an enchanting concert in summery tones, led by young Finnish conductor Tarmo Peltokoski and South African soprano Golda Schultz. On the program: works by Dmitri Shostakovich, Igor Stravinsky and Samuel Barber, as well as George Gershwin's classic "Summertime".

Anxiously studying the works of Poe and Gillman, horrific poetry blends into reality, as Laura suspects that her abusive ex-boyfriend has broken into her new flat.

Trust no one. Believe nothing. And chose your friends wisely. Murder and mayhem surround everyone in Les Traîtres, the french adaption of The Traitors.

The film mixes the journey of a fictional character, an unknown entity played by drag performance artist Beaujangless, with documentary roadside encounters in a nocturnal car ride through the ‚City of Angels’. Observations of people passing by, accompanied by an AI-generated voice-over reciting first-person narratives from interviews, intertwine with sequences of the main character dancing to Holly Herndon‘s song ‚Frontier’. The film explores narratives as both center and limit of human world experience and self-awareness, the concept of an immortal human soul in neo-religious, dataist times, as well as the USA as a collective narrative of capitalist superiority in decay. ‚Because We Bleed‘ is a meditation on storytelling and a poetic journey into a new, dark age.

An overworked ghostwriter is exploited by their employer, leading to dire consequences to all involved.

Jonny wants to be a good person. Jonny wants a lot of things.

Dirk Bridle has just been released from prison after 8 years for good behavior. He has always maintained his story of falling asleep at the wheel and not drunk driving that caused the death of a teenager. While in prison, Dirk had an affair with a prison officer, Josh Cummings. Josh has been persistent in tracking down the person who mixed up the lab results in the case against Dirk while Dirk is hellbent on finding the dirty cops who he thinks framed him.

Two applicants waiting for an interview start a fight, only to realize that they have more in common than they first thought.

UK Ballroom legend Jay Jay Revlon talks passion, creativity and truth with Spain’s Gorgeous Jayce Gucci. The film explores ballroom as a refuge for queer and trans people seeking self-expression, and connection to wider histories and cultural identities.

(Dis)Appear follows Gabriel and Ana as they return to their hometown and explore what role photography can play when faced with personal and collective traumas of the past. It is a documentary about the powerful relationship between photography, memory and the forced disappearances and systematic murderer perpetrated by Argentina’s most recent civic-military dictatorship (1976-1983).

While cleaning up their deceased father's apartment, two brothers find files that say their father was under surveillance by a Stasi informer. The IM (unofficial collaborator) is the man who was who was their loving stepfather for 35 years.

The film deals with the decades-long development of the legal prosecution of the crimes committed in Auschwitz, using the last trials as a mirror of the first Auschwitz trials in the 1960s.

From the music of French composer Arnaud Rebotini, German filmmaker Helena Wittmann crafts a story of a solitary man walking across a desert. This short film is part of the 2x25 Project of Film Fest Gent and the World Soundtrack Awards. The project commissioned 25 composers to compose a short piece of music, after which 25 filmmakers made short films that are the ultimate symbioses of music and cinematography, fitting completely within the DNA of the festival. The result: 25 exceptional films where the music inspired the form, narrative and texture.

The forgotten story of the daring and bloody criminal plot to kidnap Princess Anne in March 1974, which led to an extraordinary shootout in the shadow of Buckingham Palace.

Waldeinsamkeit describes the feeling of spiritual loneliness one experiences when enjoying solitude in a forest, a reconnection with self that is often missing in today's busy concrete city environments. An old lady feels alienated from modern city life, but when she embarks on a magical dreamlike journey she finds wonder and a newfound appreciation for the place she lives in.

My hometown, Beirut, is torn apart by a corrupt political elite, anti-government protests, and one of the biggest explosions of the 21st century. But above the roofs of the city, I discovered an unexpected bearer of hope: the pigeon game of chance "Kash Hamam". Every evening, the sky populates, and all over the city swarms fly out of their cages. Their flight follows the choreography of an ancient tradition. Each player holds their own flock and lets it circle over his house, with the chance to lure the pigeons of the neighbors onto his roof to expand his flock. During the recent political collapse of Lebanon, we embark on a journey from roof to roof. When it all perishes, why do we hold on to flying? The film observes a city in turmoil from the perspective of three pigeon players and a young girl fighting to release her own birds.

Only in exile can Uyghurs from the Chinese province of Xingjang still live out their culture. A struggle against oblivion and loss of identity.

A snack bar, an online date, Teddy and Alicia, both in their twenties

A young woman closes her eyes: in the darkness of the screen and the night, she recites O Marinheiro, by Fernando Pessoa. Dreams replace reality in the frightening wait for sunrise.