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Three friends recall how the little details of their lives brought about their friendship.

Plat en Blanc follows the journey of the three chefs behind the Disfrutar restaurant to turn it into the best in the world, exploring their creative process, the legacy of El Bulli, and how their profession impacts their personal lives. From its beginnings to the present day, the chefs share the pressure to innovate, their sacrifice, and cooking as art and emotion.

Paolo Riva is sick with lies. He was once a successful pop singer, famous for his song “Spumante e cioccolatini” (Sparkling Wine and Chocolates), which he performed at the Sanremo Festival in 1984. Now, however, he lives in obscurity. With his manager and best friend, Tino, he tours the Italian provinces, which, thanks to their festivals and celebrations, are now the only place that guarantees Paolo's survival.

Rainer Langhans – the old hippie with the long, white hair – is preparing for his death. The self-proclaimed last of the ‘68ers, co-founder of Commune 1, self-promoter, and contradictory outsider lives with his companions and rehearses dying. Through interviews with companions, siblings, and confidants, previously unpublished archive material, and offbeat, fictional scenes, a multi-layered portrait emerges – sometimes serious, sometimes ironic, always contradictory. How can this flamboyant media figure be captured? And what remains when the pose fades? A final look at an eccentric dreamer who always only wanted one thing: to be human.

A retrospective of the Manchester bombing.

In a world riven with conflict what is needed to turn war into peace? How can all parties to a war become all parties to a peace? Experience shows it’s the presence of a critical individual in whom all sides can have confidence to chair talks and create the space for an agreement to emerge. In Northern Ireland, one of the few examples of a long-lasting negotiated peace settlement, that critical person was former US Senate Majority Leader, Senator George J Mitchell.

Gender inequality is a global issue that affects women's participation in politics, education, and the workforce. While women have made progress in politics, they are still underrepresented in leadership positions.

At the end of 2021, the company Lioness Inversiones bought the modernist building known as Casa Orsola in Barcelona's Eixample district. The new owners intended not to renew any leases. The documentary presents an audiovisual account, capturing the voices of the Tenants' Union, political figures involved in the conflict, housing experts and social movement activists, and, above all, the struggle of the residents themselves.

Enjoy a thrilling operatic double bill — Ravel's L’Heure espagnole, performed during the year of Ravel's 150th birthday anniversary, and Puccini's Gianni Schicchi — by award-winning duo Moshe Leiser and Patrice Caurier at the magnificent Palau de les Arts Reina Sofía, Valencia! The star-studded cast features renowned mezzo-soprano Eve-Maud Hubeaux and soprano Marina Monzó, as well as acclaimed baritone Ambrogio Maestri and tenor Iván Ayón Rivas, performing under the masterful baton of Michele Spotti.

José, a young man desperate to find cheap rent, moves into a flat at a very good price. It is then that he realises that in it, to his surprise, lives Domingo, the ghost of the older lodger, who makes his life impossible. Fed up, he complains about his situation on the Internet, creating a massive movement by making young people realise that ghosts don't pay rent.

An adrenalinic journey through the writing culture seen by the eyes of Geco, one of Europe's most (in)famous and prolific writer. Wandering in Rome's streets and climbing on the city's peaks, we follow the manhunt that hounded the artist after his identification in 2020.

Jesús, a devout Christian, leads the women’s choir at his local parish. A few days before the Christmas celebration, he experiences a revelation: he has discovered that there is no paradise. Feeling deceived, he decides to prepare a speech to tell everyone that the afterlife does not exist.

The documentary embarks on a fascinating journey of discovery through the Alblasserwaard, revealing the wild side of this classic and idyllic Dutch landscape as the seasons change, as well as the astonishing number of animal species that have benefited from the legacy of windmills.

Game, Story and Mediation. Gaspard arrives in the city and notices all sorts of strange things happening. Will he unravel the big mystery?

Levi is 17 and alone in his room. When his brother stops by—broad, confident, his father's favorite—Levi suddenly feels too thin for this world. While trying on clothes, his gaze lingers on his own silhouette. Through quiet moments and casual comments, the film tells a subtle story about body image, insecurity, and the question: When are you actually "enough"?

Explores the life and work of Mary Stretch, a broadcaster, corporate leader and humanitarian, focusing on her experiences of resilience and transformation.

TRANSIT is a 16mm film poem with a soundtrack by Martin Bergande, a visual journey aided by a tangential force and various means of transport: car, train, ship and airplane; across the internal borders of the European Union all the way to its edges.

Bodies and body parts of deceased people can be seen in this reportage. They have made themselves available for medical teaching after their death. The dismemberment of bodies in medical studies has hardly been on public display until now.

The Badgers delves into the contentious issue of free-roaming sheep as an ancient but contested tradition of the Forest of Dean. As commercialization encroaches upon the forest and a dearth of younger individuals willing to uphold the tradition emerges, this age-old practice faces jeopardy. Through the perspective of the badgers, the narrative navigates between observation, interviews, and sensory immersion, offering a exploration of the stakes for this unique community.

Marie Losier invites us into the world of The Residents, an iconic figure in American avant-garde music for over fifty years. Hidden behind their anonymity and iconic costumes, this San Francisco-based collective revolutionised the underground scene with their sound experiments and daring aesthetic.

In November of 2022, a mother in Hohhot falls from her home without a single echo. Chrysanthemum mourns the dead in the censored silence, while the tragedy repeats itself outside the window.

Through the years, a mother and her child share simple yet essential moments. Objects and clothing become silent witnesses to their bond as it evolves over time. A cycle unfolds: growing up, passing things on, and eventually looking back, carried by a melody that transcends generations.

After falling in love with a road work sign, a traffic light green man decides to break out of his box and explore the wide world around him to find his admiree. But will his excitement and admiration with the world around him be returned?

In Bubble Bath, a simple bathtub becomes the stage for an unusual journey through the history of cinema. From noir and western to horror and slapstick comedy, a century of moving images unfolds in a visual meditation on the hidden poetry of everyday life.

In a world where genetic modifications offer extraordinary powers, a young woman remains inexplicably ordinary. Her quest for answers turns into obsession... and into a nightmare.

Matías suffers a terrible accident with his bicycle, in an inhospitable place. A girl finds him. Matías asks her for help, but the girl does not want to help him; she wants to cure him. The girl has found a funny game.

Documentary on trans, non-binary and gender non-conforming people in Cumbria

Everton and Barcelona, where he won major honours, he found himself at Tottenham Hotspur where he enjoyed a rich vein of goal scoring. Here are his greatest goals from that time and the reason many experts believed him to be Simply the Best.

A slow, continuous zoom focuses on the Armenian mountains above an ancient riverbed, while the voices of two demons echo off-screen. Inspired by Michael Snow’s Wavelength, a hallucinatory meditation on disappearance.

An avant-garde artist, the star with theatrical performances, inspired choreography, and a sublime soprano voice is often cited as a major influence by a new generation of artists. How has she, known as the "sorceress of sound," managed to transcend eras and trends, remaining as modern and fascinating as ever?

Ralph is on a journey to find the creators of funny memes.

An alternate reality, the era following matriarchy. There are only a few women left; most of them have fallen in battle. They made the same mistake the men had made before. It’s hot.

What brings about a Damascene conversion? When he was younger, Thomas “Eichi” Eichstätt was an East German right-wing extremist thug. Today he volunteers as a football coach for stranded young people from around the world. He doesn’t have much left for himself; unfortunately the cash-strapped local municipality of Torgelow has no way of paying him for his valuable work.

A farm near Glücksburg. The return to a moment with Willi in his garden. The search for a tree that once stood here. Memories of the bygone, an echo of what is left. Audio tapes and 16 mm images drill a hole in time, opening up a gaze upon the beauty of an uneventful daily life.

The documentary follows Mauro Pagani as he temporarily loses his memory and reconstructs his identity by weaving together memories, music, and encounters with friends and colleagues.

Against a green-screen backdrop, a group of children and adults ask themselves questions about their gender. In a natural space freed from normativity, the possibilities of rewriting the scripts of their lives become infinite. Acclaimed director Manuel Abramovich and his performers invite us into a dazzling new reality of desires and possible futures.

Katelyn, a magnetic figure in American pop culture, travels across America in search of herself, embodying the country’s fertile schizophrenia.

Malcolm Le Grice's Berlin Horse (1970) is reimagined for a time of AI-enabled editing software and digital-analogue hybridity. Looping and phasing in Le Grice’s film are replaced with a concern for masking and speed.

Valeria is adjusting to her new life in the UK, trying to cure her insomnia while being haunted by daily war news and her own survivor guilt.

Two girls plan to sacrifice together for eternal love, but betrayal may change their fate. Naeve and Eiley are two days away from their sacrifice within their cult, when the truth comes out about an unexpected affair and plan to not go through with the sacrifice. Naeve is left with the decision to save herself or seek forgiveness in her first love while being chased in the woods by Eiley and her new lover.

Created for the municipality of Pergola, the film offers insight into the city's identity and historical context. It covers events across much of the country, juxtaposing land and war. We also hear the voices of Simone Massi's children. The author dedicates this work "to his children and to these children."