Full-length documentary
The small Ukrainian village of Andriivka, destroyed by Russian aggression, represents a crucial strategic point. A Ukrainian military unit is tasked with a single mission: to reclaim an occupied target two kilometers away.
Full-length documentary
A humorous look into the heart of a Turkish village, where a group of women decide to challenge traditional social roles in an imaginative way. They do so with due wit and stubbornness.
Virtual reality
Is it possible to attain uniqueness among eight billion others? 8 Billion Selves is a flowing, dreamlike journey through a world where people “are born, work, wage war, love, dance, create art, and die”.
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The Hungarian government succeeded in taking control of one of the country’s most prominent independent media outlets, Index.hu. The journalists fight back with every tool at their disposal, but the system is rigged against them.
Full-length documentary
Surrogacy in Georgia exists in a legal gray zone, yet for young single mother Zhana, it seems like the only way to provide herself and her daughter Elena with a dignified life, education, and a future.
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Millions of Afghan men and women live in Iran without permanent legal status or protection. Sixteen-year-old Soraya suffers domestic abuse as well as the inability to freely decide her own future.
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Zere is a rebel, stirring the stagnant waters of Kyrgyz patriarchy. Through her music and public performances, she exposes the alarming state of girls’ and women’s rights in a country where they are expected to sit quietly in the corner.
Full-length documentary
Fatigue as the norm, performance as an obligation. Burnout is becoming a hidden yet widespread experience for people living under constant pressure and the expectation of uninterrupted online and professional availability.
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Short documentary
Alex is a happy, twelve-year old boy with autism who loves school and his friends. This year, he has set himself a challenging new goal: to learn how to ride a bike.
Feature film
Birahim is only ten years old, yet he must embark on a journey across West Africa, an area plagued by armed conflict. His search for relatives leads him through bands of child soldiers where compassion is non-existent. This animated tale of lost innocence and found hope is an adaptation of the renowned literary masterpiece.
Full-length documentary
Moose have played a vital and, to this day, somewhat mysterious role in our world since time immemorial. Their massive figures reflect considerable strength, a calm beauty, and the forgotten bond between humanity and the wild.
Virtual reality
A young trans woman awaits asylum in France, wandering the city at night in a state of unease. Will she ever return home to her cats?
Full-length documentary
Is it possible to escape the modern world and survive solely in the company of one’s brother, a few pets, and one’s own imagination? An intimate look at the magical coexistence of modern-day hermits in the Šumava mountains, where isolation is anything but silent and reality can sometimes slip away.
Full-length documentary
Carmela helps thousands of Venezuelan refugees, bravely doing so often at great personal cost. This black-and-white documentary shows how exhausting it can be to do good while trying to keep your own life in one piece.
Full-length documentary
Comedienne Noam Shuster-Eliassi takes up the fight against prejudice towards the Palestinian people. Her weapons are a microphone, courage, and humour. But can an Israeli celebrity change her own society through stand-up?
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Kuba and Alaska enlist as paramedics on the front lines near Kharkiv, Ukraine, where the brutality of war tests them daily. Humor and friendship keep their faith in victory alive amid the chaos.
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Sara lives in an Iranian village, where she becomes the first woman elected to the local council. Charismatic and determined, she carves a path through a conservative society on her motorcycle, fighting for the rights of women and children.
Full-length documentary
The gaming platform Roblox is a digital world primarily designed for children. But beneath its playful surface lie extremism, racism, and sexual predators. Three teenage girls take it upon themselves to expose these risks and fight for greater safety in this digital environment.
Feature film
Ángela is expecting a baby, but her genuine excitement is tinged with worry. How will she navigate motherhood in a world that cannot hear her? This exceptionally sensitive drama explores partnership and the challenges of nonstandard parenting.
Full-length documentary
Japan has recently become a hot tourist destination—a place everyone wants to be. But behind the neon lights of its big cities lies a major loneliness epidemic.
Full-length documentary
A futuristic journey in pursuit of immortality that explores the thrilling and unsettling boundaries of human existence.
Full-length documentary
The Colorado River is drying up. Once a lifeline linking the southwestern United States and Mexico, it is now a witness to shifting ecosystems, changing ways of life, and the widening inequalities of capitalism.
Full-length documentary
Once at the forefront of the fight for equality and justice, her voice has now become inconvenient for the regime. Nepali politician Devi Khadku is one of thousands of women who were subjected to violence during the country’s civil war.
Short documentary
Two little girls are playing together with a balloon. After a small disagreement, the friends get angry at each other. Eventually their anger swells so much they become floating balloons themselves.
Full-length documentary
In 2023, a massive strike by lorry drivers took place in Germany. Their goal was to demand proper pay and justice, as their working conditions could be compared to modern-day slavery.
Short documentary
“Doing a standing somersault is super cool,” says twelve-year-old Ela, who trains intensively every day to achieve her goal.
Full-length documentary
Are Tesla cars really that safe? Their fully autonomous, self-driving systems have already caused a number of serious accidents in the U.S., and the company is currently under investigation by various federal authorities. Meanwhile, Europe is still hesitant to approve them.
Full-length documentary
A mischievous animated family portrait that entertains with a humorous look at the commotion in an Indigenous household, while also exposing Canada and its social inequalities.
Full-length documentary
They forced her to teach Mandarin at a Uyghur internment camp. Now, safely abroad, this eyewitness to Chinese tyranny exposes the oppression that also struck her own family.
Feature film
A single moment alters the course of the protagonist’s life. The film follows the consequences of a fatal mistake and asks whether one can continue living after another life has ended.
Full-length documentary
Geir is a Norwegian MMA fighter for whom movement was the meaning of life. After diving into shallow water, however, he is partially paralyzed and gives himself a harsh ultimatum: either he walks again within two years—or he no longer wants to live.
Full-length documentary
Director Katy Scoggin returns to her childhood home, which was strongly influenced by her orthodoxly religious father. During a family move, the conflict between faith and science is reopened - along with the chance of not losing one another.
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Gunnar is a young filmmaker with a passion for motorcycles, women, and addictive substances. At the same time, he struggles with deep feelings of self-loathing. When he is diagnosed with diabetes, like many others, he embarks on a journey of self-discovery in India.
Full-length documentary
Sometimes having it all—the perfect family, perfect house, and perfect job—is not enough to feel fulfilled, as this chronically unhappy director demonstrates in his explosive mix of toxicity and self-reflection.
Full-length documentary
Homeless people are a common yet overlooked presence in Prague. City districts often respond by pushing them out of public spaces, but this does nothing to address the problems they face.
Full-length documentary
A film conceived as a love letter to the underwater world, written by a scientific expedition descending into the ocean’s depths. What might emerge from these strange encounters with mesmerizing, neon-colored creatures from the deep blue sea?
Feature film
After being discharged from a psychiatric hospital, Pia returns home and begins to confront everyday challenges, from work to relationships. She tries to face her psychoses head on and live like everyone else, but what does “normal” even mean in today’s world?
Full-length documentary
This haunting film, infused with longing and hope, follows Sang, a Vietnamese man who, after years of living on the margins of society, takes a courageous step: to meet his American father for the first time.
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An investigative film that uncovers the disturbing inner workings of one of the world’s most notorious cults: Rajneesh, founded by the controversial guru Osho, who remains recognized by parts of society to this day.
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Mariann Sæther is one of Norway’s most renowned kayakers. Her life is filled with both the thrill of white-water kayaking and raising her two young children, Benjamin and Saga. In her forties, Mariann decides to combine family life with this extreme sport.
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In the Indian countryside, where poppy cultivation has been an almost sacred mission for generations, an unequal struggle unfolds between the locals and a corrupt state apparatus.
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During Argentina’s military dictatorship in the 1970s, hundreds of children were abducted. Many of them were born in secret detention centers and are now searching for their true identities.
Virtual reality
Have you ever wondered what it would be like to see the world through a cat’s eyes? This immersive virtual reality film offers a way to look at things from an unusual perspective.
Full-length documentary
AI tools are used daily by hundreds of millions of people. Many see them as a beacon of hope for a brighter future. But what is the true cost of this technological progress? The film uncovers the dark side of artificial intelligence.
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Chum-Chum’s parents were killed by the Islamic State. To survive as an orphan on the streets of politically turbulent Baghdad, he retreats into the world of his favorite hero, Gilgamesh.
Feature film
A chance sound drags Vahid back into haunting memories of a sadistic torturer. His heart swells with the desire for revenge, yet his conscience quietly urges him to gather more proof. Jafar Panahi’s sharply crafted drama confronts urgent questions of guilt and responsibility.
Full-length documentary
In the seemingly masculine world of Mexican rodeo, clothing is stretched tight over the body, just like the tension in the arena. This glittering spectacle hides a deeper desire for the free expression of sexuality.
Short documentary
Jools’ dream is to become a dancer. With the help of her teacher, the twelve-year-old gradually discovers how to overcome her physical limitations, gain self-confidence, and find joy in movement.
Full-length documentary
What’s it like to live as a member of the Taliban? Samim must balance patrolling Kabul, managing disputes with his wife, helping out on his father’s farm, and guiding his younger brothers in the faith.
Full-length documentary
Is assisted dying a free choice, or the result of systemic failure? A chilling probe into a reality where death is cheaper than dignified care.
Feature film
A year after the legalization of same-sex marriage in France, Nadia and Céline are expecting a child. In their upcoming roles as mothers, they face their own doubts, the complexities of the system, and societal prejudices.
Full-length documentary
A family on Isle de Jean Charles watches as the climate crisis takes away their home. Over the years, we witness farewells, resilience, and life amid the realities of climate-induced displacement.
Feature film
Lykke lives on a picturesque farm with her loving family and is expecting her second child. Nothing seems to suggest that her happiness is about to unravel. Yet something is wrong.
Feature film
Iva must go to work even when she’s sick, or risk losing most of her salary. When she becomes the first COVID patient in town, she faces accusations of endangering the entire city. An investigative commission is tasked with determining her possible guilt.
Full-length documentary
A mother and daughter share a quiet evening ritual that gradually transforms into a dark tableau of memory and fear. The film sensitively observes how motherhood becomes a journey toward protection as well as a return to a painful past.
Feature film
Thirteen-year-old Marcielle is growing up in the seemingly idyllic environment of the Amazon rainforest. But as she enters adolescence, she becomes trapped in a vicious cycle of violence tolerated by her community, a cycle she’s determined to escape from.
Full-length documentary
She won an Oscar at just twenty-one, yet as a deaf actress, she has had to fight constantly to maintain her place in Hollywood.
Full-length documentary
Pogány Induló is a Hungarian rap star. For him, music is everything, and the adoration of his fans gives him a sense of purpose. Yet both come at a cost to his health and his life.
Full-length documentary
Couples therapy at the intersection of home video and social essay. Author Matthias Lintner unflinchingly turns the camera on himself and his boyfriend, who has begun to lean towards far-right ideology.
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When Jihan was six years old, her father, Mansur Rashid Kikhia, flew to Cairo and never returned. The film portrays politics as a deeply personal experience that can affect even the most intimate family ties.
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One in ten people hears voices in their heads. Some of these voices have names, while others remain anonymous. Some want to help, others try to harm. In this unique cinematic experience, these inner voices take shape in front of the camera.
Feature film
Few feelings in the world compare to the inner conflict Mariam experiences. Overnight, she is deported from Spain to her native Western Sahara, a land that is no longer what it once was.
Full-length documentary
North Korean women seek love and stability in South Korea. This intimate and often humorous portrait explores relationships between two divided worlds.
Full-length documentary
The mountain village of Numbi in Congo is an inconspicuous hub of the globalised world. Hidden within the magnificent local landscape is a raw material without which our Western world would not exist. What is the price of the technology we all carry in our pockets?
Feature film
Serbian priest Branislav Peranović runs a centre for drug addicts using controversial methods. This ambivalence-filled film poses the age-old question of whether inhumane methods leading to a seemingly positive result can ever be justified.
Full-length documentary
Kurdish-Iranian filmmaker Bahman may have lost his sight, but he hasn’t lost his passion. Armed with a camera, he hitchhikes across Europe, capturing a world he can no longer see.
Full-length documentary
What is the price of political activism in Russia? Putin’s regime labels any criticism of the state a terrorist act and sentences thousands to many years in prison.
Full-length documentary
Is it even possible to be a good parent in a predatory age of illusory needs and false role models? Gunnar certainly tries. He is attentive, playful, and understanding. Yet over time, a dramatic rift begins to open between him and his son.
Full-length documentary
Fatima photographs life and death in a besieged Gaza. Her docu-diary comes to life through video calls with an Iranian director, creating an intimate bond between two women bound by helplessness but connected through hope.
Full-length documentary
“We’re Malaysian and queer!” The chant that opens every show sets the tone for punk band Shh…Diam!’s fight for freedom in a strictly Muslim country – both on stage and off.
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Humans can act as nature’s defenders or as an invasive species. While conservationist Pavel strives to ease environmental anxiety and become one with the land, Klára is hot on the trail of a bird poisoner.
Virtual reality
This provocative comedy takes aim at consumerism, colonial fantasies, and the dangerous belief that charismatic leaders can save us from catastrophe.
Full-length documentary
The inner world of the Aksai River intertwines with the intimate dreams of young Kazakh women. Moving from poetic reflections on identity and the future, the protagonists gradually arrive at clearly formulated views on the state of their country.
Full-length documentary
The mountains between the hostile nations of Azerbaijan and Armenia are the only place where a rare butterfly can be seen. The daughter of the entomologist after whom the butterfly is named embarks on an adventurous expedition to capture it.
Full-length documentary
This atmospheric film tells the story of Vietnamese women working in giant electronics factories. Their testimonies reveal lives shattered by capitalist exploitation and their marginalized position within a patriarchal system.
Short documentary
Everyday life, culture, and traditions of the Greenlandic Inuit community are under threat from melting ice, a direct result of global warming.
Full-length documentary
Closed religious communities are seemingly untouched by the war with Russia. Yet, its members decide to join the war effort—but in a way that does not violate their pacifist convictions.
Full-length documentary
A portrait of a mining community working in one of the highest and most dangerous mines in the world. Through the eyes of a young boy, we witness a place where work, faith, and the constant presence of death are both a daily reality and a legacy of colonialism.
Short documentary
A curious and imaginative boy, Simão creates his very own comic book, Game Over.
Full-length documentary
An activist fights against slavery, which is still a living practice on the Indonesian island of Sumba. The struggle against it clashes with a system of ideology and faith in which not all lives are of equal value.
Feature film
Life in an illegal Romani settlement in Spain is under the imminent threat of demolition. Through the eyes of an adolescent boy, an unstable home is transformed into a colorful kingdom where reality blends with magic.
Full-length documentary
From raw diets and dietary supplements to building one’s own empire. Where does one draw the line between a wellness lifestyle and dangerous conspiracy?
Virtual reality
Violence alternates with love bombing, a seemingly endless cycle of abuse that many women are forced to endure. Inspired by real-life stories, this film gives survivors the space to express their experiences and emotions.
Full-length documentary
Dreams of her late grandfather bring director Sayun back to her native village, where she seeks to reconnect with her family legacy and traditional way of life.
Full-length documentary
A journey across the vast Kazakh steppe in search of fragments of Soviet rockets reveals decades of the Soviet legacy. The lingering impacts of the Russian military-industrial complex continue to weigh heavily on the local population.
Full-length documentary
Sarah McBride is the first openly transgender politician running for a seat in the U.S. Congress. Her historic candidacy, however, is shadowed by transphobic attacks and relentless media scrutiny.
Feature film
A young gymnast unexpectedly falls pregnant before her Olympic selection trials. Her dilemma reflects the stifling reality of Philippine society and the possibility of deciding her own bodily autonomy despite external pressure.
Full-length documentary
An Iranian activist who survived political persecution and the brother of a murdered dissident, now living in Sweden, decide to confront a powerful regime and seek justice. What begins as a personal and investigative documentary unfolds into a gripping courtroom drama.
Full-length documentary
A work of art or outright theft? Jens Haaning borrowed half a million Danish crowns from a museum to create an art installation. He ended up submitting just two empty frames...
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No known diagnosis can explain what’s happening to this group of Norwegian girls. Numbness in the limbs and fainting while fully conscious are just some of the symptoms of an illness that has disrupted their adolescence and demands urgent attention.
Full-length documentary
A poetically catastrophic visual journey to Cape Verde, where locals are faced with the effects of climate change on an extraordinary and unsettling scale.
Full-length documentary
The largest protest movement since the Vietnam War era emerged in the spring of 2024 on the campus of Columbia University in New York. Hundreds of students were responding to the catastrophic humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip.
Full-length documentary
The residents of Green Bank, West Virginia, must live without Wi-Fi or mobile phones. Since the 1950s, a giant telescope has stood here, monitoring signals from outer space that must remain undisturbed.
Full-length documentary
While male sexual fulfillment is celebrated and easily supported by pills like Viagra, female sexuality remains taboo. That all might be about to change with the idea for a single pill. An exhilarating fight for equality begins.
Virtual reality
An animated Christmas tale about a clever little mouse driven by the pursuit of recognition and success, only to discover what is lost when genuine creativity is replaced by corporate practices and machinery.
Full-length documentary
Borders are becoming laboratories where the latest surveillance technologies are tested on the most vulnerable. However, what is happening today to refugees away from public and media scrutiny could soon become the norm for everyone.
Full-length documentary
Many educated people in Kenya are unable to find qualified work in their own country. As a result, they often make a living by writing essays for students at Western universities. How does this secretive plagiarism ecosystem function, and why does it reach even the most prestigious institutions?
Full-length documentary
A documentary fairy tale about a farmer who rediscovers life’s joy through an unexpected friendship with a stork.
Full-length documentary
A coming-of-age documentary from Bosnia and Herzegovina about three young boys chasing their Olympic dreams and a chance at a better life.
Feature film
Red Crescent volunteers answer an emergency call: a six-year-old girl is trapped in a car under fire in Gaza, pleading for rescue. While keeping her on the line, the humanitarian workers do everything in their power to get an ambulance to her.
Full-length documentary
A tender yet radical portrait of the struggle of a Ugandan activist, where arguments are no longer enough. Poetry and the exposed female body become instruments of resistance.
Full-length documentary
Deep in the wild Cuban wetlands, Lando seeks a living for his family. With the confidence of a seasoned hunter, he embarks on risky multi-day expeditions to hunt crocodiles.
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Iryna is haunted by recurring dreams of being back in her beloved garden in Donbas. Among the garden beds and structures, dark memories of wartime trauma emerge. Yet despite the violence she has endured, she finds the strength to help others.
Virtual reality
Under the same sky, a completely different world exists. This documentary film offers an intimate look into the daily reality of Gaza’s inhabitants and shows what life looks like amidst constant threat.
Full-length documentary
Approaching forty, Vojta lives alone in a small Prague studio apartment, navigates the city’s cultural and academic circles on a modest income, and searches for a close romantic connection. Can he find love?
Virtual reality
Have you ever wondered what a fox with a pigeon’s head might look like? This VR game lets you play with dead animals. You can revive them, splice them together, or even eat them to save yourself from death.
Full-length documentary
The gray social reality of today’s Belarus shines against the archetypal story of adolescence and the search for independence. Can a young welder piece together the dark fragments of her past and her fractured family?
Full-length documentary
This intimate portrait of the relationship between a father and his son on the autism spectrum captures both the difficulty and the strength inherent in everyday caregiving. At the same time, it exposes the limits of a system that too often relies on the sacrifices of others.
Full-length documentary
Alyona Gribkova faces prison. The reason? A peaceful protest against a police raid during a memorial for the late opposition leader Alexei Navalny
Full-length documentary
Lithium is found in almost every electronic device, from mobile phones to computers. It’s, thus, no coincidence that it has earned the nickname “white gold.” But what is the true cost of its extraction, which takes place primarily in countries of the Global South?
Feature film
Eight years after a desperate act to save her mother, Yen is released from prison and returns home to see her. She discovers that her home is no longer the place she once knew. Yet, while time has relentlessly moved on, the most painful things remain unchanged.
Feature film
The enfant terrible of both festival and Israeli cinema, Nadav Lapid, returns in brutally sharp form, following a morally conflicted hero tasked with composing a new, more bellicose Israeli anthem.