Phenomena

4 films
This section presents a wide range of contemporary documentary pictures. The films include a contemplative journey to Iceland, where you can hear the crackling of breaking glaciers, and an encounter with people experiencing mental health crises. You will also find a feisty feminist essay and proof that family feuds can be a source of drama as well as comedy – sometimes both simultaneously.

  • I Want Her Dead (Il quieto vivere)

    dir. Gianluca Matarrese
    dok2025

    In a Calabrian village, under one roof, a civil war has been raging for years. On the opposite sides of the barricade stand two extremely high-spirited women from the same family. The film is a tragicomic documentary in which real people re-enact their conflicts in authentic settings.

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  • La Pietà

    dir. Pepe Andreu, Rafa Molés Vilar
    dok2025

    It seems that in this house, situated at the foot of Europe’s largest glacier in southern Iceland, time stood still 100 years ago. Seven brothers and sisters who lived here devoted their lives to the study of nature. Extraordinary images of the melting glacier merge into a lamentation over the world that is passing away.

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  • No Mercy

    dir. Isa Willinger
    dok2025

    Do women really make edgier films than men? The documentary’s director decided to find out. Analysing the work of acclaimed contemporary female directors, she demonstrates how the so-called ‘women’s cinema’ can defy the stereotype.

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      Phenomena
    • Screening + Q&A
      15:30
      Sunday, May 31 Pod Baranami Cine
    • 20:30
      Wednesday, June 3 MOS

  • The Desert of the Real (De woestijn van de werkelijkheid)

    dir. Luuk Bouwman
    dok2025

    A philosopher, artist, corporate employee and a psychiatrist – anyone may experience a psychotic disorder. The protagonists of this documentary have decided to let us into their world, governed by hallucinations and delusions. The film attempts to find a visual language to express their experiences.

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