Architecture
17 films
Aferrado
dir. Esteban Azuela
anim2024
Joel roams the city on a motorbike like a character from the 1980s action film. All he wanted to do was to fix cars, but additionally, he cleans up the mess left by his bosses. The animation, pulsating with disco rhythms and set in a glitchy reality, shows a disintegrating man in a violent world.
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Ai Weiwei's Turandot
dir. Maxim Derevianko
dok2025
When a world-renowned artist and activist embarks upon the project of staging a classic opera, there is no doubt that it will be a revolutionary interpretation. By addressing the refugee crisis or the war in Ukraine, Ai Weiwei once again proves to be an artist who believes that art can influence reality.
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Beyond Eden
dir. Al Johnstone
dok2025
In the 1970s, following the wave of radical social changes, a group of American lesbians decided to create a world without men, settling far away from big metropolises. After 50 years, some of them return to see what has remained of the place that was to become their new Eden.
Read moreFission (Spaltung)
dir. João Pedro Prado, Anton Yaremchuk
dok2025
Are nuclear power plants more of a threat or rescue for us? The documentary presents the hot topic of nuclear power, setting it in different places and contexts, both global and local. The film breaks it down into voices – sometimes very serious but on other occasions eccentric and funny.
Read moreHello, Headquarters (Halo, centrala)
dir. Zuzanna Heller
anim2025
A man tries to report his wife missing. At the headquarters, he is greeted by a queue of angry people, forms to fill in and unfriendly staff. Set in the Kafkaesque atmosphere of absurdity, the story becomes a universal metaphor for powerlessness in the face of bureaucracy and the struggle against a heartless system.
Read moreIn the Veins (We krwi)
dir. Maciej Tyburski
dok2025
It was intended as a film about Józef Lewartowski – a Jew, communist and an organiser of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising. Unexpectedly, it turns into a portrait of his great-grandson Joseph, a Parisian who, in an attempt to understand the history of the resistance movement in his family, begins to co-create it.
Read moreLetters from Wolf Street (Listy z Wilczej)
dir. Arjun Talwar
dok2025
A street in downtown Warsaw. An Indian immigrant filmmaker seeks to overcome the boundaries between himself and an anxiety-ridden country. He uncovers hidden stories, and shared longing, revealing a kaleidoscopic portrait of Polish society.
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Motherland
dir. Gor Arushanyan
fab2025
The Nagorno-Karabakh Republic is collapsing. In a deserted mountain village, shots and explosions are audible, along with dark smoke, which can be seen. Almost all the inhabitants have already fled, except for Aram. He is trying to save his disabled mother, who refuses to leave. The Azerbaijani army is close and the time to make a decision is shrinking.
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Nothing Else (Bez reszty)
dir. Jakub Prysak
fab2025
Wera is a young painter with a beautiful house immersed in greenery, overlooking a lake, a handsome husband who earns an excellent salary, a cuddly dog called Chagall and a brutal and incurable diagnosis. The couple must face the inevitability of her illness, but their reactions are extremely different.
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Paleontology Lesson
dir. Sergei Loznitsa
dok2025
More than a year after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the war is still going on in the streets, but at Kyiv’s Museum of Natural History children can forget about it for a while. Under Sergei Loznitsa’s watchful eye, they are transported to the world from millions of years ago – free from the reality of war.
Read moreSanatorium
dir. Gar O'Rourke
dok
Welcome to Kujalnik, a famous spa resort near Odesa. Despite the holiday atmosphere and pleasant ambiance of the place, there is still a war going on nearby. A stay at the Black Sea sanatorium is a temporary return to normality and peace.
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The Arc of Oblivion
dir. Ian Cheney
dok
Ian Cheney is constructing an ark in a Maine meadow to carry his most precious memories across the ocean of time, but also to get himself to reflect on what is truly worth saving. Warning: the presence of legendary funnyman Werner Herzog aboard this vessel is a ruse.
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The Granny & Fishes (Poorzal)
dir. Maria Mavati, Ehsan Farokhi Fard, Ehsan Farokhifard
dok2024
An elderly woman lives in a desolate area ravaged by droughts near Lake Hamun in Iran. She is the only inhabitant of one of the villages evacuated due to the lack of water. Every day, she walks on the sun-cracked ground, collects dried fish and waits for life to return to the area.
Read moreThe Queen and the Smokehouse (Bałtyk)
dir. Iga Lis
dok2025
Miecia is called the Queen of Łeba. She runs an iconic fish smokehouse, which is more than just a business for her. Influenced by her family and co-workers, she will have to take care of herself, too. This warm portrayal of a woman bursting with energy does not shy away from bitter undertones, and its backdrop is made of Baltic folklore.
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The Town That Drove Away (Miasto, które wyjechało)
dir. Natalia Pietsch, Grzegorz Piekarski
dok2025
The Turkish town of Hasankeyf lies on the Tigris River and has an ancient history. The construction of a huge dam, which began in 2006, has led to its submersion and the displacement of thousands of people. Following the two protagonists, we watch the destruction of the city and the accompanying socioeconomic transformation process.
Read moreUrban Duo (Lóngchāng gōngyù)
dir. HongYu Yue
anim2024
A father and son, residents of bustling Shanghai, represent different approaches to everyday life in a city. The split-screen animation juxtaposes two worlds: digital, metropolitan modernity and traditional life in harmony with nature. The film poses the question whether progress always means a better life.
Read moreWhat Does The Mud Whisper (Ras Churchulebs Talaxi)
dir. Dea Tcholokava
dok2025
In the Georgian bathhouse of Akhtala, visitors from all over the country enjoy healthy mud baths. They are accompanied by five-year-old Tako, who watches her grandmother at work. Monotonous days become an excuse for the girl to create her own world based on the legends she has heard.
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