For Youth
17 films
All My Fucking Superheroes
dir. Piotr Kabat
anim2023
A young director sets off for LA to sign a contract for the production of his new film. However, before he reaches Hollywood, he goes on a crazy ride in a cab through American streets, cinema history and pop culture. The film is a feast for the fans of the1990s and action films in an animated, comic-like version.
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A Good Mind Grows in Thorny Places (Dom Strom)
dir. Katarína Gramatová
dok2023
A poetic story about growing up. Adam is a 12-year-old boy who lives in a Slovak village. He is a local lumberjack and additionally takes up different odd jobs. In general, he likes to do everything. Although his life is not easy, he is able to notice beauty everywhere.
Read moreBuzz of the Earth (Bzukot Země)
dir. Greta Stocklassa
fab2023
What if Hrabal and Forman could sit at the same table to discuss a space mission? Czech humour accompanies the biggest challenge for earthlings represented by a group of scientists and a female citizen, who was entered in the competition by her children. Everything may happen during this discussion. We are aliens after all.
Read moreAwards:Special Award
Daydreaming So Vividly about Our Spanish Holidays (La herida luminosa)
dir. Christian Avilés
fab2022
Driven by their desire for light and warmth, British teenagers take a trip to the Balearic Islands. They must absorb the sun and store it in their bodies to take it back to their cloud-covered kingdom.
Read moreDistances (Odległości)
dir. Matej Bobrik
dok2023
The story of a Nepalese family living in Poland who believe that a better future awaits them here. However, a change in living conditions puts their relationship to a severe test
Read moreEnds and Beginnings (Końce i początki)
dir. Klaudia Fortuniak
fab2024
In this film, the viewers may get lost in the maze of human biographies. The protagonists’ stories coincide in the least expected circumstances because of a thief’s trick. Someone mistakes days, another person always has a getaway plan, and for someone else the first kiss will taste and smell like a strawberry field.
Read moreHow to Skin a Cheetah (How To Skin A Cheetah)
dir. Meghan O'Shaughnessy
fab2023
A macabre, coming-of-age story and a thriller in one. Meghan O'Shaughnessy invites the viewers to a maze full of traps, where fantasies of revenge intertwine with illness, lies, solitude, hopelessness, violence and dreams of a journey-escape to Tanzania.
Read moreIn My Hands (W moich rękach)
dir. Igor Kuna
dok2024
A young determined man, despite not having his left arm, strives to be a hero as a fireman and father. Devoid of dialogues, the film shows the stalwart strength of the human spirit and boundless love using just images and sound.
Read moreMe, Monster (Ja, potwór)
dir. Zofia Tomalska
anim2024
Fear is an internal monster debilitating every cell of the body and disseminating without control. Is it possible to stop it? This animation will surprise you by offering a psychedelic journey to the labyrinth of the human mind and remote corners of the human body. A stream of consciousness ponding to the rhythm of disco, electronic and hip hop sounds.
Read moreOmar and Cedric: If This Ever Gets Weird
dir. Nicolas Jack Davies
dok2023
This film has the dynamics of progressive rock, the preferred genre of the cult American band Mars Volta for over twenty years. The film edited out of hundreds of hours of archival footage is a painfully honest portrayal of friendship, successes, transformations and failures.
Read moreAwards:Special Award
Ouvidor
dir. Matias Borgström
dok2023
In Ouvidor, the largest art squat in Latin America, 120 artists from different countries resist constant eviction threats from a government with fascist tendencies in Brazil, while internal tensions are fueled by Red Bull's sponsorship of their Art Biennial.
Read moreResentment (Obraza)
dir. Gleb Osatinski
fab2023
17-year-old Yasha is rebelling against authority, but in 1990's Soviet Ukraine some of the opposing forces are more dangerous than others. When Yasha hits his breaking point, raw impulses propel him to the precipice of irreparable harm.
Read moreStay Homas. The Band That Shouldn't Exist (Stay Homas. La banda que no hauria d’existir)
dir. Oriol Gispert, Nick Bolger, Ramon Balagué
dok2024
The trio from Barcelona helped many to survive the lockdown. The songs referring to the pandemic situation, which were recorded by Stay Homas at their balcony, went viral and brought them popularity all over the world. Eventually, they had to cease to be an online phenomenon only.
Read moreStimulants & Empathogens (Stymulanty & Empatogeny)
dir. Mateusz Pacewicz
fab2024
Antek fell in love head over heels. The object of his affection is Kuba, a teenage drug dealer. The boys have nothing in common. How to initiate a meeting? Antek does not take drugs, but he is in love, so he continues to buy fixes. Eventually, the boys have a chance to spend a longer evening together. Can anything go wrong?
Read moreTeaches of Peaches
dir. Philipp Fussenegger, Judy Landkammer
dok2024
Peaches, who is a performer, provoker and a sassy lady, does not slow down in the sixth decade of her life. To the contrary, her tour celebrating the 20th anniversary of her album ‘Teaches of Peaches’ was an explosion of creativity. For the filmmakers, it was an opportunity to find out more about this rebellious artist, an icon of feminism and queer culture. Age rated: 18+
Read moreAwards:Golden Heynal
The Car that Came Back from the Sea (Samochód, który wrócił z morza)
dir. Jadwiga Kowalska
anim2023
Poland, 1981. A group of young people have a dream: to have a car, be free and go on a trip to the seaside. They are not really into politics, even though shelves in shops are empty and it is impossible to get a passport. An animated road movie, in a comic book style, documenting Poland during the communist era.
Read moreVia Dolorosa
dir. Rachel Gutgarts
anim2023
Ten days before the Jewish holiday of Yom Kippur, the animation artist returns to the streets of Jerusalem. Trying to find her lost youth, she captures fleeting images of the city's vibrant nightlife. A bold, subjective look at coming of age in a city laden with history and rituals, uncompromisingly blending the sacred with the profane.
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