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14 films
All the Colors of Youth (Kolorowy film o młodych ludziach)
dir. Agnieszka Kalińska
dok2025
What are today’s young people like? Gen Z is growing up in the age of unlimited opportunities and access to the latest technologies. Yet, their emotional condition shows that growing up in the digital era makes life easier but not simpler.
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A Frown Gone Mad (Fitnat Fi Alhajibayn)
dir. Omar Mismar
dok2024
The closer the war, the busier the business – these are the observations of the head of a Beirut beauty salon specialising in facial injections. The film, without any anaesthesia and operating mainly with close-ups, shows aesthetic medicine procedures which are performed in spite of exploding bombs.
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A Quiet Storm
dir. Benjamin Nicolas
dok2025
For 14-year-old Maïto, dance is more than a passion – it is a way of expressing emotions that he is not able to put into words. Raised in a home where the needs of his disabled sister were always at the forefront, he had to find his own way to draw attention to himself.
Read moreCan't Feel Nothing
dir. David Borenstein
dok
Together with the director, we set out into the world to explore the nature of our addiction to social media and incessant scrolling. We reach the edges of the map, where trolls, propagandists and the influence industry produce the world’s most addictive content.
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Citizen-Inmate (Dar Band)
dir. Hesam Eslami
dok2025
In digitally supervised Tehran, the control system stops working as planned. Those who have been watched so far are taking over the gaze. Is it possible to regain power over one’s own life in the world full of cameras? A gripping documentary about rebellion in the age of surveillance.
Read moreAwards:Silver Dragon
Eternal You
dir. Hans Block, Moritz Riesewieck
dok
Who has the right to dispose of the traces we leave in the digital world? Can we forbid the creation of our posthumous, partly self-aware avatars from these crumbs? Moritz Riesewieck and Hans Block examine attempts at recreating the dead. Undertaken on the fringes of the mainstream today, they may become part of everyday life tomorrow.
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Fission (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 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 moreIt’s All Because of Her (To wszystko przez nią)
dir. Daria Kopiec
fab2025
Maria raises her introverted son alone. Kostek ignores her attempts at contact and their relationship seems frozen. Resorting to mystification and lies, Maria finds a way to reach him, but it will cost her dearly. 18+
Read moreAwards:Wyróżnienia
Light Darkness Light
dir. Landon van Soest
dok2024
The director accompanies blind pastor Ian Nichols as he undergoes the pioneering procedure of an implant insertion to stimulate the optic nerve. The darkness in which the protagonist was immersed for decades is brilliantly illuminated, but in a way that is surprising, painful and verifies his original expectations.
Read moreNeverlandex (Nibylandex)
dir. Agata Kapuścińska
fab2025
Peter lives with his dad, who takes excellent care of him. Dad explains the world to Peter and warns him of the terrible dangers lurking outside the house! Peter is 35 years old. One day, he comes across an old, mysterious booklet with crossword puzzles that will open the door to his independence.
Read moreThe Propagandist (De propagandist)
dir. Luuk Bouwman
dok2024
Why did Jan Teunissen, a distinguished Dutch filmmaker, become the ‘tsar of Nazi propaganda’ during World War II? Composed exclusively of archival footage, including many materials unknown so far, the film tells a story of the man who, ‘for the love of cinema’, began collaborating with the occupier.
Read moreAwards:Special Mention
Urban 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 moreWorld at Stake
dir. Susanna Flock, Adrian Jonas Haim, Jona Kleinlein
anim2025
Employing the style of popular video games, such as FIFA, PGA Tour and Dirt Rally, this animation tackles issues that go far beyond sports arenas. Each of the protagonists struggles not only with their rivals but also emotions, expectations and spectators, who constantly judge the players. Is this game about scoring points only?
Read moreAwards:Special Award
