Rebel rebel
9 films
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.
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Fatmé
dir. Diala Al Hindaoui
dok2023
Fatmé, an 11-year-old from Lebanon, lives with her family in a tent by a village road. Her appearance and prowess arouse curiosity and questions about who she really is. When her mother wonders if she is a girl or boy, Fatmé replies with a smile, ‘I want to be the strongest!’. 12+
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Fear (Strach)
dir. Robert Zawadzki
fab2025
Jola lives in Podlasie, close to the border with Belarus. Her son Marek works in the Border Guard combing the forests in search of immigrants illegally crossing the border. Jola is a taxi driver and wants to stay out of it, but one day, when her car breaks down, she is forced to confront her own convictions.
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 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 morePet Farm
dir. Finn Walther, Martin Walther
dok2024
Should domestication of wild animals be allowed? Joakim has loved foxes since childhood and, many years later, he fulfilled his dream by setting up a breeding farm. However, he has to face the regulations in force in Norway.
Read moreReenactment (Rekonstrukcja)
dir. Marcin Strauchold
fab2025
Anka ends up at a historical re-enactment camp because of her boyfriend. She tries to find her own place in the community, however, it turns out that historical prejudice against women is surprisingly valid. The participants with dedication perform roles from the past, but at the same time, there is a contemporary social game going on between them.
Read moreTooth and Nail (După Cioate)
dir. Radu Mocanu, Mihai Gavril Dragolea
dok2024
Once a local businessman, Tiberiu is now a determined Romanian activist. He documents illegal logging in state forests and publishes the evidence on his social media. Two journalists follow in his footsteps and witness the events that seem taken out of a hard-hitting thriller.
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Zima
dir. Tomek Popakul, Kasumi Ozeki
anim2023
A cat lover, Jesus leaving the cross and Christmas carollers holding pitchforks in a snowy and icy scenery. ‘Zima’, a psychedelic journey to a small fishing village, collects as if in a lens the behaviour, customs and vices of the Polish provinces. A horror-like animation in the convention of magic realism.
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