Sexuality, carnality
23 films
Agatha's Happiness (Szczęście Agaty)
dir. Krzysztof Rogulski
dok2024
Can disability set limits to happiness? Agata Roczniak – Poland’s first model in a wheelchair, an excellent swimmer, president of the Diversum Foundation, a wife and mother – proves that it cannot. An inspiring story about how living with an illness is more than just a fight against adversity.
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Aicha
dir. Sanaa El Alaoui
fab2025
Three ceremonies dedicated to the bond between mother and daughter. The first - intimate, in the bathroom at home. The second - loud, musical, ritualised. The third - silent, full of sadness. Do you know what the secret of life is? To experience the past, the present and the future as if they were the same moment.
Read moreAll 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.
Read moreAny Other Way: The Jackie Shane Story
dir. Michael Mabbott, Lucah Rosenberg-Lee
dok2024
‘I was born but I never lived,’ says an African American R&B singer, who went into exile from the US to Canada in the late 1950s because of transphobia and racism. Using phone calls made just before Jackie Shane’s death, the filmmakers tell the story of her life in hiding and her coming out.
Read moreAwards:Golden Heynal
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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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 moreClamor (Boucan)
dir. Salomé Da Souza
fab2023
Johannes and Gabin are young, cousins and in love with each other: their story takes place in the South of France.
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Full Support (Tmicha Melea)
dir. Michal Cohen
dok2024
This place offers more than just a bra fitting. Customers who come to the Jaffa shop are young and old, Jewish and Arab, post-mastectomy and post-plastic surgery, cis and trans. For a moment, the bra fitter becomes their friend and confidante.
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Heartbeat
dir. Jay Rosenblatt, Stephanie Rapp
dok2025
Jay Rosenblatt, a master of avant-garde cinema with two Oscar nominations, once again turns the camera on himself. The footage shot 25 years ago is a raw record of a couple’s dialogue as they experience the crisis of upcoming parenthood.
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Hunting (Qui part à la chasse)
dir. Lea Favre
anim2024
A young girl goes on a hunt - not for animals but for a perfect documentary shot. She learns how to be alert, invisible, ready to capture that one special moment, such as a romantic kiss, a unique gesture or a glint in the eye. Just when Lea thinks she has got her frame, she becomes a victim herself.
Read moreAwards:Silver Dragon / Special Award
It’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
Living Stones (Élő Kövek)
dir. Jakob Ladányi Jancsó
fab2025
A young woman is staying at a rehabilitation centre and delving deeper and deeper into the darkest parts of her past. Under the supervision of a therapist, she slowly uncovers layers of trauma. Trust and intimacy are an essential but very fragile part of this process.
Read moreLovers in the Sky (Amantes en el cielo)
dir. Fermin de la Serna
dok2025
For many years, Cristina and La Bonita have worked as cooks on merchant ships sailing the Peruvian Amazon. However, being transgender still poses a challenge to local customs and beliefs.
Read moreMotherland
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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Pray for Our Sinners
dir. Sinead O'Shead
dok
Sinead O’Shea, an Irish film director and journalist, returns to her hometown, Navan, to expose the abuse that took place in Catholic institutions there. In her confrontational documentary, she talks to people who experienced bullying and cruelty from teachers and nuns in the 1960s and 1970s.
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Sammi, Who Can Detach His Body Parts
dir. Rein Maychaelson
fab2025
Sammy’s mother can’t get over the fact that her son has spent his entire life sharing his body with those in need. A hand, leg or eye – with his extraordinary ability to detach body parts, he has helped people in impossible situations. When there is nothing left to give away, the mother decides to get her son back.
Read moreAwards:Silver Dragon
Sanatorium
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.
Read moreAwards:Special Award
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Sane Inside Insanity — The Phenomenon of Rocky Horror
dir. Andreas Zerr
dok2025
There are more phenomena than are dreamt of by pop culture scholars, such as the musical ‘The Rocky Horror Picture Show’ and in particular, its big screen incarnation. On the 50th anniversary of its premiere, this documentary tells the bravura story of the making of the film and its fan base.
Read moreShadowland
dir. Otso Tiainen
dok2024
This was supposed to be a documentary about an esoteric community living today in the French Pyrenees. While it was being filmed, serious accusations were made against one of the sect’s members, Hollywood director Richard Stanley. Consequently, the documentary seems stretched between a utopian fantasy and a brutal clash with reality.
Read moreTears (Rozdarcia)
dir. Paulina Ziółkowska
anim2025
‘Tears’ is a collage animation in which countless possibilities intersect like tangled city streets. Different people, destinations, ideals of beauty – the protagonist has so many paths to choose from and so many decisions to make every day. She feels lost in the world full of questions waiting for her to answer.
Read moreAwards:Special Mention
The Pool or Death of a Goldfish (Basen albo śmierć złotej rybki)
dir. Daria Kopiec
anim2025
A metaphorical animation about growing up and the right to have one’s own opinion. The protagonist is like a goldfish – she fulfils her parents’ wishes and does not express her own needs. However, accumulated emotions begin to overwhelm her like water in a swimming pool. Should she drown in her own tears and unexpressed feelings or fight for freedom?
Read moreAwards:Golden Hobby-Horse
The True Story of Tamara de Lempicka & The Art of Survival
dir. Julie Rubio
dok2024
Today, her paintings are experiencing a worldwide renaissance and remain an inspiration for artists in various fields. And the biography of the Warsaw-born artist is not less fascinating than the paintings themselves. The film pays tribute to Lempicka, who courageously crossed the boundaries set for women in art.
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What 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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