Films on KFF VOD
The 65th Krakow Film Festival will be held in cinemas from 25 May to 1 June 2025, and online on KFF VOD from 30 May to 15 June 2025.
Agatha's Happiness
dir. Krzysztof Rogulski
DOC2024
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
FIC2025
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 moreSet of films:Aicha, In 769 km New York, Urban Duo, Sammi Who Can Detach His Body Parts, Croak Show
All the Colors of Youth
dir. Agnieszka Kalińska
DOC2025
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 moreSet of films:Fear, Hello Headquarters, Nothing Else, The Show, All the Colours of Youth
Amelia Starlight
dir. Laura Thomassaint
FIC2024
Adored by the media and the public, French star Amélia Starlight (Emmanuelle Béart) is terminally ill. She withdrew from public life a long time ago, but one day a journalist running a popular talk show receives an electrifying message from her – Amélia wants to appear on television for the last time.
Read moreSet of films:Amelia Starlight, World at Stake, Living Stones, The Granny & Fishes
Any Other Way: The Jackie Shane Story
dir. Michael Mabbott, Lucah Rosenberg-Lee
DOC2024
‘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 moreAs Long As They Don't Find Us
dir. Maja Górczak
DOC2025
A film tribute to one of the first women to study directing at the Łódź Film School, Stefania Świeca. She left behind only one film – a poignant film study in which she tried to tackle the trauma of the Holocaust. What happened with her later on?
Read moreSet of films:Tears, As Long as They Don't Find Us, Bloodline, It’s All Because of Her
Azza
dir. Stefanie Brockhaus
DOC2025
The eponymous character is a driving instructor in a country where, until recently, women were not allowed to drive. At the same time, she is a victim of another Saudi law – after the divorce, it was her husband who took custody of their children. Azza decides to fend for herself and embarks on a journey into the desert.
Read moreA Quiet Storm
dir. Benjamin Nicolas
DOC2025
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 moreSet of films:The Last People, Paleontology Lesson, Whose Woods Are These, Elephant in the Desert, …
A Song of Humble Beauty
dir. Anna Konik
DOC2025
In the era of mass production of disposable goods, this trip to present-day Karachi resembles a journey back in time. By taking a sneak peek at the work of traditional dyers, potters or embroiderers, we gain more than an ethnographic record – a cinematic meditation.
Read moreBecoming a Film Director
dir. Rongfei Guo
DOC2025
A story of two women for whom directing is more than art. The documentary follows their journey from an idea for a film to its making, asking questions about the meaning of creation and showing the difficulties of combining artistic activity with everyday struggles faced by the women.
Read moreSet of films:Sweden, Still Moving, Wassupkaylee, Citizen-Inmate, Becoming a Film Director
Beyond Eden
dir. Al Johnstone
DOC2025
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 moreSet of films:Beyond Eden, Early Feelings, Thank You Dr. Farsi, What Does The Mud Whisper
Bloodline
dir. Wojciech Węglarz
DOC2024
The story of a bison, separated from its herd by the wall on the Polish-Belarusian border, which unintentionally becomes a witness to the dramatic events taking place on both sides. The drama of the animal symbolically resonates with the drama of the people separated from their loved ones.
Read moreSet of films:Tears, As Long as They Don't Find Us, Bloodline, It’s All Because of Her
Caliu: Nothing else, what else can I do?
dir. Simona Constantin
DOC2025
After the breakup of the Roma group Taraf de Haïdouks, violin virtuoso Gheorghe ‘Caliu’ Anghel is trying to return to his glory days with a new lineup and under a different banner, although his personality is not helping him. What unfolds is a full-blooded portrayal of a brilliant artist and a difficult man.
Read moreCasting
dir. Rafał Łysak
DOC2024
‘I’m looking for a person who wants a film to be made about them,’ – said the casting notice for a documentary. Director Rafał Łysak explores the motivation of people who want their stories to be filmed. What is the reason for their desire to appear in front of the camera?
Read moreSet of films:Qaher, Inga, The Crooked Heads, Casting
Child of their Time
dir. Huibert van Wijk
DOC2024
In the 1970s, many Dutch families adopted children from Indonesia. Tim is one of them, but despite good intentions, something went wrong. Today, the protagonist resents his adoptive father for taking him to Europe. We witness a family psychodrama, which is recorded by Tim’s brother, the director of this film.
Read moreCitizen-Inmate
dir. Hesam Eslami
DOC2025
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 moreSet of films:Sweden, Still Moving, Wassupkaylee, Citizen-Inmate, Becoming a Film Director
Cold Home
dir. Alicja Liss
ANIM2025
A mother and daughter live in a grey, frigid house. They hardly speak to each other. Everything is immersed in coldness and routine – including emotions, hidden in silence, and repetitive gestures. One day, a ray of sunshine comes through the window melting the ice and bringing warmth and hope for change.
Read moreSet of films:Jump!, Neverlandex, Cold Home, Reenactment
Cosmic Balance
dir. Andrea Johnsen
DOC2025
Reak is an Indonesian trance ritual. Its participants wish to connect with ancestral spirits and the energy of the Cosmos through music and ecstatic dance. The Javanese band Juarta Putra is currently preparing for its first overseas tour, which will begin at the Roskilde Festival in Denmark.
Read moreCroak Show
dir. Suresh Eriyat
ANIM2024
As night falls over the marshes, a frog concert begins. Turtles, fish, snails and even a creeping snake pick up the rhythm of the music. Will the serpent, too, succumb to the magic of sound? A dynamic animation, full of anxiety as well as humour, which shows that one should not give up – even when things do not go as planned.
Read moreSet of films:Aicha, In 769 km New York, Urban Duo, Sammi Who Can Detach His Body Parts, Croak Show
Dance with Me, Dad
dir. Małgorzata Goździk
DOC2025
An adult daughter tries to get closer to her emotionally unavailable father. Their relationship reflects a broader conflict between two generations – the older one, unable to speak honestly about their feelings, and the younger one, which needs open dialogue.
Read moreSet of films:Dom / Home, Just, Dear Leo Sokolovsky, Dance with Me Dad
David Keenan - Words on Canvas
dir. Paddy Hayes
DOC2025
In his music, one can hear real Ireland – both the country as it is today, with its local problems, and the one enshrined in tradition and landscape. The camera follows the Irish bard for 18 months, getting to the roots of his work and depicting his intimate portrait.
Read moreDear Leo Sokolosky
dir. Weronika Szyma
ANIM2024
A young girl writes a letter to Leo Sokolosky, a man who was in the Ansbach labour camp together with her great-grandfather. In the film, the past is mixed with the present and animated images are juxtaposed with photographs from the family archives creating a record of an intimate conversation, no longer with the addressee of the letter but with her great-grandfather.
Read moreSet of films:Dom / Home, Just, Dear Leo Sokolovsky, Dance with Me Dad
Dom / Home
dir. Aleksandra Powalacz, Julia Powalacz
DOC2025
What can you hear in the mountains? Does silence sound the same in the Tatras and in Antarctica? In this poetic tale, stimulating the senses, about journeys to the furthest corners of the globe and journeys into oneself, the guides include, among others, outstanding Polish mountaineers, such as Andrzej Bargiel, Kinga Baranowska and Anna Tybor, and traveller Marek Kaminski.
Read moreSet of films:Dom / Home, Just, Dear Leo Sokolovsky, Dance with Me Dad
Do Painters Die Elsewhere
dir. Michał Pietrak
DOC2025
For Bolesław Gasiński, life and art have been inextricably interwoven. He left behind not only paintings but also abundant audio and video materials. They constitute the main fabric of this documentary, making a visually sophisticated portrait of an outsider.
Read moreEarly Feelings
dir. Nurlan Hasanli
FIC2024
The life of an 11-year-old hero revolves around football – the pitch, stickers with football players, T-shirts with the name of his idol. The routine is interrupted by the death of a neighbour when the family from abroad turn up at the funeral. Among them, there is a girl, from whom the boy cannot take his eyes off. Have his mates noticed it, too?
Read moreSet of films:Beyond Eden, Early Feelings, Thank You Dr. Farsi, What Does The Mud Whisper
Elephant in the desert
dir. Yael Nivron
FIC2025
He hides his tears behind the sound of water, she wakes up at night with panic attacks. Nadav and Rotem are planning a wedding, but there are topics they do not discuss. How do you help a loved one when they do not want to talk about the problem? Sometimes, it is easier to spot an elephant in the desert than in your own room.
Read moreSet of films:The Last People, Paleontology Lesson, Whose Woods Are These, Elephant in the Desert, …
Fandango
dir. Remedios Málvarez Báez, Arturo Andújar
DOC2024
The Andalusian province of Huelva is famous for nurturing its traditional music, sometimes despised and considered a plebeian version of flamenco. Nevertheless, fandango is a separate style, which is still alive among the locals.
Read moreFear
dir. Robert Zawadzki
FIC2025
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 moreSet of films:Fear, Hello Headquarters, Nothing Else, The Show, All the Colours of Youth
Fission
dir. João Pedro Prado, Anton Yaremchuk
DOC2025
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
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 moreSet of films:Fear, Hello Headquarters, Nothing Else, The Show, All the Colours of Youth
Horde
dir. Janina Księska
ANIM2024
A psychedelic parade of bizarre creatures is proceeding rhythmically towards a red tower in the middle of nowhere. Inside, a hypnotic party is in full swing, its tempo controlled by a mysterious figure at the top of the tower. Dance, frenzy and colourful chaos engulf everyone except for a certain little blue man.
Read moreSet of films:In the Veins, People & Things, Horde
Housewife of the Year
dir. Ciaran Cassidy
DOC2024
A warm dinner on the table, a tidy house, children who have been looked after and a content husband. Behind this ideal, traditional image of the Irish household, there were sometimes exhausted and lonely women. The national competition for the ‘Housewife of the Year’, a television show that was broadcast between 1969 and 1995, offered them an opportunity to get out of the house.
Read moreHunting
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 moreSet of films:The Thief, Hunting, Nice Girls Don't Ask, Last Snows
Inga
dir. Krzysztof Kopczyński
DOC2025
On Inga’s fifth birthday, 24 February 2022, Russia invaded Ukraine. Almost 6 million people left the country, including 2 million children. Together with her blind parents, five cats and a dog, Inga moved to Dedala Street in Warsaw. In the shadow of the conflict, experiencing the pain of losing her home, the girl becomes the family’s guide to their new reality.
Read moreSet of films:Qaher, Inga, The Crooked Heads, Casting
In 769 km, New York
dir. Sofiia Buhrii
DOC2025
A distance of 769 kilometres is what separates a bakery in Kyiv from New York, an occupied town in the Donetsk region of Ukraine. This is where bread baked by people with intellectual disabilities ends up. Although they struggle with their own difficulties, their work saves people in the east of the country.
Read moreSet of films:Aicha, In 769 km New York, Urban Duo, Sammi Who Can Detach His Body Parts, Croak Show
In the Veins
dir. Maciej Tyburski
DOC2025
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 moreSet of films:In the Veins, People & Things, Horde
It’s All Because of Her
dir. Daria Kopiec
FIC2025
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 moreSet of films:Tears, As Long as They Don't Find Us, Bloodline, It’s All Because of Her
JUMP!
dir. Michał Cysewski
DOC2024
Magda’s passion is horse riding but due to high costs, she has to give up her lessons. She finds a new hobby – hobby horsing, an unusual sport that involves imitating horse riding. Behind this seemingly childish game lies serious competition and real emotions.
Read moreSet of films:Jump!, Neverlandex, Cold Home, Reenactment
Just
dir. Olga Kałagate
FIC2025
Aga and Bartek are getting ready to have dinner with friends – an evening out, without the kids. However, carefree atmosphere is ruined by the confession of their friends, who announce their separation after 15 years of the relationship. Having heard this unexpected news, they start analysing their own relationship on the way home.
Read moreSet of films:Dom / Home, Just, Dear Leo Sokolovsky, Dance with Me Dad
Kyiv Soloists
dir. Trond Kvig Andreassen
DOC2025
When the full-scale invasion of Ukraine began, musicians from the Kyiv Orchestra had just set off on a tour of Italy. They became refugees overnight but did not stop performing. Each of the protagonists must now redefine his or her role as an artist and citizen.
Read moreLast snows
dir. Sarah Henochsberg
FIC2024
The holidays in the Alps were expected to be carefree, but there is palpable tension between the parents, while the younger sister is whining and saying things she should not. Ten-year-old Sacha knows that this is their last trip together, and she tries to take care of the atmosphere and the entire family.
Read moreSet of films:The Thief, Hunting, Nice Girls Don't Ask, Last Snows
Light Darkness Light
dir. Landon van Soest
DOC2024
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 moreLiving Stones
dir. Jakob Ladányi Jancsó
FIC2025
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 moreSet of films:Amelia Starlight, World at Stake, Living Stones, The Granny & Fishes
Lovers in the Sky
dir. Fermin de la Serna
DOC2025
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 moreMother's House
dir. Changsoo Kim
ANIM2024
Young-soo leaves his mother, who suffers from Alzheimer’s, at a nursing home. On the way back, the man hits a strange pair of sheep with his car – a son and a mother, who look like people. As he tries to help the female sheep, he begins to understand what he has really lost. Will it be too late to make amends?
Read moreSet of films:The Last People, Paleontology Lesson, Whose Woods Are These, Elephant in the Desert, …
My Lost Russian Mother
dir. Sam Jones
DOC2023
The Irish director tells a story of siblings who have been adopted by an American family. Gabe decides to travel to Russia, where he hopes to find his biological mother. Meeting her turns out to be a painful experience. The story of the man and his disillusionment with his Russian family has also a dark, unexpected finale.
Read moreNeverlandex
dir. Agata Kapuścińska
FIC2025
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 moreSet of films:Jump!, Neverlandex, Cold Home, Reenactment
New Beginnings
dir. Vivianne Perelmuter, Isabelle Ingold
DOC2025
Al, a resident of California’s Yurok reserve, decides to embark on a long journey. Due to an environmental catastrophe, it is becoming increasingly difficult for him to engage in fishing and the demons of war are still swirling in his head. Will a reunion with his former brothers-in-arms enable him to regain his equilibrium?
Read moreNice Girls Don't Ask
dir. Jan Krawitz
DOC2025
The 1950s in America were the time when schools were flooded with educational films aiming to shape exemplary female behaviour. This story, composed of excerpts from such films, is not only a look at the past ideals of femininity but also a bitter reflection on their contemporary echoes.
Read moreSet of films:The Thief, Hunting, Nice Girls Don't Ask, Last Snows
Nothing Else
dir. Jakub Prysak
FIC2025
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.
Read moreSet of films:Fear, Hello Headquarters, Nothing Else, The Show, All the Colours of Youth
On My Own Terms
dir. Tadeusz Chudy
DOC2025
Paweł practices boxing, but the challenges he needs to face are of a completely different nature. Above all, he will have to start to live independently after leaving the children’s home. Regardless of what happens in Paweł’s life, what matters most is his relationship with the person closest to him.
Read morePaleontology Lesson
dir. Sergei Loznitsa
DOC2025
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 moreSet of films:The Last People, Paleontology Lesson, Whose Woods Are These, Elephant in the Desert, …
People & Things
dir. Damian Kosowski
FIC2024
Ukraine, 2028. The war is over and difficult issues need to be sorted out. Olena, with her daughter Kira and new partner Timur, arrives to collect the results of the DNA test confirming the death of her husband who went missing. During the procedure, the woman is overwhelmed by doubts.
Read moreSet of films:In the Veins, People & Things, Horde
Pet Farm
dir. Finn Walther, Martin Walther
DOC2024
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 morePoland versus History
dir. Joanna Grudzinska
DOC2025
The pogrom in Jedwabne in 1941 was a white spot in Polish history for a long time. It was not until Jan Tomasz Gross’s book ‘Neighbours’ that the debate on Polish-Jewish relations during the occupation was launched. The film shows how this subject divided Poles and was appropriated by historical politics.
Read morePuffling
dir. Jessica Bishopp
DOC2023
On a remote Icelandic island, teenagers Birta and Selma go on rescue missions instead of late-night parties. The girls help puffins trapped by the city lights. In this intimate tale, both the rescued birds and the film’s heroines embark on a journey towards adulthood together. 12+
Read moreSet of films:Puffling, Trip to the Forest
Reenactment
dir. Marcin Strauchold
FIC2025
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 moreSet of films:Jump!, Neverlandex, Cold Home, Reenactment
Sammi, Who Can Detach His Body Parts
dir. Rein Maychaelson
FIC2025
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 moreSet of films:Aicha, In 769 km New York, Urban Duo, Sammi Who Can Detach His Body Parts, Croak Show
Sane Inside Insanity — The Phenomenon of Rocky Horror
dir. Andreas Zerr
DOC2025
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
DOC2024
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 moreStill Moving
dir. Rui Ting-JI
ANIM2025
A moving animation about a mother and daughter who travel in a removal van and try to make a fresh start after the divorce. However, the journey becomes more and more difficult: the rain becomes more intense, the windscreen wipers stop working, the windows steam up and the tension rises, not just on the road but also between the protagonists.
Read moreSet of films:Sweden, Still Moving, Wassupkaylee, Citizen-Inmate, Becoming a Film Director
Surviving the Death Commitee
dir. Nima Sarvestani
DOC2025
One watches this film like a gripping thriller, and at times like a courtroom drama. An elaborate plot is unfolding before our eyes: a variety of efforts are made to capture and try a man who was co-responsible for the massacre of thousands of Iranian political prisoners in the 1980s.
Read moreSweden
dir. Nik Azad
FIC2024
A man walks into an office where bored clerks are poring over piles of paperwork. Unfortunately, he may need to have to stay there longer, because his documents lack the necessary identification number. A short film that could have been made by Wes Anderson based on a screenplay by Franz Kafka.
Read moreSet of films:Sweden, Still Moving, Wassupkaylee, Citizen-Inmate, Becoming a Film Director
Tata
dir. Lina Vdovîi, Radu Ciorniciuc
DOC2024
In this film, the global problem of invisible slavery meets a family story of violence. When a Moldovan journalist learns that her father, who works in Italy, is being abused and beaten by his employer, she arrives on the scene and tries to record the abuse using a hidden camera.
Read moreTears
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 moreSet of films:Tears, As Long as They Don't Find Us, Bloodline, It’s All Because of Her
Thank You Dr. Farsi
dir. Samaneh Shojaei
ANIM2025
Mino, reassured by her doctor’s recommendations, begins to understand that mental problems affect everyone, not just herself. During her birthday party, she observes the emotional struggles of her guests, such as trauma, anxiety and depression. A psychedelic journey that draws the viewer into unexplored states of the human psyche.
Read moreSet of films:Beyond Eden, Early Feelings, Thank You Dr. Farsi, What Does The Mud Whisper
The Big Chef
dir. Tomasz Wolski
DOC2025
He worked for the Soviet intelligence, faked his collaboration with the Gestapo and had to explain himself for it for the rest of his life. In Poland, in 1968, he was put under house arrest as a victim of the anti-Semitic campaign. Employing archival footage in a creative way, the film reveals the remarkable biography of Leopold Trepper.
Read moreThe Crooked Heads
dir. Jakub Krzyszpin
ANIM2025
A young boy tries to come to terms with his brother’s absence and enters the brutal reality of his neighbourhood. This is an animation about growing up in the world of violence, silence and unresolved past – a terrifying portrait of everyday life, full of aggression, unpaid debts and unsettled scores.
Read moreSet of films:Qaher, Inga, The Crooked Heads, Casting
The Gardener, the Buddhist & the Spy
dir. Håvard Bustnes
DOC2025
Tycoons producing carcinogenic asbestos with impunity, activists fighting the global web of illicit connections and a man who was a double or perhaps even a triple agent – here is an investigative documentary whose protagonist continually eludes us.
Read moreThe Graceless Age
dir. Sarah Share
DOC2023
John Murry, an adopted relative of Nobel laureate William Faulkner and, above all, an alienated and troubled musician from the American South, travels to the Irish coast to find solace. The director accompanies him throughout his return to the past and in his symbolic attempt at renewal.
Read moreThe Granny & Fishes
dir. Maria Mavati, Ehsan Farokhi Fard, Ehsan Farokhifard
DOC2024
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 moreSet of films:Amelia Starlight, World at Stake, Living Stones, The Granny & Fishes
The last people
dir. Nicolas Pindeus
FIC2025
A sleepy town in the Austrian countryside. Lenz works in a kitchen and Carina is a waitress. Lenz likes Carina, but she is dating Fabian, who has a car and a hot temper. The young people kill the small-town boredom by going out to a local bar on Fridays. One such outing will have serious consequences.
Read moreSet of films:The Last People, Paleontology Lesson, Whose Woods Are These, Elephant in the Desert, …
The Passion of Agnieszka
dir. Wojciech Staroń
DOC2025
A record of the most recent collaboration between legendary film editors, Agnieszka Bojanowska and Bogdan Dziworski – a duo that created some of the most important films in the history of Polish documentary cinema. Wojciech Staroń’s camera captures the behind-the-scenes of their difficult but extremely creative relationship.
Read moreThe Propagandist
dir. Luuk Bouwman
DOC2024
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 moreThe Show
dir. Agnieszka Popińska
ANIM2025
‘The Show’ is a warm and funny animation showing a kindergarten preparing for a nativity play. The children enthusiastically play the roles of shepherds, Joseph and angels. Natural dialogue and the world seen from the perspective of six-year-olds create a sincere and charming portrayal of childhood – with its little dramas and big questions.
Read moreSet of films:Fear, Hello Headquarters, Nothing Else, The Show, All the Colours of Youth
The Thief
dir. Christoffer Rizvanovic Stenbakken
FIC2025
Kaali notices that his beloved dog has disappeared and he is determined to find her. Has someone stolen or kidnapped her? A small town on the east coast of Greenland is an unremarkable setting for an odyssey - but it is here, while looking for his pet, that Kaali finds himself.
Read moreSet of films:The Thief, Hunting, Nice Girls Don't Ask, Last Snows
The Town That Drove Away
dir. Natalia Pietsch, Grzegorz Piekarski
DOC2025
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 moreThe Whale Song
dir. Michał Hytroś
DOC2025
The film is an impressionistic portrait of Krzysztof Globisz, a famous Polish actor. His post-stroke speech recovery becomes self-therapy and a creative process at the same time. Through his ‘whale haiku’, the protagonist communicates anew with his surroundings, while the viewers are provided with an opportunity to immerse themselves in his inner world.
Read moreTrip to the Forest
dir. Sławomir Mielnik
DOC2023
Won’t the TikTok and Minecraft generation die of boredom in the forest? The director accompanies the students as they spend a year on forest expeditions. The film shows the surprising emotions and discoveries of the young people as they learn to be together and get in touch with nature. 12+
Read moreSet of films:Puffling, Trip to the Forest
Two Cigarettes
dir. Rafał Łysak
DOC2024
After his father’s death, Rafał meets his killer. Daniel is 21 years old and has just left a reformatory. Although Rafał only wants to understand the motives behind the crime, his involvement quickly begins to exceed the boundaries he had previously set.
Read moreUrban Duo
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 moreSet of films:Aicha, In 769 km New York, Urban Duo, Sammi Who Can Detach His Body Parts, Croak Show
Wassupkaylee
dir. Pepi Ginsberg
FIC2025
First content, then lunch. Kaylee, a teenage prankster, ends up in a house of influencers, where the only things that matter are likes and advertising contracts. She finds it hard to fit in with a group of TikTokers, but unexpectedly, a chance for friendship presents itself. How far will Kaylee go to create the viral content she craves?
Read moreSet of films:Sweden, Still Moving, Wassupkaylee, Citizen-Inmate, Becoming a Film Director
What Does The Mud Whisper
dir. Dea Tcholokava
DOC2025
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.
Read moreSet of films:Beyond Eden, Early Feelings, Thank You Dr. Farsi, What Does The Mud Whisper
Where Dragons Live
dir. Suzanne Raes
DOC2024
Where Dragons Live is an intimate and enchanting portrait of childhood fears, imagination and the enduring power of the family myths and artefacts that shape our lives. We follow the Impey siblings as they prepare their family home for sale. They face difficult choices about which treasures to keep and which to discard, reflecting their struggle with conflicting memories.
Read moreWhose Woods Are These
dir. Kate Nartker
ANIM2024
Stepping barefoot on the grass, picking berries and, as dusk approaches, listening to the hooting of an owl and the steps of a wolf – the viewer gets to know a woman who went into the forest but never came back from it. Inspired by the true story of a missing great-grandmother, the film is a poetic tale based on scraps of memory, complemented by imagination.
Read moreSet of films:The Last People, Paleontology Lesson, Whose Woods Are These, Elephant in the Desert, …
World 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 moreSet of films:Amelia Starlight, World at Stake, Living Stones, The Granny & Fishes
Zlata
dir. Mattias Bavré
DOC2023
Zlata is 12 years old. After Russia’s full-scale invasion on Ukraine, she flees with her family to Belgium. She finds it difficult to find herself in a new place, which is made worse by her intense longing for her father, who stayed behind to fight. This simple, moving film about growing up is a reminder that adult conflicts also affect younger people. 12+
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