Zosimus, the patriarch, is about to die, and Leonidas, the youngest monk in his community, sees it as an omen of their grim fate. Deeply shaken and forced to venture into the city, Leonidas discovers a brotherhood of an entirely different order than his own: the bodybuilders of the Boa Gym. Convinced that he is destined to save his congregation from their own weakness, Leonidas rediscovers the power of his physical body and begins a radical transformation.
In a cave within an incisor, a shaman works ambitiously on a massive mural. When she runs out of paint, she travels to the wisdom tooth at the back of the mouth to gather new supplies. Her journey is arduous, as toothpaste storms sweep through the oral cavity: the television presenter to whom the mouth belongs prepares to deliver the weather report with a brilliant white smile.
In nighttime Havana, the dim lights that light up its streets rely on an unstable electricity supply- the same one that supplies the sound systems at raves. A group of young people, witnesses to the complete lack of energy, drift through the city, lost in delirious conversations, conspiracies and apathy as the city grows darker.
A cheeky dismantling of spy tropes and a love letter to Cambodia, THE SENTRY follows a suave Western agent who thinks he's about to make another routine kill. But some stories refuse to be footnotes - and this particular guard isn't finished talking. A genre-bending tale about the extraordinary lives we're trained to overlook.
Zazu, a teenager in the midst of discovering their identity, must choose whether to take part in their village’s traditional celebration by assuming a predetermined role, or stay true to what they feel.
A demon haunts Adela’s house, tormenting her and causing her harm. This drives her to visit a psychiatrist, where medication is presented as the ultimate cure for all her problems. But what she truly needs is for someone to listen to what is really happening to her. The only place where her reality seems to fit is within religion and folk rituals, leading her to visit a healer to whom she confides how and when it all began.
Kusanagi, a delivery worker, gets a complaint about a damaged package. With his boss Sakurai, he visits Heihachi to apologize. The tiger figurine was made by Heihachi’s son Jun. Heihachi asks, “How will you compensate for this masterpiece? How much is it worth?” and tries to make them buy it. While Heihachi is out, Jun says, “I saw my father break it. He cried. Don’t hate him.” As Kusanagi leaves, he returns the figurine: “Jun is your greatest masterpiece.” Heihachi is stunned. On the way back, Kusanagi and Sakurai talk about their sons.
Lita has feared lizards since she was a child. Every summer, she returns to Lagartera, where her family’s traditions run deep. During the Corpus Christi celebration, as her grandmother dresses her, Lita uncovers the roots of her fear.
An emotional journey through home recordings made by a thirteen-year-old girl, as the author revisits her own preadolescence and loss of innocence.
When a Palestinian filmmaker based in Scotland unearths a rarely-seen Scottish film archive of Palestinian wild flowers, he decides to reclaim the footage. This tender essay film questions the role of image-making as a tool of both testimony and violence when connected to entanglements between people and land.
Three MiniDV tapes of life in Gaza from 2001 were recently rediscovered. What started as a search for a former prison mate from 1989, led to an unexpected road trip from the north to the south of Gaza with Hasan, a local guide whose fate remains unknown.
A cinematic reflection on memory, loss and the passage of time, capturing a Gaza of the past and lives that may never be found again.
Between Spain and Algeria, Soumaya reconnects with her family and heritage. Through laughter, prayer, and memory, three generations of women weave threads across distance, belief, and tradition.
FUCK THE POLIS is a film about an intimate connection with the world: a profound attempt to look at what surrounds us, where history coexists with the present and our memories and emotions intertwine with the objectivity of reality.
Based on a letter from activist Lili Massaferro to an American friend, narrated in voice-over, and using archival material from various Argentine media outlets, the film recounts Lili’s personal story and her political commitment, intertwined with Argentina’s own history: Peronism and the figure of Evita, the death of her son Manolo, and the Peronist feminist movement of the 1970s.
Documentary that captures the testimony of the Mothers of Plaza de Mayo, whose children were detained and disappeared during Argentina’s last military dictatorship (1976–1983).
Three archetypes of human dialogues and their logical impasses. Visual genius at the service of sarcasm.
This film is dedicated to those who transform the hard mass of glass into magical images of their poetic imaginations – Czech glassmakers. In search of inspiration, the artist looks dreamily out the window into the rain.
A young woman who engages in a series of romantic encounters, dating different men to find a suitable partner. Her choices are presented as a process of selecting different types of romantic experiences.
A little boy ties a knot in his handkerchief not to forget calling a plumber to the house. Distracted by football, the handkerchief takes life and explores the world around him.
The film is a dark grotesque about a blinded thief who is ultimately robbed of his most precious possession, his own blood, by his victims from the other world. The film is a mix of live-action with animation and with high artistic expression.
