During her parents' visit, a new Palestinian mother living in Amsterdam struggles to connect with her newborn. As family dynamics unfold, postpartum challenges and family expectations grow.
Through a series of encounters between a researcher, a beekeeper, and a group of children, the film explores the intertwined relationships between bees, beeswax, and mourning in the Basque Country.
Between quest and cathartic ritual, Mia builds objects and spaces filled with memories. It is also, and above all, the recreation of an architecture of violence through the eyes of a little girl who was sexually abused in her childhood home by her father.
A budgie finds itself in a luxurious wellness hotel that promises stressed birds peace and relaxation. But between the lulling sound of the fountains and soothing massages, it longs only to return to the safety of its cage.
Joseph is looking for Mara. Mara is trying to find herself. He meets up with her at a party. People are talking about a while whale that has been washed up on the beach. Mara wants to see it, and Joseph wants to follow Mara – never mind the gathering storm.
An animated documentary exploring the lifelong bond between identical twin artists Alicja and Bożena Wahl, where sisterhood, love and art become inseparable. The film is based on Alicja Wahl’s diaries - an intimate, unending dialogue with Bożena - as well as the artistic work of both sisters.
Life follows its routines in a small Georgian village during the festive days of New Year and Christmas. Nata and Dato's family appears harmonious by local standards, but beneath the surface lies turmoil. After enduring yet another violent incident at the hands of her husband, Nata decides to leave. only to face unexpected opposition from village women who pressure her to maintain the facade of normality. This intimate portrait reveals her quiet struggle for dignity against deeply ingrained societal expectations.
Every five years, the community of Taft, California crowns its Maids of Petroleum. The film follows teenage contestants as they rehearse and perform, from a Friday-night football game to the final parade. With oil rigs pumping at the edges of the celebration, they carry forward a civic mythology built around the resource beneath them. Filmed entirely in the present, the film asks: what does it mean to wear the inheritance of a place defined by extraction?
