Screening also accessible for people with visual impairments On December 20th, 1989, Romania stands on the brink of revolution. As tensions reach a boiling point, six seemingly disconnected lives intersect in unexpected ways...
Desperate to save her marriage, a woman in China hires a professional to go undercover and break up her husband’s affair. Teacher Wang is a ‘mistress dispeller’ – a profession devoted to helping couples in the face of infidelity. This film unveils family stories usually hidden behind closed doors, exploring how emotion, pragmatism and cultural norms shape new romantic relationships in contemporary China.
Beyond the river lies a world where suffering, poverty, and violence define everyday life. The film doesn’t explain or judge - it listens. With no external narration, the community tells its own story - with pain, with humor, with dignity. An unforgiving mirror held up to a society that keeps what it doesn’t want to see at arm’s length.
A female voice is haunting a male gaze. An archival documentary about three men making images of women, in Romania, from WW II until the Revolution: an engineer filming his daughter, a music professor documenting his family and an aristocrat capturing the summer spent with his wife during wartime. These stories are linked and told by a questioning female narrator whose obsession with the figure of Alexandru P. gets out of hand.
When a burned Quran is found on a film set, the shoot takes a dark turn and the crew is thrown into turmoil. Caught in the crossfire of accusations, 24-year-old intern Elif is drawn into a dangerous game of secrets and lies, finding herself at the heart of an all-absorbing conspiracy.
Beyond the river lies a world where suffering, poverty, and violence define everyday life. The film doesn’t explain or judge - it listens. With no external narration, the community tells its own story - with pain, with humor, with dignity. An unforgiving mirror held up to a society that keeps what it doesn’t want to see at arm’s length.
Strigoi (Strigoi, dir. Márton Nagy, România) Magicianul (The Magician, dir. Bogdan Mureșanu, România) Vali (dir. Claudiu Mitcu, România) Nebunul (The Madman, dir. Igor Cobileanski, România) What Freedom Looks Like (What Freedom Looks Like, dir. Gnatiuc Dorel, România)
Pedro, a loss adjuster, travels across Mexico investigating the causes of major catastrophes. To escape the depravity and violence of his daily life, Pedro decides to become an art collector. Also, Pedro becomes involved in a theater production, but his lack of experience and the repulsive character he must portray plunge him into an identity crisis....See more details
Artificial Intelligence fuels our dreams and nightmares. But while tech giants promise the advent of a new humanity, behind the scenes millions of workers around the world prepare the data that will feed Big Tech’s voracious algorithms, at the cost of their mental and emotional health... Are they the collateral damage of this promised future?
Ángela, a deaf woman, is expecting a child with her hearing partner, Héctor. The baby’s arrival disrupts their relationship, forcing Ángela to face the challenges of raising her daughter in a world not made for her.