MANHOOD — Germany 2024 — Directed by: Tobit Kochanek — 71 min — Spoken language: German — Subtitles: English — Producers: Tobit Kochanek, Britt Abrecht — Production Company: Filmakademie Baden Württemberg — Photography: Dennis Banemann — Editing: Tim Kraushaar — Sound: Rachel Oker — Music: Philipp Lust
Every Monday in Berlin’s Görlitzer Park, a group of men come together to play football—and reflect on masculinity, heartbreak, and midlife crisis, forming a brotherhood as raw and endearing as the game itself.
NEUROTYPES — Finland 2024 — Directed by: Maija Hirvonen — 76 min — Spoken language: Finnish — Subtitles: English — Production Compnany: Mouka Filmi Oy — Producer: Juha Löppönen
Aida, a gifted autistic girl overwhelmed by the school system, becomes an unlikely young activist demanding real change for neurodiverse children.
PERLA AND THE HUMANS — France 2024 — Directed by: Tara Lepleux — 15 min — Production Company: DEMC (documentaire : écriture du monde contemporain) — Producer: Caroline Zeau
A day in the life of Sylvie, a french groomer.
SIMPLY DIVINE — France 2024 — Directed by: Melody Boulissere, Bogdan Stamatin — 15 min — Spoken language: Romanian — Subtitles: English — Production Company: Novanima Productions — Producer: Marc Faye
91-year-old Nușa recalls a lost wartime love in this tenderly animated reflection on memory and longing.
I WOULD RATHER BE A STONE — Croatia 2024 — Directed by: Ana Hušman — 24 min — Spoken language: Croatian — Subtitles: English — Producer: Ana Hušman
In Croatia’s remote region of Lika, where war, poverty, and emigration have long shaped the land and its people, a massive reservoir project transforms the landscape once more—told through the voice of Little Jela, echoing a generation’s memories, struggles, and hopes.
LION'S WRINKLE AND CROW'S FEET — Belgium 2024 — Directed by: Juliette Leonard — 24 min — Spoken language: French — Subtitles: English, Spanish — Producers: Manon Ledune & Vincent Canart — Production Companies: INSAS & L'atelier de réalisation
Growing old as a woman is a tragedy. Without realising it that's what I've always thought and what I've always been taught.
Italy 2024 — Directed by: Valerio Lo Muzio, Michael Petrolini — 72 min — Spoken language: Italian — Subtitles: English — Producer: Emiliano Trovati, Daniele Barbiero — Production Company: Fase 3 società cooperativa
An engaging journey into the life of the protagonist, a young Ecuadorian woman who, amidst the various challenges of her existence, navigates complex family dynamics in the peripheral context of the city of Bologna.
Bulgaria, Germany 2024 — Directed by: Eliza Petkova — 95 min — Spoken language: Bulgarian — Subtitles: English — Production Company: Wood Water Films GmbH — Producer: Veselka Kiryakova, Jasper Ph. Mielke, Arto Sebastian, Karoline Henkel — Co-Producers: Eliza Petkova, Constanze Schmitt
Animals observe a Bulgarian village: an experimental look at disappearing traditions.
Italy, Romania 2024 — Directed by: Ettore Mengozzi — 64 min — Spoken languages: Italian, Romanian — Subtitles: English — Production Companies: Bloom Media House srl (Italia), East Movies (Romania) — Producer: Francesca Cimolai, Marco Chiappa, Cristina Iordache
While mothers like Natalia and Corina leave their children behind to work abroad, their sacrifice turns into silent suffering. A tender portrait of how an unjust system breeds illness in both the women and their families.
LIFE IS LIKE THAT AND NOT OTHERWISE. — Germany 2024 — Directed by: Lenia Friedrich — 13 min — Production: Kunsthochschule für Medien Köln — Producer: Lenia Friedrich
An animated documentary for a very old neighbour – a cinematic declaration of love.
Germany 2024 — Directed by: Sophie Lahusen — 15 min — Spoken languages: German, English — Subtitles: English — Producer: Nora Kilroy & Jonas Windgassen — Co-Production: HFF Munich — Production Company: headroom film — Script: Sophie Lahusen & Beatrix Rinke — Photography: Sophie Lahusen — Editing: Leila Fatima Keita — Sound: Xavier Fleming — Music: Jiro Yoshioka
"The silence of 600 million results" follows a young woman as she clicks, scrolls and chats her way from a positive pregnancy test to a decision.
Germany, Tanzania, United Republic of 2024 — Directed by: Kokutekeleza Musebeni — 29 min — Production: University of Television and Film Munich (HFF) — Producer: Seren Şahin
In an Afrofuturistic future free from wars and discriminations, a young black woman receives memories from our present and must decide whether to inherit or erase the trauma of her ancestors. A hybrid film journey between an Afrofuturistic future and a documentary-style narrative of the director's life, as the child of a German and a Tanzanian.
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