Until Death — Hungary 2022 — Directed by: Gergely Mózes — 46 min — Spoken language: Hungarian — Subtitles: English — Production Company: KREA-TV — Producer: Judit Ordódy
An animated historical documentary about the daring acts of a true hero, Catholic seminarian Tibor Baranski, and the atrocities caused by a bloodthirsty antihero, the Nazi monk, Father Kun. Their intertwining stories play out in the shadow of the 1944 siege of Budapest – the seminarian who saved lives and the monk who was a war criminal. Their stories offer many lessons for a modern local and global context heavily burdened with real problems and prejudices.
THE GAMER — Finland 2022 — Directed by: Petri Lukkainen, Jesse Jokinen — 80 min — Spoken language: Finnish — Subtitles: English — Production Company: napafilms — Producers: Liisa Karpo, Marianne Mäkelä
Bona’s shot at becoming a professional esports player takes an unexpected turn when sports psychologist Mia guides him through the pressures on and off the server.
France 2022 — Directed by: Ondine Novarese — 20 min — Spoken languages: Hebrew, French — Subtitles: English — Production: La Fémis — Producer: Justine Riou
A Jewish family tries to keep her traditions alive in the modern world, despite of the succession of generations. From film to Zoom, we live a Pesach holiday with this family, through time.
LAST CALL — France 2021 — Directed by: Inés Fabry Garcia — 21 min — Spoken language: French — Subtitles: English — Production: Université de Paris (ex Paris-Diderot)
Every day telephone operators of a legal advice service receive calls from prisoners. Soon, conversations escape from their primary function.
Spain, Bosnia and Herzegovina, North Macedonia 2021 — Directed by: Kumjana Novakova, Guillermo Carreras-Candi — 72 min — Spoken languages: Serbian, English — Subtitles: English — Producer: Kumjana Novakova
Archival footage from Srebrenica’s 1995 genocide is confronted with the present-day landscape, revealing how a place carries the weight of atrocity.
IT HAS PASSED, AND IT’S FINE — Hungary 2021 — Directed by: Debre Zsuzsa — 28 min — Spoken language: Hungarian — Subtitles: English — Production Company: Ethnic Talents — Producer: Zsuzsa Debre
Through thoughtful formal solutions, the use of archival footage, and the recording of intimate situations, the film displays the nostalgic relationship women who once worked in the Ózd Metallurgical Plants have with the past. Conversations in the hair salon reveal the everyday and community life of working families before the change of the regime, and a femininity rarely seen on film.
THE PLATANES' WALTZ — Spain 2021 — Directed by: Laurie Pinon, Bertrand Amiot — 64 min — Spoken language: French — Subtitles: English — Production Company: Girelle Production — Producer: Christophe Camoirano
Along the N10 road, in France, remains a timeless family-run truck stop, Les Platanes, a true landmark for truckers. On this island set in the middle of miles of tarmac, François and Patricia have welcomed for over twenty years the sailors of the road. Now approaching retirement, they decided to put their business for sale and, in a difficult economic context, are looking for a buyer.
Belgium 2021 — Directed by: Florent Remy — 18 min — Spoken language: French — Subtitles: English — Production Company: APACH asbl — Producer: Sébastien Andres
Osman has reached the heights of his art: Thai boxing. But he’s too old, his career is over. Now a stepfather, he will pass on his knowledge and tenacity to Gabriel, both in boxing and in his studies.
HERITAGE — Belgium, Hungary, Portugal 2021 — Directed by: Anna Gyimesi — 11 min — Spoken language: Hungarian — Subtitles: English — Production: DocNomads, Luca School of Arts, Brussels — Producers: Anna Gyimesi, Frederik Nicolai
For a long time, I knew that I wanted to do something with my grandfather's inherited family videos. When I faced the fact that I saw a happy family, a fundamental question appeared in my mind: how is it possible to continue to exist seemingly joyful as a Holocaust survivor? My Heritage is not just a bunch of travel videos, capturing family holidays. It is a deeply personal confession of mine as well, through which I can purely ask whether it is possible to choose life after a traumatic past, whether happiness is a choice, and whether, as a third-generation Holocaust survivor, I have the right to smile.
Switzerland 2021 — Directed by: Lesia Kordonets — 102 min — Spoken languages: Ukrainian, English — Subtitles: English — Production Company: DSCHOINT VENTSCHR FILMPRODUKTION — Producer: Karin Koch
PUSHING BOUNDARIES accompanies athletes from the Ukrainian Paralympic National Team who have lost their training base in Crimea due to the Russian annexation. They try to adapt to the new historic conditions in their private as well as in their professional lives and to qualify for the next games. The film shows people who grow beyond their physical limits on a daily basis while around them political boundaries are pushed back and forth. And the country they represent at international competitions is rendered invalid by the amputation of its territories.
North Macedonia, United Kingdom 2021 — Directed by: Matthew Somerville — 74 min — Spoken languages: Croatian, Slovenian, Serbian — Subtitles: English, Spanish, Croatian — Production Company: Sava Films Ltd — Producer: Matthew Somerville
SAVA is a river movie, a documentary film and a 990 km journey downstream. Her flow connects and divides, a shared thread through young nations and the hard border between them. SAVA acts as a vehicle for wandering the complex world of post-Yugoslavia - exploring a human relationship with nature, identity and nationhood. Her voice (Mira Furlan) connects the memories and dreams of 14 souls who share their stories on her banks. As rivers flow on, nations change, politics fluctuate and in a time of great division SAVA offers a compassionate, connected perspective of our complex world and all who live in it
SORRY COMRADE — Germany 2021 — Directed by: Vera Brückner — 94 min — Spoken language: German — Subtitles: English — Production Company: NORDPOLARIS — Producers: Fabian Halbig, Florian Kamhuber
Ex-East, ex-West, the Cold War and a great love affair. How was it? How did it feel? There are films that rely on images and archive and then there are the films that simply recreate everything without further ado in playful detail. A film that crosses borders, with tongue in cheek humour that is one thing above all: a great love story.
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