Between the Lines(NaN)

Bag Man(en)

BAG MAN is the understated story of a 12 year old African American boy, who takes us on an introspective journey out of the city and into the remote countryside of upstate New York. With a mysterious duffle bag in hand, its contents unknown to us, we journey from the urban hustle of Harlem, into the winter-ravaged woodlands a world away. On the road, we slowly discover his real intentions, and the significance of what is hidden inside a young boy's bag.

John Keats: His Life and Death(en)

Dramatization short on British romantic poet John Keats.

Kabei: Our Mother(ja)

Set in Tokyo in 1940, the peaceful life of the Nogami Family suddenly changes when the father, Shigeru, is arrested and accused of being a Communist. His wife Kayo works frantically from morning to night to maintain the household and bring up her two daughters with the support of Shigeru's sister Hisako and Shigeru's ex-student Yamazaki, but her husband does not return. WWII breaks out and casts dark shadows on the entire country, but Kayo still tries to keep her cheerful determination, and sustain the family with her love. This is an emotional drama of a mother and an eternal message for peace.

Devils on the Doorstep(zh)

During the Japanese occupation of China, two prisoners are dumped in a peasant's home in a small town. The owner is bullied into keeping the prisoners until the next New Year, at which time they will be collected. The village leaders convene to interrogate the prisoners. The townspeople then struggle to accommodate the prisoners. One is a bellicose Japanese nationalist, the other a nervous translator. Will the townspeople manage to keep the prisoners until the New Year?

Men Behind the Sun(cn)

Japanese troops round up Chinese and Russian prisoners of war and take them to unit 731, where they're horribly tortured and experimented on to test new biological weapons.

Congrès de Tours 1920: The Birth of the French Communist Party(fr)

Cosmic Bowling(en)

After their plans are unexpectedly canceled, three teenage girls spend one Friday night trolling their local suburbs, desperately searching for the cute new boy from school.

Lig stille(da)

Siblings Johanne and Simon enjoy their youth in Copenhagen with shared parties, friends and an apartment. Everything changes when Johanne involuntarily witnesses Simon's rape of a girl in her room one night. Johanne is sent into the biggest dilemma of her life, where the line between right and wrong slowly blurs.

Midwinter Sacrifice(sv)

A mythic depiction of a pagan sacrifice in prehistoric Sweden.

Stammheim - Zeit des Terrors(de)

The Stammheim trial against the leadership of the first generation of the RAF was one of the most elaborate in the Federal Republic of Germany. Through this trial, Stammheim also became a place of identity for the RAF. The docudrama uses the perspective of Horst Bubeck, who as a prison officer in the cell wing had the most intensive contact with the prisoners, to shed new light on the history.

La Sirena(en)

A psychosexual fairy tale about a woman who surrenders to her inner monster to avenge her broken heart.

Maculate(en)

Maculate is a film about a girl in the '50s, sent to a nunnery by her parents as a last resort for her bad behavior. After being kicked out of countless schools, her parents make it clear it's either the Almighty's house or the streets. Soon after her arrival at the abbey she realizes she's pregnant - not wanting to end up homeless - what's a girl to do but fake an immaculate conception?

Come and See(ru)

The invasion of a village in Belarus by German forces sends young Florya into the forest to join the weary Resistance fighters, against his family's wishes. There he meets a girl, Glasha, who accompanies him back to his village. On returning home, Florya finds his family and fellow peasants massacred. His continued survival amidst the brutal debris of war becomes increasingly nightmarish, a battle between despair and hope.

Apprehension(en)

A dark entity lingers over Elsie. A daily struggle, impaired thoughts and emotions causing her to lose contact with external reality.

Escape from Sobibor(en)

The true story of WWII's notorious Sobibor Nazi death camp, where a courageous inmate orchestrates and leads the escape of over 300 prisoners.

For People in Trouble(en)

When two people meet one night in London, their relationship blossoms and fractures, intertwined with impending societal collapse.

Divebomb(en)

With his career in jeopardy a journalist begins to question the nature of his friendship with a senior journalist.

Friend(jv)

Joko and Widodo are best friends who live in a village. Joko likes to shoot Widodo’s fowl. Every time Widodo knows that his fowls have been killed; he takes revenge by burning Joko’s house. This weird friendship then changes when Widodo must move to the city, living with his son and his family.

Emmilou Run(de)

What happens if the global crisis suddenly becomes personal? After her twin sister has simply run away, Emmi goes on a search for clues. Surrounded by overwhelmed adults and terror news, she tries to sound out her perplexity between loss of control and dreamy longing ...