When Lightning Flashes Over the Sea(2025)

The Return of Ivan(el)

Triggered by Russia's invasion of Ukraine in early spring of 2022, Ukrainian journalist and writer Ivan Avramov struggles to navigate his fluid identity and the shifting reality around him.

War Tails(en)

The Russian invasion of Ukraine created an avalanche of abandoned dogs and cats that are now multiplying causing unforeseen consequences.

Ukrainian Independence(uk)

The film’s events take place on a single day: August 24, 2022, the day Ukraine celebrates the 31st anniversary of the renewal of independent statehood. The film combines places and people that best capture the country’s wartime spirit. The locations are: the relatively safe cities of Kyiv and Lviv; the cities under daily missile fire of Kharkiv and Mykolaiv; a trench at the frontlines near Donetsk; and the beaches of Odesa. The film presents a day in the life of a beach police patrol, a woman anti-tank missile operator, a water delivery driver, a mortar unit soldier, a rapid assault unit soldier, a 14-year-old pub janitor, an artist and a former member of parliament. Together, these people and places create an engaging mosaic of a day in the life of Ukraine.

Karun – The Longest River of Iran(fa)

On September 22, 1998, the Iranian poet Hamid Hajizadeh and his nine-year-old son Karun, whose name symbolically refers to Iran's longest river, were brutally murdered in their home in Kerman. The documentary film, based on the statements of the survivors, tries to sensitively reconstruct one of the many terrible motivated events that took place in Iran at the end of the previous century and draws us into the fateful day with the help of detailed shots of the objects in Hamid's study.

Chceme ještě žít!(cs)

Follow the Stickers(en)

Strange stories emerge after an investigation into the craft and motives behind various stickers on the street furniture of the UK, in this light hearted documentary about sticker art.

Hospi(es)

The Peeper(en)

Strange things happened in the pole dance gym after the trainer caught a peeper behind the door.

Once Upon a Time in Odesa(ru)

An assassination attempt on a high-ranking official in the center of Odesa, Ukraine.

I Am My Own Woman(de)

The life story of Charlotte von Mahlsdorf, who survived the Nazi reign as a trans woman and helped start the German gay liberation movement. Documentary with some dramatized scenes. Two actors play the young and middle aged Charlotte and she plays herself in the later years.

Sieben Mulden und eine Leiche(de)

Thomas Haemmerli is about to celebrate his fortieth birthday when he learns of his mother's death. A further shock follows when he and his brother Erik discover her apartment, which is filthy and full to bursting with junk. It takes the brothers an entire month to clean out the place. Among the chaos, they find films going back to the 1930s, photos and other memorabilia.

Football Under Cover(de)

David Asmmann's Football Under Cover documents the hard work involved in setting up an exhibition soccer match, known as a "friendly," between a German girls squad and Iranian women's team. In addition to showing how the two groups come from very different cultures, the documentary showcases what playing the game means to the members of both teams, and displays how passionate the fans of these two squads are.

Swing con Son(es)

Music documentary about Billo Frómeta by director Rafael Marziano Tinoco from Venezuela.

David Bowie - The Calm Before The Storm: Under Review 1969 - 1971(en)

The programme also includes rare, seldom seen archive footage and photographs plus a host of other features which all together make for the finest film yet on this period of David Bowie's life and career.

Duran Duran – The Ultimate Review(en)

This is a 60 minute independent critical review of Duran Duran on record, on film and in concert with commentary by Graham McTavish. The video draws on rare live film from the archives, and chronicles the band from the early days in the 1980s. The film features interviews with Mark Tinley and former co-manager Paul Berrow, the man who first signed the band to EMI. There are also interviews with a leading team of critics and musicologists to provide a penetrating insight into the music of Duran Duran, with live footage from The Sing Blue Silver Tour, plus TV & radio archives. The DVD contains only small video clips of Duran Duran.

There Goes Our Neighbourhood(en)

The locals of Waterloo, Sydney, stand their ground and fight back as property developers and politicians try to take over the suburb.

Leigh-Anne: Race, Pop and Power(en)

Pop star Leigh-Anne Pinnock confronts her experience as the only black member of Little Mix, and as a black woman in the music industry. She embarks on her own very personal journey to understand how she can use her platform and privilege to combat the profound racism she sees in society around her.

Sound of the Surf(en)

In the 1960’s, surf music was born in southern California and quickly became a global cultural phenomenon. From the original pioneers to those who revolutionized it, surf music’s influence helped to shape an entire generation. Journey back in time with original music, rare archival footage, personal photo collections, and exclusive interviews from surf music legends and their fans.

Palo Amargo, Jeep, Grapefruits(es)

Faced with the global crisis due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the head of a family trusts in the curative and preventive properties of the Palo Amargo tea, but his believes end up reverberating within the family dynamic.

L'ordre à tout prix(fr)

When France rumbles, the strategy and control of public order become a crucial political issue. Between protecting institutions and guaranteeing the right to demonstrate: the right balance is subtle. At the beginning of the Yellow Vests movement, at the end of 2018, the principles of "French-style" policing were shattered. The ransacking of the Arc Triomphe, the hundreds of injuries among the demonstrators and the forces of order mark the minds. How did it come to this? In order to understand, the film questions the so-called "legitimate" force and confronts them with the images of these confrontations.