Film Catalogue

• 

  Bellum - The Daemon of War

  Sweden, Denmark | 2021 | 58/88min

  A triptych of stories by David Herdies and Georg Götmark about the ways in which Western nations choose to cope with war, write the narratives of war, the different ways they find to profit from it, and how they film it. Read More

   
   
• 

  The Bubble

  Switzerland, Austria | 2021 | 52/90min

  THE BUBBLE by Valerie Blankenbyl examines often-surreal senior citizen life within The Villages, America’s largest retirement community. Leisurely retired life beneath the year-round Floridian sunshine however, is not perhaps as idyllic, or as welcomed, as viewers may imagine. Read More

   
   
• 

  Les Enfants terribles

  France, Turkey, Germany | 2021 | 52/93min

  Set in a close-Arab community, in a village situated in the south of Turkey, this film by Ahmet Necdet Cupur unfolds a familial story, where children must face their imposed fate and pressure from the community, to emancipate and follow aspirations. Read More

   
   

• 

  Gorbachev. Heaven

  Latvia, Czech Republic | 2020 | 57/100min

  The 90-year old Gorbachev currently lives in a modest house outside Moscow, awaiting the moment when he will be called to join the list of the 20th century’s most consequential figures. History will judge Gorbachev, but Gorbachev presents his own, final testimony - captured by Vitaly Mansky. Read More

   
   
• 

  Molecules

  Italy | 2020 | 54/68min

  Between February and April of 2020, Andrea Segre, who lives in Rome for several years, got stuck in Venice during the lockdown: Venice, hometown of his father and just partially his own. Read More

   
   
• 

  Monobloc

  Germany | 2020 | 52 / 65 / 90min

  The monobloc plastic chair is the best-selling piece of furniture that ever existed. MONOBLOC by Hauke Wendler tells the story of how this unsightly chair took the world by storm – and why. Read More

   
   

• 

  Cuban Dancer

  Italy, Canada, Chile | 2020 | 52 /98min

  Director Roberto Salinas portrays Alexis, a talented and proud student of the National Ballet School of Cuba, who spends his life practicing chassé and entrechats with his girlfriend and dance partner Yelenia. When his family moves to Florida, he must adjust his expectations and dreams to a radically new environment. Read More

   
   
• 

  Merry Christmas, Yiwu

  Sweden / Serbia, Germany, France, Belgium, Qatar | 2020 | 54 / 94min

  An intimate film by Mladen Kovačević about everyday lives of Chinese workers stuck in between Chinese communist tradition and newly discovered Chinese dream that takes place in Yiwu, a city with 600 Christmas factories which produce Christmas for the entire world. Read More

   
   
• 

  How to Steal a Country

  South Africa | 2019 | 58/93min

  A rags-to-riches story by Rehad Desai, involving political influence, corruptible politicians and a host of well-known multinationals prepared to benefit from state capture in South Africa. Read More