Art/Music/Culture

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  O Auto das Ánimas

  Spain | 2023 | 73min

  In a small village in Galicia in northern Spain, Pablo's family lives attached to their ancient traditions and beliefs. Feeling that he did not fit into their world, Pablo left 20 years ago to become a filmmaker. Now a restless feeling in him starts to get stronger, urging him to go back home to confront the ghosts of the past. Read More

   
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  Vika!

  Poland, Germany, Finland | 2023 | 72min

  84-year-old Vika is a true star of Warsaw nightclubs. As a charismatic and colorful DJ surrounding herself with young people she seems unstoppable and keeps repeating that age is just a number. But as Vika’s health starts to deteriorate she has to come to terms with the passing of time, finding purpose in bringing joy to other seniors. Read More

   
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  Close to Vermeer

  The Netherlands | 2023 | 75 / 55min

  Close to Vermeer follows Gregor Weber, curator at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam, working on his last big dream before his retirement: setting up the largest Vermeer exhibition ever. Read More

   

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  Stand Up My Beauty

  Switzerland, Germany | 2021 | 110min

  Nardos is a young singer from Addis Ababa who wants to fulfill herself as an artist, undeterred by everyday problems and strict tradition. Director Heidi Specogna tells the story of the conception of her first own, original song, through the stylistic means of a documentary musical. Read More

   
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  To the Moon

  Ireland | 2020 | 76min

  TO THE MOON by Tadhg O'Sullivan steps lightly through the ages and ideas that people have drawn from the moon to meditate on the fragile and fleeting nature of humanity. Read More

   
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  Monobloc

  Germany | 2021 | 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

   

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  Cuban Dancer

  Italy, Canada, Chile | 2020 | 53 /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

   
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  Walchensee Forever

  Germany | 2020 | 110min

  In her documentary family saga, director Janna Ji Wonders embarks on a voyage of discovery spanning a century: she takes us from the family café at the Bavarian Walchensee to San Francisco to the infamous "Summer of Love“. Read More

   
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  Little Man, Time and the Troubadour

  Netherlands, Belgium | 2019 | 55/104min

  Bypassing political propaganda and combining elements from documentary, fiction and animation, this road movie by Ineke Smits sheds a poetic light on a highly topical question in a world that is on fire: what is home, what makes a country? Read More