Portraits

  • A Holy Family

    Taiwan, France | 2022 | 88min

    After 24 years of absence, director Elvis A-Liang Lu returns home to his family in a rural area of southwestern Taiwan. A HOLY FAMILY is an intimate journey of home-coming, a portrait of rekindled family bonding despite differences in religious beliefs, and an unflinching tale of self-discovery through filmmaking. Read More

     
  • Outside

    Ukraine, The Netherlands, Denmark | 2022 | 79 / 58min

    The 7-year journey of Roma, once a poster boy for the Ukrainian Revolution, who is released from the orphanage at 18 into the adult world with nothing but a knife and a lighter. Read More

     
  • 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

     
  • Brotherhood

    Czech Republic, Italy | 2021 | 97 / 54min

    BROTHERHOOD by Francesco Montagner is an intimate coming of age story following three young brothers in Bosnia, growing up under the shadow of their father’s influence, who must each decide: which man do you want to be? Read More

     
  • Anamnesis

    Germany | 2021 | 111min

    How do you picture a man who has murdered? A film by Chris Wright and Stefan Kolbe about the story of Stefan S. and the limits of our imagination. 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

     
  • Mother

    Belgium, Netherlands | 2019 | 52 / 82min

    MOTHER by Kristof Bilsen is a character-driven film that allows us to explore the struggles of motherhood and the frustrations of being unable to care for our loved ones. Read More

     
  • Selfie

    France, Italy | 2019 | 78min

    Italian teenagers Alessandro and Pietro accepted director Agostino Ferrente’s proposal to shoot themselves with an iPhone, commenting on their own daily life, their close friendship, their neighbourhood in Naples. Read More

  • Heimat is a Space in Time

    Germany, Austria | 2019 | 218min

    Director Thomas Heise pics up the biographical pieces left by his family, and composes an epic picture of four generations of his family, of a country, of a century. Read More