This art-house picture enjoys a minimalistic form consisting of masterfully arranged, serene, almost hypnotic images of affecting, impressive beauty.
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Ali is in the middle of a real life crisis. By means of scary outbursts, he can’t restrain himself from taking out his frustration on either his wife or his son. Down the River is a lifelike told drama about a dysfunctional family.
A talented doctor wants to execute the first cardiac-transplantation in Poland. A dynamic, ingenous and realistic drama.
This emotional, saturated, and atmospheric work shows Havel as a visionary, a hero and a role model who is praised not only in his homeland but also in the whole world.
The film tells the fate of a poor peasant woman against the background of the war between Armenia and Azerbaijan in the beginning of the 1990s. But at the same time it is a universal parable on all mothers during the time of war.
In sombre pictures, Vinko Möderndorfer’s shocking social drama shows the hard struggle for justice of a small family. Is there an escape out if this hell, which has been based on Dante Alighieri’s Inferno of The Divine Comedy?
Trying to escape modern civilization, the 30-year old Igor has found a peaceful home in Chernobyl. But his psychological issues never really let him come to rest. Fantastic shots of abandoned landscape and a moving storyline.
Mizrap is 40-years old and he’s still not married, has no job and lives as ever with his parents. One day his father runs out of patience and he throws his unsuccessfull son out of his house.
True friendship, betrayal and the real first love, everything is included. But what do you do when you actually fall in love with the girlfriend of your older brother?
With his wife and son, Nikolai lives on the shore of a small bay in the Barents Sea. The town mayor wants to take away his land, his house and his car workshop for a ridiculous amount of money. That is when he starts to protest...
The film shows, how the loss of memory makes forgotten dreams come true. A humorous portrait of the generation 30+.
A fresh-married couple has to face turbulances, which occur during their trip to the Croatian coast. A comedy, which plays with the clichés of holidays and relationships.
,,Gezi’’ stands nowadays for a civil opposition. The film records the unique team spirit and solidarity of the protesters against demolishing a green area at the very heart of Istanbul.
17 years old Modris is already a heavily addicted gambler. He still lives at his mother’s place, who is in a permanent clinch with her son. Inspired by a true story, the film was celebrated as best feature film debut in San Sebastian.
A man disappears, just like that. Four years later, he reappears. As a different human, sick and traumatized. His granddaughter Tiha K. Gudacs, director of this film, wants to find out what her grandfathes is not telling.
The love-story of a well-situated Dutch woman a migrant is told in 15 episodes. A tantaric cineastic experience.
German engineer for wind power plants, Julius Schmitke, finds himself in a midlife crisis. The cheerful but serious film lies somewhere between comedy, character study and mys
Aslan finds – and saves – Sivas, a sheepdog left to die. Starting off as a moving tale of friendship, the feature soon evolves into anything but a typical Lassie story.
Just as the movie director Andrea Culková becomes pregnant with the third child, she gets diagnosed with diabetes. To keep the baby safe Andrea changes her food habits. The film shows the outcome of her research about diabetes during pregnancy.
Kind-hearted man discovers a threatening catastrophe and soon finds himself up against a thick wall of absurd bureaucracy. The Fool had its premiere in 2014 in Locarno where it also received an award.
One night, two brothers and two events that will change their lives forever. An extraordinary cominf-of-age-story.
A surrelistic drama of revenge, which also deals with elements of critic of society.
Ten-year-old deaf-dumb Denisa lives with her family and other Romani people in Poland. They face extreme poverty, constant presence of police forces, segregation isolation. Very moving and poetic story.
A teenager gets battered. For his parents, a time full of horror starts. A realistic and socially-critical drama.
In the 1960s Germany and Romania signed an emigration agreement that was kept secret from the public. The documentary shows the circumstances of the deal.
Lovesickness, romantic adventures and intrigues in the Russian elite. A drama with Ralph Fiennes and Sylvie Testud.
The other kids at the elite school, in which Johannes is transfered, make sure he knows that his place in the hierarchy is at the bottom. Based on Margus Karu's Estonian bestseller, director Mihkel Ulk created a compelling drama.
The music-documentary follows eight young Slovanian musicians on their journeys. Their experiences offside the mainstream is shown in an enthralling way.
1984:Three teenagers, three violent crimes, three destinies. Marcell Gerö shows in an engrossing film, what became of them.
This directorial debut of Gábor Reisz tells about an eccentric character that experiences certain issues with life, love and social conventions, and eventually finds a peculiar way of dealing with these and other problems of the adult world.
Attila Hartungs nerve-wracking chamber drama tells a story of the dynamics of power and powerlessness in everyday life under a fascist regime. What remains in the end is nothing but annihilation.
Part two of the successful football tale from Serbia: Can the team accomplish a sensation at the FIFA World Cup 1930.
When his heroic deeds in the imaginary world become part of his real life, you would expect an act of emancipation. But everyday life follows different rules. Kordian Kadziela tells us about the (im)possibility to escape from reality in a patriarc
krainian filmmaker Christina Sivolap has found an unusually humorous way to handle the topic of death, which is often dealt with in endless tragedy. Ultimately, it is good to know that dying is not everything in life.
Kamilla and Cili are sisters living separate lives. Saudade shows a nearly nine-minute Skype conversation between the two of them.
Yusuf, a thirteen-year-old Syrian boy, works at a quarry in a Turkish bordertown. His everyday work is monotonous; there is only little time for being a child. But then, all of a sudden, adolescent feelings of love awaken in him.
Marko Zunic’ nonverbal poesy is strictly committed to a surrealistic tradition.
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