This is a never say never journey to pursue one's dream. It is also sincere tribute for the dream of snow and ice to be integrated with the Chinese dream.
What is Europe? Vadim Jendreyko weaves his way across the continent, retracing its tormented history. As the journey unfolds, the legitimate fear of seeing history repeat itself gradually gives way to hope, embodied in the encounters with those who have been able to transform dark legacies into transcendent practices. An urgent and deeply personal cinematic essay.
Online, sleep has become an art form. While a game creator attempts to teach the concept of time to his AI, online gamers fall asleep during seemingly never-ending quests, some livestream their own sleep, and AMSR artists create soundscapes for peaceful slumber. A fascinating observation of the world of cyber-sleep.
The Alps, 1560. A rare meteorological phenomenon causes the sky to “catch fire”. People fear the Apocalypse, which then manifests as a cold snap that dramatically affects the harvests. This narrative, interwoven with images depicting the technical management of the Alpine landscape, creates a fascinating dialogue between the ancestral apocalyptic imagination and the unfolding climate collapse.
A crystal hunter finds a quartz crystal on the Mont Blanc massif. The mineral passes through the hands of geophysicists, acoustic engineers and gemmologists, exploring our potential for communication with the inanimate world. This diary of a quartz crystal takes us on a journey to the edge of our systems of perception, skilfully calling into question the seemingly irrefutable.
The Atlantic Ocean, 1952. French oceanographer Anita Conti documents the turbulent life of a trawler crew. She returns with writings, photographs and 16mm films that recount the power of the ocean, the men’s hard labour and the slimy fish entrails. Louise Hémon reworks this unique material to reveal its full breadth and beauty.
How did peacocks, originally from India, end up on an island in Berlin in the 19th century, and hippopotamuses, a century later, on the banks of a river in Colombia? Their lives there appear to be “happy and free”. With rapturous imagery, Elkin Calderòn Guevara and Johannes Förster’s decolonial fable turns them into wild icons, bearing witness to the whims of the powerful.
A large spaceship appears over Tokyo three years before the story starts. A one-sided war against the seemingly harmless aliens ensues, sparking controversy and pacifism. Despite this unique and tragic event, high school girls Koyama Kadode and Nakagawa Ouran behave as if nothing has changed. They live their days like they always have. The focus of this story is not the alien invasion, but human nature, dialogue, growing up, and life.
Victor has a nice life in Madrid with his partner, José. However, after returning to his childhood home in the mountains of Bulgaria for his grandfather's funeral, he decides to stay for the summer. While reconnecting with his father and the village way of life, he unexpectedly finds love in the form of Liuben, an 18-year-old Roma boy. Despite their differences, and the conflicts surrounding them, Victor and Liuben find refuge in each other, while a romance begins to take form.
Released to commemorate Kamen Rider 555's 20th anniversary, the film takes place after the ending of the TV series. Masato Kusaka and Mari Sonoda are fighting a new iteration of Smart Brain led by Kitazaki, who begins an operation to exterminate all Orphnochs, with Takumi Inui seemingly working with them for unknown reasons since his disappearance.
When the revolution in Nicaragua won its victory nearly 40 years ago, the world began to dream. A young generation was taking the reins in a country of grand utopias. From West Germany alone, 15,000 “brigadists” travelled to help rebuild the war-torn country: liberals, greens, unionists, social democrats, leftists and church representatives harvested coffee and cotton, built schools, kindergartens and hospital wards. No movement has mobilised so many people. What became of the hopes and dreams of the revolutionaries and their supporters?
Set against the landscape of the Polish transformation from communism to capitalism, "Woman Of" spans 45 years of the life of Aniela Wesoły and her journey to find personal liberty as a trans woman.
The kind and tolerant grandmother reunites with her granddaughter, who went missing 12 years ago in an accident. From being strangers, they gradually become close, and during their time together, the secrets they carry are slowly revealed.
A polarising figure, Swatantra Veer Savarkar is revered by many as a freedom fighter but criticised by others for his communal ideology and the fact that he wrote mercy petitions to the British authorities from prison. Savarkar was also arrested in connection with Mahatma Gandhi's assassination but later acquitted after no evidence was found against him.
After being reassigned from music to field reporting, a critic goes to a refugee camp near Paris during an evacuation. He experiences police violence and is thrust into becoming the face of the refugee cause.
This engaging film follows three Asian aunties bringing Bradford’s old and young together for a coach trip – part of a unique project to preserve Asian culture.
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