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In a stalled traffic jam in Doha, the camera follows a cross-section of people — each in their car — as their inner thoughts and dreams unfold. The film’s fluid movement between characters paints a portrait of a transient society, a temporary city on the move.
At the Baltic’s halocline, where salt and fresh waters tense against merging, three coastal dwellers embody the memory of the sea and reflect on vulnerability, adaptation, and resilience.
The idea underlying phrenology is the postulation of a connection between the skull’s external outline and the different areas of the brain, areas where talents and aspects of the personality are localised. Today, nobody takes the theory seriously. Marianne Heske makes use of it to ask questions. Are there eternal truths and values in science (and art)? And the things we believe in and practise today, what will history’s verdict be about them?
Drawing its name from the ancient ordering of the Arabic alphabet, each letter is danced and embodied by Salma Zahore among the ruins of Barcelona. Blending fashion, music, poetry, and performance, the film reclaims a language often misunderstood, transforming it into a celebration of identity, resilience, and artistic freedom.
A charming fusion of everyday craft and artistic ritual. Over the course of half an hour, Lynch builds a decorative lamp while calmly explaining materials, tools, and process. A minimalist soundtrack — a slowly evolving percussive loop — turns the simple act of making into a kind of meditative performance.
By chance, drama teacher Sigrun witnesses her colleague’s teaching methods causing discomfort for one of the students. Should she let art be art, or protect the student?
When the guitarist in Håndgemeng loses his arm in a battle against demons, the band makes a pact with the Devil himself, also known as Medieval Knievel. One blood offering later, they’re back – resurrected, possessed, and ready to party. Fueled by hash, heavy metal, and hellfire, they tear through the night on motorcycles.
In a cotton-farming village in Sudan, teenage Nafisa finds herself torn between tradition and change. When a businessman arrives with genetically modified cotton and a marriage proposal, she becomes the centre of a struggle for her village’s future. As her grandmother, Al-Sit, clings to old hierarchies, Nafisa begins to awaken to her own power. A tender and politically charged coming-of-age tale about women’s resilience, self-determination, and the fight to shape their destiny.
In the volatile moments after a car crash, yet before the authorities arrive, a hot-headed yet desperate tow truck driver fiercely protects his tow. But the situation quickly spirals out of his control.
A short film capturing the timeless struggle between oppressor and oppressed in an era where forgetfulness becomes the deadliest weapon against freedom.
The North Pole Deception exposes the dark reality behind Santa’s Christmas deliveries. Elves Trixie and Miette recount the grueling work, meager pay, and complete absence of labor protections in the North Pole workshop.
A tale of longing for darkness, filmed in broad daylight on Lynch’s private lake. Lynch himself plays the lead, expressing a desire “to sail so fast he reaches the night.” Overexposed, glowing images accompany a softly read narration by Emily Stofle, evoking the rhythm and texture of a dream.
When Kaali discovers that his dog has been stolen, he goes on an intensive search for the thief through the town of Tasiilaq, East Greenland.
A sleep-deprived, frazzled new mom embarks on her very first walk alone with her newborn.
Julius returns home to find his mother has replaced him with Albert, a lodger who now occupies his old room — and her affections.
The Bedouin woman Hind recounts a strange dream in which she wanders alone through the desert, meets an old fortune-teller, and glimpses a futuristic city rising from the sands. The film weaves together dream and reality, revealing how hope can surface even beneath a harsh, desolate desert sky.
Using jump leads attached to his crotch, Elektromotor gives new life to broken-down cars along the road - his mojo also affecting people around.
A documentary about the unlikely inspiration behind Todd Terje’s track 'Inspector Norse'. It follows Marius Solem Johansen, an unsuccessful musician from a small town who posts dance videos and homemade drug recipes on YouTube.
Inspired by Yvonne Rainer’s iconic short film Hand Movie (1966), the film zooms in on a hand carrying an entire choreography on its own. HANDY explores desire and imagination linked to both the presence and absence of another body, and is part of the Butch Tribute series.
In a vocational high school, Mikkel struggle with anger, and male-role expectations of being tough. When a new teacher dares to speak about emotions, everything begins to shift.
Through flickering lights, floating kites and pianolas, the film creates a dreamlike, almost utopian portrait of Doha — a city living its own life, independent of its inhabitants. It explores hidden aspects of modernity: automation, alienation and the strange poetry of the urban.
A man working for a U.S. company arrives in a coastal town in Mexico to supervise the construction of the first hotel in the area. He starts feeling uncomfortable as the townspeople express their frustration over the invasion of their beaches, until one night the confrontation reaches a breaking point.
Molecular gastronomy, pretentious self-realization, and the weird choice of having children are all ingredients in this semi-apocalyptic double date from hell.
The ocean is paradise for Fran the shrimp. Her deadly claws take whatever they desire. For the blind fish Milva, it’s a daily fight to survive. Fran sees her as beautiful and wants her to see the ocean in the same way. Can they overcome their differences?
Girls have been cultivated like flowers for generations. We need more growing seasons to breed new ways into the system.
They come to buy newspapers and cigarettes, to boast, complain or just chat. As many small and big stories pass through the kiosk window as there are people – funny and bitter ones, but always authentic.
In a peripheral zone of Mexico City, the collection of money from merchants and residents of the area is an everyday occurrence. On a sunny sunday, in a housing unit located in one of these areas, a merchant has failed to pay, and the sicarios have come to give him an ultimatum.
Erik has been fired and wants his job back. When that fails, he and two of his friends occupy the office of the boss.
Alan Poole McLard, a film studies professor, tries to make a documentary about Alice in Chains to match the release of The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here, all without any help from the band.
After the family dog passes away, a father and son come together to build her grave, confronting grief, love, and the unspoken bond between them.































