A Night of Knowing Nothing A Night of Knowing Nothing Payal Kapadia, FranceIndia, 2021, 96' “A vivid portrait of revolt and oppression, love and pain, and philosophical thought threatened by nationalist agenda.”
A Thousand Fires A Thousand Fires Saeed Taji Farouky, FranceSwitzerlandThe NetherlandsPalestine, 2021, 90' The film offers a glimpse into an unusual way of life that combines grueling work and afternoon naps with visits to a fortune teller.
Camouflage Camuflaje Jonathan Perel, Argentina, 2022, 93' A runner is obsessed with Campo de Mayo, the biggest military unit in Argentina and former center of torture during the former dictatorship.
Excess Will Save Us Excess Will Save Us Morgane Dziurla-Petit, FranceSweden, 2019, 100' A director makes a film about her family in a small French village, where lack of information creates paranoia among its inhabitants.
Faya Dayi Faya Dayi Jessica Beshir, USAQatarEthiopia, 2021, 120' A spiritual journey immersed in the rituals of khat, a leaf used for religious meditation and Ethiopia’s most lucrative cash crop today.
Late August Tardo Agosto Federico Cammarata, Filippo Foscarini, Italy, 2021, 47' In a godforsaken countryside, a sudden change of weather marks the end of a suffocating summer. An immersion into the landscapes of a wounded island.
Mensch Horst Mensch Horst Mo Rhozyel, Christoph Philipp Gehl, Germany, 2020, 44' Horst faces the decline of his small world with heart, discipline and boundless optimism – a story of loneliness on the margins of society.
Republic of Silence Republic of Silence Diana El Jeiroudi, FranceGermanyItalyQatarSyria, 2021, 183' Spanning 12 years, Republic Of Silence depicts the Syrian conflict from the point of view of activists in exile, in a deliberately fragmented way.
Sweetling Liefsteling Eva Van Barneveld, The Netherlands, 2022, 72' Sweetling is a film about great, faithful love. But what if your loved one changes because of dementia?
The Great Basin The Great Basin Chivas DeVinck, USA, 2021, 92' What looks like a desert landscape or a sleepy town from afar, turns out on closer inspection to be an atmospheric representation of the rural US.
The One Who Runs Away Is The Ghost The One Who Runs Away Is the Ghost Qinyuan Lei, GermanyChina, 2021, 72' Two sisters spend most of their time at an electronics market in Shenzhen. Their gaze transforms this impersonal world into a universe of ghosts.
The Police Estate La cité de l’ordre Antoine Dubos, France, 2021, 51' Student police officers in a French police training centre prepare to enforce the law, thus enacting a simulation of the society of the future.