My mother left our home when I was nine years old. For about ten years, it was just my father and me. When I turned twenty-one, she came back—moving into the master bedroom that had been locked for a decade and digging out countless old photographs from the past.
Israeli street-artist Addam Yekutieli kept his anonymity and signed his works with the pseudonym "Know Hope". He began drawing human-like characters that rapidly gained attention and granted him the title the "Israeli Banksy". But when he experiences an eruption of autoimmune arthritis, he is forced to rethink his artwork in light of his new physical disability. The film documents moments in which a personal human drama generates art and political action. The anonymity of the hit-and-run street artist is replaced with intensive and intimate social interactions, exploring how painful memories and experiences may be alleviated through art.
The gripping story of how Iranian Hamid Noury was lured to Sweden in an elaborate plan, where he was arrested, tried, and convicted of gross violations of international law and murder. Through court testimonies and historical accountsfrom victims of the regime, the film explores a history of political violence, grief, resistance, and fragile justice.
A sincere and personal story about the world of people who stutter. The film follows the story of an extraordinary therapist, Grażyna Malczyk, who believes she has discovered a new method for combating stuttering.
Of how many of our daily actions do we ask ourselves the real why? Especially if one is male, and if one's appearance is given so much for neutrality that it does not represent a disguise, but a simple inevitability of things. A female gaze invites men to ask themselves these whys.
Hidayet Usta is a shoemaker in his early 80s who has made a living repairing shoes. Having separated from his wife years ago and with a strained relationship with his children, Hidayet lives alone, but contentedly in his own world.
A distance of 769 kilometres is what separates a bakery in Kyiv from New York, an occupied town in the Donetsk region of Ukraine. This is where bread baked by people with intellectual disabilities ends up. Although they struggle with their own difficulties, their work saves people in the east of the country, in war-torn areas cut off from supplies. The bakery is a refuge where they can become part of a larger community, which empowers them. In wartime, there is no room for labels or social divisions – only actions matter.
Magda loves horse riding, but unfortunately she can't continue her passion. The increasingly popular in Poland hobby horising comes to her aid. The girl takes part in competitions, where she is overcome with doubts.
Wanting to improve her distant relationship with her depressive father, the adult daughter tries to persuade him to have a deeper conversation and seeks a way to understand him.
Each of us tells a story about ourselves. Sometimes to show something, but sometimes – to hide something. Thousands of lamps, and among them one stubborn collector – fifty-year-old Janusz.
Maciej wants to make a documentary about a certain ghetto fighter and accidentally comes across his descendant, Joseph, who lives in Paris. The guys start a fight for a plaque commemorating his great-grandfather, while also looking for answers about the meaning of rebellion and roots in today's world.
An intimate documentary woven from conversations with today’s teenagers. It explores growing up in the age of social media — the fears, the pressure, the quiet rebellion against adults. While the times keep changing, the emotions stay the same: loneliness, the need for acceptance, feeling lost.
Portrait a girl who has been living in Poland for some time with her blind parents and four-legged friends. Although the family seems to be settling in well in their new country, actively participating in events organized by the Ukrainian community, they still long for their homeland.
"I'm looking for someone who wants to make a film about them" - was the announcement that the director published while searching for a new subject for a documentary. The film is a recording of the casting process that the director conducted with the candidates.