The artist Fabian Widukind Penzkofer and his embroideries entitled “Das Personal” (The Staff) have made their way to Lusatia. The excerpt from the audio diary, accompanied by snapshots from Weißwasser and the surrounding area, recounts chance encounters with the locals.
The Upper Sorbian teenagers Annalena, Emma, and Hannah, as well as the Lower Sorbian artist Hella Stoletzki, talk about what being Sorbian means to them.
With the onset of the Russian invasion, Erko resolves to help in Ukraine as a volunteer medic. And yet the longer his mission goes on, the more removed he grows from his family back in Estonia. An Estonian perspective on the war in Ukraine and the burden that volunteers have to shoulder in its shadows.
A documentary work on Senegal's DUNNIART collective, showing the lives and experiences of creatives and artists who share their work with pride and resilience.
Laura Ortman roams through snow and light, dancing in between glittering fractals and fuchsia icicles. Music, movement, mountains – everything swirls, everything confounds.
Aisha, a Palestinian girl, lives in Hebron. With her camera, she documents her family's resistance in a city where oppression is a central part of everyday life.
Contravening local traditions, a mother manages to revive her drowned child. Alas, this fleeting reprieve comes at a high price when a dark spirit possesses the girl. Will love save the day or become the greatest curse?
Youth counselor Romy desperately wants to have a child. When she's assigned to support a pregnant sixteen-year-old, Romy sees this as an opportunity to make her wish come true. As their bond grows, Romy projects her own desires onto the girl. But is the way she's pursuing her desire to have a child still responsible?
A 12-year-old Ukrainian girl Sofia spends all her time at home, only attending online classes. One day, her mother takes her to a Polish school, where Sofia meets Piotr and his pet - a hamster. They agree to meet again. However, Sophia's mother leaves her at home - she needs to care for her younger brother. The girl does not intend to accept such a fate.
A stop-motion animated film created by a Ukrainian artist living in Poland. Based on her own picture book of the same title, it addresses the difficult theme of depression in the family, told from a child’s perspective. The protagonists are a child and a mother struggling with depression. The child notices changes in the mother’s behavior, tries to understand what is happening, looks for ways to help, and at times takes on responsibility.
An encounter between a young musician and a mysterious young woman who “works” as a scarecrow to “silence the birds,” and likes to spend time at the Armenian cemetery to talk with the dead.