Paris, at war. 2026. Night after night, Lucia, a young nurse, cares for the wounded and the dying. One evening, she sees a strange man walking on the water of the Seine river. At that moment, a hope and a troubling desire take hold of her.
Award-winning Ukrainian filmmaker and cinematographer Artem Ryzhykov transforms into a hardened professional soldier as he navigates the confusion, chaos, heartache and reality of modern warfare.
The Great Patriotic War. Ordinary situations cannot seriously influence the course of the global world conflict, which unfolded on thousands of kilometers of the front of a vast country, in which tens of millions of soldiers are participating. But it was the human qualities of everyone who stood to the death with weapons in their hands in this harsh time, where all the forces of good and evil came together, and everyone was ready to do anything for the sake of victory, that became the force that crushed Nazism.
The two rival Allied commanders, General Eisenhower and Field Marshal Montgomery, clash in a battle of egos and strategic choices, with devastating consequences for the people of Zeeland during the liberation of the Netherlands.
In the midst of the war in Gaza, 5-year-old Hind Rajab and her family seek safety. To escape reality, they dance to loud music in the car. Their flight is abruptly stopped by an Israeli tank that opens fire without warning. Trapped in the car, surrounded by tanks, the girls try to hold on. They comfort each other and dream out loud about a future that seems increasingly distant. They keep in touch with the emergency services, who promise to rescue them as soon as the army gives permission. What began as a search for safety ends in a tragedy that exposes the core of the war.
Amidst a four-year war between Perkonia and Birchland, Wilson, a young soldier, finds himself on the front lines at the outskirts of Perkonia’s capital. As rumors swirl of a new, devastating attack, Wilson hides behind a crumbling wall, grappling with fear. Through brief encounters with fellow soldiers, he slowly confronts his doubts and tries to find the strength to face the relentless battle ahead.
A fisherman from Gaza is trapped in his haunting memories. After losing his only child, he suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder that leads him on a psychological journey, reliving his tragedy in a different reality.
When men take up arms to go against their brothers, women have to take up gravediggers’ shovels. Ceebla (Fardouza Moussa Egueh, who we also saw in Gravedigger’s Wife), refuses to bargain for the cost of her labour. When her grave finally finds a taker, the revenue logic takes an unexpected twist. The Earth Has Ears is a civil war film without gunfire. It shows how the absurdity of war also turns everyday life at the home front irrational. / MSFF
Between February and April 2025, filmmakers Bernard-Henri Lévy and Marc Roussel filmed the Pokrovsk and Soumy fronts in eastern Ukraine, following the fighters of the Anne de Kyiv Brigade, armed by France. They filmed the daily lives of the inhabitants, bombarded by Russian forces terrorizing civilians on the eve of possible negotiations. They interview President Zelenskyy, who is reluctant to travel to Washington, and then watch the rebroadcast of the meeting with Ukrainian soldiers in a bunker. For the real heroes are the anonymous fighters and civilians who hold their heads high in the face of adversity and suffering, and who are filmed on a daily basis. The final part of Lévy’s “Ukrainian Quartet”, Our War is a diary, peppered with flashbacks in which the author recalls the high points of this war that began in 2014.
The war in Ukraine begins. Ukrainian children from the war are brought to a Russian elementary school. One of them turns out to be the nephew of Wiktoria, a Ukrainian music teacher who hasn't seen him for years.
April 1945, amidst the Battle of Berlin, the final days of World War II begin. Young German soldiers fight desperately in the city's ruins. Between bombs, battles, and the stalemate, they question why they must continue fighting. This historical short film depicts the emotional and psychological collapse of a failing regime—intense, powerful, and relentlessly realistic.
Athena and Pallas had planned to join the army together. Pallas enlisted, but Athena, afraid, stayed behind. She had promised to follow — but Pallas died.
December, 1916. The Western Front. A disillusioned soldier, tasked with guarding British deserters on death row, disobeys his superiors to save his latest charge's life at the eleventh hour. Based on a true story.
In the midst of an international crisis, President Bennett has less than 10 minutes to authorize a nuclear strike. But with incomplete intelligence and opposing views from his advisors, he must make a choice that will shape the world forever.
In January 2025, experimental jazz duo Myshko Birchenko and Yevhen Puhachov, members of Hyphen Dash, travelled to Kramatorsk without any pre-made drafts or demo recordings to use music as a vessel to capture the emotions present in a place on the edge of a battle for survival and explore the therapeutic nature of music and improvisation in the brutal reality of war. They packed all the equipment into a car, drove 700 kilometres from Kyiv to the frontline city Kramatorsk, and turned one of many basements which serve as shelters into a makeshift recording studio. As a result, they recorded over 300 minutes of music, which were eventually distilled into a 90-minute album.
Four Soldiers are escorting an arrogant Lieutenant on a dangerous mission through the fields of Belgium. Can they complete their mission before the team falls apart? Or will the Lieutenant's actions cause the downfall of their company.