Peter Brixtofte was mayor of Farum and created a success that drew praise. But beneath the surface lurked an economic disaster that can still be felt in 2025.
Mina is in Cannes to perform three nights during the Festival. She hangs out in cozy clubs and hotel rooms, moving from the arms of lovers to those of friends. There is Mina the performer, but also Mina the Italian singer of the 1970s, whom Mina summons to the stage every night.
Jason lives with his grandmother, a folk healer, along with his older brother and their cousin in a secluded house in Auvergne. As a rumor spreads about the disappearance of a foreign soldier who came to train in the region, the old woman's health begins to deteriorate.
The documentary traces the life of Yervant Demirci, a fourth-generation blacksmith, from his beginnings in Mardin Derik to his life in Armenia. Like all Armenians in Mardin Derik, Demirci began his life speaking Kurdish, his native language, without knowing Armenian. He continued his life in Istanbul Samatya, learning Turkish at school, and when he wanted to go to Armenia, he continued his struggle to learn Armenian.
Ting-ying was diagnosed with a brain tumour. After years of pain, she wrote to Dignitas, a Swiss assisted dying organization, for help. Through 93 letters, she navigated her way toward assisted death, torn between love from her family and partner, and the unbearable pain.
A long-time resident of the farm, the filmmaker sets up a camera to observe this community living physically and ideologically on the margins of consumer society. In this multigenerational, interdependent community, each individual contributes in their own way to growing or raising almost all their food and, more broadly, to creating their own shared space and way of life. They seek to live in harmony with plants and animals, adopting an approach based on respect and recognition for their ecosystem. Images and sound express this vision, often placing humans in relation to their environment. The flexible frame also highlights manual labour with its sometimes delicate, sometimes laborious gestures. This visually stunning work was filmed over two years and follows the seasons. It’s punctuated by cycles—from sowing to harvesting and from birth to slaughter—developing an inspiring reflection on society, nature, and life through ellipsis and fluidity.
An immersion into the consciousness of two artists, Bandit and Johnny, who have always viewed the world through the prism of their art. Their paint was an expression of freedom, a protest the system. They believed they understood the world — but the war in Ukraine tears that illusion apart.