A young videographer, is hired to film an unsettlingly cluttered and abandoned house just as night falls. Left alone with an aloof real-estate agent, the atmosphere quickly turns sinister, as they decend deeper into a red-lit nightmare.
The Vatican media documentary about the roots of Robert Francis Prevost in his native United States. It follows an itinerary that begins with his childhood in Dolton, through the memories of his brothers Louis and John, and continues among schools and universities, communities and parishes, featuring the voices of confreres, teachers, classmates, and longtime friends. A production of the Vatican Dicastery for Communication, in collaboration with the Archdiocese of Chicago and the Apostolate El Sembrador Nueva Evangelización (ESNE), broadcast on the official channels of Vatican Radio – Vatican News.
A young man moves to a new apartment and finds a weird box with a VHS tape on it that he doesn't remember having. When he reproduces the tape, he discovers something imposible: the content of tape shows fragments of his own life! What started because of curiosity now becomes a nightmare when the frontier between the tape and reality breaks.
Jan Šípek documented the unmistakable singer-songwriter and spiritual seeker Oldřich Janota (1949–2024) during the last period of Janota's life. This meant accepting the challenge and approaching Oldřich's song koans with a wholly original film style. The film was made on the day of the winter solstice during one of the very last performances of this great figure of Czech independent culture.
A young man does everything he can to get his old Opel Astra through the vehicle inspection - but what begins as a nostalgic cleanup turns into a farewell road trip to the scrapyard, accompanied by an unexpectedly compassionate inspector.
At the age of 47, Stefan is diagnosed with dementia. At home, he continues to keep his things tidy, until it becomes impossible for him to live alone. In the care facility, Stefan meets the warm-hearted Monika, who gives him new strength. Stefan’s condition worsens when Monika leaves for a world trip. Shortly afterward, Stefan also loses his job and sinks ever deeper into the fog of his illness.
The film reinterprets the iconic giant from old Antwerp legend to tell a new story. The film explores how folklore evolves and remains relevant today through a stylized 3D animation.
Ammar and Bilal both have experience as refugees living in present-day Germany. They meet thanks to an interview conducted by an actress and actor, who are using it as inspiration for a play they are preparing. However, the documentary follows their conversations, their everyday lives, and ultimately the theatrical performance that emerges from these conversations.
Shot in Roscoff and Île-de-Batz, Bretagne, Kostrov and his companions move through the unknown landscape, in displacement. Their contours blur under his camera’s gaze – looking not at, but into, with and through. Captured briefly along the way, gestures and textures of the world are given physical presence, where the filmmaker’s antiwar sentiment finds its echo. The title comes from an inscription found on a cottage there — a message from another time, another context: the same plea.
Filmed in a quiet seaside cabin, the short film blends live performance with raw conversation — an intimate look at an artist learning to sit still within himself.
A building on the outskirts of Tunis, built by Italians in 1905, was transformed into a special refuge during the COVID-19 pandemic. Eight residents of various origins have taken shelter here, living in isolation from their loved ones and the rest of the city, from which they are also culturally distant. The filmmakers capture their nomadic existence not only in interviews, revealing the peculiarities of these unique personalities, but also in poetically stylized sequences that give the house an almost magical dimension of a transitional, mystical space.
The discovery of previously unknown recordings of Hrabal's lectures provides a rare, intimate insight into the author's world. The documentary film The Gentle Hrabal allows his authentic voice to be heard again after almost fifty years. Here, Hrabal speaks to students at his cottage in Kersko, and at other times to parishioners at the Protestant rectory in Libice.
Five autistic food critics offer unfiltered feedback on three-course meals prepared by renowned chefs. Interactions with guest celebrities, in this case renowned chefs, allow viewers to see stars in a new light, caught off guard by completely unexpected questions.
What helps teenagers with serious mental health problems return to normal life? A mosaic of stories from children and parents who have experienced hospitalization at the Opařany Children's Psychiatric Hospital shows the types of treatment that can help children return to a full life even after serious problems such as depression, suicidal tendencies, self-harm, or eating disorders.
Imagine a group of friends who met through the climate movement. For several years, you have fought alongside others for a fairer future, but little has significantly changed, leaving you somewhat exhausted. Now, you go away for a weekend at a cottage to rest—and during that time, you find yourselves in an apocalypse for a single day.