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CINEMA
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Main Competition
Green Dog Competition
I Want to See
Of Animals and Men
Discreet Charm of Propaganda
The Films by Patricio Guzmán
New Polish Films
Watch Shorts
Special Collection on Player.pl
All of Our Heartbeats Are Connected Through Exploding Stars
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All of Our Heartbeats Are Connected Through Exploding Stars
77' 2022 Sweden
dir.: Jennifer Rainsford
What do people trying to rebuild their lives after the loss of a loved one and an undersea ecosystem pummeled by an ecological catastrophe have in common? 
All That Breathes
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All That Breathes
94' 2022 United Kingdom, India, USA
dir.: Shaunak Sen
Two brothers in New Delhi try to save birds of prey, essential to the city's ecosystem. Meanwhile, their city plunges into ecological, political and social chaos. 
Ask the sexpert
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Ask the sexpert
81' 2017 USA, India
dir.: Vaishali Sinha
"My wife has a strange habit of urinating a little in the tea that she serves to guests. She says it turns her on. Is it safe?" This is one of the strangest questions Dr. Watsa, India's...
Beirut Dreams in color
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Beirut Dreams in color
28' 2022 Lebanon, United Kingdom, USA
dir.: Michael Collins
Fight for LGBT rights in the Middle East. The consequences of a concert that brought together the singer Masrou 'Leila - the only openly gay Arab pop star,  and an Egyptian activist. 
Boylesque
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Boylesque
71' 2022 Poland, Czech Republic
dir.: Bogna Kowalczyk
Lula la Polacca – Europe’s oldest drag queen from Warsaw or how to live life to the fullest after 80. 
By the Throat
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By the Throat
78' 2021 Belgium
dir.: Amir Borenstein, Effi Weiss
Conflict zones, frontiers and asylum centers; these are the places where pronunciation can make the difference between life and death.
Cordillera of Dreams
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Cordillera of Dreams
85' 2019 France,Chile
dir.: Patricio Guzmán
After years in exile, Patricio Guzmán returns to Chile to observe the changes in his homeland.
Crotch Stories
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Crotch Stories
35' 2021 Belgium, France
dir.: Myleine Guiard-Schmid
An experimental and sensual animated film. Just possibly, with the right attitude, childbirth can be completely different than we imagine.
Delikado
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Delikado
94' 2022 USA, Philippines, United Kingdom, Australia, Hong Kong
dir.: Karl Malakunas
In this documentary thriller Filipino activists fight illegal logging by developers linked to a corrupt government - and pay the highest price.
Fashion Reimagined
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Fashion Reimagined
100' 2022 United Kingdom, USA
dir.: Becky Hutner
Is it possible to create a truly environmentally-friendly fashion collection that will not be an eco-scam? A British designer travels the world trying to find materials that hurt neither animals nor...
The Flashpoint
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The Flashpoint
83' 2019 Poland
dir.: Wojtek Jankowski
There is probably no symbol in contemporary Poland as socially divisive as the ancient sign of the covenant and harmony: the rainbow.
Free Money
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Free Money
77' 2022 Kenia, USA
dir.: Lauren DeFilippo, Sam Soko
Does money bring happiness? Residents of an African village receive an offer from an American philanthropist – a guaranteed income to all for 12 years.
Ghosts of Moria
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Ghosts of Moria
25' 2022 Denmark
dir.: Michael Graversen, Florian Elabdi
The last inhabitants of a burned-out migrant camp on the Greek island of Lesbos.
The Green Lie
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The Green Lie
97' 2018 Austria
dir.: Werner Boote
A behind-the-scenes of how products and companies are greenwashed.
The Hamlet Syndrome
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The Hamlet Syndrome
85' 2022 Poland, Germany
dir.: Elwira Niewiera, Piotr Rosołowski
The first generation of Ukrainians born in a free country struggle with the trauma of war. 
Happy Worker — or how the work was sabotaged
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Happy Worker — or how the work was sabotaged
80' 2022 Finland
dir.: John Webster
When did work stop being rewarding and become associated with stress and depression? What does the corporate dream of efficiency have in common with the Allies’ WWII-era instructions for...
The Hungarian Playbook
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The Hungarian Playbook
45' 2022 Germany
dir.: BENCE MÁTÉ & ÁRON SZENTPÉTERI
Journalists who quit their jobs at Hungarian state-owned TV reveal the scale of corruption and the level of propaganda in the “Orbanized” media.
The Killing of a Journalist
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The Killing of a Journalist
100' 2022 Denmark, Czech Republic, USA
dir.: Matt Sarnecki
A mafia state flourishes in the center of Europe; an investigation into the murder of a Slovak journalist reveals the unimaginable scale of corruption at the highest levels of government.
Love, Deutschmarks and Death
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Love, Deutschmarks and Death
99' 2022 Germany
dir.: Cem Kaya
From wedding improvisations and white Mercedes cars to neighborhood gangs and street hip-hop in Kreuzberg: the music of Turkish immigrants in Germany as a vehicle for showing the history of Turkish...
Mara
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Mara
62' 2022 France, United Kingdom
dir.: Sasha Kulak
Alice in dictatorland; a chronicle of Belarusian protests shown through oneiric poetics. 
The March on Rome
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The March on Rome
102' 2022 Italy
dir.: Mark Cousins
A documentary analysis of a surprisingly current masterpiece of fascist propaganda - the film that helped Mussolini rise to power a century ago.
My Imaginary Country
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My Imaginary Country
83' 2022 France, Chile
dir.: Patricio Guzmán
The story of a street revolt that threw out the government and led to a constitutional change shown through the lens of a Chilean master of documentary poetry.
Name of the Game
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Name of the Game
102' 2021 Norway
dir.: Håvard Bustnes
A disgraced politician, accused of sexual harassment, tries to get back in his party’s favor. Will the geriatric political culture survive the moral scandal? 
Nature is My Homeland
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Nature is My Homeland
54' 2021 Poland
dir.: Marek Gajczak
How to understand nature? A film essay about the non-obvious relationship between man and nature and its contemporary understanding. 
Nostalgia for the Light
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Nostalgia for the Light
90' 2010 France, Germany, Switzerland, Spain
dir.: Patricio Guzmán
Atacama Desert - the driest place on Earth. A paradise for astronomers and archaeologists seeking traces of Chile's dark past.
Of Animals and Men
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Of Animals and Men
60' 2019 Poland
dir.: Łukasz Czajka
Extraordinary attempt to present the dramatic history of the Żabińskis—caretakers of the Warsaw Zoo, who during the II World War sheltered a few hundred Jews from the Warsaw Ghetto. Łukasz...
The Oil Machine
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The Oil Machine
82' 2022 United Kingdom
dir.: Emma Davie
How dependent are we all on oil? A brilliant analysis of opportunities to move away from the fossil fuel economy.
Overcoming the Darkness
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Overcoming the Darkness
80' 2022 Ukraine
dir.: KINODOPOMOHA
How can you live in a home with walls destroyed by a Russian missile? The war in Ukraine from a civilian perspective through the lens of young documentary filmmakers.
Overdue
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Overdue
24' 2019 Netherlands
dir.: Tessa Louise Pope
When the woman decides - three Dutch women and their decisions about abortion
The Pack
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The Pack
52' 2022 Poland
dir.: Tadeusz Chudy
Prison, dogs, and an open-minded guard. Can recidivists with lengthy sentences save local shelter animals from euthanasia? 
The Pearl Button
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The Pearl Button
82' 2015 France, Spain, Chile, Switzerland
dir.: Patricio Guzmán
Reflections on Chile's past - the fate of the indigenous population during the conquest and political prisoners during the dictatorship.
Reconstruction of Occupation
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Reconstruction of Occupation
100' 2021 Czechy, Słowacja
dir.: Jan Šikl
The difficult truth about the 1968 Prague Spring as told through miraculously recovered archival footage: resistance and opportunism; heroes and collaborators.
Retrograde
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Retrograde
97' 2022 USA
dir.: Matthew Heineman
Kabul, just before the Taliban retook the city; the last US marines are supported by the remnants of Afghan commandos. Meanwhile, desperate local families of US Army contractors storm the US embassy...
Riotsville, USA
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Riotsville, USA
91' 2022 USA
dir.: Sierra Pettengill
The story of a fake town in the desert, built in the 1960s by the American military as a setting for riot control exercises. The staged clashes were to prepare police forces to pacify any social...
Ruthless Times - Songs of Care
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Ruthless Times - Songs of Care
92' 2022 Finland
dir.: Susanna Helke
A documentary musical about the dark side of privatization in Finnish nursing homes. Can hotlines, digital surveillance and robots replace the elderly’s contact with others? 
SCREENING OF THE FESTIVAL WINNING FILM
SCREENING OF THE FESTIVAL WINNING FILM
Secret Friend
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Secret Friend
122' 2022 Brazil, Germany, Netherlands
dir.: Maria Augusta Ramos
How important are free courts for the functioning of democracy? The attempt to discredit the ex-president of Brazil ends with the spectacular defeat of Bolsonaro and the victory of Lula in this...
Sheltered
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Sheltered
73' 2020 Netherlands
dir.: Saskia Gubbels
At the largest Dutch animal shelter people go out of their way to prepare dogs for adoption in the best possible way – shown alongside the adorable animals they look after.
Silent Love
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Silent Love
72' 2022 Poland, Germany
dir.: Marek Kozakiewicz
“Silent Love” is a coming of age and a coming-out story about taking on new roles, and redefining the old ones. It’s a tender story about the courage to love despite all...
The Smell of Money
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The Smell of Money
84' 2022 USA
dir.: Shawn Bannon
Behind the scenes of industrial pork farming. Big money, animal suffering, a smelly problem and people forced to live in the vicinity of giant "meat factories." 
A Taste of Whale
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A Taste of Whale
85' 2022 France
dir.: Vincent Kelner
Is tradition more important than suffering? Sea Shepherd activists versus Faroese people engaging in ritualistic pilot whale hunts.
The Therapy
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The Therapy
80' 2021 Israel
dir.: Zvi Landsman
The closed community of Israeli orthodox Jews and the shocking practices of pseudo-therapists promising their confused clients a "cure" for homosexuality.
Tigre Gente
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Tigre Gente
94' 2021 USA
dir.: Elizabeth Unger
An investigation by Bolivian rangers reveals the behind-the-scenes of illegal jaguar hunting and poachers' links to the Chinese mafia.
TikTok, Boom.
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TikTok, Boom.
91' 2022 USA
dir.: Shalini Kantayya
Is TikTok a threat to democracy? The pros and cons of the eponymous platform - the phenomenon of popularity, unclear political ties, censorship issues - but also people who try to use TikTok in the...
Time to Revolt
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Time to Revolt
15' 2022 Poland
dir.: Daniel Le Hai
A portrait of the protest generation - young people who aren’t afraid to take to the streets to defend their ideals.
War Crimes, with Investigators in Ukraine
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War Crimes, with Investigators in Ukraine
51' 2022 Switzerland
dir.: Marie-Laure Widmer Baggiolini
Their commitment means criminals in uniform will be brought to justice one day. The painstaking work of activists and investigators documenting Russian war crimes.
WATCH SHORTS AT HOME
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WATCH SHORTS AT HOME
This year's set of short documentaries includes films about the situation of LGBTQ+ people in the Arab world, the young generation that is in the mood for rebellion, and the unexpectedly...
WATCH SHORTS AT HOME
CINEMA
WATCH SHORTS AT HOME
This year's set of short documentaries includes films about the situation of LGBTQ+ people in the Arab world, the young generation that is in the mood for rebellion, and the unexpectedly...
We Don’t Talk
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We Don’t Talk
71' 2022 Netherlands
dir.: Marjolein Busstra
Young therapists and their patients - teenagers involved in various forms of sexual abuse. 
While We Watched
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While We Watched
94' 2022 Wielka Brytania
dir.: Vinay Shukla
As the public news broadcasting system gets replaced by private monopolies, independent journalists grapple with a challenges of doing their job, paying a heavy emotional cost for speaking truth to...
The White World According to Daliborek
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The White World According to Daliborek
105' 2017 Czech Republic, Slovak Republic, Denmark, UK
dir.: Vit Klusák
Klusák's documentary tragicomedy about a provincial neo-Nazi is scathingly absurd, filled with disturbing black humor and constantly escalating tension. Although fear and frustration are...
You can't Show My Face
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You can't Show My Face
24' 2021 Sweden
dir.: Knutte Wester
Tehran like you never imagined: illegal hip-hop in parks and underground passages, a candid camera, fear and the desire to rebel. 
Young Belarus
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Young Belarus
53' 2022 Poland
dir.: Łukasz Ruciński, Patryk Szczepaniak
Traumatic memories of repression, struggle with the system and a longing for an ordinary life. After fleeing the country, young Belarusians seek their place in the world.
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