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Bioethical dilemmas: a tactful and sensitive story of a mother for whom surrogacy has become a way of life.

Markku Lehmuskallio has been devoting his work to the indigenous peoples of the North since the 1970s. His most famous film is a poetic collage of images and memories, a contemplative...

A moving self-portrait of the Danish director, journalist and poet Jørgen Leth in a nostalgic journey to his childhood town of Aarhus, through the artist’s memory-filled...

Shot on film, this Best Short Documentary winner at Hot Docs in Toronto,...

The Oscar-winning director of "March of the Penguins" returns to a changed Antarctica.

A documentary thriller: Russian spies in the crosshairs of investigative journalists.

One of the few documentaries produced this year in Iraq: a beautiful, poetic image of a community lost somewhere among the wetlands on the banks of the Euphrates. The fairytale atmosphere of this...

When rising sea levels flood her home, Lokhi joins the swelling ranks of climate refugees who crowd the streets of the Bangladeshi capital, Dhaka - the fastest growing city in the world. In the lens...

As a wall rises in the ancient Białowieża Forest to stop the influx of migrants, a lonely bison tries to return to the herd among trees teeming with soldiers. A strong visual metaphor...

The rise and fall of Boy George — an iconic figure of 80s pop music.

A dramatic attempt to regain identity by a man who was born in Vietnam as a second-class citizen.

An Oscar winner once again immerses herself in the world of power and strength: top-secret documentaries, wartime cruelty and people who bear the price of truth.

An uncompromising socio-political manifesto: how to reconcile the idea of Christmas Eve with Poles' attitudes towards migrants?

A special unit of police negotiators steps in when emotions run high and violence is in the air.

The first documentary devoted entirely to the environmental impact of the war in Ukraine. Devoid of dialogue and composed of monumental long shots, Dmytro Hreshko’s film alternates between the serene...

A visually stunning, daring portrait of Beirut, assembled from fragments of stories and explosive archival footage.

A depopulating Polish village in the Romanian Carpathians: a touching film about memory, friendship and the passage of time.

Two teenagers learn self-acceptance through stuttering therapy.

Pro-Palestinian protests at Columbia University: campus occupation, right-wing media hysteria and brutal pacification by the police.

Twenty-three years after his parents' divorce, Ruben Östlund reaches for the camera to try the impossible: to bring his mother and father closer together again. The attempt to recreate the...

Belfast. Scars of the past block progress, while drug dealers replace terrorists in the housing estates.

Jörn Donner, writer, director, politician and producer, set off with a camera on a journey through Finland. The result is one of the boldest documentaries in the history of Finnish cinema,...

A strikingly personal work, the winner of this year’s Tribeca Festival award for Best Short Documentary is composed as a collage of memories, emotions, and fleeting impressions. The film opens a...

Seven years in the life of a young rapper who, after being released from prison, tries to fight the demons of the past.

Joselie meets her friends on the beach every day. All are retired, meaning they can sunbathe topless, sip wine, and...

A Cannes-awarded film about social bonds and adaptation, the price of which is usually giving up one's dreams.

An energetic, musical and uncensored portrait of a queer performer, provocateur and singer who loves to cross boundaries.

A striking reminder that a documentary shorts can make for veritable cinema. Told entirely through exquisitely composed images, the film uncovers the quiet beauty embedded in...

Kabul through the eyes of a Taliban soldier guarding order on the streets: big-city temptations, dreams of martyrdom and a life that writes its own scripts.

Postcolonial paradoxes: the fascinating world of Nigerian fashion and the stories of Austrian businessmen exporting cash from Lagos in suitcases.

In this early, film-school documentary, Ruben Östlund directs the camera at his closest friends with whom he went skiing. Wrestling by the lake and conversations about Star...

A visual experiment delving into the wellspring of a cultural myth. One hundred people gathered in the studio, including a professional cyclist, the Minister of Finance, a famous actress and...

This lyrical and visually stunning film is a manifesto calling for the establishment (or rejuvenation) of our precious connections with nature. Featuring impressive shots of monumental seaside cliffs...

Marriage therapy at an Indian police station — unfaithful husbands, quarrelsome wives and female officers guarding family happiness.

The story of a British doctor operating under bombs: a testimony to Israeli crimes in Gaza — and solidarity in the face of violence.

A portrait of a controversial New York designer who uses fashion to promote socially engaged content. Or is it vice-versa?

Another film from the IDFA festival's short film competition in our set. The titular character has not left her room for weeks. Receiving friends in bed, she can sometimes show...

The difficult growing up of siblings raised in a children's home: the rebellious Julka and Paweł, an amateur boxer.

A classic work of the Danish avant-garde. In a seemingly neutral space, reminiscent of a sterile laboratory, an elegantly dressed couple performs simple activities in front of the camera,...

Margreth Olin trains her lens on a group of high school seniors in Oslo. Shot in the spirit of the Dogma manifesto, without staging or embellishment, the film becomes an intense portrait of...

What do we use virtual reality for? A breathtaking journey through the nooks and crannies of the digital world.

In his visually masterful new film, Tomáš Elšík follows two protagonists engaged in contemporary forms of nature conservation. A gripping, almost crime-thriller-like investigation into the mysterious...

Free tickets for the screening can be picked up at the cinema box office starting December 5.

Pick up free tickets from the cinema box office from Dec. 5.

Free tickets for the screening can be picked up at the cinema box office starting December 5.

The closed world of Israeli settlers whose radical views and actions - although illegal — get support from the highest levels of power.

The endless, dark and trap-filled labyrinth of Cerro Rico — a Bolivian mine known as the "mountain that devours people."

What to do when the person closest to you is running from reality? An intimate and painfully real film about addiction, family and emotional patterns that block true intimacy.

Stories of legendary bands from Long Island: Public Enemy, EPMD and De La Soul, who in the 90s created a new face of New York's engaged hip-hop.

Can New Age blend with the extreme right? The closed world of a vitarian sect that plans to take power.

The occupation of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant by the Russians as a metaphor for the "special operation": chaotic, poorly prepared and absurd.

A hybrid film by a collective of creators on the autism spectrum: an experiment unceremoniously combining conventions, themes and narratives.

This documentary by Martyna Wojciechowska and Jowita Baraniecka offers is a prime example of thorough investigative journalism into a story that continues to provoke intense emotions. Its protagonist...

A story straight out of The Sopranos: in the 1990s, a group of teenagers uncovers a toxic waste scandal at a landfill near New York. At the time, waste disposal was controlled by the city’s most...

A story saved from oblivion about a family trying to survive Israeli bombings during the Second Intifada.

What do flat-earthers and the extreme right have in common? The unequal struggle of investigative journalists with Russian-funded agents of influence.

The filmmakers pull off an internet scam right before our eyes—and no one notices.

Assembled from educational archives, Spivak’s film examines a quintessentially Soviet paradox: the Kiev Naval Academy, a military institution situated in a city with no access to...

Polish actor Kasia Smutniak undertakes a risky journey from Italy to the heart of darkness, accompanying activists rescuing migrants in a restricted zone on the Polish-Belarusian border....

A poetic image of the harsh life of a country without prospects. A young welder tries to pull her younger sister out of the house of an addicted mother.

Return to Gaza a quarter of a century ago — an atmospheric record of life in the enclave, allowing you to feel the vibrant pulse of a city on the edge.