The Quilters(2024)

Tammisunnuntai 1918(fi)

Dramatized documentary of the early hours of Finland's Civil War in January 1918.

Jeevan Sangharsha(en)

A poet gets dejected with the materialistic society around him. The only person he gets some sympathy from is a washed out working girl who gives him shelter. Rejected by publishers, he gains fame when his death is reported by a newspaper.

Janma Bhoomi(ne)

Janma Bhoomi is a compelling Nepali film that celebrates culture, family, and the triumph of good over greed. Arjun and Krishna, two brothers unaware of their bond, face Kuber Agarwal, a wealthy businessman set on destroying Naya Basti village to build a factory, ignoring the villagers’ heritage. Agarwal’s daughter Sirjana falls in love with Arjun and marries him against her father’s wishes.Chameli secretly loves Arjun but remains silent, while Krishna falls for Gita. With the villagers’ support, Arjun and Krishna resist Agarwal’s plans. The story takes a tragic turn as Agarwal and Chameli die, but the brothers succeed in protecting the village. Sirjana’s decision to leave her father highlights that love and integrity triumph over greed. Directed and written by Mohan Nirula and produced by Chabi Ojha, Janma Bhoomi showcases Nepal’s cultural roots and the power of unity.

A Song of an Unknown Actress(en)

Every year, thousands of young women move to Los Angeles to make their breakthrough as actresses. Their careers usually take place in the gray area between small supporting roles in big films and big roles in small films, the restaurant jobs necessary for survival and an endless loop of auditions: they are the Ariadne's thread that must not break. Because despite all the frustration and despair over constant rejection, every audition is a great opportunity. And everyone who has made it in Hollywood has had to go through this phase. So the great promise hovers above the gray everyday life.

Apocalypsis(en)

Set in a parallel universe entering a black hole, a woman reading the book of Revelation has visions of regeneration during Anthropocene.

Arnhem: The Story of an Escape(nl)

Graeme Warrack was Divisional Chief Doctor of the 1st Airborne Division at the Battle of Arnhem in September 1944. With other doctors, medical personnel and padres, he stayed behind with the wounded. The first improvised hospital was a German-occupied Dutch military barracks at Apeldoorn. From here, the wounded were transported to prisoner of war camps in Germany. As the last of the wounded left, Colonel Warrack escaped.

Half(en)

Two women go about their lives, and as the parallels between them mount, the more obvious it is how well suited they would be for each other.

Where Do We Begin(pl)

Ola, her younger brother Pipek and youngest sister Ajka try to piece together their lives after their father's untimely death. They set out on a plan to recreate their childhood photos, revealing wounds that haven't quite healed.

Sr. Artur(pt)

The world of Arthur suddenly was taken by assault by two strangers. Incapable to recognize the two figures presented in front of him, Arthur is trapped in his own chair. A delicate situation, where the intensity increases gradually to it's boiling point.

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Forest(en)

Short film built from photographs, sped up like a traditional stop motion and is meant to be an evocation of the English Eerie and Folk Horror.

Frontaliers Disaster(it)

Bussenghi is a cross-border worker who is late to work every day because of Swiss border guard Bernasconi. In a twist of fate, the two nemeses will have to coexist 24 hours a day and, aside from teasing each other about the differences between Italy and Switzerland, they begin to understand and help each other, gradually realizing that they need each other to get out of the trouble they ended up in.

Stranger(pl)

A pregnant 22-year-old with a dreary job, a difficult home life and an absent boyfriend learns to love her life and share this love with the child in her womb.

Sailor Moon(en)

When Queen Beryl interrupts the marriage between Sailor Moon and Prince Darien, the Princess Warriors move to Earth to protect the Jewels of Power.

Ken(ja)

Kokubu, captain of his university's kendo team, is a mystery to those who know him: An ascetic dedicated to a point of obsession with the simplicity and beauty of the sword arts. Kagawa, a promising but arrogant kendo student, is attracted to Kokubu's devout leadership but kept at a distance by his standoffish nature. With the national championships fast approaching, the pair clash as Kokubu drives his students with increasingly rigorous training and Kagawa tests Kokubu's grip on the class.

The Birth of the Leopard(de)

The only novel written by Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa, The Leopard (Il Gattopardo, 1958), just like its screen adaptation by Luchino Visconti, is considered a masterpiece. This film tells about the life of Tomasi and his German-Baltic wife Alexandra von Wolff-Stomersee – their unusual love story. The chaos of the Russian Revolution of 1917 and World War II forced Alexandra to leave St. Petersburg and later on – the family's castle in Stāmeriena, Latvia. During the war, in 1943, she fled to her husband in Palermo, where she would live until the day she died.

Night of Love(it)

Brigitte Bardot stars in this romantic thriller about love and high treason in WWI-era Italy. Matinee idol-turned-filmmaker Mario Bonnard directs this opus.

Ženy u benzinu(cs)