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12-year-old Mikal was born and raised in a hotel room shared with his parents, who struggle with addiction. Driven by love and the desire for a better life, Mikal’s greatest desire is for his mother to stop drinking. But what does it really take for someone to change? The severe housing crisis in the US...

Watch the documentary Nice Ladies at Flora Filmtheater on Wednesday 25 June, followed by a discussion! The film follows a team of elderly Ukrainian cheerleaders who hold on to their friendship while each dealing with the trauma of war in their own way. This screening is part of the specially curated NATO Film Week, in...

Thirteen-year-old Tielle’s sensitive and powerful resistance against the system that oppresses her and all women. A co-production by Walter Salles and the Dardenne brothers, winner of the Best Director Award at the Venice Film Festival and the Grand Jury Fiction Prize at the Movies that Matter Festival. Deep in the Amazon rainforest of Brazil, Tielle...