The Film Route of HUMAN

Home Game is a personal film essay by Lidija Zelovic, in which she portrays her displaced family in the Netherlands with self-mockery and in her own unique way since their flight from war-torn Sarajevo in 1993. She explores the duality migrants experience between past and present, posing the question: what is home? Through archival footage and intimate family scenes, she weaves in political events in the Netherlands that remind her of the breakup of Yugoslavia—such as political assassinations, government discrimination, polarization, and the rise of the radical right. Home Game is a sharp, sometimes humorous but confronting reflection on identity, migration, and today’s political reality.

De Propagandist by Luuk Bouwman tells the fascinating and charged story of filmmaker Jan Teunissen (1898-1975), the leader of the NSB Film Service during World War II, who was dubbed by some as the "Dutch Leni Riefenstahl." Through previously unpublished interviews, family films, and propaganda films, the documentary paints a picture of his rise and fall: from ambitious filmmaker and creator of films like Willem van Oranje (1934) to the most powerful man in the Dutch film industry under the Nazi regime. The film explores the mechanisms and motives behind propaganda, the role of opportunism, and the manipulative power of film—timeless themes that remain relevant today.

The Dialogue Police follows a specialized unit within the Swedish police force that uses dialogue as its only weapon to reduce tensions between protesters and officers. Established after the riots in Gothenburg in 2001, this 'dialogue police' unit has the mission of protecting democratic values and preventing escalation, a task that weighs heavily on the team mentally. Filmmaker Susanna Edwards compellingly captures how these officers operate on the frontlines of conflicts—ranging from environmental protests and Quran burnings to political gatherings. The film is an inspiring and immersive chronicle of the power of dialogue in a time when it is increasingly under pressure.

Antidote is a gripping documentary about three individuals who risk everything in their resistance against Vladimir Putin’s regime, with investigative journalist Christo Grozev as the central figure. He uncovered Putin's assassination machine and now lives in constant fear for his life. Alongside him, we follow a Russian scientist who became a whistleblower after discovering that his work was being used to poison dissidents, and political activist Vladimir Kara-Murza, who was poisoned twice and is now imprisoned for treason, while his wife Evgenia emerges as a prominent opposition voice. The film, an unofficial sequel to Navalny, explores in real-time the cost of truth and courage in a regime that stops at nothing.