How do you come to terms with a gruesome family history? For generations, both the descendants of enslaved people and the descendants of those who profited from slavery have kept this question buried. But in Bloedlijnen, the silence is finally broken. Through deeply personal narratives, six families explore how the leg...
As Russia launches its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, primary schools across Russia’s hinterlands are transformed into recruitment sites for the war. Facing the ethical dilemma of working in a system defined by propaganda and violence, a brave teacher goes undercover to film what’s really happening in his school. Pav...
Images can tell us more than words. I have been asked to introduce the film which we are going to watch – Inside Gaza – with a speech. I will not do so. This impressive documentary speaks for itself. I will limit myself to three observations. First. In 1980 UNESCO published a report on the...
At an all-boys water polo camp, socially anxious 12-year-old Ben is pulled into a cruel tradition targeting an outcast with an illness they call ‘The Plague’. But as the lines between game and reality blur, Ben fears the joke might be hiding something real. Blending shades of body horror and psychodrama, writer/director Charlie Polinger instinctively...
At an all-boys water polo camp, socially anxious 12-year-old Ben is pulled into a cruel tradition targeting an outcast with an illness they call ‘The Plague’. But as the lines between game and reality blur, Ben fears the joke might be hiding something real. Blending shades of body horror and psychodrama, writer/direct...
Sharp satire by Iranian director Ali Asgari about the slow grind of censorship and the absurdity of repression. Bahram is a 40-year-old filmmaker whose films have all been banned by the Ministry of Culture. When his latest work is once again denied permission, he’s pushed to the edge of defiance. Bahram has spent his ...
The partnership was announced on 23 March during the Movies that Matter program “Take on Displaced Filmmakers,” a full-day event examining how filmmakers with backgrounds shaped by migration and exile, bring their distinct perspectives into compelling cinema. The initiative was introduced by Paul Robinson, founder of the NEFTi Competitions, alongside Margje de Koning, Artistic Director...
1982. Eleven-year-old Lidia lives with her queer family in a Chilean town. As an unknown deadly disease begins to spread, legend has it that it’s transmitted between two men, through a glance, when they fall in love. While people accuse her family, Lidia must find out whether this myth is real. In the early 1980’s, in...
An unprecedented insight into the Gaza war. Seen through the eyes of the local team of Agence France-Presse (AFP), it is a story of factual journalism under attack by propaganda and disinformation from all sides, threatening the very essence of war reporting. The local team of AFP had become accustomed to living under ...
Heart-warming road movie about the odyssey of ten-year-old Pari and her blind younger brother Chotu through the dusty countryside of inland India. Pari promised her brother that he would not be blind anymore on his ninth birthday. But there is no money for an operation. So they set out on an adventure and undertake a j...