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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...

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 entire...

On Thursday 2 July, in collaboration with Pakhuis de Zwijger, we are organising a screening of Cutting Through Rocks as part of the Pakhuis Kino evening. The film won both the Activist Lens Award and the Audience Award at the 2026 Movies that Matter Festival. Further details about the post-screening discussion will follow. Tickets Cutting...