Animals and people
12 films
Abel
dir. Dekel Berenson, Paul Wesley
fab2024
Life follows its own rhythm in boundless mountains, but a broken heart hurts as much there as in any other corner of the world. Abel, who is 17, does not expect his girlfriend to tell him that they should stop talking to each other. He will receive support from the least expected direction.
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Comme Des Cowboys
dir. Julia Sadowska
fab2024
Can one’s adolescent love which ended with separation flourish again after years? Julita and Stacy parted ways, but now they meet again at a stud farm where Julita is working together with her mother. Stacy comes to participate in an important competition. The infatuation is back, but is it worth the reopening of old wounds?
Read moreAwards:Golden Hobby-Horse
Everything Needs to Live [PL audio description] (Wszystko ma żyć)
dir. Tetiana Dorodnitsyna, Andrii Lytvynenko
dok2024
Whoever saves one life, saves the entire world – that’s the motto of Anna, the strongest woman in the world, who loves animals. After Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Anna joined by a group of volunteers are doing everything possible to save as many wounded and abandoned animals as they can in these difficult days.
Read moreFlowers of Ukraine (Kwiaty Ukrainy)
dir. Adelina Borets
dok2024
On a flowery plot of land, in the middle of a block of flates in Kiev lives 67-year-old Natalia, who has been fighting for years against investors who would like to build another property in place of her house. And just when it seems that fighting the developers is the worst thing that happens to her, Russia's attack on Ukraine begins.
Read moreForest (Las)
dir. Lidia Duda
dok2024
Asia and Marek live with their three children in the Bialowieza Forest, right on the border with Belarus. The cameras installed in the forest have so far served them to observe the animals. But the night-time recordings show that people have appeared in the forest. The whole family is committed to helping the refugees, even though they have no support from the state.
Read moreHoney Bunny
dir. Gracjana Piechula
fab2024
A simple hug lowers the level of cortisol and blood pressure, at the same time strengthening resistance and self-esteem. Life can be hard without it, as experienced by Staszek and Alinka. In their marriage, closeness has been replaced by routine. Everything changes when Alinka takes up the work of a hugger at Honey Bunny salon.
Read moreHow to Skin a Cheetah (How To Skin A Cheetah)
dir. Meghan O'Shaughnessy
fab2023
A macabre, coming-of-age story and a thriller in one. Meghan O'Shaughnessy invites the viewers to a maze full of traps, where fantasies of revenge intertwine with illness, lies, solitude, hopelessness, violence and dreams of a journey-escape to Tanzania.
Read moreInheritance
dir. Matt Moyer, Amy Toensing
dok2024
For a number of years the authors of the film accompanied a family from the Appalachians, an exploited region affected by the opioid crisis. In an insightful and empathetic way, they filmed the situation of the youngest generation burdened with poverty and the omnipresence of addictive substances from the very start. Among them, there is Curtis, a resolute boy ready to break out of the vicious circle sucking up his loved ones.
Read moreKawauso
dir. Akihito Izuhara
anim2023
A young girl and a river otter in an empty town do not develop into a story of great friendship between a human being and an animal. The protagonists are trying to establish some contact but they are total strangers. The starting point for this contemplative animation is the extinction of the river otter in Japan.
Read moreAwards:Golden Dragon
Koka
dir. Aliaksandr Tsymbaliuk
dok2024
On the coast of the Bering Sea, where time has stopped, a father and son make a living by fishing. They live in austere, almost ascetic conditions, where the rhythm of life is determined by successive fishing trips.
Read moreAwards:Special Award
Lili
dir. Sylwia Rosak
dok2023
Lili is eight and tries to understand the world of adults. She lives in Norway, the migration destination of her parents, who are no longer together. Her dad, when they meet, takes her backpacking, which is an opportunity to deepen their relationship.
Read moreThe Shadow of Dawn (Eha Vari)
dir. Olga Stalev
anim2024
A young girl rejects the advances of a lumberjack she met in the forest. Soon, she encounters Beast with a crow’s head and Shadow sets off to fight for her life. This magic story about love, rejection and hurt feelings is a puppet animation with impressive stage design and costume details.
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