
Jean and Brendan have been dating for a couple months now. It's that sweet spot: Brendan's still enamored with Jean's career as a painter and Jean still finds Brendan's less-than-clever jokes funny. But as they begin to enter the thrilling and butterfly-inducing journey of physical intimacy, it is revealed that all may not be well. Brendan's riddled with anxieties in the bedroom, and Jean's own residence is overshadowed by something potentially more lethal: A poltergeist.
2026-01-24 00.0
So much for a world of total accessibility: the inmates in Farina Mietchen’s documentary can only communicate precariously, and access is unevenly distributed between those on the inside and those they wish to contact. “If you can’t reach me,” a former inmate reminds his Turkish friend, who is still in jail, “try again. I can’t call you back.” Such are the rules in the business of the inmate telephone system. Mietchen listens to her anonymized protagonists as they talk on the phone, watch crime shows together, and make plans for their next visit, while she herself fills out visitation requests. The film’s error-prone DV format reflects this world of fragile communication, so out of step with the times—as is, one might argue, the entire prison system that necessitates it.
2026-02-12 00.0

Just another party of the century as three teenage girls sneak out into the night to meet up with a crew of energy drink bootlegging aliens. The true celebration is in the different forms and paths of young female individuality. They boldly discover what the universe has to offer them not without some tricks of their own.
2026-02-20 00.0

Samaan, a young Christian man, works as a security guard in a residential building in downtown Cairo. Quiet and introspective, he spends his nights writing stories and chasing his dream of publishing his first novel. Beneath his calm surface, Samaan carries deep wounds—the lasting effects of chronic PTSD, rooted in the traumatic loss of his father, who was killed in a terrorist attack in Libya during Samaan’s childhood. One day, amid the noise and routine of the city, Samaan crosses paths with Fatima, a young Muslim woman. What begins as a simple encounter soon blossoms into an extraordinary friendship—one that slowly begins to break down the walls Samaan has built around his trauma.
2026-02-14 00.0

The documentary follows how a former psychiatric hospital that had been abandoned is transformed into a thriving center for art, culture, and mental well-being with the arrival of new tenants. With limited resources, activists in Lapinlahti decide to continue the area's mental health work in a citizen-driven way, allowing the disadvantaged members of society to shine. The place fills up with entrepreneurs, therapists, artists, and associations, and the park area in the city center, closed to Helsinki residents for 170 years, comes to life with cafes, saunas, museums, and bakeries. The road is not easy. The city administration does not seem to recognize the value of the project, and the Lapinlahti community has to fight constantly for its existence. At the heart of the film is the threat of the area being sold to a large real estate investor, as plans are made to build a giant hotel in the park.
2026-01-31 00.0

The film follows the winding paths of a textile history that has closely intertwined Nigeria and Austria for centuries. As colorful and multi-layered as the fabrics themselves, the film portrays extravagant fashion icons and busy textile producers, conjuring up the spirits that lurk in the hidden seams of colonial history.
2025-10-09 00.0

Taking as its starting point the discovery of the bodies of the children of Llullaillaco and the debates that their discovery sparked, the central objective of the project is to question how the influence of the Inca Empire in the region was ignored during the geopolitical, cultural, and social formation of our country. An essayistic approach that, from a variety of perspectives, enables reflection on some of the identity contradictions that still underlie the idea of nationhood today.
2026-02-05 00.0