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Menschen passen sich mit neuen Transformationen und Mutationen an eine synthetische Umgebung an. Mit seiner Partnerin Caprice zeigt Saul Tenser, prominenter Performance-Künstler, öffentlich die Metamorphose seiner Organe in avantgardistischen Performances.

Sylvie, eine fast sechzigjährige Frau, hat sich in Michel verliebt, einen Verbrecher, den sie im Gefängnis geheiratet hat. Die beiden träumen davon, mit einem Blumenladen einen Neuanfang zu wagen. Doch Sylvies Sohn Abel, der davon überzeugt ist, dass Michel in ein kriminelles Leben abrutschen wird, missbilligt diese Beziehung.

Ten young women who used to live on the streets of Bogotá close their eyes and conjure Alis. This documentation of delicate conversations depicts the imaginary friend evolving into a surface for the projection of personal experiences and a proxy for nascent dreams.

Freda lives with her mother, sister and little brother in a popular neighbourhood of Haiti. They survive with their little street food shop. The precariousness and violence of their daily life pushes them to do everything they can to escape their situation in the hope of finding a better life.

Into the Ice porträtiert eine Glaziologin und zwei Glaziologen, die das Schmelzen und die Bewegung des Eises besser verstehen wollen. Mit Untersuchungen direkt auf dem und im Eis ergänzen sie bisherige Messungen mit Radar und Satelliten. Die Erkenntnisse der Forscher:innen könnten bisherige Prognosen zum Anstieg des Meeresspiegels über den Haufen werfen. Mit Konsequenzen für Millionen von Küstenbewohner:innen auf der ganzen Welt.

When Ava wishes her parents would go away for winter break, the next morning all the adults are gone. Now the kids can do whatever they want! But they soon wish their parents back again.

A film that depicts the young Ukrainian generation scarred by war and political breakthroughs. The film's starting point is the preparation for a play based on the motifs of Shakespeare's Hamlet, which, combined with an intense glimpse into the lives of the characters, creates a powerful portrait of a generation having to confront their war trauma and tackle the painful past, which now after the Russia's invasion of Ukraine becomes their present and future alike.

The absorbingly cinematic Ascension explores the pursuit of the “Chinese Dream.” Driven by mesmerizing—and sometimes humorous—imagery, this observational documentary presents a contemporary vision of China that prioritizes productivity and innovation above all.

The northernmost city in the world, Longyearbyen, is the most populated settlement in the Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard. A Czech social anthropologist attempts to make a new home for herself here with her family whilst also researching social transformations in the local community. The loss of jobs in the mining industry, as well as the complicated relationship between Norwegian natives, foreign immigrants, and tourists all contribute to the city's change of atmosphere whilst the surrounding snowy mountains melt and avalanches threaten the daily existence of the local population. This portrait of the microcosm of an ice town is a raw glimpse into the contemporary globalized world.

Im ländlichen Äthiopien kämpft das Personal eines Gesundheitszentrums gegen die Müttersterblichkeit an. Unermüdlich fordert es Frauen dazu auf, in der Klinik zu entbinden. Doch die Vorbehalte sind gross, ebenso wie die praktischen Hürden. Entgegen dem medizinischen Rat entscheidet sich Hulu Ager, ihr Kind zu Hause zur Welt zur bringen, begleitet von einer traditionellen Hebamme.

Vera is a middle-aged sign language interpreter, whose life is disrupted by her husband's suicide who has to face the raw reality of going against the deep-seated gender issues of our times.