Neon Phantom

A musical that has as its literal unsung heroes those who make home deliveries, usually through apps that don’t see the well-being of employees as a priority. The motto is a simple dream: buying a motorcycle, so that the work is made easier.

Dry Ground Burning

In Ceilândia, on the outskirts of Brasília, Léa, Chitara and Andreia have a very particular business: extracting oil from pipelines in the city, then turning it into gasoline that they sell to “motoboys” in the area. Between this structure and the business of politics, this is the story of Kebradas’ gasoline trade.

Handbook

The protests in Belarus, at the time of Lukashenko’s re-election in 2020, led to the arrest of around 7,000 people. A dispassionate representation of what happened next, based on hundreds of testimonies, makes the horror of the situation as instructive as impressive.

The Parents’ Room

As hilarious as it is uncomfortable, this family’s murder ballad ocould have been a song by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds.

Freda

It’s not an easy life for a young woman in Haiti. Gessica Généus’ first feature film focuses on a family headed by a mother, Jeannette (Fabiola Rémy), who tries to convince Esther (Djanaïna François) to find a rich man to marry and Freda (Néhémie Bastien) to find a job and drop out of college. Alongside precariousness and tough choices, accusing complex social issues, there are also desires and joys.

Unrest

A story about anarchy and watchmaking that gets its name from the intricate piece that forms the “heart” of the watch. We are in the 19th century, in St. Imier, Switzerland, a place dedicated to the manufacture of watches and where Josephine works. As she learns new ways of thinking about money, labour and, of course, time, she becomes involved in the anarchist watchmaking movement, where she meets Pyotr Kropotkin.

Intermezzo

The twins Rebecca and Carlo are reunited at their grandmother’s house, which they will have to dismantle following her death. The days they spend together bring forth their affections and their conflicts.

Hierophany

Hierophany is the manifestation of the sacred (from the Greek, “hieros” is equivalent to “sacred” and “phaneia” to “manifest”), and this film addresses this concept in the form of an animated, dreamlike journey.

Upwards Tide

A work that brings together images filmed on full moon nights and days, contrasting images of bodies with an autumnal landscape.

North Pole

It’s hard to find our own place in the world when we’re young, and the ideas we have about what we have to do to be accepted aren’t necessarily the best ones — this is a disconnection that Margo is dealing with.

Have a Nice Day Forever

Thanks to a fondness for Bruce Springsteen, a tender and innocent friendship is born between an American and an Icelander when they cross paths in a snowy forest on the outskirts of Oslo.

Some Kind of Intimacy

A director arrives at the site of his parents’ graves and tries to communicate with the sheep that wander there.

Thursday, Friday, Saturday

Romain and Adémar have a few days on their own when the factory they work at catches fire. They make plans to take advantage of the fine weather, while the mail doesn’t come.

A Month After the Night

A month after the night that changed the lives of a group of teenagers, the police ask them to reenact a traumatic circumstance by a lake.

Lucienne in a World Without Solitude

This is a world without loneliness because everyone has a double, a version of oneself that is never too far away. But living in this world without loneliness is also living in a world without individuality, and Lucienne will have to choose between conformity and ostracization.

Handstand

In a school, in a small village, the kids do Physical Education in a cold winter environment. And something goes wrong while Raffi teaches the class.

Urban Solutions

A film that creates a contrast between the experience of a European artist in Brazil, in colonial times, and an actuality populated by doormen who observe the lives of their buildings, reflecting on those who inhabit them, as well as on their own profession.