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International auditor Alain has arrived to appraise the airport of a small self-proclaimed republic in the Caucasus to green light its eventual reopening. Through Edgar, a local boy running a make-shift business in the airport, Alain will risk all to help this isolated territory to open up.

Un paradis fiscal en Suisse, une lutte hésitante contre les fraudeurs fiscaux en Allemagne, un pays africain autrefois riche qui a été entraîné dans l’abîme par les prix des matières premières sur le marché mondial : Ce qui, à première vue, semble n’avoir aucun rapport entre eux, représente un système économique mondial qui détermine toutes nos vies – et le cinéaste est en plein dedans.

Helsinki, 1945. The end of the war brings a new sense of artistic and social freedom for painter Tove Jansson. While focusing her artistic dreams on painting, the enchanting tales of the ‘Moomin’ creatures she told to scared children in bomb shelters, rapidly take on a life of their own, bringing international fame.

Shadow Game is an experimentally filmed account of the far-reaching consequences of European asylum policy. Now fences have gone up all over Europe, seeking asylum has become almost impossible. The teenagers cross snowy landscapes and meet aggressive border police on their way. Reaching their final destination has become more difficult than ever. Their journey takes them through the whole of Europe: from Greece to North Macedonia, Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina, from Italy to France and The Netherlands. The film was shot over a period of three years, partly by the main characters themselves on their phones.

The true story of how Patrizia Reggiani plotted to kill her husband Maurizio Gucci, the grandson of renowned fashion designer Guccio Gucci.

A powerful man, who is also the former prime minister of Georgia, has developed an unusual hobby. He buys century-old trees, some as tall as 15-floor buildings, and has them excavated along the Georgian coastline to collect them for his private garden. In order to transplant trees of such dimensions, the landscape surrounding them is ripped apart and the people living around them are forced to adapt to the disruption. As the film follows this process, it portrays the needs and values of today’s Georgian society and reflects on the theme of forced migration, where "uprooting" is more than a metaphor.

Gladys lebt nach einem klaren Grundsatz: Stehe für das ein, was du für richtig hältst. Aus dieser Lebenseinstellung heraus ist das ambitionierte Projekt entstanden, eine Farm sowie eine Schule in Chewe, einem Dorf in Zambia, aufzubauen. Gladys, selbst in Zambia geboren und aufgewachsen, weiss um die wenig verheissungsvolle Zukunftsperspektive der Kinder, besonders der Mädchen. Die Regisseurin Cornelia Gantner hat Gladys in ihrem unermüdlichen Kampf um Veränderung und Fortschritt über mehrere Jahre hinweg begleitet.

Deep in the forests of the Balkans, maple trees of inestimable value can be found: their wood can be used to create musical instruments as unique and valuable as an original Stradivari. The Violin maker Gaspar Borchardt goes in search of that rare tree to realize his great dream: to create the perfect instrument for Dutch violinist Janine Jansen.

Once home to a thriving fishing collective farm, the island of Ostrov in the Caspian Sea has fallen into despair.

Fabietto Schisa, a boy in 1980s Naples whose teenage years are marked by unexpected joys like the arrival of football legend Diego Maradona, and an equally unexpected tragedy. Fate plays its part, joy and tragedy intertwine, and Fabietto’s future is set in motion in a tale of family, sports and cinema, love and loss.

In Keskincik, a village situated near the Syrian border of Turkey, a young man, Mahmut wishes to divorce his newly-wed wife. Guilt-ridden, he doesn’t know how to end the marriage. Recently, Mahmut’s sister Zeynep has ended her engagement as well. Resolute to quit the village, Zeynep enrols in an open high school and finds a job in a factory. Against her father’s wishes, Zeynep hopes to leave the village and study at a university. Mahmut and Zeynep become the centre of a genuine conflict in their family and community. As resentments and dilemmas come to light, the film aims to magnify this upcoming generation as they try to escape child marriages and create a new way of life for themselves.

Widower Tom, on the recent passing of his wife Mary, uses his free bus pass to travel the length of Britain from John O'Groats in Scotland to Land's End in Cornwall, their shared birthplace, using only local buses. It's an incident-fuelled nostalgia trip and his encounters with local people make him a media phenomenon. Tom is totally unaware and to his surprise on arrival at Land’s End he’s greeted as a celebrity.

This is the story of two completely opposite households: the Pavone are intellectual and bourgeois, the Vismara are proletarian and fascists. They are two tribes sharing the same jungle: Rome. A trivial accident brings these two poles together. The madness of a 25-year old youth will set them on a collision course, discovering the cards to reveal that everyone has a secret. People are never what they seem – but we are all predators in the end.

Zilla Leutenegger ist eine der erfolgreichsten und medial vielfältigsten schweizerischen Künstlerinnen. Im Frühsommer 2021 widmete ihr das Bündner Kunstmuseum Chur eine Mid-Career-Retrospektive. Während dreier Jahren begleitete der Filmemacher Iwan Schumacher die Künstlerin mit der Kamera. Der Film fokussiert auf die Entstehung von drei Kunstwerken der Churer Ausstellung. Diese Arbeiten bilden die Ausgangspunkte für Streifzüge durch das Leben und Werk von Zilla Leutenegger.

Amin hütet seit über zwanzig Jahren ein Geheimnis, das das Leben, das er sich seit seiner Ankunft in Kopenhagen aufgebaut hat, zerstören könnte. Verfolgt von den Traumata seiner Vergangenheit, die er im Hintergrund durchscheinen lässt, beschliesst er, seine Geschichte dem Regisseur zu erzählen, der ein enger Freund ist und ihn zu diesem Schritt ermutigt. Die Geschichte zeigt Amins Werdegang von seiner Kindheit im postkommunistischen Afghanistan bis zu seiner Gegenwart als angesehener Akademiker in Dänemark, der kurz davorsteht, seinen Partner zu heiraten. Der Film, der zur Wahrung der Anonymität seiner Protagonisten hauptsächlich aus bemerkenswerten Animationen besteht, nimmt uns mit auf den aufwühlenden Weg eines Geflüchteten, der im Ausland Asyl sucht, und in seine Beziehung zur Homosexualität

In a cluttered news landscape dominated by men, emerges India’s only newspaper run by Dalit women. Armed with smartphones, Chief Reporter Meera and her journalists break traditions on the frontlines of India’s biggest issues and within the confines of their own homes, redefining what it means to be powerful.

Yuri, 16, has lived all his life in Gagarin Towers, a vast red-brick housing project on the outskirts of Paris. He dreams of becoming an astronaut. When plans to demolish Gagarin Towers leak out, Yuri joins the resistance. With his friends Diana and Houssam, he embarks on a mission to save their home, which has become his “starship.”