NOBODY DIES IN LONGYEARBYEN
They say that when you’re hit by the polar bug, you never leave. Don’t say we didn’t warn you. Nobody dies in Longyearbyen, or so goes the rumour. We went to the northernmost city in the world to find out why, and stumbled into the first act of a science fiction flick about something deadly, long buried in the permafrost.
Norway 2018 / 9:05 / Director: David Freid
AFGHAN COAL
This is the story about a country obliged to give up on its future. The little known town of Tor, located in the north of Afghanistan, is – if anything – noted for its coal mines, and the tragedy of the children that are forced to work there.
Turkey, Afghanistan 2018 / 24:45 / Director: Zeynep Kececiler
MARY
The short film tells the story of Mary Anning – the mother of palaeontology, who, despite adversities, achieved extraordinary discoveries. She was a self-taught lower-class woman – and a person who discovered ichthyosaur, pterosaur, and plesiosaur skeletons in the 19th century. Her name, forgotten for years, regains its rightful place as the credits for her work are given back.
Poland 2022 / 5:20 / Director: Kinga Anna Garncarz
THE ASHES REMAIN WARM
“Every morning when I go out of the door, he is the first one I see. He is the first to tell me good morning. He is a father. Although he is destroying us, he does not kill us.” The village of ‘Chã das Caldeiras’ lies inside the crater of the volcano ‘Pico do Fogo’ in Cape Verde. After losing everything in the last eruption, its inhabitants are forced to reconstruct their lives. We meet a subjective visual tale on real loss, a symbiotic relationship and the possibility of eternal return.
Portugal, Cape Verde, Germany 2016 / 20:51 / Director: Mónica Martins Nunes
