MAN NUMBER 4
Gaza, December 2023. A confrontation with a disturbing photograph on social media triggers questions about what it means to be an onlooker.
United Kingdom 2024 / 9:48 / Director/Producer: Miranda Pennell
SURFACE
A documentary about four people and their unique experiences in water, where they can move their body freely or use their senses differently than on land. Each of them has some disability or illness. They find something in the water that is not based on rehabilitation, being disabled or sick. The water provides
the conditions to test the limits of their own body and express themselves outside of it.
Finland 2023 / 20:24 / Director: Anna Kekkonen / Producer: Hannes Vartiainen, Joonas Berghäll
3MWH
A nuclear power plant worker obsessed with counting has set a maximum limit on how much electricity he wants to consume. However, the energy that should have lasted the rest of his life is slowly running out, forcing him to decide on its final use.
Czech Republic 2024 / 12:00 / Director: Marie-Magdalena Kochová / Producer: Agata Kolarova
DEAD WEIGHT
On their way in a descending balloon over an icy sea, three men must get rid of weight to save their lives. How can they solve the problem?
Norway 2024 / 8:00 / Director: Øyvind Tangseth / Producer: Trine Vallevik Håbjørg
I WAS THERE, PART II
Newly uncovered 16mm footage from the US Army archives documenting the barren bombed landscape of Hiroshima raise questions about warfare and ethical issues for the human race immersed in the present time.
United States, Japan 2024 / 10:15 / Director/Producer: Chi Jang Yin
FAMILIES’ ALBUMS
Photographic images of scenes of everyday life are rearranged. Connected together, a new landscape emerges.
Canada 2023 / 8:00 / Director/Producer: Moïa Jobin-Paré
CITY OF POETS
In a small semi-utopian city, all the streets are named after poets. When a war broke out, new neighbourhoods emerged to accommodate the refugees. Soon the citizens find themselves lost amid the memories of the forgotten poets.
Netherlands 2024 / 21:22 / Director: Sara Rajaei / Producer: Manon Bovenkerk