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The strange Journey of a butterfly through the dreamscapes of Alesia's dream.

What happens when two cultural icons from different generations and worlds meet face to face for the first time? That’s the premise of Unique of Their Species, an audiovisual piece that imagines an improbable bridge between Alfredo Castro, an icon of Chilean theater and cinema, and Pablo Chill-E, a central figure in today’s urban music scene.

A unique maritime historical document in which three sailors' wives, aged between 86 and 94, candidly recount their remarkably emancipated lives in the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s. They raised children, managed the household and finances, bought houses, and made major decisions without consulting their seafaring husbands. They enjoyed, so to speak, unprecedented autonomy in a period when strict gender roles still prevailed.

Vinny's night is interrupted by strange screams coming from somewhere in his house. As he searches for the source, he finds himself face to face with something terrifying that feels disturbingly familiar.

A grandmother, who once dreamed of becoming a dancer, spent her youth clipping tickets, bound by duty. Marriage promised freedom, yet life wove tighter threads. Facing her own frailty, she casts off the past, rowing toward the unknown — refusing to let her daughter inherit her cage, vowing to dance forever.

Berlin, known for its freedom and inclusiveness of diverse subcultures, is a safe haven for many displaced people. But urban life may not provide the best living conditions. Idealistic traveller Moon struggles to find accommodation in Berlin but receives a helping hand from Anna, who is also a Hong Konger anxious about her unstable life. They temporarily stay at the 15-person co-living facility named Hausprojekt ‘K28’. However, this group of migrants—some have experienced social unrest back home and others just want to experience life in a foreign country—are facing eviction. Two women with very different personalities share what they have and face the hardships of life together. The Berlin-based director uses her perspective as an Asian woman to explore the clash between humanism and gentrification. Featuring Golden Horse nominee Elizabeth TANG and artist Sammi MAK in leading roles, the film deromanticises the situation of Hong Kongers living in a foreign land.

Through intimate, real-life phone calls with their granddaughters, grandmothers share confessions of love, heartbreak, and loss, reflecting on the shared experiences of womanhood across generations.

An anxious man seeking distraction joins a tour group at an art gallery.

In a village on the Yucatán Peninsula, women preserve an almost forgotten heritage: the culture of the stingless Melipona bee, which was revered as a sacred animal by the Maya. The documentary follows Evelyn and her cooperative in the struggle for biodiversity, cultural knowledge and a new role for women in a patriarchal society.

After defeating a bloodthirsty maniac, Blossom needs a ride home. What a hassle.

Mirka, new to the Ultra-Orthodox Jewish world, makes her way from the back of a gender-segregated bus to the front, to save her celiac son Raphael from a cookie containing gluten. This simple act constitutes a challenge to the conventions of the society in which Mirka lives and to which she tries to belong.

Ji-kyung, who's trying to reboot her life, wants her lover, Min-gyu, to take up a hobby. And so, Min-gyu takes up a hobby...

Set in the late 2000s, a payphone booth at an all-girls Catholic school stands witness to the intimate performance of its callers.

A young woman awakens to an otherworldly presence outside her bedroom door.

A poetic exploration of three subterranean telescopes in remote regions of Canada, Japan, and Antarctica that reveal a new way of perceiving the universe from within. Underground, we are dreaming into the earth.

After the death of his brother, modern-day slave Gábor (50) along with another slave Veronika tries to find his deceased brother’s papers to properly bury him outside the farm. Their captors would want to keep this all quiet and hinder Gábor from doing so.

In the bustling noise of Shanghai, Longchang Apartment, a century-old building, seems like a haven from time. A father experiences a peaceful life here, where neighbors live in harmony. His son, on the other hand, is caught up in the fast pace of the city day after day. Their lives are parallel yet starkly different...

VPRO icon Wim Brands died on April 4, 2016. He was known to the general public as a presenter of the VPRO Boeken program and also closer, with six collections of poetry to his name. This documentary about his life and work, built entirely from archive material, pays tribute to this television personality. A portrait in which attention is also paid to his complicated relationship with death. With a.o. Karl Ove Knausgård, David Sedaris, Ellen Deckwitz and Pieter Boskma. Brands' work merges with his rich inner life and that he chose death at the age of 56 casts a shadow over everything.

When an unsettling young woman gets invited into an awkward man's house, he must confront his self-deluded behavior which forces him to make a drastic decision in order to save himself.

In the middle of a road, Adriano and Nina push a car until they reach a gas station. The couple has broken up after the events of a wedding, but while Nina wants to solve things out, Adriano takes refuge in the trunk and reality fragments as we enter in his mental chaos, in a space where past, future, magic and reality interconnect.

A tender exploration of friendship, identity, and transformation, this film follows Brahel and Andoeni, who met as children and grew up together in Guadalajara. Though their romantic relationship eventually ended, their deep friendship endured. Years later, after Brahel’s gender transition, the two reconnect and rediscover their bond. Through a rich tapestry of archival footage, music, intimate moments, and unspoken emotions, the narrative unfolds as a heartfelt journey of reconnection, vulnerability, and lasting affection.