Driven by the need to confront her family’s long-buried secrets, Olga Lucovnicova and her father take an old train to his hometown, Asha, deep in the Ural Mountains. Just as she begins to reconnect with the past, Russia launches a new war. Will the voices of the past be silenced again?

After fleeing his home as a boy for freedom in the West, Afghan-Dutch filmmaker Dawood Hilmandi returns years later to confront his father, an imam with a violent past. In a journey through Afghanistan, Iran and Iraq, ”Paikar” explores the invisible inheritance of war and silence that shapes generations, and invites us to rediscover the tenderness that endures within even the most hardened souls.

* Recommended for ages 15 and over.

Three Deaf couples share their remarkable love stories through Irish Sign Language: a decades-long forbidden romance across a religious divide, an LGBTQIA+ couple navigating parenthood with Deaf and hearing daughters, and a Deaf boxer and his hearing partner facing a life-altering choice. This intimate film is a cinematic celebration of resilience, connection, and enduring love.

* Recommended for ages 12 and over.

Alessia initiates a discussion with her father in an attempt to discover the moment when the separation between them occurred, but along the way, everything becomes uncertain, memories mix and intersect, and no one seems to have an exact answer.

Pol is 21 and lives with his grandmother. He dreams of living in Miami and generating €10k a month. He attends personal development events, follows online coaches and invests in cryptocurrencies. Pol doesn't know when he'll achieve his goal of becoming the best version of himself. The only thing he knows is that one day, he'll get there.

Urgent, provocative, and unexpectedly funny, “Steal This Story, Please!” follows iconic independent investigative journalist Amy Goodman – from the wisecracking granddaughter of an Orthodox rabbi to the frontlines of global conflicts and her daily news show Democracy Now!. A call to action and a celebration of resistance, the film asks: what happens to democracy when the press surrenders to power?

A film about work and what we want from it. Three former Uber drivers and three actors reenact and reflect on a failed negotiation with Uber representatives. Outlines of a collective experience become visible, as work puts us into often conflicting positions, forcing us to mistreat each other. Against this, the film shows how we can fracture the screen of compassion and pity and enact solidarity in its place.

When three American doctors – Palestinian, Jewish, and Zoroastrian – enter Gaza to save lives, they find themselves caught between medicine and politics, risking everything to expose the truth. The story follows them from a Gazan hospital under siege, to the halls of Congress, fighting to keep a promise to their Palestinian colleagues and patients, to continue the struggle where it matters most: the United States. 

* Recommended for ages 15 and over; depicts graphic scenes of war.