Films

A Poem for Little People

The unlikely but close friendship of two elderly women brings to life a cinematic poem about courage and resistance during wartime, while a young man and his team of volunteers struggle to get people away from the frontline in Eastern Ukraine.

Ivan Sautkin / Ukraine, Lithuania & United Kingdom / 2023 / International Premiere

Alreadymade

Is that supposed to be art? Marcel Duchamp's urinal became the most influential artwork of the 20th century, but the story of the iconic piece unravels itself in an intelligent and witty film that dares to ask: Did a woman actually come up with the idea?

Barbara Visser / Netherlands / 2023 / International Premiere

Appearances

An atmospheric and dreamy picture poem from Argentina's vast La Pampa region, where ancient stories of spirits are evoked in dark and evocative images between reality and the beyond.

Nicolás Onischuk / Argentina / 2023 / International Premiere

Billy & Molly: An Otter Love Story

One of the most heartwarming love stories of the year is about the close friendship between a melancholic Scottish man - and an otter. An irresistible film that goes straight to the heart.

Charlie Hamilton James / United Kingdom & United States / 2024 / International Premiere

Burning Out

Dad humour is declared a thing of the past at a fire station in Amsterdam, where diversity must be promoted and employees must learn to interact with each other anew. A witty and human film about finding yourself in a time of cultural upheaval where fires still need to be put out.

Saskia Gubbels / Netherlands / 2023 / International Premiere

Eno

Experience Brian Eno's creative process and foresight in a film that changes every time it is shown! Using new technology, director Gary Hustwit has created a phantom portrait of the musical genius that reassembles his life's work.

Gary Hustwit / United Kingdom & United States / 2024 / International Premiere

Eros

Brazil's love motels are a sexual haven where fantasy becomes reality. When the filmmaker's own date never shows up, she gets a fresh idea for a film instead. The result is a kaleidoscopic insight into a parallel world of human desire.

Rachel Daisy Ellis / Brazil / 2024 / International Premiere

Frida

Frida Kahlo's illustrated diary is brought to life by poetic animations in a passionate and dramatic account of the iconic Mexican artist's life, told in her own words.

Carla Gutiérrez / United States & Mexico / 2024 / International Premiere

Gaucho Gaucho

The duo behind the 'The Truffle Hunters' are back with a timeless and visually stunning tribute to the cowboys and cowgirls who keep old traditions alive. An Argentinian western with understated humour and an eye for the epic drama in the detail.

Michael Dweck & Gregory Kershaw / United States & Argentina / 2024 / International Premiere

La Base

Social-realist sci-fi from the taxi centre around a Paris airport that looks more like a run-down space base where an incredible cast of characters cross each other's paths.

Vadim Dumesh / France / 2023 / International Premiere

Lie To Me

They promised a digital revolution of the financial market. It all turned out to be one of the biggest scams in history, but 10 years and countless scandals later, OneCoin is still in action. A docu-thriller about psychology and manipulation in a crypto-age.

Baar Tyrmi / Norway / 2024 / International Premiere

Lil Nas X: Long Live Montero

The story of the icon behind the monster hit 'Old Town Road' and his exhilerating journey as he defies musical boundaries and redefines what it means to be a superstar in the 21st century.

Carlos López Estrada & Zac Manuel / United States / 2023 / International Premiere

Look Into My Eyes

Try your hand at the world of spirits in a true audience favourite from this year's Sundance Festival, where seven New York psychics can put their clients in touch with the supernatural beyond - or maybe just in touch with their own emotions.

Lana Wilson / United States / 2024 / International Premiere

Mediha

A teenage girl from northern Iraq is fighting to bring her former Islamic State hostage taker to justice for the terrorist movement's biggest crime to date.

Hasan Oswald / United States / 2023 / International Premiere

Minted

How can a digital artwork that anyone can download for free be sold for 69 million dollars? Get the answer - and lots of new questions to ponder - in a critical and entertaining film about culture and capital in the 21st century.

Nicholas Bruckman / United States, Canada, Cuba, Netherlands & Nigeria / 2023 / International Premiere

No Other Land

The alliance between a young Palestinian activist in the occupied West Bank and an Israeli journalist provides a unique and human insight into a decades-old conflict, as the two fight against the forced expulsion of the Masafer Yatta community. A film created by a Palestinian-Israeli collective.

Rachel Szor, Yuval Abraham, Basel Adra & Hamdan Bilal / Palestine / 2024 / International Premiere

Omar and Cedric: If This Ever Gets Weird

Friendship, love and rock n' roll! The lives of the pioneering rock bands At the Drive-In and The Mars Volta, authentically and honestly portrayed on video through a lifetime by the two childhood friends at the front of the stage.

Nicolas Jack Davies / Germany & United Kingdom / 2023 / International Premiere

Power

A sharp and thought-provoking essay on power, race and class. Yance Ford's analysis of the dark history of policing in the US is a highly topical and ever relevant deep dive into one of society's institutions.

Yance Ford / United States / 2024 / International Premiere

Realm of Satan

Talking crows, red velour and black Lamborghinis. Get a rare glimpse into the life of a Satanist in a stylish and suitably mischievous film that challenges our expectations of the alternative philosophy.

Scott Cummings / United States / 2024 / International Premiere

Stephen

A young actor in rehab is cast as a gambler in a crime thriller based on a film from 1901. Realities are layered in a British visual artist's performative film about the risk - and freedom - of letting go of yourself and becoming someone else.

Melanie Manchot / United Kingdom / 2023 / International Premiere

Sting Like a Bee

A warmhearted and beautiful hybrid film about a group of Italian teenagers flirting their way through the summer on their three-wheeled, self-styled Piaggio Ape mopeds. Love, sex and young dreams come together in a film-within-the-film about the young heroes.

Leone Balduzzi / Italy / 2023 / International Premiere

Stray Bodies

Involuntary body related travelling is on the rise in Europe, with women crossing EU borders to reclaim the right to their own bodies. Abortion and artificial insemination are just two items on the list in a film that maps the continent.

Elina Psykou / Greece, Switzerland, Italy & Bulgaria / 2024 / International Premiere

Teaches of Peaches

Fuck the pain away! 20 years after queer musician Peaches kicked off the new millennium, she's embarking on an anniversary tour - and she's armed with bare breasts, a razor-sharp entourage and a prophetic fuck you to the patriarchy.

Philipp Fussenegger & Judy Landkammer / Germany / 2024 / International Premiere

The Battle for Laikipia

Drought, politics and colonial history collide in a stormy and unpredictable conflict between Kenyan cattle herders and white ranchers in the vast African country. A complex and wise film about the consequences of climate change.

Daphne Matziaraki & Peter Murimi / United States & Kenya / 2024 / International Premiere