Films

Black Box Diaries

A Japanese journalist becomes both detective and protagonist in her own story of overcoming a sexual assault and confronting both the boss of Japan's leading TV networks and a deeply conservative system. Dramatic, moving and determined to change a toxic culture.

Shiori Ito / Japan, United States & United Kingdom / 2024 / European Premiere

Black Snow

A Siberian mother-of-three finds herself under the aggressive scrutiny of the Russian authorities when she steps up as a citizen journalist and uncovers a huge coal scandal. A revealing journalistic thriller with deep personal consequences.

Alina Simone / United States / 2024 / World Premiere

Life and Other Problems

The meaning of life, death and everything else? The possible answers are plenty in Max Kestner's adventurous film, which starts when the death of a giraffe at the Copenhagen Zoo goes viral from Hollywood to Chechnya.

Max Kestner / Denmark, Sweden & United Kingdom / 2024 / World Premiere

Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat

The incredible story of how jazz music and soft power were used on both fronts of America's ideological battles during the Cold War - including in the Congo. An epic, original and supremely stylish trip through the 20th century from an original angle.

Johan Grimonprez / Belgium, France & Netherlands / 2024

The Mother of All Lies

Last year's critically acclaimed Cannes winner is a Moroccan filmmaker's attempt to reconstruct her family's shadowy past. A miniature model of the family's labyrinthine neighbourhood in Casablanca is an important piece in a cinematic puzzle.

Asmae El Moudir / Morocco, Egypt, Saudi Arabia & Qatar / 2023