Films
A Century in Sound
A meditative atour of three different, fascinating and distinctive Japanese listening cafés that offer an immersive, musical sanctuary amidst the chaotic streets of Tokyo.
Nicholas Dwyer & Tu Neill / Japan & New Zealand / 2024 / World Premiere
A Dangerous Boy
Reality beats fiction in the story of Icelandic teenage hacker Siggi who became Julian Assange's sidekick in a story of paranoia, intelligence services, abuse, friendship and betrayal. A coming of age film unlike any other.
Ole Bendtzen / Denmark / 2024 / World Premiere
A Disturbance in the Force
A wildly entertaining deep dive into the Star Wars film everone tried to forget, but which refused to die and has grown to become the ultimate cult favourite: The Star Wars Holiday Special.
Steve Kozak & Jeremy Coon / United States / 2023
A New Kind of Wilderness
A family who have created an idyllic self-sufficient life for their four children are forced to rethink their choices and try to (re)integrate into modern society when tragedy strikes unexpectedly. Radical life choices meet dilemmas in a moving and wise film.
Silje Evensmo Jacobsen / Norway / 2024
A Place in The Sun
A visual tour of the pastel-coloured holiday destination of Gran Canaria, a haven for millions of tourists - and for people fleeing more than just rain and cold. The paradoxes of tourism meet the harsh realities of those who live in paradise all year round.
Mette Carla Albrechtsen / Denmark / 2024 / World Premiere
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
ABBA: Against the Odds
World premiere of the ultimate film about the ultimate pop band. On the 50th anniversary of their iconic urovision victory, this is the untold story of ABBA in the golden years between 1976 and 1980.
James Rogan / United Kingdom / 2024 / World Premiere
Abiding Nowhere
A barefoot monk slowly wanders through the streets of Washington DC in Tsai Ming-liang's new and meditative work, which uses few and simple means to send one’s mind wandering (and wondering) along.
Tsai Ming-Liang / Taiwan & United States / 2024
Afterwar
Four survivors confront us with their own words in a cinematic post-war report from Kosovo. A performative feature film created over 15 years in a twilight borderland between raw realism and inner battlefields.
Agent of Happiness
How happy are you on a scale of 1 to 10? Two government officials are sent out to measure the happiness of the people of Bhutan, but how are they doing themselves? A bittersweet, existential crowd favourite from the Himalayas.
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
Anamnesis
In this simulation, you are a medical student tasked with obtaining anamnesis from an AI-simulated entity by posing investigative questions. Your empathy towards the suffering chatbot will be assessed.
Petr Salaba & Ondrej Hrach / Czech Republic / 2024 / World Premiere
And So It Begins
Democracy is crumbling in the Philippines, where presidential candidate Leni Robredo is running for power in a toxic and brutal battle against one of the most extreme figures of the populist right, by celebrating freedom and solidarity.
Ramona Diaz / United States & Philippines / 2024
Antarctica Calling
The sequel to the international mega-hit 'The March of the Penguins' returns to Antarctica on an epic adventure with director Luc Jacquet as a familiar guide in the alien landscapes.
Luc Jacquet / France / 2023
Antipsychotic
Embark on an immersive XR installation that blends psychotropic cyberpunk aesthetics with high fidelity sound and poetry to explore personal experiences with bipolar disorder.
Matt McCorkle / United States / 2023 / European Premiere
Apollo Thirteen: Survival
The greatest and most iconic space rocket drama in history is told in a thrilling and human way through crisp, crunchy archive footage and unique audio clips from the shuttle, the control centre and the astronauts' families.
Peter Middleton / United Kingdom / 2024 / World 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
Architecton
Thousands of years of architectural history are woven together in Kossakovsky's visionary epic, a film almost almost dialogue but with images as sharp as flint and a soundtrack as massive as an earth quake.
Victor Kosakovskiy / Germany, France & United States / 2024
Archive of the Future
The Natural History Museum in Vienna is a vast, labyrinthine archive of meticulously archived records, rare animals and curious stories. A picturesque and wryly humorous film from a veritable Noah's Ark headed for an uncertain future.
Joerg Burger / Austria / 2023
As the Tide Comes In
The 27 residents of the Danish Wadden Sea island of Mandø experience the forces of climate change in the form of severe weather and the risk of flooding. Still, they stubbornly cling to their identity as islanders, as they have done for generations.
Juan Palacios & Sofie Husum Johannesen (Co-director) / Denmark / 2023
Balomania
With police and bounty hunters hot on her heels, a young filmmaker embarks on a wild ride with a Brazilian brotherhood of balloon builders. A real-life action film with an incredible story about finding freedom against all odds.
Sissel Morell Dargis / Denmark & Spain / 2024 / World 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
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