Films
Subject Nine to Five: From the moment we clock in in the morning until we clock out in the late afternoon. Documentaries about work culture, endangered industries and running around in the hamster wheel.
Bottlemen
7,000 years ago, the area was one of the largest civilisations in prehistoric Europe. Today, it is the largest landfill on the continent. An unexpected festival hit about the men who fight a daily battle against the fury of the elements.
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
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
Limits of Europe
A Czech journalist goes undercover in the European market for cheap labour. But documenting the outrageous conditions and social inequality on her own body while her family waits for her to return home comes at a personal cost.
Apolena Rychlíková / Czech Republic, Slovakia & France / 2024 / World Premiere
Time to Gather
A sunlit and sensuous film from the center of Portugal, where an entire village has been growing cork for generations. An elegant fable about the changing times in an old world.
Sofia Bairrão / Portugal / 2023 / International Premiere
To be an Extra
A charismatic young woman's intelligent film about making the leap from supporting roles in German TV dramas to play the leading role in her own life. A courageous piece of performative autofiction which invents its own rules as it unfolds.
Henrike Meyer / Germany / 2024 / World Premiere
Union
The employees at an Amazon warehouse start a union against all odds, but internal divisions and powerful opponents makes the fight for rights and decent conditions a long and hard one.
Brett Story & Stephen Maing / United States / 2024 / International Premiere