Urgent Matters
Topical, political and relevant. Powerful stories from the world right now.
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.
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.
Marching in the Dark
The widows come together to break the vicious cycle of debt and climate related chaos in Indian agriculture that has pushed their desperate husbands to kill themselves - and leave them with the debt. A powerful and compelling film about solidarity between sisters.
Of Caravan and the Dogs
Putin had been preparing his country for the big war long before it started. A group of independent Russian journalists and activists face severe punishment and end up facing personal and political dilemmas in Askold Kurov’s couragous and critical film.
The Labour of Pain and Joy
A generous and eye-opening story that unfilteredly follows two Finnish birth attendants as they struggle to improve birthing practices and challenge old traditions.
Food Inc. 2
Turbo chickens, plant-based steaks and a pandemic. A lot has happened since the first 'Food Inc.' film, and it's time for a fresh in-depth look at the food industry and at possible solutions.
Your Fat Friend
A humorous, personal and highly educational manifesto about being fat in a world designed for thin people. Based on the iconic texts and activist Aubrey Gordon, and on six years of lived experience from anonymous blogger to best-selling author.
The Recovery Channel
A filmmaker who has been set back by her own brother's decades-long battle with the mental health system, invents a fictional TV channel to expose the injustices of modern psychiatric treatment.
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.
Hollywoodgate
A filmmaker makes a pact with the devil and risks his life to tag along when the Taliban take over an abandoned US military base in Afghanistan. An unforgettable and chilling insight into a radically alien mentality.
Intercepted
Secretly intercepted phone calls from the front line in Ukraine, where Russian soldiers call home and tell of the murders and abuses they have committed in Putin's name.
Silent Trees
A 16-year-old Kurdish refugee girl is stranded in an icy pine forest between Belarus and Europe with her family in a dirty political power play. She has only one choice: to grow up in an instant and save her family.
In the Rearview
From a simple and minimalistic setup, an entire universe of human stories emerges as a Polish director shuttles to the Ukrainian border to rescue fleeing families from the country.
There was Nothing Here Before
A Swiss-Palestinian director visits his childhood friend who has moved to an Israeli colony, to make a film about their relationship that transcends borders and political differences.
War Game
A nerve-wracking political thriller where elite politicians and military personnel engage in a role-playing game based on January 6th. Is the democratic system strong enough to handle a real-life coup attempt in the near future?
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.
Oasis
A panoramic snapshot of Chile in a turbulent period where a new youth movement has joined the fight for the country's future. A razor-sharp take on a time of upheaval with a clear vision of the nature of political conflict.
Israelism
Two young American Jews are raised to love Israel unconditionally, but their lives take a sharp left turn when they experience the plight of the Palestinians. A film about Jewish identity on both sides of the generation gap.
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.
12:00
Marching in the Dark
Kinshuk Surjan / Belgium, Netherlands & India / 2024 / World Premiere / 108 min
The widows come together to break the vicious cycle of debt and climate related chaos in Indian agriculture that has pushed their desperate husbands to kill themselves - and leave them with the debt. A powerful and compelling film about solidarity between sisters.
14:20
Food Inc. 2
Melissa Robledo & Robert Kenner / United States / 2023 / 94 min
Turbo chickens, plant-based steaks and a pandemic. A lot has happened since the first 'Food Inc.' film, and it's time for a fresh in-depth look at the food industry and at possible solutions.
Silent Trees
Agnieszka Zwiefka / Poland, Germany & Denmark / 2024 / World Premiere / 84 min
A 16-year-old Kurdish refugee girl is stranded in an icy pine forest between Belarus and Europe with her family in a dirty political power play. She has only one choice: to grow up in an instant and save her family.
16:45
A Poem for Little People
Ivan Sautkin / Ukraine, Lithuania & United Kingdom / 2023 / International Premiere / 83 min
Q&A: Meet the director
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.
No Other Land
Rachel Szor, Yuval Abraham, Basel Adra & Hamdan Bilal / Palestine / 2024 / International Premiere / 95 min
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.
17:00
No Other Land
Rachel Szor, Yuval Abraham, Basel Adra & Hamdan Bilal / Palestine / 2024 / International Premiere / 95 min
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.
The Labour of Pain and Joy
Karoliina Gröndahl / Finland / 2024 / World Premiere / 84 min
A generous and eye-opening story that unfilteredly follows two Finnish birth attendants as they struggle to improve birthing practices and challenge old traditions.
18:00
There was Nothing Here Before
Yvann Yagchi / Switzerland / 2024 / 71 min
+ Talk: Heritage and Trauma through generations
No matter where in the world they were born, people of Palestinian or Jewish descent must relate to the unresolved situation in Palestine and Israel, even though they may never have been there - and even more now than ever before. How does the inherited trauma arise and why does it hurt so much to talk about it, even when you were born and raised abroad and want justice and peace first and foremost? Meet the film's director, Yvann Yagchi, in conversation with two of the co-authors of the citizen proposal 'Denmark has a duty to prevent genocide', doctor Suher Othman, who has Palestinian roots, and peace activist Yonatan Goldhstein, who has a Jewish background, in a conversation about how wars and conflicts far away cast heavy shadows over everyone with ties to both Palestine and Israel - through several generations. The conversation will be moderated by investigative journalist Kevin Shakir from DR Dokumentar.
Language: English
A Swiss-Palestinian director visits his childhood friend who has moved to an Israeli colony, to make a film about their relationship that transcends borders and political differences.
20:30
Israelism
Erin Axelman & Sam Eilertsen / United States / 2023 / 84 min
+ Talk: Meet the film's producer and protagonist
After the film, we ask the difficult but important questions about how we should relate to Israel and what meaning our words and actions have. When do we criticize the war in Gaza, when do we criticize Israel as a state and project, and what are the different prerequisites for our criticism depending on our origins and standpoint? Meet the film's protagonist Simone Zimmerman and the film's producer Daniel J. Chalfen in conversation.
Language: English
Two young American Jews are raised to love Israel unconditionally, but their lives take a sharp left turn when they experience the plight of the Palestinians. A film about Jewish identity on both sides of the generation gap.
21:15
Hollywoodgate
Ibrahim Nash'at / Germany & United States / 2023 / 91 min
A filmmaker makes a pact with the devil and risks his life to tag along when the Taliban take over an abandoned US military base in Afghanistan. An unforgettable and chilling insight into a radically alien mentality.