DFI / Cinemateket

At a colossal ex-Soviet wellness center in Odessa, both patients and staff search for health, happiness and love while the war echoes through the lime green corridors.

The deep sea is the last unknown territory on Earth. Here, biologists struggle to study the enigmatic wildlife that looks like something from another planet. But time is running out as deepsea mining threatens the fragile ecosystems.

A deaf war photographer defends his country against invasion with the camera as a weapon. A visionary film from Ukraine with a subjective sound design by the team behind 'Sound of Metal'.

With humor as her weapon of choice, Israeli comedian Noam Shuster Eliassi has provoked strong reactions with her mission for peace. A goal that suddenly needs to be defended like never before.

An unusual father/son story takes an unexpected and tragic turn in a film shot over 20 years, that turns into a (self-)portrait of a Norwegian filmmaker in the biggest crisis of his life. 

Cultural heritage is the invisible casualty of any war. ISIS left Mosul in ruins after liberation. Today, a fisherman, a musician and a collector struggle to preserve what remains of the city's soul.

What kind of presence is made possible by the cinematic encounter? With the camera as an intermediary, an artist punches a hole in the wall that separates her responsibilities as a filmmaker from her role as a daughter.

On a desolate former nuclear test site, three generations confront the haunting legacy of the past as they fight for survival and hope in a world on the brink of destruction.