Kiera and Andrej from the surroundings of the small town of Rimavská Sobota will soon graduate. Their region has the highest unemployment rate in Slovakia, and people leave it for a long time to work or study. Both Kiera and Andrej live without their parents, who work abroad. Do they want to stay home or […]
16-year old Sebastian grew up in one of the most dangerous hoods in Coventry, where drugs and murder do hurt, but shock no one. A year ago, Sebastian, his younger sister and mom escaped from his abusive father and their neighborhood. Now, in a new place, Sebastian is planning his future: He is a talented […]
Can an old woman stand firmly on the ground while floating in the sea?
12-year-old Adam, a determined self-proclaimed local lumberjack in the so called Slovakian “hungry valley”, strives to break stereotypes and reveal his true identity in a community marked by differences and expectations.
The word trauma has many shades. The documentary Confession opens up the topic of sexual harassment in the church, which the director has experienced first-hand. She looks back at the world before the trauma, and searches for answers herself to the questions of whether she will be able to come out of it after some […]
When the prison gates open after two years, kind-hearted Dalibor (23) is greeted by his damaged family. The only one missing is his younger brother Kevin (12), who lives with their abusive alcoholic father. Dalibor confronts his father and helps his mom with the fight for Kevin’s custody to spare him from further abuse. Caught […]
Je ráno, 24. 2. 2022. Začala vojna. Fotograf Juraj Mravec odchádza na Ukrajinu, aby prostredníctvom kamery a fotoaparátu zaznamenal situáciu v krajine, ktorú plnou silou napadla Ruská federácia. Na svojej ceste Ukrajinou stretáva rôznych ľudí, ktorým do života zasiahla vojna. Vojnová roadmovie Mir nam je autentická mozaika ich mikropríbehov a tragédií, sledovaná očami fotografa, putujúceho […]
The Limits of Europe follows the lives of people on the periphery of public interest. In a world of great social inequalities, they have left to earn money for their families, they labour to the point of exhaustion and can see no bright tomorrows. Their employers know that they are capable of doing practically anything […]
Lichens are amazing organisms that are unparalleled on Earth. They cannot be seen as individuals, like a hyacinth, a heron or a human, but they represent a relationship. The two entities that make up a lichen, a fungus and an algae, have for unknown reasons decided that living together would be better than living alone. […]