Glorious Utopia observes the citizens and kings of the unofficial microstate Elgeland-Vargaland. Through the story of two aging kings and their encounters with real social events, the film explores topics of identity, power, and the meaning of borders in current world.
We used to be chased by mammoths, today we are chased by deadlines. However, our brain hasn’t noticed this change. It fights stress with weapons that have evolved over millennia. But nowadays these weapons can really mess up our lives. Accept the invitation to an honest meeting with your Brain, who will introduce you to […]
A poetic documentary set in a sanctuary for abused and handicapped “farm” animals in rural eastern Slovakia. The film follows life in the sanctuary during the cycle of the four seasons through the story of Blanka, a young mother who is the founder of the sanctuary, as well as the volunteers Emma and Kubo, young […]
Two Slovak Jews risked their lives and succeeded to escape Auschwitz on April 10, 1944. Although their report was forwarded to Western intelligence officials along with an urgent request to bomb the camps, nothing happened. Alfréd Wetzler, Rudolf Vrba – a testimony that has changed humanity.
Pioneering scientific research or sexual abuse? The controversial case of a Canadian cultural anthropologist convicted and imprisoned in Slovakia.
The film is a philosophical reflection on pain, the silent companion of our everyday lives, set in the idyllic surroundings of a local spa town. The staff there, who have developed a certain detachment from the suffering of their patients, allow us to glimpse behind the curtain of their own reflections on human mortality. Asking […]
One evening, a robot living alone in the woods finds a fallen star from the sky on a hill behind his house. He will like the star, so he decides to keep it. Over time, he discovers that the star is missing in the sky and gradually goes out on earth. So he decides to […]
A portrait of DJ Kristyan Panchuk, known under the pseudonym Kika(MD), the founder of the Metanoia Underground collective, which organizes illegal techno raves in Chișinău. Kristyan embodies the contradictions of contemporary Moldova. The poorest country in Europe, historically referred to as the “land in between,” struggles to navigate between East and West, past and future. […]
When disturbing testimonies of police brutality against Roma settlers spread from a nearby village in eastern Slovakia, Igor – a Roma survivor of a 2013 police raid – steps in to help. He must face not only images of violence that begin to return to his mind, but also the limits of what someone on […]