Kukura by Kerekes. Not a polite portrait, but at times a painful probe into ageing, outsiderhood, uniqueness and clashes with provinciality. It follows an actor who always stood out from the average. Through his journeys, returns and memories, the film reveals the tension between worldliness and the “village in the valley”.
Lonely and ill, Anna spends the carnival night in isolation, rejected by the villagers. In desperation, she calls upon the mysterious “Dakto,” a being standing between worlds. He draws her into a haunting dance that promises belonging but leads her toward the final embrace of death. By morning, the house is empty, and only the […]
In the late 1950s, a group of nuns and 70 girls labeled as mentally disabled were relocated to the outskirts of Czechoslovakia. In isolation, they formed a female community shaped by daily labor. In a psychiatric institution, the nuns cared for the residents, while one of them captured their lives on 8mm film. These fragments […]
At the spaceport, where former space explorer robot Kit and his companion Mr. Baterka manage their everyday routine tasks, a tranquil atmosphere prevails. However, when an important probe gets lost in space and its mysterious disappearance threatens the career of the chief engineer Stella, our heroes decide to take action. Together, they embark on a […]
Eighteen-year-old Ksenia lives in a Russian border town after the occupation of her Ukrainian hometown, while her 9 year-old brother Serhii has been adopted by a Russian family on the other side of the country. Determined to return to Ukraine, she travels across Russia to bring him back. But when they finally meet, she discovers […]
In 1941, Leo Kowal, a Slovak Nazi officer, was sent to a concentration camp for having sex with a male colleague. Through personal letters, Gestapo interrogations, digital reimaginations, and a parodic adaptation of an SS manual on persecuting gay men, a young gay filmmaker retraces Kowal’s story. Blending research with intimate reflection, he asks what […]
The Thespian is a film about an actor who has been performing in the theatre since the age of six and continues to act today at eighty-four – a lifetime spent playing roles of all kinds, roles he had to learn to love in order to portray them truthfully. He has always been, and remains, […]
Our main hero was born as unwanted and rejected by his creator. However, he heroically seeks his place in a society that ruthlessly rejects him because of his appearance. Despite the adversity of fate, he doesn’t lose hope and strives to see only the good in all beings. Quickly, though, he pays the price for […]