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Terraforma

IR 2023, 62 min, Kevin Brennan, Laurence Durkin

TerraForma is the story of the remote volcanic island of Ascension, which sat smouldering for a million years entirely devoid of life, until its radical transformation by process of 'terraforming' into a tropical paradise. It is also the story of what that transformation may mean for our planet, in a future where terraformed landscapes and human-engineered environments may come to warp our understanding of 'nature' itself.

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Rickerl

AT/DE 2024, 101 min, Adrian Goiginger

"Rickerl" is the story of pub musician Erich Bohacek, who has been working on his first album for years but is reluctant to write down his songs and hand them over to his manager. He earns his living by performing his songs in Viennese pubs. His son Dominik lives with his ex Viki and her new boyfriend, the "Piefke" Kurti. Rickerl is a free spirit who finds it difficult to take on responsibility. Only when he is in danger of losing his son does he realize that he has to make a fundamental change in his life.

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Brunaupark

CH 2024, 91 min, Felix Hergert, Dominik Zietlow

The Brunaupark buildings in Zurich are about to be demolished as their owner, the Crédit Suisse pension fund, wants to build a new property complex. Hundreds of tenants, the victims of this proposal, are contesting their eviction. Hergert and Zietlow paint a portrait of a lively and resilient neighbourhood forced to confront its destiny.

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Dancing Heartbeats

DE 2024, 92 min, Lisa Wagner

Who says women can't break? Frieda, Viola and Jilou are among the most successful women in the male-dominated breaking world. DANCING HEARTBEATS accompanies the dancers during their hard training, international battles and their fight for recognition and equal rights. 

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She Othello

IT 2024, 75 min, Raffaella Rivi

Othello is one of Shakespeare's most controversial works. The play has been used to deconstruct and to endorse racism and gendered violence at different points since it was written. In this film, we follow a female group of actors from Italy as they push the boundaries of language, race, and gender to its limits in an attempt to create an Italian language gender swapped version of the play.

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My Partners

EE 2024, 134 min, Eva Kübar

Two is a couple, three is a relationship

My partners follows the intertwining personal stories of three couples that are trying out having more intimate partners than one. For four years the camera captured the interactions and relationships in between these people - their happy and ecstatic moments as well as pain, doubts, jealousy, asking lots of questions but also having its funny moments.

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Dear Beautiful Beloved

AT 2024, 95 min, Juri Rechinsky

Russian war in Ukraine turns houses into dust and the dead into numbers. In the midst of the ongoing invasion, new structures of care are emerging to protect those who're alive and recover those who aren't. Unvarnished and unforgiving, DEAR BEAUTIFUL BELOVED documents this tireless work, which must never become a normality.

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Angry Spirits

DE/MN 2024, 94 min, Iris Pakulla

Ainur, a young mother in Ulaanbaatar, feels haunted. Angry Spirits tells her personal story while connecting it to a larger social malaise. 30% of Mongolia’s people live in poverty. Precariousness, structural inequality, fear, anger and vengeful nature spirits shape this intimate and unusual story. 

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Fight

AM/FR 2024, 72 min, Lilit Movsisyan

In a traditional Armenian family, 16-year-old Karine dreams of becoming a veterinarian. However, her aspirations clash with her father's disapproval, who is also involved in dog-fights. He believes it's not a suitable career for women. Karine must decide whether to conform to her family's expectations or decide to follow her dreams, challenging the boundaries of tradition and gender roles.

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Who, if not us? - The Fight for Democracy in Belarus

DE 2023, 77 min, Juliane Tutein

The documentary provides a unique glimpse into the struggle for democracy in Belarus and the lives of three women after the major protests of 2020. These protests were the largest in Belarus's history, but the Lukaschenko regime brutally suppressed them. Over the course of an entire year, the film follows these exceptional women from different generations, all of whom continue to tirelessly fight for a democratic Belarus.