The documentary essay capturing the changing emotions of ordinary people following the Belarus elections of 2020. Minsk overflows with massive anti-government protests. People take to the streets to defend their dream and object to the state of anxiety they have been living in for years.
Three Minutes – A Lengthening is a movie shot by David Kurtz in 1938 in a Jewish town in Poland and tries to postpone its ending. As long as we are watching, history is not over yet. The three minutes of footage, mostly in color, are the only moving images left of the Jewish inhabitants of Nasielsk before the Holocaust.
Family Time is a study on family life; on disconnection and intergenerational patterns. The film tells the story of a Finnish family gathering for a festive Christmas dinner. Like every year, middle-aged sisters Suzana and Helena visit their parents at the family home. But, as is the case every year, grandpa Lasse drinks too much, grandma Ella has to take care of everyone, the kids are overwhelmed, and the sisters argue over the smallest things.
Following Bosnia and Herzegovina’s declaration of independence, in April 1992, Bosnian Serb troops besieged and bombed Sarajevo. Over a period of four years, five young filmmakers documented the bombardments and daily life during the siege—for some, the aim was simply to report the news; for others, it was a way of dealing with their fears.
The Dayton Peace Agreement, negotiated at the Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in the U.S. state of Ohio, halted the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Simultaneously, it trapped the country in an unchanging quasi-democratic system that recognizes citizens through three ethnic categories, labeling those who do not fit into them as others – citizens without the right to political action or recognition.
An exceptionally beautiful middle-aged woman tries to understand her past and identity using alternative methods and therapies, hoping to find meaning in her life, unravel family relationships, and comprehend her deep sense of sadness and loneliness. For several years, Kristina has turned to esotericism to overcome her anxieties and the guilt she feels for her immediate family not understanding and respecting her decisions and her desire to be happy.
