BLOSSOMING /PL/
director: Kamila Serwicka, editors: Julia Oleksy, Jakub Darewski, producer: Adrianna Rędzia
Agnieszka and her daughters attend the trial of her abusive husband. A year earlier, she struggles with violence, family pressure, and financial hardship. Despite husband’s conviction, divorce takes time. Moving to the Netherlands, she faces loneliness and loss, but her daughters—her "Little Women"—stand by her as they all seek their own strength.
WE HAVE TO SURVIVE /SK, FR, AT/
director, producer: Tomáš Krupa, editor: Peter Kudlička
Mankind is unlikely to stop climate change, but it can adapt to the new, harder conditions. WE HAVE TO SURVIVE takes us on a journey to the four corners of the planet to meet the first climate pioneers, who are already forced to mitigate local effects of global warming and adapt to the new harder living conditions.
GLOWING /CZ/
director: Martin Páv, editor: Hedvika Hansalová, producer: Zuzana Kučerová
In this world, to glow means many things: to achieve success in life, to meet someone who truly loves you, to perform well on social media, to look perfect, or to have a lighter skin than others. Taking place in New Delhi, Nairobi, and Seoul, the film tells stories of six protagonists from different cultural, as well as socio-economic back-grounds, who share one thing in common – in order to glow, they apply various skin-lightening products.
CANDIDATES OF DEATH /PL/
director: Maciej Cuske, editor: Katarzyna Orzechowska, producer: Ewa Hoffmann
Fifteen years ago, I took my son and two of his young friends on vacation, during which we filmed an amateur horror movie together. Little did I know then that it would turn into one of the greatest adventures of my life, lasting over a decade. 'Candidates of Death' is a film about the power of great friendship, growing up, our fears, dreams, and plans, set against the backdrop of a grand cinematic adventure spanning decades.
ANIMALS OF THE EAST /SK/
director: Anna Durisikova, editor: Vladimíra Vrbiňáková, producer: Andrej Kolečník
In a village in the east of Slovakia, a group of young adults and kids run a sanctuary for abused and handicapped animals—so called “farmed” animals, which can live a free social life here and grow old peacefully. However, they have to deal with a lack of understanding and narrow-minded legislation. Fortunately, they have each other and create a sanctuary not only for animals but also for people.
80 ANGRY JOURNALISTS /DE, CZ, NO, HU/
director: András Földes, editor: Anna Kis, producer: Lorand Balazs Imre,
co-producer: Vít Janeček
When Hungary’s largest independent news outlet, Index.hu, is taken over by pro-government forces, conflict zone reporter András Földes films his own newsroom as 80 journalists resign in protest. Attempting a fresh start, they launch Telex.hu, but inner conflicts threaten the fragile dream. Can independent journalism survive in an increasingly oppressive regime?
MILOTA /SK/
director, editor: Jana Bučka Kovalčíková, director: Michal Fulier, producer: Livia Filusova, dramaturgist: Alexandra Gunišová Ševčíková
Milota Havránková is a phenomenon — a fearless experimenter and an unmistakable voice in Slovak art. The first woman to graduate in photography from FAMU, Milota carved her own path through surrealism, pop-art, and the edges of multimedia expression. She has never followed trends, she has created them, constantly defying conventions with a radical sense of freedom. Together with her equally free-spirited family, she forms a mosaic of creativity, individuality, and bold extravagance.
LIGHT IT BEFORE IT BURNS /CZ, DE/
director: Markéta Ekrt Valková, editor: Jan Daňhel, producer: Gordon Lovitt
An ecologist wants to use fire to protect the environment. Is there method in his madness? A story of how fire can be a positive tool in our era of global warming and symbol for both renewal and societal change
