Projects 2025

A student moves to Glasgow to study the history of sexual shame, only to discover their new home is haunted. A chance encounter with a woman who knows its buried secrets draws them into the past—and together, they must confront the ghosts that refuse to rest.

Sadije (14), a wrestling champion and the 'son' in her Albanian Muslim family, uses tradition to stand out as the only girl in her club. As a minority in North Macedonia, will her medals set her free or deepen her obligations?

A young amputee cyclist and his underdog team of bike racers chase their dream of representing Palestine on the world stage, but their six-year mission becomes a matter of life or death as bombs descend on Gaza.

As Europe races to secure lithium for its green transition, a filmmaker returns to his mining hometown and follows three characters across France, Portugal, and Serbia, revealing how this new mining boom echoes the coal era's promises and scars, while communities fight to protect their lands.

Peasants and Indigenous communities unite to defend their territories in Serbia and Chile against lithium mining for the energy transition. Spoiler: They win…but how long will those victories last?

When the war becomes the new normal, will we see it coming? Life along the Baltic frontier.

In a post-Soviet country, three women - daughter, mother, and grandmother - navigate how patriarchal and Orthodox Christian norms shape their identities, choices, and relationships across generations.

50 METERS FROM THE ROAD is a hybrid documentary about Pasvik Valley in Northern Norway and its mythopoetic echoes in the digital realm. It documents the deep ancient forests and wetlands as well as the historic remnants of its fiercely embattled environment in both analogue and digital landscapes. Through this, it invites the audience to reflect on material culture and ecological memory-making.

A hybrid documentary, an adaptation of the bestselling Polish reportage on Adult Children Alcoholics, follows confessions of five people who had to be adults as children, and remain children as adults.

In Istanbul, an independent radio station resists closure by the government after 30 years. As the final broadcast approaches, programmers, volunteers, and listeners come together to carry the radio's voice beyond the frequencies.

A collaborative exploration into the inner worlds of deaf individuals, this film delves into their personal stories of loneliness, identity, and belonging, challenging hearing audiences to truly engage with a community whose language and experiences are often misunderstood.

Greek human rights lawyer Natasha Dailiani is fighting for the rights of refugees at Europe's external border. Her own family history drives her to oppose the increasingly systematic human rights violations - up to the European Court of Human Rights.

A biologist, a firefighter, and botanist Stefano Mancuso journey through Sardinia’s ancient forests, threatened by fire. Their story reflects on nature’s fragility and humanity’s bond with the environment, exploring the Mediterranean’s ecosystems and our new reality in the age of climate change.

A transdisciplinary audiovisual exploration capturing the stories of creative hub leaders, users, and local residents in rural areas of Eastern Germany and Upper Austria, showcasing their efforts to transform neglected spaces and spark community-driven change.

Power of Love, which fights against homophobia. The film’s concept explores the impact of homophobia, focusing on intimate and sensitive Vitalius and Albinas’ 53-year relationship story and broader queer history in Lithuania.

Surrounded by walls that have ears and a voice, soldiers confront the psychological impacts of war through unorthodox therapies and evidence-based medicine in a brief sanctuary before returning to the frontlines.

In an age of geopolitical uncertainty, The Refuge is a poetic, character-driven documentary that explores humanity’s deep-rooted fear and search for security. Traveling through bunkers and bomb shelters, the film asks a haunting question: In times of crisis, what would I do?