Anamocot

France, Cameroon- Nyon Visions du Reel International Feature Film competition 2025

Documentary by Marie Voignier

Synopsis

After a 20-year long fruitless search in the Cameroonian forest, Frenchman Michel Ballot is on the verge of giving up his lifelong quest to find the mysterious creature known as the Mokélé-Mbembé. Turning to local initiates for help, and torn between ancestral wisdom and scientific evidence, he embarks on a final journey into powers, knowledge and the unseen. Continuer la lecture →

The Shipwrecked Triptych

Netherlands, Germany- Rotterdam Bright Future 2025

First feature film by Deniz Eroglu

Synopsis

The Shipwrecked Triptych » is a 90-minute anthology film that employs the universal metaphor of shipwreck to examine human fragility and the precarious boundary between existence and nonexistence. Across three distinct episodes – each defined by its own era, style, and genre – shared visual motifs and thematic currents tether these disparate worlds, challenging viewers to confront the delicate ties that bind us to life. Continuer la lecture →

Shadowbox

India, Berlinale Perspectives 2025

First feature film by Tanushree Das & Saumyananda Sahi

Synopsis

In a suburb of Kolkata, Maya works multiple jobs: cleaning houses, working on a chicken farm and ironing laundry. When Maya’s husband, a retired soldier suffering from PTSD, goes missing in the middle of the night under suspicious circumstances, she and her teenage son struggle to keep their family together. Continuer la lecture →

Monikondee

Suriname, Netherlands- Paris Cinema du Reel competition 2025- Cultural Intangible Heritage Award 

Documentary by Lonnie van Brummelen, Siebren de Haan & Tolin Alexander

Synopsis

A boatman delivers cargo to remote Indigenous and Maroon communities along the river that borders Suriname and French Guiana. His winding journey provides an inside look at the complex challenge of preserving local customs amid rampant gold mining, multinational corporations, and a changing climate. Continuer la lecture →

When Lightning Flashes Over the Sea

Germany, Ukraine- Berlinale Forum 2025

Documentary by Eva Neymann

Synopsis

Street cats, islands of light, flings, losses, and con- scriptions. From the people of Odesa and their cats, whom Eva Neymann portrays with gentle care, she seeks to uncover their dreams when war destroys all certainty. Continuer la lecture →

Alaav (Heart and Home)

India, Nantes 3 Continents competition 2024

Feature film by Prabhash Chandra

Synopsis

Alaav, is the story of Bhaveen Gossain, a 63-year-old son, taking care of Savitri, his ailing 95-year-old mother in their home nestled in a quiet suburb of New Delhi, India. Bhaveen rarely steps out of his house as he is completely devoted to looking after his mother. From waking up in the morning until going to sleep, Bhaveen is the sole caregiver for his mother, Savitri. Continuer la lecture →

Skill Issue

Germany, Locarno Cineasti del Presente 2024

First feature film by Willy Hans

Synopsis

After escaping from gym class, SIMON (17) finds himself on the banks of a river with a group of teenagers. In the heat of the summer day and amidst all the pointless chatter, time passes as sluggishly as the river water. Only when MARIE appears and both are catapulted into the nearby riverside forest by an unexpected incident do they escape the lethargic group and enter the timeless intermediate realm of the enchanted river landscape. Continuer la lecture →

Boong

India, Toronto Discovery 2024

First feature film by Lakshmipriya Devi

Synopsis

In the valley of Manipur, Boong (*a little boy) plans to surprise his mother with a gift. In his innocence, he believes that bringing his father back home would be the most special gift. His search for his father culminates into an unexpected gift – a new beginning…. Continuer la lecture →

Stranger

China, Karlovy Vary Proxima competition 2024- Grand Prize

Zhengfan Yang

Synopsis

The hotel room as a place where everyone is a stranger. A place that is yours for just a moment. A temporarily intimate space entered by a maid in order to clean it while, if possible, not leaving a trace of her visit. Each episode of Stranger is set in such a place, and each is captured in one long take. Weaving together a series of episodic stories – some humorous and absurd, some poignant and mysterious – that all unfold within a seemingly confined space, Stranger explores the idea of home while being away from it, and sheds light on the distinctive yet universal experiences of isolation and loneliness. Continuer la lecture →

East of Noon

Netherlands, Egypt. Cannes Director’s Fortnight 2024

Hala Elkoussy

Synopsis

Set in a confined world outside time, East of Noon is the fable of prodigy ABDO (19) who uses music to rebel against his elders: showman SHAWKY (70), an eccentric showman who rules with a mix of performance and fear, and storyteller JALALA (75), who provides relief with stories of the Sea, which no one else has seen. East of Noon is a satire on the inner workings of an ailing autocracy and its inherent vulnerability to youth’s unchained vision of a better world. Continuer la lecture →