Plastic: The Real Sea Monster

Germany, November 1992. In a racist attack, three of İbrahim Arslan’s family members perish in a fire. Thirty years later, İbrahim discovers thousands of letters of solidarity, forgotten in the city archive. We accompany the family as they navigate their profound trauma.

A street in downtown Warsaw transforms into a kaleidoscopic portrait of Polish society. Behind the viewfinder is an Indian immigrant, who seeks to overcome the boundaries between himself and an anxiety-ridden country.

The history of the Teatro Amazonas in Manaus, an opera house located in the middle of the Amazon rainforest, whose construction, between 1884 and 1896, depended on the labor exploitation of the local indigenous populations, provides an insight into the cultural, social and political situation in Brazil.

Every summer, a renowned chamber music festival takes place in the small Finnish town of Kuhmo. Musicians and guests from all over the world populate the streets and enjoy nature. Only Pertte and Lassi, two retired friends, don't like the hustle and bustle and prefer to spend their time fishing at the lake and in the sauna. Until they have no other choice and are persuaded by their wives to go to a concert...

Heiner Goebbels, an eclectic composer who, in his fifty-year career, has experimented with everything, is also the main figure in this film, which goes over the creative process that led him to conceive A House of Call, his latest symphony.

This documentary celebrates the spirit of freedom and joie de vivre of the Clara Mosch artist collec-tive. Starting in the late 1970s, these non-conformist free spirits from Karl-Marx-Stadt declared the GDR a happening zone. Great, but also serious fun, which seems more relevant than ever today - and a poetic cinematic portrait of the power of art.

Riding Giants is story about big wave surfers who have become heroes and legends in their sport. Directed by the skateboard guru Stacy Peralta.

Stanley Kubrick’s first color film, commissioned by the Seafarers International Union to promote the benefits of union membership. Shot inside the union’s Atlantic and Gulf Coast District facilities, it features scenes of ships, machinery, cafeteria life, and meetings, highlighting the daily routines and camaraderie of seafarers. Thought lost for decades, the film was rediscovered in 1973 and preserved by the Library of Congress.