For more than four years, Polish-German filmmaker Marcin Wierzchowski followed the relatives of the victims of the 2020 racist murders in Hanau. With dignified determination, they fight for answers, justice, and a memorial.

An unusual combination of documentary, road movie and science fiction about psychologist Gina Rønning and the American merfolk subculture in which she found a home as the mermaid Una. Shot on 16mm, the film has a languid, fluid atmosphere.

Collaborating with Toia Bonino, Marcos uses his phone to make a film about his daily life in an Argentinian prison. Camaraderie and time prove to be precious commodities in his confined—and alternately dull and dangerous—existence.

Archive films bring to life the bittersweet memories of Austrians who as children were sent to stay with host families in Portugal to recuperate after the traumas of the Second World War.

Propaganda footage from Chinese state media is combined with leaked police photographs and one woman’s exceptional witness account of the harrowing persecution of Uyghurs in East Turkestan (Xinjiang).

Six-year-long cinematic portrait of a rural boy living with his father at his grandparents’ home. He dreams of a life beyond the rigors of rural farming and finds escape in poetry. Featuring stunningly beautiful natural scenes.

Former UN diplomat Noam Shuster-Eliassi was once a poster child for peaceful coexistence between Palestinians and Israelis, but that mild-mannered image no longer fits her. She now rebels against the injustice with her own acerbic comedy show.

Subtly textured self-portrait of Soraya, a free-spirited 16-year-old artist in Iran who has been trying for years to flee to Europe—chilling trips she captures on her phone, while pouring all her fears and worries into extraordinary works of art. Current Future: Age suggestion 14+

An obsessed zoologist searches the high plains of Angola for the last descendants of a mysterious, giant elephant species. A mission that is scientific as well as poetic, accompanied by the distinctive voice of Werner Herzog.

Melancholic portrait of a run-down cinema in Amman, Jordan, where the last employees are hoping for a restart. Old news footage, showing a succession of conflicts from the past century, serve as a counterpoint.