We live at historic times when humanity is going through major changes and is facing unpreceded challenges. And while it seems that the planets are still standing, the world is offering us unexpected turns. When logic fails, systems dominate or collapse, and reality becomes fragmented, cinema becomes not only a mirror – but a tool for navigating the chaos. This year’s program of Parallels and Encounters embraces that disorientation. Many of the selected films deliberately lean into the absurd – not for the sake of provocation, but as a necessary language for making sense of the senseless. It is an artistic choice which some authors decided to make.
The stories told by Eastern European authors ask urgent questions and they are raw, poetic and honest, they search for the grounds and signs in the past like in Confidante, and they try to foresee the future incorporating it in our reality like in The Black hole. There is also a place for nostalgia and celebration of the cinema as art like in Lotus.
10 films of Parallels & Encounters are speaking to the fractures in our societies: the violence of war and occupation in Honeymoon, the moral ambiguity in Comatogen, and the corrosion of innocence in Broken Voices, social injustice in Eighty plus. They examine the ways people navigate closed systems – whether it’s the patriarchy, the state, intolerance like in The Sandbag Dam or the expectations imposed on women’s bodies, as in Toxic or Thus Spoke the Wind.
Notably, there is a significant presence of female directors and female-centered narratives this year. These filmmakers bring sharp insight and a multiplicity of perspectives – from Armenia, Turkey, and Latvia to Lithuania and beyond. The diversity of countries is matched by a diversity of forms and tones: political thriller, cryptic fairy tale, dark satire, and intimate drama all coexist in a landscape that is as contradictory as the world itself.
Together, these talented works do not offer easy answers. Instead, they illuminate complex emotional and ethical terrains. Whether in the face of disaster, systemic oppression, or personal betrayal, these films insist on the importance of empathy, imagination, and resistance.
ANGELO DANS LA FORÊT MYSTÉRIEUSE
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DANE-YE ANJIR-E MAABED
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LILLE ALLAN - DEN MENNESKELIGE ANTENNE
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DIE THEORIE VON ALLEM
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PANDABEER IN AFRIKA
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LA HABITACIÓN DE AL LADO
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THE INVENTOR
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MUMMOLA
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NIKO JA MYRSKYPOROJEN ARVOITUS
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NO OTHER LAND
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LES INSÉPARABLES
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SIMPLE COMME SYLVAIN
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DIE HEINZELS: NEUE MÜTZEN, NEUE MISSION
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TÉLI ÁLOM
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PVRGATORIVM
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KUTYASZÍV
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HOSPICE
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IRMA FÉLÁLOMBAN
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ДОНБАСС
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PARTHENOPE
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SHORTS FROM THE BOX
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TAKO SE JE KONČALO POLETJE
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CLAIR DE LUNE
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DRUGI SO MOLČALI
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SCHASTE MOE
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MARIA
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BOLDOG EMBEREK
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KAKO SEM SE NAUČILA OBEŠATI PERILO
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AKARSZ-E JÁTSZANI
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ZA VOGALOM
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KAKO SU ME UKRALI NEMCI
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MAJKA MARA
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ГОСУДАРСТВЕННЫЕ ПОХОРОНЫ
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EMILIA PEREZ
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BUĐENJE IZ MRTVIH
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СЕГОДНЯ МЫ ПОСТРОИМ ДОМ
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ФАБРИКА
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VENI VIDI VICI
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БЛОКАДА
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POSLEDNJI KRUG MOMCI
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VÉLETLENÜL ÍRTAM EGY KÖNYVET
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AS IT WAS
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DAS ROHSTOFF DILEMMA
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ROMOKBÓL
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JOŠ JEDAN DAN
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LAND DER BERGE
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LOTUS
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LA PERRA
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EMPRISE NUMÉRIQUE: 5 FEMMES CONTRE LES BIG 5
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SZOLGÁNAK SZÜLETTEM
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CONFIDENTE
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IZA OSMEHA
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SONHAR COM LEÕES
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SNAGA LJUBAVI: VLASTIMIR GAVRIK
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DUHOVI NA MOJIM LEĐIMA
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GARTNEREN, BUDDHISTEN OG SPIONEN
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KIX
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THE FAMILY POTRAIT
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ÎNTRE MARGINILE ZILEI
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PLICA POLONICA
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MAURICE’S BAR
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AKIPLĖŠA
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DIE RÄUBERINNEN
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UNE PASTORALE AMÉRICAINE
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LEPATTANÓ
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SUNCE NIKAD VIŠE
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ZEČJI NASIP
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ZWEI STAATSANWÄLTE
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OUTER SPACE
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DREAM WORK
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INSTRUCTIONS FOR A LIGHT AND SOUND MACHINE
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L´ARRIVÉE
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TRAIN AGAIN
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MINDEN RENDBEN
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REFLET DANS UN DIAMANT MORT
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GORA SE NE BO PREMAKNILA
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TOPLI FILM
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KADA JE ZAZVONIO TELEFON
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COMATOGEN
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MORIA SIX
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MA ESTE GYILKOLUNK
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KAKTUSZEMBER
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100 LITRAA SAHTIA
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SINGING IN OBLIVION
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PARALLEL SPACE: INTER-VIEW
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HAPPY-END
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THE EXQUISITE CORPUS
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SMRTNA URA
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MIROIRS NO. 3
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STANOVANJE 2A
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MALE PARE
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MORJE MED NAMA
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KUUSI
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EN UNDERSØGELSE AF EMPATI
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SPALTUNG
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CSENDES ÉJ
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RENÉ VA ALLA GUERRA
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EN HJÄLTES DÖD
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ΑΕΡΟΛΊΝ
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MEDOVYI MISIATS
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SO VIEL VON MIR
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ARHETIP
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ÉS MI VAN TOMIVAL?
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SANJALICE
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РЕСТИТУЦИЈА, ИЛИ, САН И ЈАВА СТАРЕ ГАРДЕ
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KAJ TI JE DEKLICA
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PRVO POLUVRIJEME
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SHEEP OUT
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QUIET LIFE
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APUFA
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TRÆER MALET I TJÆRE
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ULTRAVIOLET
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HETEROTOPIJA
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KREČARI
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NIEWYRAŹNY KLEKOT PTAKÓW
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SENTIMENTAL EDUCATION
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IN THE NAME OF GOOD
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LA FILLE QUI EXPLOSE
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VENUS
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MUST AUK
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ČOVJEK KOJI NIJE MOGAO ŠUTJETI
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WANDER TO WONDER
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TRUTH OR DARE
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GODINA PROĐE, DAN NIKAKO
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VÁNYA BÁCSI – BUBORÉKKERINGŐ
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BREAKING A TABOO
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SBORMISTR
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EJ, SALAŠI
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