Challenging reality. A retrospective of Vitaly Mansky

CLOSE RELATIONS
- Vitaly Mansky
- 2016
- Latvia, Germany, Estonia, Ukraine
- s.t. English
- 114 min
Family topographies
Set in a small Turkish village, the filmmaker turns his camera on his two younger siblings and intimately captures the journey towards self-realization and their search for new beginnings.

LES ENFANTS TERRIBLES
- Ahmet Necdet Çupur
- 2021
- France, Turkey, Germany
- s.t. French or English
- 93 min
Echoes of the past
A step-by-step guide by director Avi Mograbi explaining the mechanics behind the Israeli occupation of the Palestinian territories of Gaza and the West Bank.

THE FIRST 54 YEARS - AN ABBREVIATED MANUAL FOR MILITARY OCCUPATION
- Avi Mograbi
- 2021
- France, Germany, Israel, Finland
- s.t. English
- 110 min
Challenging reality. A retrospective of Vitaly Mansky

PIPELINE
- Vitaly Mansky
- 2013
- Russia, Czech Republic, Germany
- s.t. English
- 116 min
International Feature Competition
A poetic and political film that raises environmental and social issues as it documents an outlandish project: a rich, powerful Georgian transplants massive trees to his private garden.

TAMING THE GARDEN
- Salomé Jashi
- 2021
- Switzerland, Germany, Georgia
- s.t. French or English
- 92 min
International Feature Competition
Alina Gorlova’s visually striking film spanning from Ukraine to Syria, is a powerful meditation on humanity’s entrapment in the endless cycle of war and peace.

THIS RAIN WILL NEVER STOP
- Alina Gorlova
- 2020
- Ukraine, Germany, Latvia, Qatar
- s.t. English
- 103 min
Challenging reality. A retrospective of Vitaly Mansky

UNDER THE SUN
- Vitaly Mansky
- 2015
- Germany, Russia, Czech Republic, Latvia
- s.t. English
- 106 min
In search of oneself
Exiles in Germany, Syrian sisters Lohan and Samar express their trans identities, creating moral conflicts with the faith practiced in their home.

ZUHUR'S DAUGHTERS
- Laurentia Genske, Robin Humboldt
- 2021
- Germany
- s.t. English
- 90 min