MORS POETICA

On my way to the cinema I recognised the remains of what once was

In Cañete there was a large movie theater in the center of town until the 1980s. At that time many things still worked. From a child's point of view, the short film transports us to an ordinary afternoon in Cañete, when people still happily went to the movies despite how difficult life was.

Empeliculados

The Server

A newly arrived immigrant to the United States struggles to make money working as a server, but his inexperience and anxiety threaten to make him fail, forcing him to master the job in order to survive in his new home.

Andrea

A transgender girl runs away from home and is invited to live with a strange photographer who pushes her to help him pay his debts.

The Mechanics of Film

One night, in a small bakery in a village in northern Spain, we accompany a baker who, through the contrast between the noise of heavy machinery and abrupt silences, works in solitude. His son, the author of the work, depicts the process: he projects his artistic and class concerns within the world of cinema by comparing the production of bread and the mechanisms of cinematographic creation.

Todo como en el 2006

Amor y Cine

A film student, who denies being in love with his teacher, wonders what cinema is, what love is, and why we do what we do.

Ya No Grabes

La vida d'Antani

PonyGirls666

January The 28th

In Culiacán, Sinaloa, 11-year-olds Fabi, Josué, and Francisco bond over shared struggles in their elementary school and use a film workshop to express the violence that surrounds them. Six years later, they reunite to reflect on their experiences and the unsettling normalization of violence in their lives, exploring its impact on their futures.

INDEPENDIENTE

Three Mexican filmmakers — Max del Río, Gabriela Ivette Sandoval, and Hugo Villaseñor Alcázar — share their processes and challenges around a single question: How can an independent film get seen? Through the eyes of insiders, the documentary reveals the complex journey behind making cinema visible in Mexico.

Iktsuarpok

After the death of their mother, siblings Christopher and Christine embark on a Christmas holiday to Goa to visit their maternal aunt, Esther, whom they loathe from their difficult teenage experiences. What was anticipated to be an awkward family gathering transforms into an enlightening journey of self-discovery. The three combat their mutual loss and grow closer in the days leading up to Christmas. Christopher finds solace in the poetic demeanor of Rahul who is Esther's neighbor's son while Christine battles her demons on the shores of Goa and Esther finds peace knowing that she is not alone in her old age. During this week, they encounter emotions that feel distinct and almost indescribable, echoing the concept of "Iktsuarpok." This narrative explores unspoken feelings, new friendships, a burdensome past, the passage of time, shattered hopes, and the reimagining of dreams

Cinema Berlín

VENOM

VENOM is an experimental contemporary reimagining of Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, exploring love, rivalry, identity, and the destructive forces that surround young people searching for connection. Set against the intensity of modern relationships and social expectations, VENOM follows two individuals drawn together by an undeniable connection while caught in a world shaped by conflict, desire, and the consequences of inherited hatred. Blurring the lines between romance and tragedy, the film examines how love can become both salvation and destruction. Through a stylized visual language and emotionally charged performances, VENOM transforms a classic story of forbidden love into a raw exploration of obsession, vulnerability, and the choices that define us.

Haiku por Ozziel

Avec le père de mon père

Doves (Loss of Love and Desensitization of Grief)

About how easy love is to gain and to lose at the same time. Arslan Deura voices his own struggles with love, grief, loneliness and religion in a beautiful and heart-rending experimental film.

Animals

Still trapped in a doomsday bunker the scientist continues his mission to narrate over footage of the natural world, hoping if animals ever return to this planet they will be cherished.