Is it possible to tell about modern Russia in 29 minutes? No. But "Victory Day" is one of the sections of Russia, shown through the stories of protagonists.

At the age of 21, Vasily Vlasov became the youngest parliamentarian in the Russian Duma. With his self-confidence, he could become a new, fresh voice in Parliament. But Vasily's ideals are rooted in the past, sitting at the table in his kitchen, he explains that women should obey their husbands and learn more modest professions, such as being nurses or teachers at school. His friend Katya, who is the same age as Vasily and has her own political ambitions, listens with a smile.

It often happens, in art as in the entertainment world, that a craft is passed down from father to son, but it is rare for two generations to achieve the same level of excellence. In the case of Mimmo and Francesco Jodice, however, talent has not been spared. Mimmo is one of the great names in the history of Italian photography. An avant-garde artist since the 1960s, he has been a tireless protagonist in the cultural debate that led to the international success of Italian photography. Francesco's artistic research, on the other hand, addresses the changes in the contemporary social landscape in relation to urban anthropology, proposing a practice of art as a civic poetic. For the first time, Mimmo and Francesco, father and son, two generations of contemporary Italian photography, dialogue and exchange views on photography, the city, art's social commitment, and their gaze on a world undergoing profound transformation. Through the anomaly of their corneas, they will allow us to perceive reality with a lateral gaze, going beyond the boundary.

Search for lost time. Against the backdrop of the epoch, we observe pictures from the life of several families in a small seaside town, which at one time was “Soviet Nice”.

The film shows how the famous Russian director Kirill Serebrennikov reflects the events taking place in Russia in his works. We will see his entire creative path from the first successes in the theater to feature films. We will see that the rise and fall of the director's star is also a reflection of Russian cultural politics, from a brief flowering of artistic freedom under Medvedev to a conservative culture backed by authoritarian measures.

A short film about the life, works, and failures of Hanoch Piven, an internationally acclaimed artist who creates funny portraits of people from everyday objects. Through his playful worldview, Piven reminds us how to find faces in unexpected places, how to practice empathy, and above all - how to stop taking yourself too damn seriously!

The renowned Latvian sculptor Ojārs Feldbergs recounts his artistic process and his memory of the tragic past of Latvia. Through a series of poetic vignettes this film documents his connection and relationship with sculpting.

Dealing with the dangers of popularizing religious bigotry, the film examines the role of the American evangelical movement in Uganda, where American missionaries were sent to establish schools and hospitals. Evangelical leaders in the US and Uganda are trying to eradicate "sexual sin" and turn Ugandans into fundamentalist Christians.

No one has yet canceled golden goosebumps. Where are they from? The film is a reflection on the nature of the voice, the essence of creative searches and the origins of musical destiny.

On the trail of the zalktis or grass snake in Latvia and Lithuania. A personal journey in the summer of 2025 by poet Jude Montague, searching for signs of her father, and his stories of Baltic heritage.

The city of Sochi is Russia's "Riviera", a traditional summer resort for wealthy Russians. It was he who was chosen to host the 2014 Winter Olympics by the International Olympic Committee. It was a strange choice. When the IOC made the decision, there was not a single place in Sochi suitable for Olympic purposes of any kind. A dubious event was the large-scale construction of an artificial “winter” in a subtropical climate. The closer the Winter Olympics, the greater the depth of contradictions and questions to the Russian authorities.

When I was fifteen, I witnessed the creation of the legendary science fiction film of the Soviet Union. The director was my father. I loved photography and took hundreds of pictures during the shoot. Forty years later, on their basis, I managed to create a film, as Richard Viktorov shoots the film "Through Hardships to the Stars".

After February 24, 2022, many emigrated from Russia for various reasons. Among these people were those close to the director. A month later, in April, when she was left all alone in Moscow, she decided to make a film about it. This film is her love letter to those who can no longer be near her.

The film is a part of the artistic research "Intimacy as a form of resilience against systemic oppression". The film has been inspired by the photography series of the Romanian visual artist Geta Brătescu. Through this project, the filmmaker aims to reclaim and subvert the experiences of harassment she encountered in her previous work, where she developed a film about the refugee crisis coming from Syria, while she was 21 years old.

We are always saving time. But, despite this, we have less and less of it. In step with electronic means of communication, we are accelerating and trying to do as many things as possible, while there is not enough time left for what is really important, family, friends. Why is this happening? Who or what is causing this acceleration? Is it a social phenomenon or a consequence of incorrect time planning by individual specific people? In his documentary filmmaker Florian Opitz tries to answer this question by going in search of lost time.

In the strip club where Katya works as a dancer, she is always surrounded by music. Parties with girlfriends, clubs, bars, portable speakers while walking, there is practically no sound in her world, except for dance music. She gets out to the dacha, where she begins to remember about completely different music, and then about silence.

The story of photographer/director James Bidgood whose 1960’s beefcake photographs were unlike any others. Depicting elaborate fantasy scenarios drenched in lush color they transcended the genre. His film "Pink Narcissus" was initially credited to ‘Anonymous’ on its 1971 release date shrouding it in mystery. Falsely attributed to Kenneth Anger and Andy Warhol, among others, it wasn’t until almost twenty years later that it was revealed to be Jim’s work. "Velvet Vision" follows the process of Jim trying to shoot again after a forty-year hiatus while also delving into his past as window dresser, drag artist and costume designer. Jim’s struggles are a universal story; an outsider pursuing artistic endeavors to cope with their ostracization from society. His fantasy life became a mechanism to keep him tethered to reality as he traversed the fine line between genius and insanity.

The German Democratic Republic has not been on the political map of the world for more than 20 years. However, her sports legends are still alive. The former athlete herself, the champion of the GDR in diving, and now the director Sandra Kaudelka chose 4 protagonists for her film. This is one of the most successful shot putters in the history of the sport, Olympic champion Udo Bayer; two-time world champion in diving Brita Baldus; one of the best sprinters in the country, Ines Gaipel; record holder in the 400 meters, winner of the Moscow Olympics Marita Kokh. From the memories of the protagonists about their sports youth and stories about the present, an idea of ​​​​the country that they once personified is formed.

How to become a different person in 30 days? 30-year-old Albina, who is looking for a good well-paid job, is trying to find a way. Albina makes a difficult path to renewal not only through online home learning, but also through the Challenge diary, which challenges the girl every day.

This documentary offers an intimate insight into the actionist process of Johannes Rass's animal sculptures. It begins with the slaughter and butchering of a bull at the farm of a Lower Austrian farmer and butcher. In Hermann Nitsch's former studio space in Prinzendorf a. d. Zaya, Rass prepares the individual pieces of the bull, which are then reassembled into their original animal shape. The resulting bull sculpture is captured photographically and consumed by the guests in a final act - as part of the Nitsch Foundation's “Whitsun Festival 2024”. One month after the action in Prinzendorf, the exhibition WUNDERKAMMER opens at the Künstlerhaus Wien, where, among other works, Rass presents photographs of the bull sculpture in real size. Urbaniak expands the documentation of Aktion Bos Taurus with interviews from the artist, Rita Nitsch, Günther Oberhollenzer, and the butcher Oliver Geißbüchler. Through the action — the artistic process, which reveals proximity to Nitsch's practice — Rass's work, with its independent conceptual approach, raises questions about our ambivalent and alienated relationship to animal carnality.