International Competition Documentary Film 1

A nocturnal drive through Helsinki produces astonishing connections: Rarely have the Eurovision Song Contest, nuclear bombs and a notorious NATO commando exercise been that close to each other.

Six years after a case of sexual abuse in the family, the filmmaker seeks a conversation with her grandmother, breaking the silence – an act of personal and political liberation.

At nightfall, the dangerous march across the US border begins. A cinematic approach to the experience of Central American migrants on the run.

Kinshasa by night, after the violent excesses of February 2025, documented from the safety of a mobile coffee stall. The performative exploration of a damaged, fragile city.