Dédé (Ancestor) delves into diasporic female identity through an exploration of the Director/Animator’s Bété ancestry, a tribe in central Ivory Coast. The film is a journey into the region’s feminine cosmology and folkloric traditions, guided by feminine icons such as tribal fertility carvings, masks, sculptures, mythological fables and deities. With a deliberately non-linear and abstract narrative, the film prominently features copper motifs, reflecting the traditional metalwork culture of the Ivory Coast, along with its other textural and material histories.

By drawing upon the spiritual iconography of the Bété people and other tribal groups in the Ivory Coast, Dédé examines the divine female figure in West African sculpture. The film translates these forms, traditionally found in wooden and bronze sculptures, into animation through charcoal drawings and frame-by-frame relief engraving on copper.

Attention: Children is a kaleidoscope of children’s lives, emotions and dreams during the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The children will try to survive and overcome the traumas caused by the war by talking through and immersing themselves in their memories.

Vova was seriously injured and lost his father. Bohdan lived under occupation. For Vasilisa, the bomb shelter has become a common place. Tymofii and Nikita lost their homes. Sasha survived deportation and is now looking for his mother. A group of children were evacuated by the military from the war zone, and they remember all the horrors of the war in detail. After returning from Poland, Ilya went to help the military. And children from the Chernihiv region weave nets for the frontline every day.

They are all united by the war. They lost their childhood, but kept their faith in the future.

The Bacewicz x Bomsori film tells the story of outstanding South Korean violinist Bomsori Kim’s preparation for a live performance of Grażyna Bacewicz’s Polish Rhapsody for Violin and Orchestra in the National Forum of Music in Wrocław, Poland, on the 7th of March, 2025. While discovering the piece, the violinist simultaneously gets to know the composer better.

The film reveals the story of the discovery of forgotten musical works and their revival on the stage. Bacewicz x Bomsori is an intimate portrait of a concert violinist and musician who sacrifices a lot in the name of art and music.

A powerful and visually striking allegory, Blinded by the Lights explores the insatiable greed of an African leader and the devastating cost of betrayal. Set against the backdrop of a nation trapped in the cycle of neocolonialism, the film unpacks the illusions of power, the corruption that festers behind closed doors, and the silent suffering of a people forgotten by those meant to lead them.

With bold symbolism and a haunting narrative, Blinded by the Lights is a chilling reflection on leadership, legacy, and the price of selling one’s soul for power.

In Blue – A Black European Tale, Salzburg-born artist Mwita Mataro invites viewers into his life, exploring his experiences as a Black Austrian.

However, the narrative framework is provided by another story: together with six Black children, Mataro tells the story of the “Blues” – fictional blue beings who live in “Greenland”, where the majority of the population is colored green. To avoid standing out among the Greens in everyday life, the Blues paint themselves green. But one day, the protagonist, Blue Kid, forgets to paint himself, leading to an encounter with a Green who threatens him. Shocked by this, he decides to collect the stories of the Blues scattered across the land to learn more about them and to tell others about them.

Like Blue Kid, Mataro also travels across the country to collect the stories of Black Austrians. In doing so, he speaks with figures such as doctor and politician Mireille Ngosso, journalist Claudia Unterweger, and the award-winning educator Fred Ohenhen about being Black in Austria.

Blue – A Black European Tale takes a very personal perspective throughout. Mataro shares his experiences and thoughts in self-recorded diary entries, disarmingly honest – with the white majority society, but above all with himself.