From director Park Chan-wook and based on Donald E. Westlake's novel THE AX, the story follows Man-su on his desperate hunt for a new job after his abrupt layoff from the paper company he served for 25 years.
ALL PROCEEDS OF THE SCREENING GOES TOWARDS PALESTINE
Amidst the devastation of the genocide carried by Israel in Gaza, a group of circus performers refuse to let despair take center stage. One More Show follows The Free Gaza troupe; Youssef, Batout, Ismail, Mohamed and Just, after being displaced from northern to southern Gaza, as they turn their craft into an act of defiance, resilience, and hope. As death hovers in the background, the troupe performs for children in shelters and on the streets, offering moments of joy in the darkest of times.
ALL PROCEEDS OF THE SCREENING GOES TOWARDS PALESTINE
About the filmmakers
Team 218 is more than a film crew, as its existence relies on a strong community that supports it. It has gotten its name from the number on the bus that connects Jerusalem to the rest of Palestine via Ramallah and passes through the Qalandiya checkpoint, the largest in the West Bank. It consists of people from Athens (Greece) who have participated in political documentaries and have organized solidarity movements for Palestine. Right now the team is working on its second documentary regarding Palestinians in exile.
About the film
48 / Resisting the big settlement"" was filmed in the summer of 2022 in the occupied West Bank. It is an attempt to express the daily experience of Palestinians excluded by the apartheid regime, describing different aspects of the Israeli occupation. The idea for this documentary was born after two trips to occupied Palestine and through our acquaintance with local freedom fighters. “Bring our voices out” was the answer to the question “what can we do as a movement of solidarity with the Palestinian resistance?”. Through the interviews, of women, men and children from Nabi Saleh, Hebron, Jenin and Sheikh Jarrah, about the bans on free movement, the seizure of their houses, the humiliating checkpoints, the imprisonments and the killings of their loved ones, what culminates is a collective narrative of the Palestinian resistance as an everyday practice. The film has been awarded with special audience mention in the 17th Naples Human Rights Documentary Festival and best full length Greek documentary in the 11th Peloponnisos International Documentary Festival.
Così com'è by Antonello Scarpelli is an intimate, unrhetorical family portrait, which alternates extreme close-ups with open landscapes. The story of Emilia (Pisano), a municipal employee whose life is upended when her husband (Francesco Scarpelli) is diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease, is a profound and painful reflection on how families repress the past. A story where physical places represent the distances of the soul.
William Shakespeare and his wife, Agnes, celebrate the birth of their son, Hamnet. However, when tragedy strikes and Hamnet dies at a young age, it inspires Shakespeare to write his timeless masterpiece "Hamlet."
Margo Ovcharenko became a rock star of portrait photography at the age of 20. A Ukrainian by birth and ethnicity, she has spent much of her life in Russia. The documentary begins at the peak of her career in 2012, having already been featured in prestigious exhibitions worldwide with works celebrating feminine sexuality and empowerment. Over the span of 12 years since, the film chronicles the evolving relationship between Ukraine and Russia and its impact on the art world and Margo’s personal journey. The narrative takes a dramatic turn in 2021 when Margo permanently relocates to Kyiv, seeking to reconnect with her Ukrainian roots. Her plans are upended by the Russian invasion in February 2022, turning her into a refugee.
Based on the beloved memoir by Lidia Yuknavitch and marking the directorial debut of Kristen Stewart, The Chronology of Water is a raw and unflinching portrait of survival, sexuality, and self-invention. The film traces Lidia’s life from her earliest memories in the Pacific Northwest, as a promising swimmer, through fractured relationships, near-motherhood, addiction, and encounters with artistic heroes. Told as a fluid memory wash, the story transforms trauma into art, embodying Yuknavitch’s defiant voice that made her work a modern cult classic. It is not only a chronicle of a woman becoming a writer, but a visceral journey through the wreckage and resilience of a life lived against the grain.
