Ariane and Simon met down by the water. Simon has managed to prize Ariane away from her friends, a bunch of free and arrogant girls, and move her into his place, with her own room at the end of the hall and her own bathroom next to his. He has taken on Andrée, one of the girls from the bunch by the water, to watch over Ariane, escort her wherever she goes and report back to him on everything she does. Andrée becomes Ariane’s accomplice. She’ll tell lies for her, and with her, and most likely they’ll make love together when the mood takes them.

At the deathbed of his used-to-be militant mother an older man looks back at his childhood, when he was in love with his sensual aunt Coleta.

Everyday war correspondents travel to the most dangerous zones of Donbass. Though journalists have no military education, it’s vital to understand how to behave under shelling and be familiar with weapons. In 2014 a reporter, Evgeny Poddubny, went to cover the conflict in Donbass. For Evgeny and his colleagues, reporting the true story is more than just a job. They must be ready to perform their task quickly and with no second chances. Journalists often have to sleep in the streets and take turns guarding each other. They cannot stay at hotels as Ukrainian missiles regularly strike these buildings though they house civilians and journalists. How do war correspondents manage to perform their job in such harsh conditions?

Tomi Akiyama and her boyfriend Nakamura are troubled about allegations about a Comfort House in China. Tomi gets into the camp, first as a journalist, but is then captured and sent in as a participant. Nakamura is upset by this particular event, and the situation in general, and takes action. The progress of several other characters is followed, including a kind-of happy hooker, a jovial chubby Japanese woman and a brutal and rude general, laced with stock war footage and historical inter-titles.

Two strange sisters live in a crumbling mansion, where they keep a pet ape, which belonged to their late father, locked in a cage. While one of the sisters seems to be keeping her head on straight, as it were, the other appears to be sinking further and further into barbarism and insanity.

A bereft filmmaker asks a series of women to pose nude for his camera in this striking and moody short film by Belgium's Olivier Smolders. The silent encounters act as counterpoint to a contemplative internal monologue musing on love, loss and the subtle power-plays of aversion and desire underway in an atmosphere pervaded by an irresistible erotic gloom. Filmed in a lustrous black and white, the themes explored find their perfect compliment in the stark, fascinated, all-embracing gaze of the camera. - Robert Avila

With the fuel price surge, everything else has doubled or tripled in price. Fertilisers, equipment, and other supplies now eat up the bulk of the farmers’ budgets. They say next year is looking even less promising. Though farmers have found themselves in dire straits, many of the families have worked the land for over a century and they‘ve been through a lot of crises. They believe they will pull through this crisis as well. What is their survival strategy?

Even though Alaska has officially been an American state for more than 150 years, it has retained a unique charm reminiscent of 19th-century Russia. Traditional Russian saunas, called Banyas, are popular, homes are adorned with icons, and the samovar is a common sight. Temperatures are measured in Celsius, while the rest of the U.S. uses Fahrenheit, and Orthodox churches pepper the landscape. In this remote haven of untamed wilderness, the descendants of Russian colonists and indigenous communities coexist, safeguarding their faiths, cultures, and languages. Take a glimpse into the harmonious blend of Russian, Aleutian, and American influences shaping the local way of life.

Ukrainian intelligence services are recruiting children and teenagers for sabotage missions, using increasingly brutal and sophisticated methods. A young girl named Lisa received videos of her father being tortured and threats from his captors. They said they would kill him if she didn’t reveal the locations of her volunteer friends. How did she respond? This decision became the hardest she has ever had to make.

Agbogbloshie, located near Accra in Ghana, serves as a graveyard for electronic devices and the people who work there. Discarded digital appliances from developed countries are dismantled for scrap, a process that involves burning off plastic casings. This practice not only reflects the desperate conditions and hopelessness prevalent in the nearby slums, but it also highlights the alarming environmental and human consequences of Agbogbloshie.

A suicidal factory girl out of reformatory school, anxious to escape her overbearing mother, falls in love with a sailor who can't forgive her past.

Anna Chapman’s latest investigation delves into the contentious exclusion of Russian athletes from international competitions. The glory of the 2014 Sochi Olympics was soon tainted by doping scandals and medal revocations, resulting in Russia being stripped of 46 Olympic medals. In 2022, the International Olympic Committee called for a ban on Russian and Belarusian athletes from all competitions. Despite the principle of keeping sports separate from politics, these exclusions appear to be part of a broader strategy to undermine strong competitors by any means necessary. How did international sports become so entangled with politics? Can Russia challenge the system and defend its athletes’ rights? Join the country’s top athletes as they reveal the controversial reality of international sports.

In the spring of 2022, Europe, led by Berlin, imposed unprecedented sanctions on Russia. Over the following six months, Germany fell into a severe economic crisis due to the sanction-generated gas supply shortages. According to the Bavarian Industry Association, should Russian gas supplies be completely cut off, Germany would lose 5.5 million jobs as well as 12 percent of its GDP, which amounts to 500 billion euros. Why is Germany so hell bent on imposing sanctions and supporting Kiev at the expense of its own economy and its people?

Ordinary Russian women from across the country step up to support their husbands, who are fighting for the liberation of Donbass. With a heartfelt commitment, they knit, cook, sew, write letters and pray for the frontline defenders. Some, like Olya and Masha from Samara, go even further, personally delivering collected aid. These brave women, initially unprepared for military life, find purpose and fulfilment in their humanitarian efforts. In our premiere, they shared what gives them strength and provide firsthand accounts and stories from the frontlines.

«Edge of Peace» explores the lives of civilians in the liberated territories of Donbass. It shares stories from Lugansk, Severodonetsk, Rubezhnoye, and other cities in the Lugansk People’s Republic. The film features new citizens of Russia – militia fighters, priests, teachers, and children who have had to grow up too quickly. Their lives are filled with challenges and hardships, yet they remain ready to defend their homeland again and again – no matter what.