Message from Sasha
Sasha Skochilenko is an artist from St. Petersburg. She was the first to speak out against the ‘special military operation’ in Ukraine: she changed the price tags in a supermarket and put information about the war on them. Now Sasha is in prison, awaiting trial for “spreading false information and expressing hostility towards the Russian […]
The Capture
Sami is a passionate visual artist with a special eye for untold stories. One night he wanders away from the comfort of artistic abstraction to a vibrant party, searching for authenticity amidst the chaos of a city in turmoil. Drawn to the energy of the protests on the street, Sami finds himself in a reality […]
Cafe
Currently imprisoned Iranian filmmaker Navid Mihandoust presents the self-referential story of a director who lives surrounded by uncertainties while waiting to be sentenced and taken to prison. Mihandoust made the film while out on bail, without obtaining permission from the authorities, as he was convinced that cinema and art have a world of their own […]
