PÖLP 2024

A Turkish woman's life spirals after a sexual assault, straining her relationship with her Kosovan fiancé as she grapples with trauma and societal pressures.

While searching for marmots, young biologist Yura sees arson on the Cherson steppe. His attempts to publicize his discovery draw him into surreal political and media matters.

Hen Sandro's father decides to devote his existence to God and leaves for a monastery, the teenage introvert finds himself deprived of the fundamental certainties of life. Abandoned by his father and his mother, who is working abroad, the young man embarks on a journey of self-discovery, opening up both to a new friendship with the radical Lasha, who has ties with an ultra-right organisation, and also to the chance to explore his own sexuality. George Sikharulidze's perceptive feature debut considers how fine the line is between the observer and the observed, and asks where contemporary post-Soviet Georgian society is heading as it hovers on the border between religious conservatism and nationalisation on the one hand, and the desire for independence and modernisation on the other.

An exhausted woman (Ni Ni) ignited a man (Zhou You) whose heart was like a stone. They fell in love with each other and began a journey of exile in which spirit and body, life and death were tightly bound. The three places rolled around, burned, and entered hell together. The four seasons pass, love is happy, and then go to heaven.

During the Nazi occupation of Rome in 1944, the Resistance leader, Giorgio Manfredi, is chased by the Nazis as he seeks refuge and a way to escape.

In a world of stapling containers, 16-year-old Rudmer dreams of becoming a barge ship captain, toughening in an ever-changing surrounding.

The cracks start to appear when a Chinese couple's only son leaves for Estonia to study. Watchman Guang-Dong and his wife Bao-Yan have devoted their lives to their only son, Zhao-Hang. When he leaves China to pursue a music career at the Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre, the couple must confront the emotional void his absence creates. Through phone calls, they try to guide Zhao-Hang from afar, but his journey is shaped by both his deep desire to please his beloved father and his own personal ambition. This universal experience of parents watching their children grow and leave home resonates deeply, capturing the struggle between holding on and letting go. With breathtaking cinematography and a poignant score, this documentary offers an intimate look at cultural adaptation, familial sacrifice, and the evolving dynamics of a father-son bond in the face of separation and change.

A rich teenage runaway and a group of street hustlers who both seek to find a place for themselves in the world.

A comical triptych about residents in an apartment block district who long for a better life. When a black hole mysteriously appears in a lilac bush, they will have to face aliens, a giant spider, and an Austrian in breeches.

Renowned German organist Anna discovers her Latvian husband's involvement in a corruption scandal, shaking the foundation of their life together. Can she come to terms with this new reality about her husband?

At the end of the summer of his nineteen years Attilio, a boy who lives in a working-class neighborhood of Naples, is tasked with protecting a young prostitute from the East. Attilio, without being able to openly admit it, falls in love with her. However, when his father is released from prison and is forced to repay a substantial debt, Attilio finds himself choosing between his love for the girl and his love for his father, putting his freedom and his life up to that point at stake.

Follows a modest middle-aged man who's neighborhood's peace is disrupted when a gang of menacing neighbors take over the street.

In 1991, a grieving Korean family immigrate to the Canadian prairies to help cull the troubling population of feral dogs, but must confront their own personal trials and tribulations.

A marriage is threatened when the husband's first love comes back to town.

A night watchman escapes from the morgue where he works and is run over. The inspector called to investigate discovers that the body of a recently deceased woman is missing. Questioning the widower, he begins to suspect him.

No peace. No love. ONLY PAIN. 2022 year. There is a war going on. Ukrainian Sonya and Russian guy Danya meet in Istanbul. They have common problems: they need to find money for food, an apartment and a job. They have the same desire to have fun, dance, drink and sex. But the main questions are how to deal with the past, arrange life and build their joint future.

Smaragda, 46, amid failed relationships and a stagnant career, ponders her legacy. She becomes a kids entertainer at a tourist resort and embraces social media, facing both fame and backlash, as she embarks on a journey of self-discovery.

The creators of the drama Já, Olga Hepnarová, are back and once again promise a film that will be unique and a little rougher than what we are used to from domestic filmmakers. Sára works as an assistant at the army headquarters in Prague. She is an attractive woman surrounded by young men, but without a partner, as her authoritarian mother never forgets to remind her. When she meets the gallant and charming Martin, she finally experiences the love of her life. Gradually they grow closer, but when Sára wants to take their relationship to a deeper and more physical level, Martin unexpectedly cuts her off. Refusing to accept his reluctance to confide in her, Sára wants to know what is stopping him from being with her. She discovers that Martin has a secret. She promises not to tell anyone, but does so in good faith. And then he learns how society deals with those who don't fit into the right boxes. This film unfolds from the perspective of Sára, a young woman who falls in love with a mysterious man, but their relationship doesn't quite fit society's standards, and they both have to decide if it's worth fighting to stay together. The film highlights the highly topical issue of the inability to live up to the expectations of one's environment and the social pressures, alienation and self-doubt that being different brings.

The death of Christine and the choice to bury her in Acanda lead to the unraveling of unexpected family secrets on the journey to her final resting place.

The story of Andrea Spezzacatena, who, in 2012, decided to take his own life because of the continuous bullying of some classmates.

"Nothing changes." These are the last words of Jin-Soo, a young man suffering from brutal bullying at school, before he takes the fatal step that sets off a rather unpredictable sequence of events in this startlingly honest author's film.

Vid, a father grappling with the encroaching threat of a multicorporate iron ore mine near his home, discovers resilience and hope through his young son's imaginative perspective, blending optimism, fairy tales, and mysticism into their grim reality.

The Japanese phenomenon of deliberate disappearance in a chilling thriller.