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The film is about the role of spiritual and material culture in human life. The authors of the film warn that the connection of times and generations is fragile, and once lost, it is difficult to restore it again.

Petter von Malmborg has more cars than he can count. None of them works, but where everyone else sees a wreck he sees great potential. In this film he is surrounded by the women in his life, wife, daughters, and granddaughter who has little understanding for his passion for saving cars from the junkyard.

This is a story about a hunter named Valerik, who lives in a small Siberian village. He spends the whole winter in the forest with his dog Scythian, getting furs to feed his family. Valerik takes pictures of himself with a small digital pocket camera, so that later he can share his hunting adventures with his beloved wife Zina. He feels like the master of nature, but the forest in the form of a bear, follows in the footsteps of Valerik.

A great reckoning in a small town. A town without a name. A town not on the map. A town with its own rules. A town without access from the outside. A town with secrets not available even to those 'living' there. How long? Suddenly a time warp, an accident of fate and then unexpectedly the appearance of a woman from beyond. Then it begins. The hidden ways of the town start surfacing. Although no way out of the town, the arrival of Alice puts the town's ways to a test.

Having done time in prison for robbery, the protagonist returns home. A lot of things changed during the time of his absence: his wife lost all motivation to live and leads the life of a drunk, their son was taken into a disciplinary orphanage. The protagonist tries to get his family back together, but will he be able to do it, after the great mistakes he made in his life?

"balconies where i met with solomon." I will soon finish my page, make my coffee with sugar that no one sees, put on my hat that protects me from the sun (however it attacks!), go out to the balcony, load my legs on top of each other, entrust my hair to the speedy winds. it happens, maybe, if there was someone, I'll see things that I would point out, perhaps I'll see a giant behind the city, perhaps I'll see a seagull already prowling, a pigeon, a tumbling pigeon, a pigeon, perhaps even a white one, in case, perhaps a prophet I'll see, I'll see solomon.

Marko returns from the army and comes into conflict with his father. He goes to town and finds a job as a car mechanic. In spite of his father and the backward village, which is under the influence of the church, the son approaches the Mayer sisters to sleep over the weekend at their place.

Paris, a few days after the death of the King of Pop and a few days before Christmas, he and she happen to meet in the back seat of a cab. They ride along through the streets, among the city lights, just long enough for an encounter.

The lifeless body of a woman lies on the floor of a room. A man stands, observing it. Beyond the locked door someone tries to get in: it's a 10 year old child. The three are a family, or what's left of it. What to do with the kid?

Travel guide to the regions of Russia with the stars of Russian sports. The documentary project will show the unique places of the country and tell the stories of becoming champions. The film crew travels to different parts of Russia from North Ossetia to Kamchatka to show where the champions grew up. In four issues, the program will tell you how St. Petersburg became the capital of basketball, what the childhood of the strongest wrestler was like, how the harsh climate brought up the famous skier and why North Ossetia is called "little Brazil".

In Mushiu, Yokoshibahikari-machi Sanbu-gun, Chiba prefecture, a National Important Intangible Folk Property, Kiraigo, which is said to have begun in the early Kamakura era, still continues to be performed despite the risk of being lost. The camera follows the residents of Mushiu and how they are carrying on the tradition.

The narrator, an unnamed adolescent boy living in the present time in an unspecified part of Japan, begins to notice that he can see strange creatures that no one else seems to be able to see. As time passes, he ruminates over his relationship with these creatures, why he is able to see them, and what it says about the person he is. One day, however, he notices that one of these creatures seems to be behaving differently than before...

The practice of female genital mutilation (FGM) is still widespread in parts of Africa despite innumerable concerns about and objections to it. Taking an exhaustive look into FGM, this film hopes to impart greater awareness about a practice that is often excused as being merely a part of “culture.”

In the short film "Sharunas Bartas: where am I now" director looks for an answer to the question retrospectively and with a perspective towards the future. Reflections on meaning of life and cinema blends in as do autoportrait and portrait genres. In laconic manner director Sharunas Bartas gives quintesense of his thoughts and ideas, more importantly, his feelings and experiences. The film was initiated by Pompidou Art Centre, which recently organized Retrospective of Sharunas Bartas.

The “Raging Reporter” Egon Erwin Kisch (1885-1948) was one of the most significant journalists of the 1920s and 30s. He wrote from a communist point of view, in language that sparkled with humor. Historic photographs and footage describe Kisch’s eventful journalistic and political life, which brought him to important cities including Berlin, Moscow, Sydney, and New York.

During an imaginary actors exam, in order to choose the best, the jury utilizes immoral ways of selection – spying, making conflicts, humiliating the applicants – in short, taking advantage of its power.

A young girl finds a stranger sleeping in her sofa when she arrives to her apartment. She will have to face her fears and figure out what to do with him.

The girl says goodbye to the apartment where she spent her childhood surrounded by relatives. The apartment is empty, but the memories bring everything back to its place.

"For reasons of health, Lee Kang-sheng and I moved to the mountains. We don't have any neighbors. Our house is part of a row of dilapidated houses. I love these abandoned houses. I often walk around in them casually. I think they are beautiful. I said to Lee Kang-sheng: we don't have to go elsewhere to make films anymore. I'll make all my remaining films right here. I got some old chairs and some of my paintings and arranged them in these abandoned houses. And thus, this film was made." Tsai Ming-liang

"Où en êtes-vous ?" (Where do you stand today?) is a project initiated by the Centre Pompidou, which commissions its guest filmmakers to make a free-form film in response to a question simultaneously retrospective, introspective and focused on their future ideas and projects. Here Christian Petzold is joined by Christoph Hochhäusler as they analyze a sequence from Hitchcock's The Wrong Man (1956) through a series of photograms. With this tribute to Harun Farocki, who died in 2014, Christian Petzold endeavors to revive and perpetuate the spirit, taste and methods of his former teacher and friend.