Paul Gies

Isa, a pregnant middle-aged woman, is clearing out her parental home, where her father recently passed away. She is surprised by a visit from her terminally ill mother, with whom she has had little contact since her childhood. The estranged relationship between them leads to a confrontation, in which years of unspoken feelings finally surface. As a result, Isa must make the difficult choice to let go of her mother.

Gaspar, a luthier, wants to make a violin from the wood of a tree so rare that it may or may not exist anymore.

Gaspar, a luthier, wants to make a violin from the wood of a tree so rare that it may or may not exist anymore.

Gaspar, a luthier, wants to make a violin from the wood of a tree so rare that it may or may not exist anymore.

From a Kafkaesque office for social media in Germany and on to Sudan, and to conversations with an Iranian Ayatollah, an Indian film censor and critical journalists in China. The Norwegian Håvard Fossum has travelled the world to understand what censorship is, and how censors work, both in theory and in practice.

The parents are at their wits’ end, so a temporary supervision order is the last hope for a group of teenagers in Punks. Now, on a remote farm in France, they’re going to have to get their lives back on track, with the help of a counselor. If they want any chance of a happy life, they need to engage in some frank and painful conversations. Mitchel has to find a way to get along with his father, but maybe too much has already happened since his mother died. Jahlano is already at the next stage: he’s no longer allowed to live with his mother, and needs to get over the disappointment. Mike, meanwhile, is struggling with his image as a boy who’s “got a screw loose.” Filmed in constant close-up by director Maasja Ooms, the teenagers try to tame their demons with music and therapy, but problems from the past keep resurfacing. In this intimate and sincere portrait, these troubled kids show us their most vulnerable sides.

The small boy Eryk does the household and takes swimming lessons just to please his demanding father. The only way to break out is to be as courageous as his giant avatar Polska Warrior in the computer game Goldhunter.

Jeanet, an insecure middle-aged woman, discovers one day that rabbit ears are growing out of her head. Shocked and confused, she rushes to the doctor to get rid of her ailment. But the doctor turns out to be a poor listener. Jeanets relatives seem to have attention for her. Jeanet thinks she is on her own until she knocks on her husband's door.