Heat Wave
Heat Wave brings together films about rising emotions and shimmering, intense moments. The body becomes a site of exploration, desire, and resistance – understood as something contested and fought over.
Dog and Wolf
Pes a vlk
Rudo is a 25-year-old stripper who has chosen a life of perpetual partying and sleep deprivation. As he navigates through the night, he is fueled by drugs and dance, haunted by memories of his ex, broken promises and lost connections.
| Cast | Tomás Capek |
| Katerina Hulinská | |
| Cinematographer | Dusan Husár |
| Costume | Zuzana Formánková |
| Director | Terézia Halamová |
| Editing | Lukas Janicík |
| Music | Krystof Blabla |
| Producer | Natália Pavlove |
| Production Designer | Stella Sonková |
| Sound Designer | Anna Jesenská |
Norheimsund
| Author | Alpizar Ana A. |
| Cast | Palenzuela Darianis |
| Massó Varela Paula | |
| Ruiz Yaité | |
| Cinematographer | Zhang Yuqian |
| Director | Ana A. Alpizar |
| Editing | Alpizar Ana A. |
| Producer | Finkel Madeline Rose |
| Sound Designer | Colina Denis |
Second Spring
Druhé jaro
| Camera | Helena Fikerová |
| Olga Safronova | |
| Cast | Danylo Samoilov |
| Jakub Švec | |
| Director | Olexi Chubun |
| Editing | Ruslana Kaminska |
| Film School | FAMU |
| Line Producer | Barbora Michnová |
| Screenplay | Olexi Chubun |
| Sound Designer | Kryštof Volkman |
| Still | Helena Fikerova |
Sensual
Softly, slugs trace their way across wet lips. Snakes glide gently through fingers, while a bear embraces a woman’s body with a hug. 900 handcrafted watercolors play with animalistic metaphors to invite us into an experience of intimate closeness.
| Director | Tanja Nuijten |
| Music | Matthias Bemmerer |
| Producer | Avina Graeve |
| Sound Designer | Jan-Eric Heitland |
If You Don’t Like it, Look Away
Au bain des dames
Every day, Joëlle meets her retired friends on Bain des Dames’s beachin Marseille. Like in an open-air theater, they laugh, talk about love, sex, aging bodies, and remake the world with the freedom of those who have nothing left to prove.
| Cinematographer | Théo Vincent Suzzoni |
| Director | Margaux Fournier |
| Editing | Youri Tchao–Debats |
| Music | Sebastien Calendini |
| Don Pierre Maestracci | |
| Producer | Laureen Bolton |
| Audrey Smadja Iritz | |
| Sound Designer | Raphaël Prat |