Oasis by Jannis Lenz is a desperately honest feature film, at times brutal and ruthless, which often hits us like a punch in the stomach. A feature film which, however, at the same time, also offers moments of pure poetry. At the 2026 Venice Film Festival, Orizzonti section.
Eklipse by Manuel Wetscher has proved to be an exceptionally insightful and mature film. The personal becomes universal. The truth hits us like a punch in the stomach, especially when we are forced to grow up before time. At the 2026 Venice Film Festival, Orizzonti section.
In My Notes on Mars, Lili Horvát doesn’t want to provide definitive answers at all costs. On the contrary, the viewers have the precious opportunity to draw their own conclusions whilst being mesmerised by images of great visual and communicative power. Opening film of the Giornate degli Autori section at the 2026 Venice Film Festival.
At the Locarno Film Festival, in the prestigious setting of Piazza Grande, Felix Randau’s fourth feature film, I is Another, was presented to the audience. This Austrian co-production explores the enigmatic historical figure of Felix Kersten, the hero-impostor divided between altruism and opportunism.
With Gentle Monster, Marie Kreutzer returns to the Cannes Film Festival with a double female portrait of great directorial impact, destined to alienate rather than surprise the audience; Léa Seydoux gives an outstanding performance as a mother forced to come to terms with the terrible truth she has just discovered about her husband.
Water, which has always been a highly symbolic element, immediately takes on very specific meanings in Out of Sync. At the Vienna Shorts 2026.
A series of sophisticated animations is one of the hallmarks of this 3cm of Complexity, perfectly in line with Anna Vasof’s entire filmography, showing us how human beings are often cruelly ‘dehumanised’, never truly understood and treated solely as a potential source of profit. At the Vienna Shorts 2026.
The overwhelming presence of technology numbs our relationships and our perceptions of ourselves and others. The beauty of Perfect World, however, is that finally something begins to crack. At the Vienna Shorts 2026.
Follow Back is a captivating mockumentary that, through images, tells what is effectively a true love story. At the same time, however, the film is further enriched by elements that almost suggest a sort of thriller, as well as a comedy. At the Vienna Shorts 2026.
In YahneYahne Or the Drowned Child, the daughter and the mother, summer first and then winter, the opening set against nature and the epilogue set against an architectural backdrop, the white clothes of tragedy but also the black clothes of mourning symbolise a powerful clash between past and present. At the Vienna Shorts 2026.