Showcase of the best POLITICAL FILMS in the world today.
Audience Award Winners:
Best Feature Film: A Beginning for the Final Songs of a River
Best Direction: Aurora
Best Story: They
Best Short Film: Pisho
Best Documentary Short: Adas Falasteen
Adas Falasteen, 8min., Palestine
Directed by Hamdi Khalil Elhusseini, Samar Taher Lulu
“Palestine Lentils” is a documentary film that tells the story of a Palestinian chef and his role in using his hobby as a shield against the famine caused by the war on Gaza, preserving the spirit of resilience and hope within his community.
Pisho, 16min., Pakistan
Directed by Aun Ul Haider
Journey of a seven-year-old girl, Ruqayya, on a mission to find her lost kitten. Suspecting her mother and neighbors, she embarks on a whimsical search. During her quest, Ruqayya stumbles upon a protest against a recent terrorist attack. Inspired by the demonstrators’ placards, she creates her own sign seeking help to find her missing kitten.
They, 15min., Iran
Directed by Seyed Morteza Sabzeghaba
Group of Dezfoulion people leaving the city so sadly dressed of war to return to their families, at this time jets attack them.
AURORA, 22min., Portugal
Directed by Miguel Chichorro
Aurora seems to inhabit a parallel universe, a stage where she reinvents everyday life through the eyes of a porcelain doll, as a witness to her internal monologues and a witness to her experiences. As the story unfolds, the factual becomes intertwined with the psychological – emerging the expression of abandonment, loneliness and violence: Aurora progressively approaches the incarnation of the adult woman who one day ceased to exist. Ernesto – the man who digs an improvised grave and ends his days consuming brandy – personifies the loss of control, transforming himself into a possessive aggressor and the woman into his victim, until the premature grave. Violence emerges through sound expressions, passed backwards, tearing even innocence from chaos. Aurora watches the revelation of this discovery. Ernesto completes his irreversible decline. The Doll is a witness to what cannot be forgotten.
A Beginning for the Final Songs of a River, 70min., Germany/Iran
Directed by Meysam Oghbaei
Filmed over six years, this documentary follows the changing fate of the Zayandeh Rood river in Iran. Through the perspectives of local farmers and communities, it portrays the environmental and social challenges linked to water use and policies. With a poetic yet reflective tone, the film illustrates the river’s cycle of opening and closing as a metaphor for endurance and hope.
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