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At just sixteen, Soraya is already creating stunning drawings and sculptures that are as beautiful as they are dark. This strong-willed Afghan sculptor and illustrator has been trying for five years to escape Iran and join her mother in Austria. This subtly textured self-portrait interweaves chilling scenes of her escape attempts with political news from Afghanistan and videos in which she sings and dances – or shows her bruises. Soraya is married to a violent man, and she is determined to shape her own future. Mehrdad Oskouei directed this film entirely remotely, with Soraya filming all the footage herself over five years using her phone. This material is interspersed with shots of her drawings and surreal animations. Making art is no idle pastime for Soraya. She puts all her worries, joys, and fears into her drawings and the sculptures she makes from soaked egg cartons or clay that she finds along her escape routes. Many of her drawings feature recurring figures: a loyal fox who is her traveling companion, a pink moon that always watches over her, and a clown who ever laughs – a character Soraya identifies with.

Awards:

IDFA Award for Best Feature-Length Documentary – International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam 2025 (Netherlands)

Big Stamp in the International Competition – Zagrebdox 2026 (Croatia)

Jury Award a Audience Award for Best International Documentary – Docville 2026, Leuven (Belgium)

Stefan Jarl International Documentary Award for Best International Documentary – Tempo Documentary Festival 2026, Stockholm (Sweden)

This screening is part of the IncluCine 2 project, implemented within the Collaborate to Innovate scheme under the auspices of Europa Cinemas and funded by the Creative Europe – MEDIA programme.

Post-film discussion:

Director Mehrdad Oskouei, together with Soraya Akhlaghi – the co-director and protagonist – will discuss the making of the film after the screening. They will talk about how their remote collaboration unfolded over the five years of filming, what it took to achieve freedom in both practical and personal terms, and how the raw footage shot on a mobile phone gradually became a finished film. Audiences will therefore have the unique opportunity to hear from someone who lived through this story, as well as from the director who helped bring it to the big screen, and to ask questions about a project that has been in the making for years.

The discussion will be held in English and Persian and moderated by Slovak-Iranian stand-up comedian and activist Nasi (Nastaran Motlagh).

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This screening is part of the IncluCine 2 project, implemented within the Collaborate to Innovate scheme under the auspices of Europa Cinemas and funded by the Creative Europe – MEDIA programme.

For more than twenty years, Hind has lived a marriage shaped by absence. Her spouse is serving a life sentence in an Israeli prison, one of thousands of Palestinian men incarcerated far from their families. Visits are rare, physical contact is forbidden, and intimacy is impossible. Yet Hind still dreams of becoming a mother. Through an extraordinary underground network, Palestinian prisoners have found a way to smuggle their sperm out of prison, allowing their wives to conceive through IVF. The film follows Hind through the intimate stages of this journey: secret phone calls, medical appointments, moments of hope, and devastating uncertainty. Interwoven with Hindʼs story are the voices of other women, doctors, and former prisoners who reveal the human cost of incarceration beyond prison walls. The film moves between domestic spaces and heavily restricted institutions, showing how love, desire, and parenthood persist even under extreme control. Told entirely through real-time observation, the film reframes motherhood not as a private desire, but as a space shaped by power, control, and enforced absence. It offers an intimate, restrained portrait of women whose bodies become quiet sites of resistance, and of lives suspended between waiting, hope, and the cost of endurance. The film For Life had its world premiere at the Visions du Réel 2026 International Film Festival in Nyon (Switzerland).

After-film discussion:

When war and occupation become part of everyday reality, the meaning of ordinary life changes too. Seeing loved ones seems impossible, safety and security become a rarity, and bringing a child into the world turns into an act of resistance. In the post-screening discussion, the guests – Salma Al Henami, who is of Slovak-Yemeni origin, Lebanese-born Rami Jacob, and Julián Vrábel, who spent two months in the West Bank – will explore what family means when it is shaped not only by love, but also by perseverance and the struggle for survival.

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This screening is part of the IncluCine 2 project, implemented within the Collaborate to Innovate scheme under the auspices of Europa Cinemas and funded by the Creative Europe – MEDIA programme.

Funded by the European Union. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or The European Education and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA). Neither the European Union nor the EACEA can be held responsible for them.

One in a Million shares the story of eleven-year-old Israa as she and her family leave Syria in search of safety and a better life in Europe. Filmed over a decade, directors Itab Azzam and Jack MacInnes capture Israa as she embarks on an epic journey – from fleeing the war as a young Syrian refugee, to navigating adolescence and a new culture in Germany, to returning to her home of Aleppo as an adult. One in a Million is an intimate, coming-of-age story that asks a universal question: What does it mean to call a place home? The film illuminates the complexities of the refugee experience, capturing Israa and her family as they confront war, exile, and heartbreak – and discover resilience, freedom, and love – in a foreign land. The film One in a Million won the Directing Award and the Audience Award in the section World Cinema – Documentary at the Sundance Film Festival 2026 (Park City, Utah, USA).

Discussion after the screening:

In the post-screening discussion, we will explore integration from three different perspectives: UNHCR will provide figures and a broader context – how many people decided to return home after the change of regime in Syria and how many continue to live in exile. We will learn about the experience of integration in practice from the civil association Mareena, as well as hear a personal story of fleeing Syria told by someone who experienced it firsthand – what does integration into a different cultural context really mean. Where is the line between adapting and forgetting who you once were?

Guests:

Miya Hashimoto, UNHCR

Petra Kováč, Mareena

Ismail Samar, member of the Mareena community from Syria

The discussion, which will be held in Slovak, will be moderated by Frederika Hazéová.

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This screening is part of the IncluCine 2 project, implemented within the Collaborate to Innovate scheme under the auspices of Europa Cinemas and funded by the Creative Europe – MEDIA programme.

Yanuni follows the extraordinary journey of Juma Xipaia, an Indigenous chief from the Brazilian Amazon, as she rises from a remote village in Xipaya territory to the political frontlines of climate justice. A fearless defender of her people and the rainforest, Juma has survived six assassination attempts while confronting illegal gold miners, land-grabbers, and multinational corporations threatening her ancestral land. Spanning years of activism and personal sacrifice, the film captures Juma’s historic appointment as Brazil’s first Secretary of Indigenous Rights under President Lula. At her side is Hugo Loss, her husband and the head of Special Operations at IBAMA, Brazil’s environmental protection agency. As Juma fights on the political front, Hugo leads dangerous operations to dismantle illegal mining camps deep in the Amazon — often under armed threat. When Juma discovers she is pregnant, her battle takes on new urgency. Navigating impending motherhood, rising political responsibility, and Hugo’s high-risk missions, she is forced to confront the personal cost of resistance. Told with intimate access and cinematic urgency, Yanuni is both a love story and a call to action. It illuminates one of the world’s most critical environmental and human rights struggles through a deeply personal lens. At once epic and intimate, Yanuni is a powerful portrait of resilience, Indigenous sovereignty, and the fight to protect the world’s largest rainforest — for future generations and the planet we call home.

Awards:

IDA Award – Honorable Mention 2025 in the Feature Documentaries Category – International Documentary Association

Best Documentary – Special Mention – Palm Springs International Film Festival 2026 (USA)

Come to the screening half an hour early (at 5.30 PM) and experience the exceptional performance Extinction by Divadlo bez domova (Theatre With No Home) outside the cinema entrance.

After-film discussion:

The post-screening discussion will explore what gives someone the strength to stand up against forces greater than the individual, and what sacrifices such resistance demands. We will follow up on the performance by Divadlo bez domova by exploring topics of home, sense of belonging, and the loss of one's place in the world. Are Juma and the Amazon truly as distant from us as it first appears, or are we also fighting for our forests and nature in Slovakia, only in a different way and on a different scale?

Guests:

Marek Kuchta, My sme les (We Are the Forest)

Patrik Krebs, Divadlo bez domova (Theatre With No Home)

Dorota Osvaldová, Znepokojené matky (Concerned Mothers) and Greenpeace Slovakia

Moderated by Lucia Szabová.

The discussion will be held in Slovak and will be interpreted into Slovak sign language.

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This screening is part of the IncluCine 2 project, implemented within the Collaborate to Innovate scheme under the auspices of Europa Cinemas and funded by the Creative Europe – MEDIA programme.

Funded by the European Union. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or The European Education and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA). Neither the European Union nor the EACEA can be held responsible for them.

In a time of growing political tension and protests, the documentary "The Dialogue Police" follows the work of a special unit within the Swedish police that relies exclusively on dialogue rather than coercive measures. Their goal is to prevent conflict between protesters and the police and to ensure that citizens can safely express their opinions. Director Susanna Edwards offers an intense and human perspective on those who stand between protesters and power, often on the brink of exhaustion. The film is not only a timely testament to the fragility of democracy but also a reminder that dialogue remains its most powerful weapon. The film The Dialogue Police won the Docs Journalistic Relevance Award at the Docs Barcelona 2025 festival (Spain).

After the screening, there will be a Q&A with the director Susanna Edwards in English.

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This screening is part of the IncluCine 2 project, implemented within the Collaborate to Innovate scheme under the auspices of Europa Cinemas and funded by the Creative Europe – MEDIA programme.