Features 2025
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Oxygen Station - Ukraine
1980, USSR, Crimean Tatar activist Mustafa Jemilev, exiled to the remote settlement of Zyryanka in Siberia, is forced to work at an oxygen station. Mustafa, who had been exiled as a child from his homeland of Crimea, continues to fight for the rights of his people, despite being imprisoned for 303 days after a hunger strike. The prosecutor, Ehor Shalandin, sees Mustafa as a threat to the Soviet regime and travels to Zyryanka to eliminate him.
Amidst this, Crimean Tatar woman Safinar, inspired by Mustafa’s resilience, leaves everything behind to meet him and bring him support and love. When a journalist is murdered in Zyryanka, Mustafa is accused, but his fight for freedom remains unbroken. In this tense struggle, the battle between oppressive state power and the unyielding human spirit is set to ignite, proving that the true freedom lies within.
Director - Ivan Tymchenko
Ivan Tymchenko was born in Kyiv, Ukraine, into a family of artists—his father is a renowned cinematographer, and his grandparents were painters. Ivan began his career as a photojournalist and commercial photographer before transitioning to filmmaking in 2009. He initially worked as a Director of Photography (DOP), later taking on the role of directing DOP, and eventually becoming a director.
His debut feature, Beshoot (2019), a war action drama, was released in Ukraine and gained international acclaim. Ivan’s second feature, Oxygen Station (2023), premiered in the official competition at the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival and won a Special Jury Mention for Best Director at the Odesa International Film Festival. The film continues its successful festival run.
Director Statement
Mustafa Jemilev is an extraordinary figure. While many educated people know of him, I felt the urge to make a film about him in 2014 when Russia occupied Crimea. Mustafa’s life became metaphorically like Sisyphus’ labor: he dedicated everything to his mission of returning the Crimean Tatars to their homeland. In 1991, when Ukraine gained independence, this dream was realized. Yet in 2014, history repeated itself with Russia’s occupation of Crimea, and Mustafa was once again banned from his homeland.
At a time when we need stories of heroes who fought and won, Mustafa’s story is incredibly inspiring. In this film, we highlight a pivotal chapter of his life – his extraordinary meeting with his wife Safinar, a relationship that defied all odds and has lasted for over 50 years. This is a story of resilience, love, and unbreakable spirit that continues to inspire to this day.
Screenings/Awards
Tallinn Black Night Film Festival
Tallinn
Estonia
November 9, 2023
World Premiere, International Premiere
Official competition
Odesa International Film Festival
Kyiv
Ukraine
July 18, 2024
National premier
Official selection; Best director Jury Special Mention, Best Song Award
Febiofest Bratislava
Bratislava
Slovakia
March 16, 2024
Slovak premiere
"In the Heart of Europe" competetion
GoEast Film Festival
Wisbaden
Germany
April 28, 2024
German premiere
Official competition
Jeonju Film Festival
Jeonju
Korea, Republic of
May 4, 2024
Asia premiere
International competition
Finále Plzeň
Plzeň
Czech Republic
September 21, 2024
Czech premiere
OKO Film Festival
Sofia
Bulgaria
November 3, 2024
Bulgarian premier
Official selection
Ukraina Festival Filmowy
Warsaw
Poland
November 5, 2024
Polish premier
Official Selection
The Blind Cases - Iran
An attorney couple are pursuing difficult cases so they may return overwhelmed rights of women.
Director - Amir Ahmad Ansari
Amir Ahmad Ansari is an Iranian Director (born 5 April 1979), screenplayer &producer.
His works include directing movies like "Rabidity" ,
He started his career professionally since 2000 by making short films and continued to be known for Rabidity (2016), The Gift (2015), Irreversible (2012), In distance of a breath (2011) The Last Returned (2010) and The Partner.
Director Statement
The concern of this film is the realisation of the women’s right in a society whose law conforms to religion, sharia and custom rather than justice and logic, and some women are strongly affected by this issue.
and our effort is to inform the society and help women and mothers to get the right they deserve.
The Caretaker - UK
The Caretaker is a character-driven horror-thriller set at Lockbridge Academy, an isolated school on the coast, run by the powerful aristocratic Aberdeen family.
Eddie, a mute, burdened with caring for his cruel ailing mother. While on the cusp of losing his home, he takes a caretaker position at Lockbridge.
There, he meets a cleaner named Marie, sparking a connection that will alter the trajectory of his life, while unravelling a sinister mystery lurking within the school, that could shatter the Aberdeen’s family legacy forever.
Director - Luke Tedder
Born in Woking. From a young age Luke demonstrated a burning passion & relentless work ethic for creating films that would evolve into a varied & multi-disciplinary career in film production & storytelling.
Founding Landa Pictures in 2014, a specialist production company focusing on making original short films to hone his craft. After creating over 15 shorts he would embark on creating his first feature film the sci-fi drama Precognition which debuted at the London Sci-fi Festival 2018.
Most recently he's in post-production on a visual effects heavy, science fiction space opera "A Universe Apart", and has completed an award winning horror/thriller "The Caretaker".
Zonen - Sweden
In Andrei Tarkovsky’s film Stalker (1979) three men enters the forbidden Zone in search of a magical room that will fulfill one’s innermost wish.
In Zonen we follow Nina who, after a shocking glimpse of a vertical truth, finds herself in the precarious Zone, a both inner and outer terrain which reflects the travelers own state of consciousness. With Tarkovsky’s film as a map and guide she starts searching the Zone for answers. She finds herself in a conversation about time and space with a spiritual medium and a quantum physics professor, at a Maundy Thursday dinner where Tarkovsky filmed the Sacrifice and confronting her daemons in the ruins of an old abandoned mine. All along the room is calling her onward, or is it her own heart? What will she find in that innermost room?
Director - Nina Jeppsson
Nina Jeppsson is an actor, director, scriptwriter, performance artist and singer. She has a bachelor in acting at Stockholm University of the Arts.
She has created and directed the performances In Search of Lost Time, based on the novel by Marcel Proust, Independence Day - the Truth, the Stories and Aileen Wuornos and To the Antarctica of Love that performed at the Swedish National Theatre Dramaten. Her latest work is Zonen, a film and a spiritual journey in the footprints of filmmaker Andrei Tarkovsky.