On Friday 9 October at 7 pm, the exhibition The Conference of the Birds by Aleksandar Bezinović will open at Gallery Forum, 16 Tesla Street. The title is borrowed from a cycle in the Sufi poem by the Persian poet Farīd al-Dīn ʿAṭṭār, written around 1177.

The Festival of Firsts, a multidisciplinary arts festival now in its 24th edition, takes place in Zagreb from 19 to 30 October at KNAP and KIC.

This year's Cherry Pick, the accompanying programme of the fifth edition of the Cherry Pop festival, opens with the feature film Between Us by director Laura Pascu.

Sweet Cherries, the first block of the international short film programme of this year's fifth edition of the Cherry Pop film festival, presents five films that explore sexuality, desire, identity and power dynamics from different perspectives.

Friday at the fifth edition of the Cherry Pop Festival begins with the panel discussion Let It (Not) Stay Between Us, which focuses on toxic relationships and the often unrecognised forms of violence present in everyday and intimate relationships.

The second screening of the Cherry Pick accompanying programme, as part of the 5th edition of the Cherry Pop Festival, features the documentary film Home Sweet Home (Germany, 2023) by Annika Mayer.

The second block of short films Sweet Cherries, presents five intriguing works about female experiences, corporeality, belonging and unequal relationships.

Saturday's programme of this year's Cherry Pop Festival opens with a guest block of films from Karlovac, FUSE – Film Under Severe Experiment festival, dedicated to experimental and hybrid short films by young filmmakers.

The final block of the Sweet Cherries short film programme brings together four films that explore sexual identities, social norms, reproductive autonomy and the complexities of intimate relationships.

During secret night-time meetings on the rooftops of Tel Aviv, 24 members of the Israeli military and intelligence services anonymously testify about the mass surveillance systems, algorithmic targeting and decision-making that are behind Israel's killing of Palestinian civilians in Gaza.

The programme features competitive screenings, book promotions and an exhibition, a workshop for children, and meetings for young authors with producers.

Since time immemorial there have been the ‘Others’ – people endowed with supernatural abilities – and for just as long these Others have been divided into the forces of Light and Darkness. 

The body and psyche are not two separate worlds. The way we live, experience, feel, think, and relate to ourselves and others constantly intersects with the physiology of our body.

As part of a new edition of the Hall of Fame programme – a guide to the history of documentary film, we are screening the film Ice (1969), a radical political docufiction by the American director Robert Kramer.