Alienation Movies

Sitting Idle (2021) is a meandering, meditative visual poem that follows the life of a nameless character over the course of a year - as he traverses...

A prefabricated estate in Moscow is meant as a transit stop for four queer Cuban exiles – until Russia’s attack on Ukraine radically...

Beyond Citizen Kane (1993) is a British documentary film directed by Simon Hartog, produced by John Ellis, and broadcast on Channel 4. It details...

A disaffected media executive spends his days watching violent programming on the television screens in his office and his evenings neglecting his...

The story takes place in the landscapes of La Spezia, where urban and rural environments intertwine. Water plays a primary role as a form, alongside...

Engineer Jan Sebek (Jan Kacer) is undergoing treatment in a mental home after his unsuccessful attempt to commit suicide. His therapist, via...

A multi-awarded 23 minute short film about pansexual punk rockers in a toxic relationship in London’s underground music scene

With input from actor and writer Jan Hlobil, director and cinematographer Rene Smaal presents a film in the true surrealist tradition, in the sense...

This is the story of three characters (brothers Tomek and Jacek and their neighbor Magda), each of them is in their own way lonely and alienated. The...

A timid young woman who lives with her domineering mother accepts an Adult Video scout's offer to "become somebody else" by performing in porn...

A satire about an alien who lands in Belgium and tries to attain citizenship. During the integration programme he experiences discrimination and...

A young woman arrives in a city for the first time. She observes the people around her and realizes that she does not belong to that world,...

A German tourist who gained fame in the 1970s after becoming lost in America and a washed-up one-hit-wonder indie rocker are connected across history...

Washed-up cereal spokesman Tommy Tiger wastes his hours with a cocktail of whippets, whiskey, and cheap beer. A memory of his father hurdles him into...

Amidst the 1960 Japanese-American mutual security treaty, alienated young nihilist Takuya struggles to find his footing between his do-nothing wealth...

A man who is fascinated with patterns and symbols discovers his one true path to enlightenment.

Seventeen years after their separation, Ernesto reunites with an old friend, only to realize he might be facing a complete stranger.

This award-winning feature examines a minority group that is discounted and often ignored by mainstream media. Sharing a common past, many African...