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For a decade, the “Forest Glade” rehabilitation center has been a haven for Ukrainian defenders and veterans, a place where battle-scarred souls find solace, strength, and the chance to heal. Narrated by “Forest Glade” herself, the documentary shares the harrowing and hopeful stories of those who pass through her doors. Since 2022, the full-scale invasion has brought an influx of wounded soldiers, both physically and emotionally.

Stevan, a 60-year-old, former porn performer from Serbia awaits the outcome of a Kafkaesque trial process in a Maltese prison. The moody landscapes reflect the loneliness and desperate state he was in prior to his arrest for public exposure in this bizarre story, which unspools like an eerie mystery.

Viktor Orbán’s government seizes Hungary’s top independent media outlet, Index.hu. Journalists fight back by resigning and forming a new entity but face familiar toxicity. Can healthy communities survive in a corrupt system? Possible answers are revealed through the lives of three ex-Index.hu employees as they navigate challenges.