Fathers and sons

Although questions of what it means to be a man, and how to raise a boy today, have become increasingly controversed and politically charged, some filmmakers still find fresh ways into the subject, looking beyond ideological battles to its more intimate dimensions. Watch “Confessions of a Swedish Man” for the story of a self-proclaimed feminist and single father who enters an anti-feminist men’s retreat to understand the anger and loneliness behind the men’s rights movement, only for the investigation to turn towards his relationships with his own father and son. Or if you are interested in rarely brought to screen dynamics between men, go for “Unconditional?”,an intimate and sometimes uncomfortable father–son story about a psychiatrist who believes running can heal trauma, yet struggles to accept his own son overweight son.