The Trap: dir Nadejda Koseva (2023)

Bojeka is an eccentric man with a strong sense of his own dignity, who lives in solitude on the banks of the Danube in harmony with nature and a collection of animals. Then the local bigwigs want to create a dump for highly radioactive nuclear waste nearby, and a wild boar has been brought to the island near his house to be hunted and killed as a bribe. But the boar turns out to be bigger and wilder than expected; and Bojeka turns out to be the only one who dares to oppose the project …

Screens as part of the Cultural Foundation’s week-long European Film Festival Abu Dhabi 2025. The films are given individual entries in the Agenda, but they’re also all listed here.