Counterintuitive film
Germany
Counterintuitive Film, founded in 2022 by Sina Ataeian Dena and Alec Barth, is based in Gschwend, Germany. Believing in the vision of their artists, they create films that challenge societal norms with fresh, disruptive perspectives. Their debut feature, Critical Zone, a German-Iranian co-production, won the Golden Leopard at Locarno in 2023 and was released in Germany and ten other countries in November 2024.