Russian polymath Pyotr Kropotkin is visiting the watchmaking town of St. Imier in Switzerland, to carry out a geographical survey of the region, when he meets Josephine, a rebellious unrest-fitter.

Winner of the Encounters Award for Best Director at the 2022 Berlin Film Festival, writer-director-editor Cyril Schäublin’s second feature is a creative and intellectually invigorating tale about anarchism and the march of global capitalism.

The screening on 23 February will be followed by an online Q&A with filmmaker Cyril Schäublin, hosted by Elizabeth Dexter.