Programme edition 2021
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After Blue (Dirty Paradise)
Bertrand Mandico
In a distant future, on a savage planet, the lonely teenager Roxy frees a criminal buried in the sand.
Ahed's Knee (Ha'berech)
Nadav Lapid
Y., an Israeli filmmaker in his mid-forties, arrives in a remote village at the far end of the desert to present one of his films. There he meets Yahalom, an officer for the Ministry of Culture, and finds himself fighting two losing battles: one against the death of freedom in ...
All-In
Volkan Üce
Two shy young men start to work in an all-inclusive hotel.
Années 20 (Roaring 20's)
Elisabeth Vogler
24 different characters roam the streets of the city with a sense of giddy abandon after a spring of lockdown and confinement.
B
Ballad of a White Cow (Ghasideh Gave Sefid)
Maryam Moghadam, Behtash Sanaeeha
Mina’s life is turned upside down when she learns that her husband Babak was innocent of the crime for which he was executed.
C
Cliff Walkers (Xuan ya zhi shang)
Zhang Yimou
In 1932, the Japanese military has built a fortress for inhumane medical experiments. However, one man – Wang Ziyang – manages to escape the fortress alive.
Colors of Tobi (Tobi színei)
Alexa Bakony
There is a tiny village in Hungary, where Éva and her family live. Her 16-year-old child recently came out as transgender and lives by his chosen name of Tobi.
A Corsican Summer (I comete)
Pascal Tagnati
Corsica, in a small village. Kids brighten the streets, teens mess around, grown-ups discuss the future while elders reflect on time passing by.
E
Espíritu sagrado (The Sacred Spirit)
Chema García Ibarra
Chema García Ibarra’s debut is a visually stunning cocktail of humor, dystopia and surrealism.
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Director Avi Mograbi hosts the viewers in his living room and provides insights to how a colonialist occupation works, the logic behind the practices that it produces and the different modes of thought needed to be applied at different situations in order to maintain it.
Forest: I See You Everywhere (Rengeteg - Mindenhol látlak)
Benedek Fliegauf
Almost twenty years later, Hongarian director Benedek Gliegauf comes with a prequel to his dark omnibus Forest.
Four Seasons in a Day
Annabel Verbeke
Each day, the Carlingford ferry brings people over the border between Northern-Ireland and Ireland, in an era the debate on Brexit is predominant.
G
El Gran Movimiento
Kiro Russo
Fascinating film from Bolivian filmmaker Kiro Russo in which nature, mysticism and the poisson of a vibrant city collide. Winner of the juryprize in Orizzonti-competition at la Biennale di Venezia.
H
Herr Bachmann und seine Klasseis an intimate documentary portraying the bond between an elementary school teacher and his students.
Hit the Road (Jadde Khaki)
Panah Panahi
After helping his father Jafar, Panah Panahi is now debuting as director with a roadmovie that is both funny and alarming.
I
In Front of Your Face (Dangsin-eolgul-apeseo)
Hong Sang-soo
The chances of Hong Sang-soo directing a different movie while you are ready this is large. In this (currently his youngest) film, Sang-soo zoomed in on the fragility of life - memento mori.
Introduction (Inteurodeoksyeon)
Hong Sang-soo
Youngho is summoned by his father, who is a doctor. Finding him busy with his patients, one of whom is a famous actor, Youngho has to wait.
L
Lingui
Mahamat-Saleh Haroun
On the outskirts of N'Djamena in Chad, Amina lives alone with her only 15-year-old daughter Maria.
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Ma nuit (My Night)
Antoinette Boulat
Marion is 18 years old. She is filled with grief since the loss of her sister and has reached an age where she feels a vital need for freedom.
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Natural Light (Természetes fény)
Dénes Nagy
World War II, occupied Soviet Union. István Semetka is a simple Hungarian farmer whoserves as a Corporal in a special unit scouting for partisan groups.
O
The Odd-Job Men (Sis dies corrents)
Neus Ballús
The Odd-Job Mentells the story of a week in the life of Moha, Valero and Pep—workers in a small plumbing and electricity company in the outskirts of Barcelona.
P
Pleasure
Ninja Thyberg
A 20-year-old ambitious girl moves from her small town in Sweden to Los Angeles for a shot at a career in the adult industry.
R
La Ruche (The Hive)
Christophe Hermans
As far as they can remember, Marion, Claire and Louise have been living at the pace of their mother Alice’s ups and downs.
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Softie (Petite nature)
Samuel Theis
Ten year-old Johnny stands out from his family and his tough neighborhood in Eastern France.
The Souvenir Part II
Joanna Hogg
Joanna Hogg’s shimmering story of first love and a young woman’s formative years,The Souvenir Part II is a portrait of the artist that transcends the halting particulars of everyday life — a singular, alchemic mix of memoir and fantasy.
The Souvenir
Joanna Hogg
Director Joanna Hogg explores herself on screen for the first time in this portrait about the 25-year-old Julie.
Sun Children (Khorshid)
Majid Majidi
Iranian Oscar-submission Sun Children is the story of 12-year-old Ali and his three friends.
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The Tsugua Diaries (Diários de Otsoga)
Maureen Fazendeiro, Miguel Gomes
Crista, Carloto and João are building an airy greenhouse for butterflies in the garden. Playfull and enigmatic.
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The White Fortress (Tabija)
Igor Drljaca
In the rundown Sarajevo suburb of Alipasino Polje, Faruk is an orphan who lives with his ill grandmother and spends his days foraging for scrap metal and dabbling in petty crime.
Wife of a Spy (Supai no tsuma)
Kiyoshi Kurosawa
The year is 1940 in Kobe, the night before the outbreak of World War II. Local merchant, Yusaku Fukuhara (Issey Takahashi), senses that things are headed in an unsettling direction.