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A Chiara

Jonas Carpignano

Explore Zone

The Guerrasio family and friends gather to celebrate Claudio andCarmela’s oldest daughter’s 18th birthday. There is a healthy rivalry between the birthday girl and her 15-year-old sister Chiara as they compete on the dance floor. It is a happy occasion, and the close-knit family ...

Apples (Μila)

Christos Nikou

As an unpredictable, sweeping pandemic causes people to develop sudden amnesia, a man finds himself enrolled in a recovery program designed to help him build a new life. His treatment: performing daily tasks prescribed by his doctors on cassette tape,and capturing these new ...

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Captain Volkonogov Escaped (Kapitan Volkonogov bezhal)

Aleksey Chupov, Natasha Merkulova

Why We Fight

Captain Fedor Volkonogov is part of the law enforcement system. He is appreciated by the commander and respected by colleagues. But the moment comes for Captain’s life to take the abrupt turn—he is criminally charged..

Clara Sola

Nathalie Álvarez Mesén

New Voices

Clara, 40, is believed to have a special connection to God. As a healer, she sustains a family and a village in need of hope, while she finds solace in her relationship with the natural world. After years of being controlled by her mother’s repressive care, Clara’s sexual ...

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Faya Dayi

Jessica Beshir

New Voices

Faya Dayi takes us on a spiritual journey through the prism of the khat trade and offers a window into the aspirations of the unemployed and oppressed youth and elders alike for whom chewing khat to achieve Merkhana (the high of khat) has become a radical escape, a space of ...

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Inexorable

Fabrice du Welz

Belgian Cinema Today

In Inexorable, Film Fest Gent's jury-president of 2020, Fabrice du Welz, follows a writer with a writersblock who retreats to a mysterieus house.

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Libertad

Clara Roquet

New Voices Explore Zone

The Vidal family has decided to reunite after a long time in their summer house in La Costa Brava to spend a “last summer” with their grandmother Angela, who suffers from Alzheimer’s disease. From Belgian production company Bulletproof Cupid.

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Das Mädchen und die Spinne (The Girl and the Spider)

Ramon Zürcher, Silvan Zürcher

On the Edge Explore Zone New Voices LGBTQ+

Lisa is moving out. Mara is left behind. As boxes are shifted, walls painted and cupboards built, abysses begin to open up, yearnings fill the room and an emotional rollercoaster is set in motion.

Memoria

Apichatpong Weerasethakul

On the Edge Masters

Ever since being startled by a loud ‘bang’ at daybreak, Jessica (Tilda Swinton) is unable to sleep. In Bogotá to visit her sister, she befriends Agnes (Jeanne Balibar), an archaeologist studying human remains discovered within a tunnel under construction...

Un monde (Playground)

Laura Wandel

Why We Fight Belgian Cinema Today New Voices

Set in Belgium, the film follows 7-year-old Nora and her big brother Abel going back to school. When Nora witnesses Abel being bullied by other kids, she rushes to protect him by warning their father. But Abel forces her to remain silent. Caught in a conflict of loyalty, Nora ...

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Spencer

Pablo Larraín

The marriage of Princess Diana and Prince Charles has long since grown cold. Though rumours of affairs and a divorce abound, peace is ordained for the Christmas festivities at the Queen’s Sandringham Estate. There's eating and drinking, shooting and hunting. Diana knows the ...