International Competition A Month After the Night A month after the night that changed the lives of a group of teenagers, the police ask them to reenact a traumatic circumstance by a lake. Héloïse Fressoz France 2021, 22'
International Competition Are We There Yet A robotic voice guides us through archival footage accompanying a hypnotic flashback procedure, creating a dream that takes place during surgery. Lazar Ivanov Switzerland 2021, 11'
International Competition Can Gardell With a fun deadpan humour, the Gardells have to change the way they experience their farm and resort to the possibility of embarking on the world of agricultural tourism. Florencia Aliberti, Sílvia Subirós Spain 2021, 22'
International Competition Displaced With the compositional precision of a Wes Anderson, Samir Karahoda shows us a post-war Kosovo and the determination of two table tennis players, with ambitions to contribute to the national representation at the Olympic Games, who struggle with the lack of conditions. Samir Karahoda Kosovo 2021, 15'
International Competition Dog’s Field A domestic tragedy leaves the animals without their owner and ignites a struggle between the heart and instinct. Michalina Musialik Poland 2020, 12'
International CompetitionNational Competition Dry Ground Burning In Ceilândia, on the outskirts of Brasília, Léa, Chitara and Andreia have a very particular business: extracting oil from pipelines in the city, then turning it into gasoline that they sell to “motoboys” in the area. Between this structure and the business of politics, this is the story of Kebradas’ gasoline trade. Adirley Queirós, Joana Pimenta Brazil / Portugal 2022, 153'
International Competition Five Minutes Older Two twin sisters take a trip and make considerations about their proximity, how it affects the way they identify and on their own individuality. Sara Szymańska Poland 2021, 6'
International Competition Freda It’s not an easy life for a young woman in Haiti. Gessica Généus’ first feature film focuses on a family headed by a mother, Jeannette (Fabiola Rémy), who tries to convince Esther (Djanaïna François) to find a rich man to marry and Freda (Néhémie Bastien) to find a job and drop out of college. Alongside precariousness and tough choices, accusing complex social issues, there are also desires and joys. Gessica Généus France / Haiti / Benin 2021, 93'
International Competition Ghost Song “Houston, Texas: oil, sex, alcohol and drugs”. This is the setting for Nicolas Peduzzi’s documentary, which follows Alexandra, Will and Nate as they try to survive in a city that likes to devour dreams, especially those of an ex-gang leader or of a rich boy disowned due to his addiction. In the background, the coming hurricane isn’t a metaphor at all. Nicolas Peduzzi France 2021, 76'
International Competition Goodbye Jérôme! Jérôme arrives in Paradise with the sole desire of finding his wife, Maryline. His quest takes him through a space that seems totally surreal to him, but only he has the power to find his direction. Adam Sillard, Chloé Farr, Gabrielle Selnet France 2021, 8'
International Competition Handbook The protests in Belarus, at the time of Lukashenko’s re-election in 2020, led to the arrest of around 7,000 people. A dispassionate representation of what happened next, based on hundreds of testimonies, makes the horror of the situation as instructive as impressive. Pavel Mozhar Germany / Belarus 2021, 26'
International Competition Handstand In a school, in a small village, the kids do Physical Education in a cold winter environment. And something goes wrong while Raffi teaches the class. Ovsanna Shekoyan Armenia 2021, 15'
International Competition Have a Nice Day Forever Thanks to a fondness for Bruce Springsteen, a tender and innocent friendship is born between an American and an Icelander when they cross paths in a snowy forest on the outskirts of Oslo. Tatiana Delaunay Norway 2021, 20'
International Competition Hierophany Hierophany is the manifestation of the sacred (from the Greek, “hieros” is equivalent to “sacred” and “phaneia” to “manifest”), and this film addresses this concept in the form of an animated, dreamlike journey. Maria Nitek Poland 2021, 4'
