International Feature Competition
Drawing from footage seized by Israeli forces during the 1982 invasion of Beirut, Aljafari re-contextualizes these archival materials, transforming A Fidai Film into a bold act of cinematic reclamation.
A FIDAI FILM
- Kamal Aljafari
- 2024
- Palestine, Qatar, Brazil, France
- s.t. French or English
- 78 min
International Feature Competition
In a blend of science and humour, this meticulous essay unfolds a vast and playful investigation of rocks, unlocking a fascinating look at the world in the age of the Anthropocene.
APPLE CIDER VINEGAR
- Sofie Benoot
- 2024
- Belgium, Netherlands
- s.t. French or English
- 80 min
International Feature Competition
Meant as an allegory, this film unfolds in a kind of symbolic huis-clos where a woman perceives and interprets different artistic representations of war.
International Feature Competition
Informed by autobiographical elements, this freely constructed fiction based on video archives discernibly interweaves genres to explore the complexity of grief.
International Feature Competition
As we’re gently guided by the filmmaker's voice, Lapilli explores the profound absence left by grief in rocky landscapes and churning waters.
International Feature Competition
Through a variety of processes and techniques creating an eclectic collage effect, Alexandra Guela tells us the story of her family and her people, the Aromanians.
MAIA - PORTRAIT AVEC MAINS
- Alexandra Gulea
- 2024
- Romania, Germany, France
- s.t. English
- 91 min
International Feature Competition
The last resident of a mesmerizingly beautiful village nestled in a Cabo Verde valley, 76-year-old Quirino is forced to leave the only place he has ever known.
OMI NOBU, L'HOMME NOUVEAU
- Carlos Yuri Ceuninck
- 2023
- Cape Verde, Belgium, Sudan, Germany
- s.t. French or English
- 64 min
International Feature Competition
In his six-square-metre bedroom, a young Chinese revolutionary has created an anti-capitalist refuge for rebellious youth: a buzzing, intoxicating, closed-door setting.
International Feature Competition
Weaving a narrative based on real family archives, the filmmaker and his protagonists develop an inventive gangster film that blurs the boundaries between fiction and documentary.
SOMETHING OLD, SOMETHING NEW, SOMETHING BORROWED
- Hernán Rosselli
- 2024
- Argentina, Spain, Portugal
- s.t. French or English
- 100 min
International Feature Competition
A sparkling film that follows the metamorphosis of young Sara, who is torn between the friends of her working-class neighbourhood and the new world that opens to her when she discovers the theatre.
TO OUR FRIENDS
- Adrián Orr
- 2024
- Spain, Portugal
- s.t. French or English
- 90 min
International Feature Competition
In a revealing documentary approach, this story, told with the protagonists playing themselves, reconstructs their uprooting in the face of the insensitivity of climate change.
THE WOLVES ALWAYS COME AT NIGHT
- Gabrielle Brady
- 2024
- Mongolia, Australia, Germany
- s.t. English
- 96 min