International Feature Competition
Dreamlike landscapes accompany this tale of four protagonists whose contrasting aspirations represent different generations and realities in Armenia.
5 DREAMERS AND A HORSE
- Vahagn Khachatryan, Aren Malakyan
- 2022
- Armenia, Germany, Switzerland
- s.t. English
- 82 min
International Feature Competition
A mournful and melancholic portrait of Colombian queer youth destroyed by violence and war; their freedom and self-destruction bound up in an unbridled nihilism.
ANHELL69
- Theo Montoya
- 2022
- Colombia, Romania, France, Germany
- s.t. English
- 72 min
International Feature Competition
The passengers of a hundred-year-old boat are presented as a cross-section of Bangladeshi society in this kaleidoscopic film, which sets its own course in genre-blurring cinema.
DAY AFTER...
- Kamar Ahmad Simon
- 2021
- Bangladesh, Norway, France
- s.t. English
- 115 min
International Feature Competition
In a child’s voice, Eami recounts her journey to escape the invasion of her ancestral land. An essay on the memory of a people forced from the only world they have known.
EAMI
- Paz Encina
- 2022
- Paraguay, Argentina, Mexico, Germany, France, Netherlands, United States
- s.t. French or English
- 86 min
International Feature Competition
The Eclipse poetically shows the individual scars and social traumas of war in the former Yugoslavia, examining the traces of a still-visible past.
THE ECLIPSE
- Nataša Urban
- 2022
- Norway
- s.t. English
- 110 min
International Feature Competition
This playful hybrid film is a window into a small French village. An anecdote recounted by locals highlights the absurd paranoia shown by the media.
EXCESS WILL SAVE US
- Morgane Dziurla-Petit
- 2022
- Sweden
- s.t. English
- 100 min
International Feature Competition
Jumana Manna’s meditative yet whimsical film depicts how the simple act of foraging wild herbs becomes an act of anti-colonial resistance.
FORAGERS
- Jumana Manna
- 2022
- Palestine
- s.t. French or English
- 64 min
International Feature Competition
Through a surprising dialogue between botany and film preservation, this work offers a freely rigorous reflection on conservation and ephemerality.
HERBARIA
- Leandro Listorti
- 2022
- Argentina, Germany
- s.t. English
- 83 min
International Feature Competition
A creative and rare portrait of the demanding life of a South African woman who wears many hats: one of a mother, a housekeeper, and a talented actress.
ONE TAKE GRACE
- Lindiwe Matshikiza
- 2021
- South Africa
- s.t. English
- 92 min
International Feature Competition
In this first feature, filmmaker Rob Rice makes his own rules, steering clear of the sensationalist and glib to produce a work of rare creative freedom.
WAY OUT AHEAD OF US
- Rob Rice
- 2022
- United States
- s.t. French
- 87 min