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All the films of the festival, from A to Z

My Father in The Cloud

Dir.: Ruth Patir
| 25 minutes

Director Ruth Patir employs new technologies as she attempts to dance with her late father, a telecommunications engineer with a secret passion for Virtual Reality. As her journey unfolds, we grasp the limitations of technology.

My Own Private Idaho

Dir.: Gus Van Sant, Jr.
| 105 minutes

River Phoenix and Keanu Reeves star in director Gus Van Sant's haunting tale of two young street hustlers: Mike Waters, a sensitive narcoleptic who dreams of the mother who abandoned him, and Scott Favor, the wayward son of Portland’s mayor and the object of Mike's desire.

Natural Born Killers

Dir.: Oliver Stone
| 119 minutes

Two young and attractive serial killers become TV heroes, thanks to a sensationalistic news anchor. A wild satirical look at the American addiction to violence and gossip. The film is based on an original story by Quentin Tarantino.

The Nature of Love

Dir.: Monia Chokri
| 111 minutes

Sophia, a 40-year-old philosophy professor, is in a stable if somewhat socially conforming relationship with Xavier. Sylvain is a craftsman, renovating Sophia and Xavier’s new country house. When Sophia and Sylvain meet, Sophia’s world is turned upside down. Opposites attract, but can they last?

Nuclear Now

Dir.: Oliver Stone
| 106 minutes

With unprecedented access to the nuclear industry in France, Russia, and the United States, NUCLEAR NOW explores the possibility for the global community to overcome the challenges of climate change and energy poverty to reach a brighter future through the power of nuclear energy.

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Nurit

Dir.: Sohini Tal
| 11 minutes

Nurit walks us through her fascinating journey to motherhood, which begins in a silent birth, continues on to tens of fertility treatments, and ends up in the Eilat cemetery. There, she finds closure.

On the Adamant

Dir.: Nicolas Philibert
| 109 minutes

Nicolas Philibert’s recent documentary, which won the Golden Bear at the 2023 Berlin International Film Festival, follows patients and caregivers at a unique psychiatric facility located in the middle of the Seine River in central Paris.

Once Upon a Time in America

Dir.: Sergio Leone
| 251 minutes

A former Prohibition-era Jewish gangster returns to the Lower East Side of Manhattan after thirty years, where he must confront the ghosts and regrets of his old life. The unforgettable masterpiece by Sergio Leone starring Robert De Niro and featuring music by Ennio Morricone.

Only the River Flows

Dir.: Wei Shujun
| 101 minutes

1990s, rural China. A woman’s body is found by the river. Ma Zhe, Chief of the Criminal Police, heads up the murder investigation that quickly leads to an obvious arrest. As his superiors are keen to communicate their success, several clues push Ma Zhe to delve deeper into the hidden behavior of his fellow citizens.

Opponent

Dir.: Milad Alami
| 94 minutes

In the aftermath of a devastating rumor, Iman and his family are forced to flee Iran. As refugees, they end up in a run-down hotel in Sweden. Despite feeling powerless, Iman tries to maintain his role as the family patriarch. To increase their chances of asylum, he breaks a promise to his wife and joins the local wrestling club.

The Origin of Evil

Dir.: Sébastien Marnier
| 123 minutes

A woman on the verge of financial collapse attempts to reconnect with her wealthy, estranged father and his new family. "Cruelly funny, while evoking the spirit of that master of the French thriller Claude Chabrol, with hints of Patricia Highsmith and Ruth Rendell" (THE GUARDIAN).

Orlando

Dir.: Sally Potter
| 93 minutes

Young nobleman Orlando is commanded by Queen Elizabeth I to stay forever young. Miraculously, he does just that. The film follows him as he moves through several centuries of British history, experiencing a variety of lives and relationships along the way, and even changing sex.

Orlando, My Political Biography

Dir.: Paul B. Preciado
| 98 minutes

In 1928, Virginia Woolf wrote ORLANDO, the first novel to depict a main character who changes its sex in the middle of the story. One century later, trans writer and activist Paul B. Preciado decides to send a cinematic letter to Virginia Woolf. The film garnered four awards at the Berlin Film Festival.

Our Body

Dir.: Claire Simon
| 168 minutes

In a Parisian public hospital, Claire Simon questions what it means to live in women’s bodies, filming their diversity, singularity, and beauty throughout all stages in life. Unique stories of desires, fears, and struggles unfold, including the one of the filmmaker herself.

Passages

Dir.: Ira Sachs
| 91 minutes

In Ira Sachs's new drama, a gay couple's relationship is thrown into turmoil when one of them falls in love with an attractive young woman. In Paris, as it is presented in this heartbreaking cinematic work, there is nothing more powerful than passion

Past Lives

Dir.: Celine Song
| 106 minutes

Nora and Hae Sung, two deeply connected childhood friends, are torn apart after Nora’s family emigrates from South Korea. Two decades later, they are reunited in New York for one fateful week as they confront notions of destiny, love, and the choices that make a life, in this heartrending modern romance.

Permanent Resident

Dir.: Thalia Hoffman
| 15 minutes

The work follows five women for whom the political space is ingrained in their life: Tatiana Hoffman, Maria De Pina, Yvonne Deutsch, Yuli Novak and Thalia Hoffman. Each woman has a complex relationship with her place of residence and with activism.

Platoon

Dir.: Oliver Stone
| 120 minutes

Chris Taylor, a neophyte recruit in Vietnam, finds himself caught in a battle of wills between two sergeants, one good and the other evil. A shrewd examination of the brutality of war and the duality of man in conflict.

The Plough

Dir.: Philippe Garrel
| 95 minutes

In a world where technology develops at an exponential rate and new means good, a small family preserves the ancient art of puppetry. When the father of the family unexpectedly collapses, his three children feel they must protect his legacy. Even when it comes to puppets, the show must go on.

Poison

Dir.: Todd Haynes
| 85 minutes

Three stories: A boy shoots his father and flies out the window. A man falls in love with a fellow inmate in prison. A doctor accidentally ingests his experimental sex serum, wreaking havoc on the community. The first feature by Todd Haynes, recipient of the Grand Jury Prize at Sundance.

Prisoner X

Dir.: Hilla Medalia, Amos Roberts
| 106 minutes

In 2010, a man was found dead in one of Israel's maximum-security prisons. The guards didn‘t know his name nor what crime he had committed. He was known as "Prisoner X". When the story broke, the suicide of this anonymous Mossad agent revealed the agency’s faults, failures and systematic silencing.

The Promise

Dir.: Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne
| 90 minutes

Fifteen-year-old Igor loves go-karting. He works as an apprentice motor-mechanic. He also helps his father, Roger, run an unscrupulous business, exploiting illegal immigrants for cheap labor. Igor doesn’t question much. But because of a promise he once made, his loyalties are torn. Can Igor tell the truth without betraying his father?

 

Ragtag

Dir.: Giuseppe Boccassini
| 88 minutes

This film is a chronological timeline collage based on that wide historical archival footage, the so-called classic era, labeled as film noirs. An extensive historical portrait of the human psyche of the twentieth century and its post war dark landscape.

 

Reality

Dir.: Tina Satter
| 83 minutes

On a Saturday afternoon in June 2017, Reality Winner, a 25-year-old in cut-off jeans, is confronted at her Georgia home by the FBI. A cryptic conversation begins and Reality’s life quickly begins to unravel.