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All the films of the festival, from A to Z

I Saw Three Black Lights

Dir.: Santiago Lozano Álvarez
| 87 minutes

One day, the ghost of José de los Santos's son appears and tells him of his own impending death. José embarks on his final journey, entering the jungle to find a place to die. But the area is controlled by armed groups. He must dodge their bullets and violence to save his soul from purgatory.

In His Own Image

Dir.: Thierry de Peretti
| 110 minutes

Fragments of the life of Antonia, a young photographer working for a local newspaper in Corsica. Her commitment, her friends, and her loves intertwine with the major political events of the island, from the 1980s to the dawn of the 21st century. It is the fresco of a generation.

The Invasion

Dir.: Sergei Loznitsa
| 145 minutes

Shot over a two-year period, Sergei Loznitsa's film portrays civilian life all over Ukraine and presents a unique and ultimate statement of Ukrainian resilience in the face of a barbaric invasion.

I’m not afraid of the Apocalypse, I am afraid you don’t love me anymore / 4.33

Dir.: Leila Erdman–Tabukashvili
| 5 minutes

When the world is falling apart and is hugged by fire and fog, when your fingers are leaving mine — what will be left? Will we meet again in different forms? Let's celebrate the end, let's have a farewell party. Say you love me eternally for tonight. Tribute to Boris Bernaskoni and Ilya Yashin.

The Kingdom

Dir.: Julien Colonna
| 108 minutes

Corsica, 1995. Lesia’s first summer as a teenager. One day, a man shows up and takes her to an isolated villa where she finds her father, in hiding, surrounded by his clan. An underworld war breaks out and Lesia and her father escape. On the run, father and daughter will learn to face one another and understand each other.

Kosher Test

Dir.: Riki Rotter
| 16 minutes

Tamar, an ultra-Orthodox girl from an extremist community, is taken to the hospital by her beloved father, who thinks she has had sex. Her relationship with her father and her virginity are tested.

La Cocina

Dir.: Alonso Ruizpalacios
| 139 minutes

LA COCINA follows the life in the kitchen of a NYC restaurant where cultures from all over the world blend during the lunchtime rush. Based on the acclaimed stage play by Arnold Wesker, the film is a tragic and comic tribute to the invisible people who prepare our food.

Law and Order

Dir.: Frederick Wiseman
| 81 minutes

Frederick Wiseman surveys the wide range of work the police are asked to perform: enforcing the law, maintaining order, and providing general social services. The incidents shown illustrate how training, community expectations, socio-economic status of the subject, the threat of violence, and discretion affect police behavior.

 

Layers

Dir.: Klil Kovesh
| 23 minutes

Gali works as a mine clearer at a mine clearance site in the south of Israel, the only female in the team. The crew members, different types of people who escape from their world, lives together and become each other's family, and Gali feels like she belongs there.

Locust

Dir.: KEFF
| 135 minutes

Zhong-Han works at the family restaurant by day but runs with a group of local gangsters by night. When the ownership of the restaurant changes hands, it sets off an unexpected chain reaction that forces Zhong-Han to witness and confront the corrupt power games of his country.

Love is a Gun

Dir.: Lee Hong-Chi
| 81 minutes

Since his release from prison, Sweet Potato has been content running a small business with meagre earnings by the seaside. He is pulled into the whirlpool of his past when his old boss (whom he has never met), his mother (who thrusts all her debts upon him), and his buddy Maozi all reappear in his life.

Lubo

Dir.: Giorgio Diritti
| 181 minutes

Switzerland, 1939. Lubo is a nomad who is called up to the Swiss army to defend the country’s borders. Shortly afterwards, he finds out that his wife has died while attempting to stop the gendarmes from taking away their three small children. Lubo knows that he won’t rest until his children return.

Made in England: The Films of Powell and Pressburger

Dir.: David Hinton
| 131 minutes

Drawing on a rich array of archival materials, director Martin Scorsese fully explores the collaboration between Englishman Michael Powell and Hungarian Emeric Pressburger, who thrived in the face of adversity during World War II but were eventually brought down by the film industry of the 1950s.

Making of

Dir.: Cédric Kahn
| 119 minutes

Simon, a well-known French filmmaker, starts shooting his next film. A story about workers fighting to protect their factory from being relocated. But nothing goes as planned....

Marcello Mio

Dir.: Christophe Honore
| 120 minutes

This is the story of a woman named Chiara. She is an actress, the daughter of Marcello Mastroianni and Catherine Deneuve, who one summer when her own life is in turmoil, tells herself that she would prefer to live her father’s life.

Margot at the Wedding

Dir.: Noah Baumbach
| 99 minutes

A woman travels to the wedding of her sister and undermines the event with her judgments about the groom-to-be and the family's dysfunctional past. Nicole Kidman, Jennifer Jason Leigh, and Jack Black star in this dark and entertaining comedy-drama.

Maria's Silence

Dir.: Dāvis Sīmanis
| 104 minutes

The true story of Maria Leiko  ̶  a famous actress who late in her career must decide between fame and love for her grandchild, between her ideals or the lies of Stalin’s totalitarian regime.

Meanwhile on Earth

Dir.: Jérémy Clapin
| 88 minutes

When Franck mysteriously disappeared during a space mission three years ago, everything changed for his sister Elsa. One day, she is contacted by an unidentified life form who offers to bring her brother back to Earth. But there is a price to pay.

Midnight Red

Dir.: Jalal Masarwa
| 28 minutes

Midnight at a local gallery in a small town, where Siwar is at the end of her shift. Siwar’s boring routine changes when a mysterious stranger appears at the gallery’s doorstep, claiming he needs help.

The Milky Way

Dir.: Maya Kenig
| 98 minutes

An offbeat musician and first-time-mom who just gave birth to her daughter, starts working at “The Milky Way," a dairy farm for breast milk.

Mirror Image

Dir.: Naama Lahav
| 21 minutes

When Naomi duplicates a key for her boyfriend without asking her roommate, a war of attrition ensues. They spare no means to destroy everything in the battle to win over the apartment.

My Old Ass

Dir.: Megan Park
| 88 minutes

Elliott Labrant is advised by her future self not to fall in love. She is sure she can follow her own advice.  That is, until she meets the boy her older self-warned her about.

Mythos

Dir.: Omer Melamed
| 18 minutes

In the throes of a manic episode, a young Israeli man kidnaps his father and sets out on a surreal journey through the national hero’s consciousness.