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International Competition 2022

Theatrical Release

Armageddon Time

Dir.: James Gray
| 115 minutes

A pensive and talented boy, growing up in a Jewish household during 1980s New York, forges a brave friendship with a Black student from a difficult home, despite his parents’ disapproval. Only his refugee grandfather seems to understands him. Armageddon Time is a moving, deeply personal, coming-of-age drama.

The Green Perfume

Dir.: Nicolas Pariser
| 101 minutes

Martin becomes the primary suspect in the poisoning of a fellow actor, while being chased by a mysterious organization called the Green Perfume. Together with the eccentric Claire, Martin starts his own investigation, leading to an adventure all over Europe. This is a playful and original murder mystery.

March 68

Dir.: Krzysztof Lang
| 115 minutes

Two young students meet and fall in love in the midst of social turmoil and Jewish discrimination in 1960s Warsaw. While the young lovers are uninterested in politics, they find themselves unable to avoid the subject and soon discover freedom comes at a high price.

Theatrical Release

My Father’s Secrets

Dir.: Véra Belmont
| 74 minutes

1960s Belgium. Michel and his brother Charly live a happy childhood. Their father does not reveal his past.  The brothers imagine him as a great adventurer or treasure hunter…. But what is he hiding? A moving adaptation to Michel Kichka’s graphic novel. 

My Neighbor Adolf

Dir.: Leon Prudovsky
| 96 minutes

1960. Polsky, a lonely and grumpy Holocaust survivor, lives in the remote Colombian countryside. When a mysterious old German man moves in next-door, he suspects that his new neighbor is... Adolf Hitler. Polsky is forced to engage in a relationship with the enemy in order to obtain irrefutable proof…. 

Neighbours

Dir.: Mano Khalil
| 124 minutes

In a Syrian border village in the early 1980s, little Sero attends school for the first time. A new teacher arrives with the goal of making Pan-Arabic comrades out of the Kurdish children. The lessons upset and confuse Sero, whose longtime neighbors are a lovable Jewish family. 

Valiant Hearts

Dir.: Mona Achache
| 87 minutes

1942. Six Jewish children seek refuge in the least likely of places: amidst the Louvre Museum artworks, secretly stored in the Château de Chambord. Suspenseful and moving in equal measures, Valiant Hearts tells an incredulous true story of exceptional bravery and survival against all odds.

Where Life Begins

Dir.: Stéphane Freiss
| 99 minutes

A large ultra-Orthodox family spends their summers in southern Italy where they harvest etrogim. Here Elio, the farm owner, meets Esther, the rabbi’s daughter. Their budding friendship encourages her to explore life on her own terms, while Elio will find peace.