Appreciations
For each of the features in competition, IFFR asked a critic, writer, academic or programmer to write a short reflection in a personal capacity. The resulting series of ‘Appreciations’ aims to encourage viewers − and filmmakers − at a time when there is no physical festival.
Tiger Competition
Agate mousse
Giona A. Nazzaro shines a light on Agate mousse.
Bebia, à mon seul désir − Mapping Mythologies
Carmen Gray shines a light on Bebia, à mon seul désir.
Bipolar
Ren Scateni shines a light on Bipolar.
Black Medusa
Joseph Fahim shines a light on Black Medusa.
I Comete − A Corsican Summer
Thierry Méranger shines a light on I Comete − A Corsican Summer.
Destello bravío − A (Fantastic) Journey to Álilu
Jordi Costa shines a light on Destello bravío.
The Edge of Daybreak
May Adadol Ingawanij shines a light on The Edge of Daybreak.
Feast − Imitation of Love
Paul Clinton shines a light on Feast.
Friends and Strangers − What Is It That We’re Taking Slow?
Adrian Martin shines a light on Friends and Strangers.
Gritt – True Gritt
Maria Fosheim Lund shines a light on Gritt.
Landscapes of Resistance
Kiva Reardon shines a light on Landscapes of Resistance.
Liborio
Jaime Rosales shines a light on Liborio.
Looking for Venera
Mario Kozina shines a light on Looking for Venera.
Madalena − A Glitch in the Landscape
Fabio Andrade shines a light on Madalena.
Mayday − Island of Lost Girls
Beatrice Loayza shines a light on Mayday.
Pebbles − Figures in a Landscape
Srikanth Srinivasan shines a light on Pebbles.
Big Screen Competition
Archipel
Samy Benammar shines a light on Archipel.
Aristocrats
Alejandra Armendáriz-Hernández shines a light on Aristocrats.
As We Like It − Walking Freely on the Top of the Young Mountain
Timmy Chen shines a light on As We Like It.
Aurora − Women Under Construction
Paula Arantzazu Ruiz shines a light on Aurora.
Carro Rei − Holy Motors
Pedro Butcher shines a light on Carro Rei.
The Cemil Show
Yesim Tabak shines a light on The Cemil Show.
Drifting
Valerie Soe shines a light on Drifting.
Les Sorcières de l'Orient
Stéphane du Mesnildot shines a light on Les Sorcières de l'Orient.
Lone Wolf
Olaf Möller shines a light on Lone Wolf.
The North Wind
Evgeny Gusyatinskiy shines a light on The North Wind.
El perro que no calla − How to Be a Man
Paula Félix-Didier shines a light on El perro que no calla.
Sexual Drive
Kristen Yoonsoo Kim shines a light on Sexual Drive.
The Year Before the War
Dominik Kamalzadeh shines a light on The Year Before the War.